Staff

Executive Director – Douglas Saucedo Anez

Has a BTEC qualification as a Forest School Leader Level 3, a CACHE Level 3 Diploma for Children and Young People’s Workforce; he has a background in Business and Marketing, Early Years Development and in Traditional African Storytelling and Bush-craft.

Douglas has exclusively worked as a Forest School Leader for the past 12 years in Primary Schools, Nurseries and Children’s Centre in Lambeth providing Forest School programs, transforming Dad’s groups and Stay and Play sessions into outdoor Forest School opportunities and has organized and developed Forest School for Community Groups, Local Environmental Projects, Natural Education Steering Groups and actively participates in the Forest School Association.

Operations Director – John Cannell

Qualified BTEC Level 3 Forest School Leader, over 12 years experience of developing, managing and delivering successful environmental community projects. Including fundraising, PR, networking, managing volunteers & staff. During his career he has had various horticultural, environmental education and nature conservation roles at a wide range of charities and not for profit companies.

He has worked in partnership with a variety of different organisations developing and running activities for a wide range of beneficiaries, delivering nature focused and horticultural activities that both increases individual participants skills and confidence, with many activities also benefiting local communities and wildlife.