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Meet the Team

Meet the Team

All of our delivery leads are highly qualified Level 3 Forest School or Outdoor practitioners and are experienced in outdoor education. We also have a vibrant team of skilled people who provide support both during sessions and behind the scenes, including digital media, fundraising, administration and support staff.

Core Staff

Javeria Butt

Provision Coordinator

Kat Huckstep

Sophie’s Personal Assistant

Kimberley Golby

Lead Administrator

Mads Sutherland

Apprentice Business Administrator

Rachel Watson

Kindergarten Manager, SENCO, Designated Safeguarding Lead

Sophie Watkinson

Founding Director and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Board of Trustees

Brittany Baggett

Chair of Trustees

Gary Saunders

Trustee

Rory Whaling

Trustee

Samantha Orde

Trustee

Sian Jones

Trustee

Kindergarten

Brooke Mason

Early Years Practitioner Apprentice

Gemma Craig

Lead Early Years Practitioner

Katharine Chapman

Early Years Practitioner

Liz Gill

Early Years Practitioner

Lucy Holyoak

Kindergarten Deputy Manger, Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Rachel Watson

Kindergarten Manager, SENCO, Designated Safeguarding Lead

Will Wood

Early Years Practitioner

Advanced Practitioners

Nikki Garrod-Bush

Advanced Practitioner

Tom Mower

Advanced Practitioner

Lead Practitioners

Alice Holliday

Lead Practitioner

Lizzie Lowe

Lead Practitioner

Lyndsay Hepplewhite

Early Years Practitioner, Lead Practitioner

Samantha Tranter

Gateshead Riverside Project Manager

Stuart Moore

Lead Practitioner

Practitioners

Caroline Herbert

Practitioner

Collette Calinski

Practitioner

Elena Douglas

Early Years Practitioner

Katie Lee

Support Assistant

Sally Veitch

Support Assistant

Sarah Crampton

Support Assistant

Associates

John Coburn

Wild Ideas

Rachael McCabe

Play Therapist

Rosalind Knox

Occupational Therapist

Ross Heffernan

Woodland Managment, Site Maintenance
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