Lyndsey Stride is a passionate communicator, she has written an Education Toolkit for schools and worked with commoners, the CDA and the National Park Authority to give commoners a voice. Lyndsey is a commoner in the New Forest, qualified primary teacher, Forest School leader and potter.

Lyndsey@foundationforcommonland.org.uk

Susie is based in the office in Ambleside taking care of the day to day running of the Foundation for Common Land. Susie and her husband are National Trust tenant farmers in the Langdale’s.

Susie@foundationforcommonland.org.uk

Reader in Environmental Governance at the Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI) in the University of Gloucestershire, who has been undertaking research on common land since the 1990s;

Hill Farmer in Exmoor and Chair of Exmoor National Park Authority. Deputy Chair of the Uplands Alliance and previously NFU Uplands Spokesman.

Robin@foundationforcommonland.org.uk

Hill farmer in Dartmoor, has sat on the NFU Uplands Committee and is heavily involved on The Dartmoor Defra Test and Trial.

Jim Chairs the North York Moors National Park Authority; he is a family man, farmer and countryman running a mixed farm including common grazing on the southern side of North York Moors.

Conservation Advisor for FWAG in Gloucestershire with significant experience in pulling together and managing complex multi outcome conservation projects, many on commons. Awarded an MBE for this work

Harriet is a writer and poet focusing on the relationship between landscape, nature and farming. She has worked with many commoners through projects in the Lake District, Yorkshire and Dartmoor.

Keira has worked for the National Trust for a number of years; moving from a park and forestry ranger through to visitor facing and education roles, she has most recently been working as a project coordinator for 2 large conservation and farming projects in the Lake District. Keira is based in the Eden Valley in Cumbria.

07977 840145

Keira@foundationforcommonland.org.uk

Claire has extensive project management experience across the public sector, namely within education, and latterly a short career in Primary Teaching. Claire’s expertise is with facilitating, engagement, events, strategic communications and ‘joining the dots’. Whilst not from a farming background, her amassed skills and passion for the natural environment will ensure the success of the Yorkshire Dales FCL Project.

07890 028022

Claire@foundationforcommonland.org.uk

After getting her degree in Environmental Science in 2018, Tamsin worked for Natural England securing funding from NLHF for a £10 million project to restore and conserve sand dunes across the UK. More recently she has been working with the University of Exeter on international projects focussing on food security challenges.

07890 047181

Tamsin@foundationforcommonland.org.uk

Julia was on the Board of Natural England from 2014-2019 and is a Professor in Practice at the University of Cumbria; a practicing Land Agent and Agricultural Valuer she chairs the Uplands Alliance. Julia lives in Cumbria on ‘Susan’s Farm CIO’ of which she is a Trustee.

Julia@foundationforcommonland.org.uk