JULIA MINNEAR

​LEEF Manager

​Julia has a background supporting urban food growing projects, particularly with schools and community groups. For the last few years she has been a Co-Director at Women's Environmental Network (WEN) where she gained experience in charity management & strategy, as well as fundraising, programme development, and communications. Julia is passionate about London's green spaces, urban environmental education, and adult learning.

DR IAIN BOULTON

Trustee - Chair

Iain has 19 years’ experience of working in local government within London, with particular specialisations in ecology, greenspace management, planning and development, environmental education and promoting volunteering by local residents, businesses and third sector stakeholders. Iain is active in a range of environmental and conservation charities; he is Vice-Chair for the Association of Local Government Ecologists (ALGE) and an active judge for London in Bloom and Green Flag Award. He has been an active LEEF member for many years and has been Chair of the LEEF Management Committee since 2010, and now the Chair of its Board of Trustees since 2017.

EMILY HARRIS

Trustee

Originally a science teacher, Emily has worked for the last decade in outdoor learning and heritage education. Now working as a consultant, Emily has delivered education projects for several large heritage organisations including Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. At Cambridge University Emily is currently employed as Research Assistant on an EU funded project exploring ‘Tinkering’ as a pedagogical approach for STEM learning. She is also Family Learning Manager at the Horniman Museum.

ANNA PORTCH

Trustee

Anna is a long-term environmental educator with a passion for urban sustainability education and primates! She was LEEF Co-ordinator for seven very successful years from 2008-15 and is currently managing Sunnyside Community Gardens in Archway. Among her many achievements at LEEF, Anna devised the annual Empty Classroom Day which is now Outdoor Classroom Day and takes place globally. 

KATY BARTON

Trustee

Katy Barton BSc, MSc, PGCE, QTS has over a decade of experience working in informal education alongside traditional classroom and lecturing. She has used zoos, parks and the natural world to teach topics ranging from technology, through science, to mathematics. Currently Katy is a National Assessor for zookeepers in addition to working for the education team at Kew Gardens and managing Iver environment centre.

MICHAEL HOLLAND

Trustee

Michael  has been Head of Education at Chelsea Physic Garden (‘London’s oldest outdoor classroom’) since 2003. Michael's main mission is to connect people to nature in creative, fun and memorable ways. He was one of our first LEEF fellows with his fellowship being awarded on 25 March 2014 and he served as Director of Botanic Gardens Education Network from 2005-13.

HELEN ROBERTSON

Trustee

​Helen is an experienced environmental educator, having worked in the sector for over 18 years at sites across the UK. Helen has worked for FSC since 2001, and currently manages FSC London and FSC Epping Forest, leading a team of Tutors that deliver courses to schools and community engagement activities at sites across London. Helen is experienced in: teaching courses to all age groups, course development, event management, business planning and budgeting, staff training and development, fundraising, grant applications, project management and delivery, administration. Helen is also FSC Health and Safety Officer, working nationally to develop and support Health and Safety systems and deliver training in FSC systems.

TREVOR BOWYER

Trustee

Trevor is an experienced environmental educator who has worked in the sector for over 10 years. He has responsibility for the smooth running of the Holland Park Ecology Centre and the development and teaching of the Environmental Education programme. He also established a successful Forest School programme at the centre. He is experienced in organising events, managing volunteer and intern programmes and has a good working knowledge of health and safety issues.

CATHERINE MILLER

Trustee

​Catherine has over 20 years’ experience of working with London’s community gardens and their various funding and policy environments. She co-ordinated a London network for 12 years and organised training, advice and events including a large annual community festival. She wrote policy responses on behalf of the network to consultations such as the Mayor’s Biodiversity Strategy, and the complex National Planning Policy Framework, where she had particular insight gained from conducting two successful campaigns against housing development on a community garden. 

AINE CURTIN

Volunteer/Membership and Communications Officer

Aine is a recent politics graduate who came to LEEF to lend a hand and gain some experience. She is a driven individual who has a passion for all things environmental, especially environmental education and sustainability.

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The role of a LEEF trustee is to ensure that LEEF as a charity (no. 1168740) is operating legally and fulfilling its aims and mission as outlined on the charity commission website. 

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