Meet The Team

I spend half of my time working as a social worker and the rest of the week volunteering as the fundraiser with Malvern Green Space. I worked with Incredible Surplus in Birmingham before joining Malvern Green Space in 2021 to continue my mission to highlight the issues around food waste.

More recently I have become a co director with The Theatre of Small Convenience in Malvern. All three roles are very different but equally important to me.

My activism started in 1971 with Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth. Following a career teaching languages, I see the planet as the ultimate underdog against greedy extraction. Unity among communities is essential for change.
In Malvern, I joined Malvern Greenspace to focus on positive, practical change. I produce the quarterly newsletter and help organize our fortnightly community meals. These meals are a hands-on way to tackle food waste and demonstrate that a vegan diet (which I've embraced for seven years) is delicious and nutritious.
My passions include music, cooking, walking, learning, photography and time with family and friends—and, of course, The Arsenal!

I’m very concerned about the effects of climate breakdown, such as more extreme weather (floods, heatwaves etc.) which is already affecting our food supplies and causing worldwide problems. People with least money and power will be affected worst.

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I’ve lived here for over 25 years, and spent the last 35 years working to support people e.g. with mental health and/or family and relationship problems, disabilities or health needs. It's clear that we aren’t isolated individuals – the outside world and society we live in has a huge impact on our wellbeing. This is why I’m excited to be part of a community project where we can all support each other through whatever the future brings.

Ellen lives in Malvern and is a keen, nature-friendly gardener. She has been involved with many community projects over the years. She has been a central part of Malvern Green Space from its very early days, working in food preparation, gardening, fashion show and community hub, as well as doing some of our admin and social media - a busy woman!

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My name is Leo, I'm a non-binary young autistic climate activist.

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I've been in Extinction Rebellion for several years because I'm extremely concerned about the climate emergency. 

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I got involved in helping set up the Malvern Green Space because I think having a base for everyone to come together and build communities during a time of crisis is extremely important, and the more people who are informed about everything the government is not doing about the climate emergency, the more pressure we can put on them to actually act and save our futures and lots of people's current lives. 

I’ve been involved with environmental conservation, waste reduction, the promotion of education and the elimination of poverty in the UK and around the world for many decades. As a child, my family nicknamed me ‘squirrel’ because I went through our wastepaper baskets extracting anything I thought could be useful! And I was outdoors, physically active, in Nature much of the time.
The growing disconnect with Nature, because of our modern lifestyles concerns me greatly; I like to grow fruit and vegetables (avoiding artificial inputs) and hate the waste of food and resources, so advocate re-use before recycling and love the community meals and the ethos of the sustainable fashion show.
I began volunteering with MGS in 2022 (when conservation volunteering became physically challenging) and became a Trustee in 2024.

I am a teacher who has lived in Malvern since 1987 and I am a mother of 4 grown-up children. I lead a variety of children's groups. These include Humpty Dumpty toddlers, which I have run since 1993 and which has given me the opportunity to meet many wonderful people; Transformers, a group I founded six years ago for children who want to make a difference in the world; and Active Peace Education, where I write and deliver courses to KS2 children in local schools on different aspects of peace education.

I am also a volunteer with the Malvern Festival of Ideas. When not teaching I enjoy spending time with my family and watching detective dramas and elite quizzes.​

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I came to Green Space for a meal a couple of years ago and was so impressed by the friendly, inclusive atmosphere and tasty food that I wanted to be a part of making it all happen.  In our present world, I think building strong, supportive local community in an environmentally friendly way is one of the most important things we can be doing. So thank you to all the wonderful people who have created this.

I do a mishmash of tasks including taking the minutes for the Management Team, helping prepare food and set up room, washing up, welcoming and ‘clicking’ people in (records are important for funding), taking photos and helping out at the Saturday hubs.

I'm a retired social worker with 4 adult children. I have been a long time member of Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth so I've been aware of the climate and ecological crisis for many years. I have been a member of Extinction Rebellion for several years. We need to get the government to listen to our concerns before it's too late.

It is so important that we come together as community to work to alleviate the stresses and challenges that climate change will bring. I've become a member of Malvern Green Space to help build the community we will need to alleviate the worst aspects of the coming climate crisis.

All my six children are grown up now, some with children of their own who I look after regularly. We all live in Malvern and help each other out. Family is very important to me 

I am a retired RGN and now I'm a youth worker at The Cube. I am also an Active Peace Educator in local primary schools.

I organised our Sustainable Fashion Shows at The Cube which have been a huge success, part of our efforts to highlight the worrying growth of fast fashion.

I’m a lead for the Community Meals project, which now regularly sees 60-70 “customers” - I have thoroughly enjoyed being part of it and working with our lovely volunteers.

I am also a Well Dresser, another wonderful community project In Malvern. 

Malvern Green Space is an important part of my life!