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2 Minutes with Gillian Goode

Next up in our series of 9 questions for our patrons and ambassadors is Gillian Goode.

Take a couple of minutes to read her answers including what she would take if she was spending a year on a desert island!

1. How long have you been an Ambassador for IG2G? 
2 years.

2. What inspired you to choose IG2G? 
Losing my dad to cancer prompted my desire to use my love of photography to capture moments and memories for families going through this.  IG2G was everything I was looking for and Ripple Retreat being close to where I live and providing an extraordinary setting and circumstance to create these images was the icing on the cake.

3. If you were hosting a fundraising dinner to raise funds for IG2G, which 6 famous people would you invite? 
Tom Hanks, Mark Ruffalo, Billy Connolly, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Will Ferrell 

4. Has there been one special moment with IG2G you'd like to share?  
When I came to the retreat to get some images of the First Minister’s visit which had been set up by Joanna - that was a very poignant, special day for IG2G 

5. What is your favourite .......book, film, food, drink, animal? 
Women who run with the wolves, Edward Scissorhands, fajitas, french martinis and monkeys 

6. If you were marooned on a desert island for a year, what 3 items would you take with you?  
Camera, laptop (for editing and music) and a wireless speaker! 

7. If you could only play one song for the next 6 months, what would it be and why?  
Fleetwood Mac - Landslide because it grows with me!

8. Which singer would you choose to perform a song at an IG2G event?  
Lewis Capaldi, because he’s Scottish, personable, funny and very good at getting word out! 

 9. What would the title of your autobiography be? ‘
The Goode Life’

Thanks Gillian