The Stroud Valleys Project Team
We have a great team with a variety of backgrounds and interests. We are all passionate about the work we do for Stroud Valleys Project.
Clare
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Clare has responsibility, under the overall guidance of the trustees, for developing and planning the strategic direction of the organisation to support its overall aims.
Richard
PROJECT OFFICER
Richard looks after a number of our volunteering groups, including groups at Rackleaze Wetlands, Stratford Park and Kingswood. He also co-ordinates our groups of volunteer woodworkers who supply our eco shop with some great wildlife products.
Richard holds a Great crested newts survey or research class licence (level 1) (CL08).
Tamsin
PROJECT OFFICER
Tamsin runs our OPCC-sponsored Wildworks group, as well as a Stroud-based allotment group and community engagement project in Stratford Park. She also looks after Wild Classrooms, an exciting project which aims to focus and support outdoor learning in schools in Gloucestershire.
Find out more about Wild Classrooms
Katherine
COMMUNICATIONS & FUNDRAISING COORDINATOR
Katherine’s role is to tell people about Stroud Valleys Project and how we’re improving our communities and our landscape; to forge new connections with people and organisations who share our values; and to help ensure our work receives the funding it needs to continue long into the future.
Alongside this, Katherine is also responsible for organising our programme of events.
If you have a media enquiry or would like to know more about any of our work, please email katherine@stroudvalleysproject.org.
Nik
OPERATIONS MANAGER
Nik coordinates all issues relating to business and financial management within the organisation.
Fred
PROJECT OFFICER
Fred is the project officer for the conservation projects at Capel’s Mill in Stroud and Sarah’s Field in Berkeley. He also runs our Carers in Nature project, which gives carers a chance to get out into nature.
Fred is highly skilled in many aspects of conservation and runs our popular scything workshops.
Emily
ECO SHOP SUPERVISOR
Emily runs our Threadneedle Street eco shop and is usually there Thursday to Saturday, making sure we have plenty of our eco-friendly cleaning, toiletries and wildlife-friendly basics in stock, as well as sourcing new and exciting eco product ranges.
Caroline
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER & VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR
Caroline is our project development manager, responsible for bid writing and creative project development and acts as our volunteer coordinator. She also works alongside Tamsin and Fred on our Wild Shed and Carers in Nature projects.
Ruth
PROJECT OFFICER
Ruth runs our Wednesday Canal Project volunteer group as part of the Cotswold Canals Connected project to restore the Stroudwater Navigation between Stonehouse and Saul Junction. The team undertakes a variety of tasks all along the canal corridor, including hedge planting, wildflower seed sowing and removing invasive non-native species.
Ruth also runs our Thursday Tree Planting volunteer group over the winter, working with local landowners to plant new hedges and areas of woodland. In the summer she helps run Wild Shed with Caroline.
Alison
OFFICE MANAGER
Alison is our office manager who takes care of the day to day running of the office, website, and Friends' memberships.
She is also our sustainability coordinator, encouraging good practice in all areas of our organisation, covering purchasing decisions, running our recycling scheme and ensuring we do everything we need to gain our Green Impact award accreditation.