Following a degree in ecology Richard worked as a field ecologist before gaining a PhD studying the immunology of Multiple Sclerosis. He worked as a primary teacher and advisor for many years, mostly with Service Children’s Education in schools in Brunei, Cyprus and Germany. In 2008 he trained with LTL as a facilitator and trainer and has been a professional member since, running training and conducting advisory visits. He is also a Forest Schools leader. He believes passionately in the value of real first hand experiences in education and that the best opportunities for these invariably lie outside the four walls of the traditional classroom!
Richard is currently working on a three year study of KS2 children in four schools in Southwark looking at the effect that high quality outdoor experiences have on their learning. In his scarce spare time Richard enjoys playing, collecting and building guitars.
Julie joined LTL with a HNC in Childcare and Education and 7 years experience working in nursery settings, most recently in a nursery based on a Norwegian ethos of learning through exploring the environment and outdoor play experiences. Julie is therefore committed to helping practitioners and parents to provide safe and stimulating activities in a range of environments, including the garden, park, playground and local woodland area, and in all weathers.
Julie is mainly working on our Nurturing Outdoor Play project that aims to improve the wellbeing of vulnerable pre-school children through providing outdoor free play. As part of this Julie runs weekly outdoor play sessions for small groups of vulnerable children and their parents in the outdoor spaces of nurseries, as well as local parks, woodland and other areas of community greenspace.
When she's not doing that, Julie's also a green belt in kickboxing!
Tracey oversees the production of all our wonderful resources. She has edited and written for a wide range of national magazines and books including publications specialising in child development. At weekends she is often found on her vegetable patch with her three children.
Lewis’s career has taken him up the evolutionary chain from zoo-plankton to primary school children! Now he is at LTL, he has progressed to secondary schools and is spending most of his time delivering our Fruit-full Schools programme!
After spending several years as a marine biologist he moved into environmental education. He initially worked with BTCV where he was involved in the planning and construction of new outdoor facilities and resources for the award-winning Skelton Grange Environment Centre. He also worked on the ‘Sort-it’ recycling project, delivering assemblies and workshops in schools. More recently at the RSPB, he developed, implemented and monitored the field teaching programme for schools at Bempton Cliffs Reserve.
Lewis has travelled extensively and has volunteered his time and expertise to create and environmental education activities for NGOs across South America too.
Steve has extensive experience of working with early years settings, primary and secondary schools to transform and use their spaces. Over seven years he has facilitated an extensive range of LTL projects giving him valuable insight into how schools work and what support they need.
Steve brings 14 years solid project management experience working with schools and the community to enhance their environment. He has worked for BTCV (the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers) developing and implementing conservation programmes with volunteers and for Groundwork where he led several community regeneration programmes.
Steve places strong emphasis on the participation of children in his projects and has two young children of his own.
As a primary school teacher Caroline frequently used the outdoors to enrich the curriculum – for example she produced a version of Beowulf in the woods, organised an overnight trip to a Tudor boat and raised trout in the classroom to stock a nearby river. Following her teaching experience, she moved to Canada where she volunteered for Growing Chefs, developing lesson plans and resources to promote urban agriculture in schools.
She has a strong interest in childhood development and prior to LTL worked on a research project into the role of movement and sensory stimulation in childhood neurological development. She majored in Special Educational Needs for her PGCE following a degree in Experimental Psychology at Cambridge.
In her free time Caroline volunteered for the Green Team helping to take groups of young people to ‘wild places’ to discover and explore their natural heritage.
Ruth has a wealth of experience in harnessing the natural environment to support children’s learning. Following her PGCE in primary education, Ruth taught in Primary education and then moved to be a community education officer in Kent Wildlife Trust. During her seven years with the Trust, she coordinated over 25,000 children through an education programme and managed award winning projects in youth work and country park development.
Ruth particularly enjoys working with communities in participatory projects. She has a passion for Wildlife Conservation and coordinates Hampshire Wildlife Trust’s Shoresearch programme as a volunteer.
Ginny understands the realities of working in early years settings having worked as a nursery nurse, an outreach officer in a children’s centre and a pre-school manager. At LTL she has visited a wide range of early years settings across the country as part of her advisory work on capital programmes and has experience of developing solutions to a diverse range of challenges. She has a Foundation Degree in Early Years Care and Education.
Ginny grew up on a farm with no TV as one of ten children. Not surprisingly she is highly creative when it comes to harnessing the potential of the outdoors for adventure and play!
Other familiar faces include our administrative team who work on a wide range of programmes and events, including Vicky Burden and Renata Pidduck in Winchester, Chris May in London and Meg Carroll in Scotland. Rowena Burt looks after our ICT.
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