?Biosphere Communities project lead, empowering folks in North Devon & Torridge to become champions for nature’s recovery in their local area & sustainably deliver solutions to the shared environmental & social challenges faced across our communities.
⛑️Chair for One Atlantic, a community forum of private, public, & VCSE sectors united to promote public health & wellbeing in Bideford & surrounding areas; subgroup representative on the Bideford Regeneration Board.
?Graduate in Physical Geography BSc, with 15+ years experience creating & delivering a wide range of outdoor education & community engagement programmes with diverse groups across the UK.
?Steering group member for North Devon #UNESCO Biosphere’s ‘Pledge for Nature’ project, a lottery-funded campaign to promote community action to address nature’s recovery; Biosphere Business Partner (#BBP) & inaugural winner of Star Business & Nature Business Award.
?Member of the North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (#AONB) Partnership as Tourism & Recreation Partner; Steering Group member of the ‘Finding Nature’s Footprints’ project providing opportunities for new audiences to connect with nature across the AONB with particular focus on youth engagement.
?Steering group member for Wellbeing in Outdoor & Environmental Education (#WBinOEE) Network, bringing together stakeholders in research, policy, & practice to promote wellbeing in curriculum-focused outdoor & environmental education.
?Steering group member for the Network for Environmental Educators in Devon (#NEED), networking across local authorities, schools, FE & HE, NGOs, & communities committed to developing environmental awareness, stewardship & learning for sustainability within formal & informal education.
?Member of the Taw Torridge Estuary Forum, acting as a consultee body to both District Councils, Devon County Council, the Environment Agency, & other bodies including comment upon planning applications, access, Code of Conduct, & environmental statements with relevance to the Estuary.
?Former Deputy Centre Manager at Skern Lodge, a residential outdoor education centre located on the North Coast of Devon within the heart of the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. DSL, MHFA, ESG, & EDI Taskgroup lead.
?Former Chair for the Institute of Outdoor Learning Field Studies Professional Practice Group (IOL FS PPG), uniting best practice in Geography Fieldwork, contributing to industry publications & key decision making.
?Above all, a lifelong lover of British wildlife & landscapes, sharing adventures with friends outdoors.
?Biosphere Communities project lead, empowering folks in North Devon & Torridge to become champions for nature’s recovery in their local area & sustainably deliver solutions to the shared environmental & social challenges faced across our communities.
⛑️Chair for One Atlantic, a community forum of private, public, & VCSE sectors united to promote public health & wellbeing in Bideford & surrounding areas; subgroup representative on the Bideford Regeneration...
