Our Volunteering Development Team

I read Education Studies at university, where I fell in love with and trained to deliver environmental education and education for sustainability.  This meant that I could share my love of our wide and wonderful world with others…and get paid for it! Wow!  I also fell in love with volunteering – there were so many ways to get involved in exciting projects, learn new skills and make a difference. 

After graduating, I spent several years working in visitor experience roles at a couple historic house and gardens.  I planned and ran family activities, finding creative ways for people to connect with the landscape around them, as well as leading school visits and managing hundreds of volunteers! Following that, I took a role leading the education programme for an environmental education charity based on an organic farm.  Here I spent my days outdoors, in all weathers, leading and facilitating schools, families and care farm participants to connect more deeply with the natural and farmed world.  It was this that first led me to working for the Wildlife Trust as an education officer, leading school visits and birthday parties, focussing on everything from pond life to pollination, soil health to nature connection.  I quickly joined as a volunteer too and I took over running our family ‘Wildlife Watch’ club, which I love as it enables our supporters to join in with positive, fun and educational outdoor activities together as a family. 

From there, I became the Volunteer Development Officer with the Trust.  This role enables me to help people build stronger connections with their local wild spaces and communities, both of which I see as integral to us turning the tide on the climate and ecological crises facing our world.  Together we are stronger – so find something you’re passionate about and do that – where and how you do it is up to you…sometimes the path less-trodden reveals the greatest adventures of all!