Prisoners Week Trustees

Graham Bell is a full-time Chaplain at HM Prison Glenochil, and a Baptist Minister. He has served as a Trustee for 6 years.

Rev Kenny McGeachie is a Permanent Deacon for the Archdiocese of Glasgow and a national Chaplaincy Advisor for the Scottish Prison Service (Roman Catholic).  He has worked with SPS in various roles for 30 years, including healthcare management, mental health, and 2 ‘throughcare’ secondments.  He was also a  full-time prison chaplain in Barlinnie, Low Moss and Perth. He is a deacon in a bustling local parish family in Cumbernauld.

Rev Dr Sheena Orr is a Church of Scotland minister and former Chaplaincy Advisor to the Scottish Prison Service (SPS). In addition to 11 years with SPS she worked for 4 years with the Kenyan Prison Service. She has also provided advice on the design and set up of Faith in Throughcare, a Faith in Community Scotland initiative and was a founder member of Stirling Interfaith Community Justice Group (now Forth Valley Inclusion). She has been involved with PW planning since 2014 and became a Trustee in 2018.  In addition to being a granny Sheena enjoys playing tennis and pádel with a bit of birdwatching thrown in – but not at the same time!

Marilyn Stenhouse leads an active role in her local community and is involved in various charity committees and organisations including being a Trustee for Prisoners Week for several years. For more than twenty years Marilyn has worked on a voluntary basis in HMP Cornton Vale and she is also a Trustee of Cornton Vale and Glenochil prison visitor centres. In conjunction with this Marilyn has been committed to childrens' welfare as a member of the Children's Hearing System for over 30 years. Marilyn is a committed Christian and is an Elder with associated responsibilities and duties whilst enjoying enjoy leisure time with her 7 grandchildren.

John Thomson has served as a Trustee since the launch of PWT in 2012. Currently John is PWT Secretary and Treasurer and is a Church of Scotland Elder. John was employed as Church of Scotland’s Chaplaincies Administrator between 1992 and 2019.