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Member Profiles
Local Action Group Members
 Organisation: Business & Enterprise North East Email: john.atkinson@businesslinknortheast.co.uk Tel: 07702 475222 Geographical Area: County Durham Studied agriculture at Askham Bryan College before working in a range of agricultural related businesses including feed merchants and the Agricultural Training Board,before joining the Training & Enterprise Council in 1993 and then Business Link. During that time, worked on a wide range of rural and agricultural projects and, since 2008, has been one of 3 rural business advisers working for the regional Business Link service focussing on working with land based businesses. This work involves identifying support for a wide range of projects many accessing RDPE funding. In my spare time, a volunteer with Radio Teesdale presenting a business programme and breakfast show.
I have grown up in Teesdale and still enjoy living in the area. After leaving school I worked at Barclays Bank for two years then spent several months travelling around Australia. I then completed a BA Honours Tourism Management degree before joining the Teesdale Village Halls Consortium team in 2003. During this time I have learnt so much about the diverse nature of the voluntary and community sector and the importance of creating strong community projects which are often based around village halls and community venues. I have developed within my role at the Consortium completing a Chartered Institute of Marketing Professional Diploma in 2006. I am now the Projects and Marketing Officer at the Consortium and am running the day to day operations of TVHC.
Jennie is a farm conservation adviser with the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) (charity number 326348). She offers expertise and practical advice to farmers to help manage their farms whilst enabling the conservation of wildlife. The best practice advice is given on both a one to one basis and through group walks and talks. Through membership, previous advisory visits and public awareness, FWAG have a direct link with the farming community. To ensure the specific target conservation objectives are focused upon, FWAG partner other local and national organisations. Jennie is also a Assistant Guider with 2nd Barnard Girl Guides.  Mike GladstoneOrganisation: Lanchester Partnership Email: mike.gladstone@dsl.pipex.com Tel: 01207 528 114 Geographical Area: Derwentside Retired Civil Engineer (was mainly a bridge designer and project manager). Former chair of North Pennines Leader Plus. Has helped to run a village partnership for 8 years. Is still a chartered civil engineer, could probably advise on roads or railways and might be able to help with other civil engineering works. Could advise on project management and knows something of contract law.
Peter has been the Assistant North Pennines AONB Officer since 2003, having worked in Northumberland National Park on rural development and with Northumberland County Council on rights of way and recreation. In the 1980s and early 1990s Peter was a cheese maker, latterly running his own small business. Peter has extensive experience of working with community groups on a variety of issues and is also a member of the Solway Border and Eden Local Action group in Cumbria.  Adelle RoweEmail: adelle.rowe@naturalengland.org.uk Tel: 0191 229 5537 Geographical Area: Regional I have worked in and around European funding and in particular rural development initiatives for all my career. I am currently Business Development Senior Specialist for Natural England in the North East. This involves developing new ideas and projects to enable better outcomes to be achieved for the natural environment. Skills and expertise you would be willing to use as a project mentor I sit on the 4 other LAGs in the region so can provide a link with projects and share ideas. I would be willing to use my European funding experience and background in rural development to help projects develop. Can also help put projects in touch with other networks/projects in the region.  Organisation: Upper Teesdale Agricultural Support Services Ltd Email: diane@utass.org Tel: 01833 641010 Geographical Area: Teesdale (all of) Weardale (upper) & parts of Cumbria Worked in Teesdale as a community development worker since 1996. Been project manager with UTASS since February 2001.  Organisation: South Durham Enterprise Agency Email: shaun@theenterpriseagency.co.uk Tel: 01388 776688 Geographical Area: Wear Valley & Teesdale Chief Executive of the South Durham Enterprise Agency. Following 20 years in HM Forces, I became self employed and was involved in 2 small retail businesses, during which time I became interested in business support and the needs of small business. The role of the Agency is to provide hands on support to new and existing businesses, helping them start up, survive and grow. We work predominantly with micro enterprises and most of our advisors either have or have had their own businesses, an approach which I believe helps us understand the needs of our clients. My role within the Agency is Strategy, Policy, Business Development and Funding. Outside of the Agency I am involved with the LSP’s Economic Groups in both Teesdale & Wear Valley, LEGI Be Franchising, the Dales Centre, Barnard Castle Vision, the Stanhope Vision and the soon to be formalised Social Enterprise Durham.  Organisation: North East Region Campaign to Protect Rural England Email: d.fruin@glen14.co.uk Tel: 01434 602 645 Geographical Area: David Fruin was a member and chair of the Local Action Group of the North Pennines Leader+ - the predecessor of the Pennine Dales Local Action Group for which he is now the Vice-Chair. He is also Vice-Chair of the North-East Regional Group of the Campaign to Protect Rural England. He has worked and lived in Cumbria and Northumberland since 1984 and now works as a consultant in the health and social care fields. He has a longstanding interest in conservation, in particular forestry, and in local landscapes and his smallholding in the North Pennines has received grants from the Forestry Commission and from the Rural Payments Agency. He lives in Hexham where he is a volunteer at a local first school, with Children North East and with the RSPB.  Organisation: NFU Email: richard@utass.org Tel: 01833 641010 Geographical Area: Teesdale Educated at Pembroke College Oxford, I have farmed in Upper Teesdale as a tenant of raby Estate since 1981. I am a past NFU County Chairman and currently the NFU Council member for North Riding and Durham. I have represented the NFU locally on the AONB Board and past leader programmes. Nationally I have been heavily involved in representing the views of hill farmers for the last 10 years. I currently work for Upper Teesdale Agricultural Support Services and also am the leader of Teesdale District Council. My wife Dodge, as well as helping on the farm, is a practice nurse at Barnard Castle. Our youngest daughter attends Teesdale School.  Organisation: Teesdale District Council Email: s.berresford@teesdale.gov.uk Tel: 01833 696256 Geographical Area: Teesdale Regeneration Manager with Teesdale District Council. Current remit covers economic development, tourism, industrial estates and Barnard Castle Vision. Skills and expertise you would be willing to use as a project mentor. Project management skills and ability to seek sources of funding to support projects.  Organisation: Farmer & Event Caterer Email: rosemarythompson@uwclub.net Tel: 01833 650414 Geographical Area: Teesdale I am a partner in a hill farming business and have a small catering company. I have worked as a service development officer for a national charity and as a non-executive director on various Durham health authorities at a time of great change in health provision within the county.I have served on the national board of the Social Services Inspectorate and am a founder member and director of Teesdale Village Halls Consortium. I have interests in village life and am a member of the local parish council (chair ten years) and village hall committee (fund raiser twenty years) I will bring the experiences from all the above to The Leader Programme. My long term aims would be to see a sound agricultural base for hill farmers, support for rural industry and rural charitable organisations. I am committed to improving life for dales the residents of the dales whilst protecting our unique environment.  Organisation: Allen Valleys Visitor and Tourism Network Email: larry.winger@btinternet.com Tel: 01434 685 047 Geographical Area: South Tynedale Music promotions; SNAP international project; village hall coordination; retired biomedical scientist; community development; tourism network facilitation; Skills and expertise you would be willing to use as a project mentor Elicitation and recruitment of potential projects; listening and direction suggesting; passionate for Allen Valleys projects to succeed  Organisation: Deepdale Off Road Email: graeme@deepdaleoffroad.co.uk Tel: 01833 630802 Geographical Area: Teesdale A life long resident of Teesdale with an interest in maintaining an economically healthy and viable region to work in. I began my working career as a dairy farmer and diversified in the late 1990's creating an off road driver training centre on the farm. This has now become the mainstay of my farm and is complemented by a landscape maintenance business. I retain a passion for agriculture and see it as the natural custodian of the countryside. I am a member of the NFU and CLA and sit as a director of Teesdale Marketing and the Enterprise Agency. I would like to think I bring a strong rural interest to the LAG, and through both my personal business development and my roles in Teesdale Marketing and the Enterprise Agency, experience in the continued development and growth of rural businesses.  Organisation: Bowes Parish Council Email: bbrowncar@aol.com Tel: 01833 628373 Geographical Area: Teesdale BSc Chemistry (Hons), 1973; Diploma in Russian for Postgraduates,1974; Institute of Linguists Intermediate Diploma in Italian,1994. Working life spent in the dairy industry (MMB), finishing as manager of the Liaison Chemist Service (to 1991) based at Thames Ditton, Surrey. Now self-employed furniture maker and woodworker, living in Bowes Greta Ward representative and Project Assessment Group and Full Partnership member, Objective 2B Priority 4 [EU funding of local projects] VC of Parish Council; Parish Hall Committee Member; local historian involved with Heritage Open Days at Bowes. Cameron Scott Organisation: Tynedale Council Tynedale LSP Email: cameron.scott@tynedale.gov.uk Tel: 01434 652293 Geographical Area: Tynedale Cameron Scott worked as a trainee Bank Manager for Yorkshire Bank before moving on to become Transport and Accounts Manager for a timber haulage and fuel distribution company. In 1998 Cameron joined Tynedale Council working within the business rates department and then moving on in 1999 to the Council’s Economic and Community Development Department, (now the Regeneration and Communities Department). As the Council’s Head of Economic Regeneration, Cameron has detailed experience of regeneration, economic development and external funding work in a rural context from strategy through to all important delivery. In his role as Head of Economic Regeneration Cameron has acted as lead officer and has undertaken the project management of a number of locally and regionally strategic projects. Cameron was one of the team who successfully achieved Beacon Council status for “Supporting the Rural Economy” in 2003/04, something which could not have been achieved without working in genuine partnership with other organisations and with communities themselves. Cameron sits on many external partnerships and groupings including the Northumberland Strategic Partnership (NSP) Business & Enterprise Sector Board, various local business forums, the Northumberland Renewable Energy Group and the Regional Forestry Steering Group. Elaine Laurie Development Co-ordinator for Teesdale Training, one of 3 community outreach centres for Bishop Auckland College. Co-ordinating Adult Education provision both at Enterprise House and at a variety of community venues across Teesdale. Links with employers to promote Apprenticehips and adults returning to the labour market. Ken Hazelwood Rural Development Officer with DRCC since 2001. Sat on the N. Pennines Leader+ LAG for approximately 12 months.
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