Aigas Naturedays - Environmental Education for Children

Staff

At the heart of Aigas is our field centre team, made up of rangers, education officers, a staff naturalist and administrators. We have very friendly and knowledgeable staff who work with groups. The field staff all have natural science or education-related qualifications. We are committed to delivering quality programmes in a child-friendly manner. We aim to introduce new concepts and ideas through play and exploration. These will in turn stimulate thought processes and questions - leading to a greater appreciation, respect and interest in the environment.

Education Team:

Anna, Faith, Sue, Rebekah

Administrative Team:

Frankie, Sheila and Amy

Anna Lound

Education Team Leader

Anna is a graduate from Leeds University with a degree in Environmental Geology and a PGCE in Secondary Geography. Her teaching experiences have been in three secondary schools in West Yorkshire. Her last teaching post was at a secondary school in Bradford, where taught Geography to all ages and established and taught A- level Geology.

Faith Hillier

Senior Education Officer

Faith has a background in music and completed a Bachelor of Music degree at Cardiff University in 2002. She has a wide experience of working with children in a variety of settings. Since completing her Primary PGCE in 2005 she has worked in Primary classrooms, nurseries, with special needs, done peripatetic flute teaching to individuals and groups and conducted a flute choir.

Sue Hodgson

Education Officer

Sue has previously been a professional gardener and recently was instrumental in the design and planting of the Breathing Space garden at the local Primary school. As a mother and former Cub Scout leader she loves to share her passion for wildlife and plants with children and adults alike.

Rebekah West

Education Officer

Rebekah completed a B.A.Hons. in Contemporary Decorative Crafts in Lincoln. She has a keen interest in nature and conservation and graduated with a B.SC. in Conservation Biology in 2009. Whilst studying Rebekah helped to set up an afterschool nature club. Rebekah is extremely excited about being able to pass on her passion of wildlife to a younger generation in Scotland.

Sheila Kerr

Secretary

Sheila Kerr is our friendly Book-keeper and Secretary. Her working career spans catering, PA to a National Trust for Scotland director, followed by her own businesses with her husband in the Highlands, a filling station then a small country Hotel. Her particular outside interest is traditional Scottish music, and she plays in a local Band, the Cnoc Ciùil Ceilidh Band. Sheila also enjoys gardening and walking.” Sheila works in the office and is an important part of our education logistics team.

Frances MacLeman
Programme Assistant
Frances Macleman handles bookings, enquiries, marketing and programme logistics. Born in Edinburgh, a great grand daughter of the Earl of Kilmarnock, she was raised in Sheildaig on the west coast of Scotland and grew up with the sea as her front garden. Frankie re-joined us in August 2008 as Programme Assistant after a twelve year absence. She enjoys boats with or without an outboard, travelling, crosswords, photography, reading, history, politics and is learning how to fly fish.

Amy Bartlett
Fundraising Officer
Amy moved to Strathglass in January 2005 from Yorkshire and lives locally in the village of Tomich. She has a background in the voluntary sector including development, funding and volunteer support. As our Fundraising Officer, Amy is tasked with securing long and short term funding to ensure the sustainability of the environmental education work we deliver at Aigas. In her free time Amy will be found walking in the surrounding glens with her trusted sidekick Jake (dog).

Contributors

We are extremely grateful for funding support from Scottish Natural Heritage for our environmental education programmes. This has also enabled us to offer free outreach sessions for schools on natural heritage.

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