I’m really enjoying the evaluation of the Peregrini Landscape Partnership project. It is early days but I am trying to embed a ‘walking’ approach to this – making it a […]

(and other questions about children’s freedom) I saw an interesting article from The Wild Network about how much freedom children should have. As a mum of an increasingly independent 9 […]

I have to admit, the first time I went to a rag rugging exhibition at Bailiffgate Museum I did not have high expectations. How good could a few rugs be? […]

I have been getting stuck into a couple of evaluation projects over the last couple of weeks. I find evaluation fascinating. It raises so many questions and really makes me […]

This weekend Fred and I went to visit a project which I worked on last year. The Holy Trinity Church Organ Restoration Project has restored the pipe organ, originally built […]

After an amazing 16 day family holiday in Cornwall we’re back into the school routine and I’m easing myself back into work gently… Who am I kidding? I’m like a […]

I missed this when it was announced in the press – fantastic news that water voles will be coming back to Kielder in the next few years following a successful […]

“The more risks you allow your children to make, the better they learn to look after themselves,” ​Roald Dhal Some lovely quotes here about the importance of children’s play (stolen […]

Two years ago I was writing a Heritage Lottery Fund application for Northumberland Wildlife Trust’s Dynamic Druridge project. Now we have this… …the new Wildlife Discovery Centre at Hauxley Nature […]