Morag is a Consultant Psychiatrist with over 30 years experience working in various roles in the NHS, for the last decade with the community mental health services in Stirlingshire. As a child Morag enjoyed playing imaginary games outside and making potions and perfume with flowers from the garden

Alison is Head of Research, BBC performance at Ofcom, the UK’s media regulator. She oversees the range of research that Ofcom carries out to assess the BBC’s performance. She was previously head of media literacy research at Ofcom, with responsibility for various datasets about the media habits and opinions of children aged 3–15 and their parents, and adults aged 16+. Licketyspit’s focus on face to face engagement and interaction is a useful complement to the mediated communications that are increasingly the norm for both adults and children. Alison’s favourite childhood games were: endless games of Monopoly with her older sister, gradually working out the best strategies and which properties to go for – Whitechapel and the Old Kent Road were often surprisingly useful!; obstacle courses around the garden when visiting cousins; an ongoing make-believe acting-out story with friends and sister revolving around the antics of a young child and her harassed parents – not a whole lot happened but that was part of its fun!

Esther is a Service Manager at Scottish Refugee Council (SRC). She has worked at Scottish Refugee Council since 2005 and is currently managing asylum projects including the family service, where she has led on collaborations with Licketyspit! She has a background in child development, educational psychology and mental health. Esther's favourite childhood games were nhodo (played with stones on the ground) and pada (hopscotch)!