Alastair manages Grounds for Learning, LTL’s programme in Scotland. He is an experienced manager with a background in business, the environment and the charitable sector.
After graduating from Edinburgh University he spent time in Uganda supporting rural communities to develop agriculture and agroforestry. Following an MSc from Oxford University he joined a Scottish woodland management firm, becoming a Company Director and gaining experience in a wide range of business management arenas. After eight years in woodland management he took a diploma in International Development Management from the Open University and moved with his family to Nepal where he supported the transition of a large international charity towards more local governance and stronger indigenous management capacity. Since 2007 he has been leading our work in Scotland, combining his management and business experience with his passion for connecting children to nature.
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.
He 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 in 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 volunteers for the Green Team helping to take groups of young people to ‘wild places’ to discover and explore their natural heritage.
Meg is an experienced administrator and has a longstanding interest in youth work [through Girlguiding Scotland], gardening and wildlife. She is an accomplished musician, playing the clarsach, fiddle, piano, organ, flute – and more – and has helped us to develop different ways of using outdoor spaces and materials to enjoy and make music.
As part of LTL, GfL is governed by the LTL board of trustees. We have an active and highly respected Scottish board member in David Cameron, formerly Director of Children's Services for Stirling Council and president of the Association of Directors of Education of Scotland. David chaired the Scottish Government’s Outdoor Connections Advisory group, is involved in writing guidance for Curriculum for Excellence and chairs the Scottish National Parents Forum.
GfL is currently establishing an Advisory Group to support the development of our work in Scotland. Comprising respected representatives from the fields of play, education, nature, early years, health, disability and child development, this group assists our work by:
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