Meet the ChaMP Team
Last month ChaMP partners got together at Pyecombe for a partnership development and planning day.
We are shaping ChaMP as an exemplar of good collaboration between organisations, and are lucky to have a diverse range of technical skills, capability and experience. There was excellent energy and optimism in the room on the day, and it was great to see everyone working together so well. There is a strong level of commitment among partners (Southern Water, the University of Brighton, the Environment Agency, Brighton & Hove City Council and the South Downs National Park Authority), and we came up with a framework of common strategic themes and a list of actions – all of which will inform how we shape the partnership’s future and raise our aspirations, working together to protect Brighton & Hove’s chalk aquifer and the drinking water it provides.
The session was expertly facilitated by Toby Buckle, and was held at Pyecombe Golf Course, Brighton. Head Greenkeeper Simon Wells has significantly reduced the amount of chemicals used to manage the site through the use of compost teas to improve soil health; acting as fungicide, insecticide and fertiliser as well as promoting biodiversity on the site.
Meet the team: L-R
Robin Kelly, Catchment Risk Management Officer, Southern Water
Susie Howells, ChaMP project Manager
Leasa Williams, Catchment Management Specialist, Southern Water
Louisa Gumbrell, Catchment Risk Manager, Southern Water
Claire Neale, Principal Catchment Management Specialist, Southern Water
Paul Batty, Team Leader – Groundwater, Hydrology & Contaminated Land, Environment Agency
Jeremy Burgess, Landscape and Biodiversity Lead (Water), South Downs National Park Authority
Simon Deacon, Technical Specialist, Groundwater, Hydrology & Contaminated Land, Environment Agency
Fran Sinclair-Smith, Technical Officer – Groundwater, Hydrology & Contaminated Land, Environment Agency
Gareth Williams, Catchment Co-ordinator/Environment Programme, Environment Agency
Shai Gilad, Catchment Sensitive Farming Officer, Natural England
Kirsty Smallbone, Head of School, Environment and Technology, University of Brighton
Martin Smith, Professor of Geochemistry, University of Brighton
Maggie Moran, Flood Risk Manager, Brighton & Hove City Council
Mita Patel, Sustainability Programme Officer, Brighton & Hove City Council