The Yorkshire Wildlife Trust's Staff Details

The Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Staff details

Follow the links below for information on the various Trust departments.

For general enquiries, please call 01904 659570 or email info@ywt.org.uk.
If you wish to contact a specific member of staff, email addresses are in the form firstname.surname@ywt.org.uk.

Chief Executive

Chief Executive

Dr Rob Stoneman

Finance & Administration

Head of Finance & Administration

Sarah Butcher

Receptionist (Thursday & Friday)

Rosie Adcock

Receptionist (Monday - Wednesday)

Dan Smith

Finance Manager

Doreen Berriman

Business Development

Head of Business Development

Joe Cole

Membership and IT Officer

David Bryant

Membership Assistant (Thursday & Friday)

Dan Smith

Communications Officer

Kirsten Smith

Honorary Legacy Officer (part time)

Carolyn Vickery

Membership Development Officer

Paul Fox

Volunteering

Volunteering Development Manager

(position vacant)

Volunteering Development Officer

Claire Jackson

Volunteering Development Officer (Wildlife Wealth Project)

Stephen Meays

Education

Education Manager

Jo Smith

Running Wild Project Officer

Vicky Harland

Running Wild Project Assistant

Michelle Hawthorne
Steph Renshaw

Nature Reserves

Head of Reserves

 David Hargreaves

Reserves Officers - Oversee the management of nature reserves, putting together management plans as well as carrying out practical work.

Southern & Western Reserves (Based at Potteric Carr)

Nabil Abbas

Outer Humber Reserves (Based at Spurn Point)

Andrew Gibson

Northern Reserves

Jenny Hayward
Elizabeth Round

Eastern and Central Reserves

Caroline Comins

Field Officers - Carry out practical work on our nature reserves in order to maintain and improve their value to wildlife.

Northern Reserves

Peter Christopherson

Southern Reserves (Based at Potteric Carr)

Karen McDiarmid

Central and Eastern Reserves

John Wollaston

Conservation Projects

Head of Conservation Projects

Terry Smithson

Water for Wildlife Officer (River Calder)

Brian Lavelle

Water for Wildlife Officer (River Calder)

Nick Simms

Water for Wildlife Officer (River Hull)

Jon Traill

Water for Wildlife Officer (River Ouse)

Claire Jackson

Living Churchyards Officer

Elizabeth Hardcastle

Conservation Officer (Leeds & Bradford)

Don Vine

Conservation Officer (Adders Project)

Sam Jarrah-Moon

Conservation Officer (Yorkshire Dales)

James Ferguson

Conservation Officer (Greater Hull Area) Tony Martin
Conservation Officer (Peatland Project) Astrid Hanlon

Conservation Policy

Regional Director of Conservation Policy

Louise Wilkinson

Wildlife Data Officer

(position vacant)

Conservation Officer (Planning)

Sara Robin

Potteric Carr Team

Admissions / Office

01302 570077

Field Centre / Cafe

01302 364152

Education and Reserve Manager

Jo Smith

Reserves Officer

Andy Cochrane

 Education Officer

Jo Meays

 Admissions Assistants

Malcoln Green
Mark Roberts

Reserve Maintenance Officer

Mark Roberts

Cafe Supervisor

Bev Walker

 Assistant Cafe Supervisor

Julie Burfield

 Cafe Assistants

Celia Hirst
Adam Jones
Pauline Tanswell

Flynn (Photo: David Hargreaves)

...And finally the most important member of staff - Flynn the sheepdog!