About ARC
ARC delivers projects that support people to access and engage with nature
Wellbeing and Nature
There is mounting evidence that being in nature can make positive contributions to mental and physical health and wellbeing. Helping people to create and sustain such open spaces is empowering for individuals and helps to build stronger communities.
Meet the Team
Dianne Burford
Staff
Dianne (Di) joined the Wellbeing Group at Foundry Wood almost at its start in 2015, and has since progressed from volunteer to staff member. Di has a background in nursing and has lived experience of mental health, loves being outside in nature and is passionate about how it can help with mental and physical wellbeing. She is a facilitator for Adult Wellbeing in Nature sessions at Foundry Wood and Packmores.
Kath Pasteur
Director & ARC Manager
Kath has been a Director and staff member of ARC since 2012 and now manages the organisation. She is passionate about nature and is convinced of the many and varied benefits to health and wellbeing of spending time outdoors.
Eleanor Brown
Staff
Eleanor has spent over 20 years working in community & wellbeing projects; in youth work, rites-of-passage work, mountain leader training and community farming. She is training in trauma-informed somatic therapy and is also a musician passionate about holistic & creative wellbeing and our place in Nature.
Erica Miles
Staff
Erica has over 30 years’ experience in disability and wellbeing, including direct support, social work, and project leadership. She works part-time with a Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisation on engagement and policy. Passionate about nature, she champions gardening and outdoor activity as vital for physical and mental wellbeing.
Anna Hargrave
Director
Anna is passionate about addressing the wider determinants of health as evidenced by her most recent roles as Chief Population Health Officer in Coventry and Warwickshire and Chief Commissioning and Strategy Officer at GambleAware.
Fiona Cotterell
Director
Fiona is a qualified accountant who has been working in the not-for-profit sector for over 30 years in the UK and abroad, helping local community groups with their financial management.
Policies
Please see links below for some of our Policies
