Mairi worked in a number of different sectors over her career. She became a nurse, midwife and health visitor and worked in Scotland before going to a rural area of the Gambia as a public health nurse spending two years there. Then she moved back to Langholm and worked for the local authority where she set up a rural partnership in one area of Dumfries and Galloway. Being involved in number of different sectors including health and wellbeing, community safety and economic development taking forward projects working with colleagues in the Council and in other statutory and third sector organisations. Since retiring working to take over the community ownership of the local newspaper and in fundraising for the community buyout of Langholm moor, now known as the Tarras Valley Nature Reserve.

Barbara grew up on a local farm 3 miles from Langholm and attended the local Schools.  She qualified as a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Adviser in the 1980’s and enjoyed a successful career working firstly in the profession and then in industry both in the UK and abroad for several very large companies.   Following a charitable volunteer assignment in Guyana in 2019, she was also awarded the envious qualification by the ICAEW as a Business Finance Professional. 

Since retiring in December 2022, she very much enjoys working in the Charitable sector as it is an area that she feels she can continue to contribute towards especially in helping develop financial resilience in challenging times.

She loves the outdoors and feel very passionate about the countryside.

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 I have been associated with the L.I. since 1994.  I reported to the L.I. on behalf of the Langholm, Ewes & Westerkirk Community Council and the Bonnie Langholm Committee, which I had founded in the mid-1990s, and was responsible for all things floral around the town.

Towards the end of the 1990s I also became responsible for the visitor information services in the town. Alongside an LI Board colleague, I continue to oversee the provision of that service. 

From the late 1980s until I retired in 2007, I worked as a Justice of the Peace, serving as a magistrate in local courts.​​

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 I joined the Board of Langholm Initiative around 2011, ascending to the chair in 2017, serving for almost five years in that capacity, including during the first phase of the community land buyout.   ​

Formerly Forward Leeds Drug & Alcohol Service clinical director, retiring to move to Langholm 2021 and joining Langholm Initiative Board 2023. Current interests: managing holiday cottage plus acre of woodland with wife; exploring Tarras Valley Nature Reserve in all seasons with dog; picking up new knowledge & skills through board as well as voluntary work on the Reserve. Became L.I./Rotary link-person for Lower Tarras Woodland Restoration Project in 2024.

​Eileen has 25 years experience in sales and marketing in the UK, Ireland &
USA. She has a BA in textiles, and was self employed as illustrator and graphic designer after graduating.

Pip recently retired from the Southern Uplands Partnership which he managed for over 20 years. Pip has a degree in Biology and a Masters in Natural Resource Management.

Pat Joe went to Langholm Academy and started volunteering on the Reserve aged 16.  Currently studying Ecological and Environmental Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, he continues to do some volunteering, especially on the summer bushcraft sessions.