Meet our training team and sustainability experts
Louise Cartwright
Head of Training and Advice
Louise is our training manager working to develop Cynnal Cymru’s training offer, managing our dynamic training team to achieve the highest standards of professionalism, and leading on our continuous improvement culture. Dedicated to working with, and empowering the dynamic Cynnal Cymru training team, to research and develop our multifaceted training offer.
Louise specialises in land-based training, local food production and regenerative agriculture systems.
Tom Kirton
Training and Communications Officer
Tom provides customer support across our whole training programme. Responding to customer queries, booking enquiries and providing technical support to both clients and the training team.
Outside of work Tom has been a Town Councillor in Monmouthshire for over 15 years and during this time he has been Mayor of Chepstow for three consecutive years and more recently the Mayor of Monmouth where he has championed sustainable and environmental projects for Monmouth Town Council.
Farah Lodhi-Jones
Senior Sustainability Advisor
Chris Woodfield
Sustainability Trainer
Chris joined the team as Sustainability Trainer in March 2024 to facilitate and deliver training across all of Cynnal Cymru’s training offerings. He’s passionate about systems change and facilitating the transformational shift to a zero carbon and regenerative society.
Chris believes in the power of play, nature connection and taking a compassionate, collaborative and curious approach to facilitating change. He’s excited about using the potential of futures thinking and visioning, and co-imagining the more beautiful world we know is possible. Chris holds an MSc Sustainability and Adaptation from the Centre for Alternative Technology.
Chris specialises in systems thinking, creative and compassionate facilitation, futures thinking and pro-environmental behaviour change.
Training associates
Jason Shilcock
Sustainability Trainer (Associate)
Jason previously worked at Cynnal Cymru as a sustainability trainer, delivering Carbon Literacy and Nature Wise courses to a wide range of clients and updating some of our training materials with the latest trends and data. He now works as Policy & Research Officer at Ynni Cymunedol Cymru | Community Energy Wales, but continues to deliver Cynnal Cymru training in an associate role.
Jason is passionate about community renewable energy and raising awareness about the climate and nature emergency, which is why he sees Cynnal Cymru’s sustainability training as such an important tool in promoting the environment, mitigating climate change and learning how to reduce our impact on nature and our surroundings.
With several years’ experience teaching English as a second language, Jason understands how individuals learn in diverse ways, and designs and adapts his tutoring to make sure everyone can get the most out of their Carbon Literacy or Nature Wise training.
As an advanced ‘siaradwr newydd’, Jason is fully bilingual and can provide training in both Welsh and English.
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Job opportunities
Do you have what it takes to help us create a more sustainable Wales? Find out more about our current vacancies.
