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James McAdie, Conservation Youth Worker
James joined Froglife in 2010 to take over the FACT project
(formerly Peterborough
Environment Enrichment Project). As a young lad, James joined the
RAF in order to see the world and in his ten years was
fortunate enough to complete tours in destinations such as
Arizona, Ohio, North America, the Falkland Islands, Ascension
Island and Turkey. Unfortunately, he also completed a tour in
Norfolk. James enjoys being outside and getting his hands dirty
and his role within Froglife enables him to do this on a daily
basis. Some of the sessions take place in a workshop where the
young people enjoy building and designing various wildlife
projects, using tools and making as much noise as humanly
possible! During these sessions, James often finds himself
reminiscing about his youth and his many failed attempts at Blue
Peter-style projects. James loves the variety of his role within
Froglife - working outdoors with young people, and begging,
stealing and borrowing in the name of conservation! He sees
himself as a modern day wildlife Robin Hood but draws the line
at wearing tights. James is unsure which of our species is
his favourite - he likes the natterjack toad, but then he likes the adder
too. But which is best? There's only one way to find
out…FIGHT!!!
Jodie joined Froglife as My Wild Life Project Officer in 2011.
Previously she has worked organising outdoor camping events and,
most recently, for the RSPB. Jodie has always wanted to use her
skills working for a wildlife charity that also works with the
local community, so this is her ideal role. Jodie hasn’t had a
lot of experience with reptiles or amphibians, but says
her favourite is the common frog because she has fond memories
of watching them in her pond when she was little.
Laura has a varied background in fine art, sculptures and having
lots of fun with cameras whilst studying for her art degree.
After creating lots of art involving animals, public spaces and
wildlife, the animals eventually won and she started
volunteering with the Wildlife Trust helping with a variety of
ecological surveys including, birds, bats and hoverflies. Laura
particularly enjoys running children’s workshops and
volunteering on practical conservation tasks, which led to her
joining Froglife in 2010. She loves working with young folk and
helping them explore the outdoors - making animal crafts and
hunting for reptiles and amphibians. When Laura was younger she
used to like stroking the frogs that came popping out her garden
pond and loved all things messy (unless spiders were involved!).
She secretly wanted to be Michaela Strachan and, if she’s
honest, still does. Laura loves all amphibians and reptiles but
her favourites are toads, as they’re easy to photograph, and
newts because they have a cheeky face. Outside of work Laura enjoys
hula-hooping.
Rebecca Neal, Conservation Youth Worker
Becca is the newest member of the Froglife team having joined in
January 2012 to work on a re-run of the Green Pathways scheme.
She started working with young people, way back in the day, as
an outdoor pursuits instructor on the Isle of Wight and since
training as a teacher has enjoyed working all over world - from
the beautiful Pembrokeshire coast to a rural secondary school in
Guyana. She loved the blue skies, mangos and Soca music and
found the natural environment of South America amazing. The
highlights were watching leatherback turtles laying eggs on the
beach and seeing the back end of a jaguar! Since returning to
the UK Becca has completed a Masters in Biodiversity and
Conservation and had the pleasure of working at Slapton Ley
Field Centre in glorious Devon. Most recently she has been
working for the RSPB at a new people-focussed reserve near
Tamworth called Middleton Lakes. This involved setting up the
education provision and she has fond memories of showing inner
city Birmingham students their first grass snake on the reserve.
Contact the Education Team.
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