Emma Crowley
I started in 1984. Good old days, poster in Library, poster said come to Hollybush. Started to do a countryside skills course, then …
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Finding my “Tribe”
I was out of work in 1981. When I went to Job Centre for an interview, man said you haven’t got much on your CV …
An Accidental Leader
Edited from an audio interview
I was on a trip to Israel and came across a countryside warden in the Jordan Valley, who had a …
Sowing Seeds
I began volunteering for the Learning Disability Project in April 2007. It was known as the Horticulture Project then and in conjunction with Castle College …
Leaving the Rat Race
I left university and got a graduate job with a computer firm in Horsforth for a couple of years and that basically taught me everything …
Green Gym in South Leeds
I spent 12 months working as a Green Gym Project Officer in the South Leeds area after 17 years youth and education work in the …