About us

The Staff

Director: Peter Littlewood BA (Hons) FRSA, Cert Mgmt (Open)

Peter joined the staff of the Young People’s Trust for the Environment way back in 1993 on the day after he finished his final exam for a degree in Archaeology. Peter was already an experienced outdoor instructor when he started working for the Trust, and now has over 19 years experience of leading and organising residential trips for school groups and young people.

He became the Trust’s Director in 1999, and has been responsible for heading major projects including the Living for the Future Millennium Awards and Barclaycard LivingLand, which ran from 2001-2004 and Making waves in your community for Northumbrian Water in 2005. He is currently responsible for devising and delivering the TOTAL Green School  Awards.

Peter is interested in developing new projects for corporate sponsors. Ultimately, his ambition is the creation of a new low impact residential centre for environmental education, which will use alternative technologies and resource-saving practices wherever possible.  Peter is also the author of Global Questions: Why Are The Rainforests Being Destroyed?, Mapping Global Issues: Rainforest Destruction (co-written with his wife Antonia) and Mapping Global Issues: Endangered Species, all published by Franklin Watts.

Fundraiser: Kristen Lindop

Employed to fundraise for the YPTE since March 2010, Kristen concentrates on working with Trusts and Foundations to support YPTE’s work in environmental education.  With a highly successful fundraising background, most recently at Research Autism she is busy making sure YPTE’s current funders are kept up-to-date with progress while also building relationships with new funders. A childhood in Cornwall full of den building, tree climbing and exploration gave Kristen a deep and long-lasting love of nature and being outdoors, which she is now able to share with her own children. She is also enjoying being part of a team which works to make caring for the environment accessible to children across the UK.  Kristen feels very fortunate to now be in the position to use her skills and experience to support a charity whose work she considers to be of paramount importance in today’s world.


New Media and Information Officer: Emma Brice

Emma joined the Trust in March 2011 and has the job of maintaining the website and writing the environmental news stories.  She also promotes the Trust through social networking sites Twitter and Facebook.  Growing up on a dairy farm in East Devon gave her a deep fondness for nature but it was time spent in South America, particularly volunteering and studying permaculture at Rio Muchacho Farm in Ecuador, which made her determined to use her working hours to help others care for the environment.  She is proud to work for a charity that reaches out to over a 1 million children a year through free school talks and their website.

Roots to Green Living Education Officer:  Gaynor Lewis

Gaynor's profile to follow soon.