Our Current Team
Jaime Jackson
New Leaf Director
Jaime is an artist, consultant and Artist Director of Salt Road (www.saltroad.org.uk, www.jaimejackson.org) . His practice is as a biomimcry-ist exploring our distance to nature where human activity is understood as a separate category from other natural phenomena. A moving image and digital artist, interested in site specific projections, recent moving image installations Latitude, Green Man & Kingdom Project work based on the embodiment of nature with dance and movement. “My relational community engagement art practice is based on and inspired by, human relations and their social context, working as a facilitator seeing art as information exchanged between the artist, the co-creational participants and the art audiences. Through artwork my aim is to develop resilience and adaption challenging the separation between humans & nature, to release thinking & artworks that re-glue the separation together or explore the falling apart.”
More of Jaime’s work can be found in current and previous projects, and here
Sarah Read
New Leaf Director
Sarah is a Chartered Accountant with a biology degree and certifications in nutrition. She is dedicated to blending science with practicality to inspire positive change in diet and lifestyle. Sarah founded the not-for-profit Eat Think Explore with a mission to empower individuals- to adopt healthier eating habits that benefit both their own health AND the planet. She also delivers talks on health and climate action, including Climate Fresks and advocating for regenerative agriculture and soil health.
Sarah serves as Treasurer for New Leaf and ACE Monmouth, as well as working part time as Director of Finance and Sustainability for an IT Consultancy.
Sarah’s approach is rooted in optimism and a belief in collective action. By breaking down complexity into manageable steps, she strives to contribute to a future for her children where climate stability is a reality.
Rebecca Tully
Rebecca works with community groups, charities and social enterprises – building projects and social enterprises that have impact.
Rebecca is Director of Kids Kitchen Collective CIC which works with under 5s and their families using food as an activity for community and social change. She is currently coordinator of the New Leaf umbrella project the Herefordshire Food Alliance.
Kate Gathercole
Kate is a community organiser with a wide range of experience in workshop and group facilitation. Professional roles have focused on developing community and personal resilience in response to the climate crisis, with an emphasis on restoring relationship – with ourselves, each other and the earth.
Kate is experienced in permaculture design and Cultural Emergence facilitation. She is also a registered homeopath, and practiced in gestalt based and Balint group work. Kate is a folk singer, songwriter and community choir leader, with experience in designing and coordinating arts events.
Over the years Kate has worked with many communities around Herefordshire in the development and delivery of projects to raise awareness of environmental sustainability issues. In 2017 Kate was recognised by Sustainability West Midlands as a local ‘Green Leader’.
Other members of New Leaf over the years have included:
Rob Garner, Pete Norton, Tim Kaye, Wendy Ogden, Sten Gyford, Rob Garner, Dave Prescott, Ali Straker, Amy Nicholass, Mary Burton, Rebecca Semple, Averil Clother, Sarah Blenkinsop, Temi Odurinde, Bym Welthy, Gillian Menzies, Pete Linnell, Richard Priestley, Nick Sherwood, Shirley Garner, Perry Walker and Di Kamp. We have also been privileged to work with some superb interns including Celia Kibblewhite, Kathy Hopkin, Jaime Gordon, Arthur Waters, Eleanor Penny, Richard Coppock, Ella Waters and Kika Patrick.
All of those who have worked with New Leaf have been paid via funding for the specific projects they have been involved with. All members of New Leaf share the management and day-to-day running of the organisation.