The Team
Owen Morgan, SFI Moorland Digital App Coordinator (Part Time)
Owen is a landscape architect turned researcher in rural economics, having recently completed a PhD looking at socio-cultural value within hill farming communities. Throughout his professional journey, Owen’s passion has consistently centred around natural landscapes and the individuals responsible for their preservation. Currently residing in East Cumbria, he divides his time between working on the SFI Moorland Digital tool, teaching at the University of Cumbria, and conducting research to support upland farming communities.
owen@foundationforcommonland.org.uk
Lyndsey Stride, Governance and Finance Manager (Part Time)
Lyndsey Stride is a passionate communicator, she has written an Education Toolkit for schools and worked with commoners, the CDA and the National Park Authority to give commoners a voice. Lyndsey is a commoner in the New Forest, qualified primary teacher, Forest School leader and potter.
Susie Hodgson, Office Administrator (Part Time)
Susie is based in the office in Ambleside taking care of the day to day running of the Foundation for Common Land. Susie and her husband are National Trust tenant farmers in the Langdale’s.
Tom Lawrence, SFI Moorland Digital App Coordinator (Part Time)
Tom is passionate about conservation and is coordinating our SFI Moorland Digital Tool project. He is based in London and joins us after obtaining previous experience working on SFI Moorland and other agri-environmental schemes in Cumbria. His other professional experiences includes working for over 6 years at The Sloth Institute in Costa Rica after obtaining his MSc in Wildlife Health and Conservation.
Rhiannon Jones, Training and Knowledge Exchange Co-ordinator (Part Time)
Rhiannon is an Agroecologist, founding member and Project Coordinator of Greenslate Community Farm based in Wigan. Her early career was in the delivery of alternative education provision, and later in farming, specialising in Regenerative Agriculture and the conservation of rare breeds. Her passion is in bringing farming, conservation, and education together.
Julia Aglionby, Programme Delivery (Part Time)
Julia was on the Board of Natural England from 2014-2019 and is a Professor in Practice at the University of Cumbria; a practicing Land Agent and Agricultural Valuer she chairs the Uplands Alliance. Julia lives in Cumbria on ‘Susan’s Farm CIO’ of which she is a Trustee.