Who we are

2023 January taken at our annual gathering of our facilitators, volunteers, directors.
L to R: Rachel Kellett, Mell Harrison, Molly Potter, Louisa Yallop, Eloise Wilkinson, Martin Clarke

The Kinda team comprise of Directors and Facilitators and Volunteers. With our array of facilitators and volunteers, we are 36 as of Sept 2023.

Standardised induction takes place for all staff, including volunteers.There is a mixture of L3 and L2 forest school staff, qualified teachers, speech and language therapists and those who are working towards a qualification.

If you wish to become a facilitator, volunteer, or work with us in any way send us an email.

We currently have 6 directors: Louisa Yallop, Mell Harrison, Rachel Kellett, Eloise Wilkinson, Martin Clark and Molly Potter.

People

Mell Harrison

Director/Facilitator
Mell has been facilitating Nature Connection work for over 25 years. In her words she “absolutely adores working with people within nature”.

Eloise Wilkinson

Director/Facilitator
I am passionate about children having the best possible start in life – having two children of my own helped with that also!

Rachel Kellett

Director/Facilitator
Returning to working with children here in the wood has been a great joy, and the journey a rich experience

Louisa Yallop

Director/Finance

I am excited that this project will give families who desperately need it a gateway into this way of experiencing the world and an opportunity to find talents and value in themselves that other methods of education don’t always uncover.

Molly Potter

Director/wellbeing

I have a personal love of the outdoors that started as soon as I could walk. My childhood was one of den-building, wild-swimming, mud-love, climbing (on pretty much anything), fascination with plants, animals and insects and elaborate games amongst the trees