Contact Us
Climate East Midlands
Phoenix House
Nottingham Road
Melton Mowbray
Leics
LE13 0UL
Mike Peverill
Regional Climate Change Coordinator
07854 284 588
mike.peverill@emcouncils.gov.uk
Alex Hopkinson
Regional Adaptation Advisor
07530 329 680
alex.hopkinson@emcouncils.gov.uk
Contact our partner organisations
Business in the Community (BitC)
Beverley Toone
Acting Deputy Regional Director
Business in the Community is the organisation behind the Princes Mayday Network, set up by HRH Prince Charles in 2007 to engage businesses in tackling the causes of climate change.
Tel: 0115 924 7415
e-mail: beverley.toone@bitc.org.uk
www.bitc.org.uk/east midlands
East Midlands Councils (EMC)
Andrew Pritchard
Director of Strategy
EMC is the consultative forum for all 46 authorities in the region. It provides support to Councils to improve their services and is a strong voice for the East Midlands.
01664 502 641
andrew.pritchard@emcouncils.gov.uk
www.emcouncils.gov.uk
Environment Agency (Midlands Region)
Ruth Meek
Principle Environment Planning Officer (Climate Change)
The Environment Agency is an environmental regulator responsible for managing adaptation to the effects of climate change including flooding, drought, sea level rise and coastal erosion.
07799 133 156
ruth.meek@environment-agency.gov.uk
www.environment-agency.gov.uk
East Midlands Improvement and Efficiency Partnership (EM IEP)
Anne Gayfer
Climate Change Programme Manager
EM IEP is responsible for the Climate Change Skills Programme, which helps build the skills and capacity of local authorities and their communities in meeting their
climate change commitments.
0115 977 2531
07554 439 131
anne.gayfer@nottscc.gov.uk
www.eastmidlandsiep.gov.uk
Natural England
Tom Moat
Natural England is responsible for climate change adaptation strategies for the natural environment and helping to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions through both land use and management.
tom.moat@naturalengland.org.uk
www.naturalengland.org.uk
NHS Sustainable Development Network (East Midlands)
Helen Ross
Senior Public Health Manager
The Network was launched in September 2009 and supports NHS Trusts in the region to measure and reduce their carbon footprints and develop more sustainable ways of working.
Telephone: 0115 971 4743
e mail: helen.ross5@nhs.net
www.emphasisnetwork.org.uk/networks/sdnetwork.htm
Government Office for the East Midlands (GOEM)
GOEM closed on 1st April 2011 as part of the closure of the national Government Office Network.
East Midlands Development Agency (emda)
emda, along with the other Regional Development Agencies, is being closed down by the end of 2011/12. Some remaining staff are working on legacy projects to ensure that the Agency's repository of knowledge is made available to successor bodies like Local Enterprise Partnerships.
www.emda.org.uk
Contact our Local Project Officers
The following Climate Change Project Officers are funded by Climate East Midlands, but are hosted and line managed by the large city and county councils across the region. They undertake a variety of regionally coordinated-locally delivered project work related to climate change adaptation and mitigation where it makes sense to collaborate.
Derby - Pratima Balaghee
pratima.balaghee@derby.gov.uk
Derbyshire - Nicholas Pigula
nicholas.pigula@derbyshire.gov.uk
Leicester - vacancy
Leicestershire - Christina Downend
christina.downend@leics.gov.uk
Lincolnshire - Jodie Davis
jodie.davis@lincolnshire.gov.uk
Northamptonshire - Henry Unwin
hunwin@northamptonshire.gov.uk
Nottingham - Michael Howard
michael.howard@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
Nottinghamshire Districts - Fiona Coulson
fiona.coulson@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
