Who we are
These are the people that make our organisation tick
Chloe Hay – Venue & Marketing Manager for The Glade
Chloe handles the day-to-day running of The Glade, plans our big events and spends a significant portion of her day pushing a wheelbarrow around. She’s also a yoga teacher, novice gardener, top-notch packed lunch maker and spends a weird amount of time forgoing the comfort of her cottage for a weekend under canvas instead.
Superpower: Can snack all day long.
Fatal flaw: Since pregnancy put her off tea she never gets a round in.
Kryptonite: Dogs, of all kinds (she’s not fussy)
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Kester Hoefkens – Woodlab Manager
Kes, the Woodlab manager, a crafty man… who’s also good at various crafts. From weaving to woodwork, welding to whittling, window displays to post apocalypse bunkers – he’s your guy. Cabinet maker, leather worker, stonemason and networker of the crafts. The man in blue and a beanie, if he ever cut himself (which he doesn’t), he would bleed denim.
Superpower: Spinning plates.
Fatal Flaw: None – now that he washes.
Kryptonite: Fancy coffee and cake.
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Sylvia Mohabir (Executive Director) – Woodland Nymph
This is Sylvie! She’s director extraordinaire, makes everything tick and constantly spins a multitude of plates. She created the Woods for Wellness project, oversees The Glade and gets things kick started. In her time “off” she goes on massive hikes, deep sea diving, adventures in her van and she’s renowned for her waffles.
Superpower: Vegan superpowers 🥑⠀
Fatal flaw: Really organised, outshines others ⠀
Kryptonite: Loves a party
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Al Tempest (Founding Director) – Problem Child
Does he create problems or does he fix them? We’re still not sure which he does more of. As the founder of TWP Al spends most of his time pretending he knows whats going on and trying to get what’s in his head, working in the ‘real’ world.
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Tim Crabtree (Non-Exec Director) – Economic Monastic
If we want to find a fairer/better way of doing what we’re doing, Tim normally has a good idea of how we can do it. It’s like he was a monastic some sort of temple of social enterprise for most of his life. He guides us when we need to do something difficult.
Steve Arscott (Non-Exec Director) – Digital Forrester
From his creative and fertile nursery of a brain, Steve grows and harvests pixels, he then plants them to create nice looking things. He also helps to stop us from being really confusing when we want to show you things.
Patricia Shaw (Non-Exec Director) – Blossom Whisperer
Patricia has spent much of her professional life courting the invisible bonds between social beings, and shepherding the intangibles of organisational life. From time to time she floats into our meetings and gently re-shapes our organisational intentions.