ABOUT US
Our Team at GFI
GFI is the umbrella organisation for this work and this website. A Community Interest Company with a National reach, it has a team of Directors (who do most of the boring work) and essential Volunteers who assist us and help to support the people we work with.
Directors:-
Pam Bennett- MD
Sophie Bishop - Deputy
David Rose
Alan Norton
Christine Walker
James Kelleher
Chris Lofthouse
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Take a look at the GFI website to find out more about our Work and our Team
Our Team for the Sea-ing Sense Project
For this project we are working in Partnership with the Tees Valley Wildlife Trust and our expert team includes:-
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 Sophie Bishop - Project Coordinator        Steve Ashton - Project Lead
  Pam Bennett- Project Manager          Dr. Susan Antrobus - Evaluator
 Charles Twist - Sound specialist and          Jacky Watson - Wilder Coast          photographer                            Officer
  Leigh Nicholson - Sighted Guide Trainer       Trainees - Holly and Simon      Â
We will also be recruiting a Graduate
in 2024 to work with us on the Soundscapes
 In addition we have a number of volunteers supporting our activities in each area of Teesside plus assistance from Thomas Beckensall who designed our Sensing the Wild logo.
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GFI Volunteers:
Lynda Parkes, Hugh Melvin (photographer), James Hopper, Barbara, Melanie, Andrew, Margaret Robinson, Steve Boyes, Vicky Parker, plus friends and family members who come to some of our events