Community Engagement Lead at @EdinburghUni @GroundswellCon 🌱 | Trustee @NENature_ 🐝 | PhD on @MammalWeb 🐾 | (she/her) | Views my own

Joined February 2014
Come work with me! ✨ I’ll soon be dropping to part-time in Edinburgh to be able to take on some exciting new projects coming soon 👀 So, my original role is up for grabs! Happy to chat to anyone interested ☺️🌳
✨ We’re hiring! We’re looking for a Science Communicator and Research Impact Officer to join our team in Edinburgh! It’s an exciting time to join GroundsWell with lots planned to maximise impact over next 2 years 🌱 Find out more and apply by 20th Dec: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/…
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An honour to be able to collect this award on behalf of the whole @MammalWeb project! 🐾
Congratulations to our @MammalWeb project on winning the @NBNTrust Group Award 2024 for outstanding contribution to #wildlife recording and data sharing supporting #biodiversity and #conservation. Find out more including how to get involved in MammalWeb 👉 brnw.ch/21wOS3O
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Really enjoyed leading this session at @GroundswellCon annual retreat👇🏻 It was great to have Helen + Nick along who have been using @OurOutdoorsUK @MammalWeb and @inaturalist to explore and campaign for their local green space. A great example of the power of #citizenscience 🌱 – at Liverpool, England
Citizen science and co-production session led by Sammy Mason, with Andrew Williams 🌳 Learning about some tools we can use - Photovoice, Our Outdoors, Mammal Web 🦔 And hearing examples of citizen science - Green Battle in Linlithgow, with Helen Morrison and Nick Drainey 🌱
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👫❤️‍🩹"Exchanging frustrations, needs, and wishes within the community is key to improving #CitizenScience." This was a key takeaway from our recent workshop on enhancing #biodiversity monitoring with citizen science. Don't miss other 3 exciting insights from participants👇💬!
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Great to be invited to the @ad4gd_project workshop in sunny Barcelona!☀️Discussing biodiversity monitoring with #citizenscience including frustrations, needs + ideas for each step of the data cycle. Great also to meet dedicated volunteers involved with @MammalWeb @mammalnet_eu 🐾 – at Barcelona, Spain
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🚨 Reminder 🚨 Are you 13-21 and interested in shaping education in England around climate change and sustainability? Join other young people for this online event with Minister Stephen Morgan MP to make your voice heard. Register at bit.ly/ministermorganevent
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📣 Take part in our Green Space Challenge with @OurOutdoorsUK for a chance to win a £100 voucher! 📣 For the #ESRCFestival of Social Science we’re inviting as many people as possible to explore their local outdoor spaces 🌱 Find out more and sign up: festivalofsocialscience.com/…
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Really enjoyed running this workshop today ⬇️ Making academic outputs more accessible is so important, particularly when working in participatory research and citizen science. Thanks to everyone who came along and got stuck in! – at Gateshead, England
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We explored: ✔️What each part of the scale meant to different people ✔️Important information from the paper/project to convey ✔️Macro and micro benefits of collecting this data ✔️Effective infographic styles The final infographic will be published in the coming months! 👀 2/2
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Great collaborative workshop in Edinburgh today thinking about how to make outputs from citizen science projects more accessible 📖 As a group, we’re translating an academic paper on the development of the scale used in @OurOutdoorsUK into an infographic for community groups 1/2
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If you’re an autistic adult who has spent time in nature, consider taking part in Sophie’s interview study! Details attached.
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Great couple of days visiting our two Edinburgh @GroundswellCon innovation fund projects: @WHALE_Arts + @fcctedinburgh🌱 Co-production in action as we worked with Steph from @OpenEyeGallery to create images of our green and blue space projects📸 Excited to see the final artworks!
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Dr Sammy Mason retweeted
In Edinburgh, we’re holding a workshop to co-create an infographic for using Our Outdoors with community groups 🌳 Read the poster below for more info and get in touch to book your place! ✨ Please share with anyone who may be interested ☺️
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Even the dogs are ready for change 🌹#dogsatpollingstations #toriesout – at North East, England
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Such a pleasure to attend the Nature Connections conference at @DerbyUni earlier this week, presenting a poster on my PhD with @MammalWeb and chatting to people about @GroundswellCon! So much inspiring work going on in this area, I came away buzzing with ideas! #NCx2024 🌱 – at United Kingdom
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It was great to be at the UK Participatory Research Network meeting, conveniently for me hosted in sunny Durham today! 🌞 Lots of insightful discussion around quality in participatory research and challenges faced around funding, ethics and navigating university systems
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Delighted to be part of the #IMPETUS4CS Accelerator as project lead for Dear Green Place 🌱 Over the next 7 months we’ll be working with youth groups in Edinburgh to gather data on @OurOutdoorsUK + create artworks exploring the wellbeing benefits of local green + blue spaces ✨ – at Edinburgh, Scotland
We are excited to announce that the 2024 #IMPETUS4CS Accelerator has officially begun! Check out the #citizenscience projects taking part and stay tuned to see what they achieve over the next seven months! impetus4cs.eu/accelerator-20…
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A lovely evening presenting at the Citizen Science Showcase at @EdinburghUni with @EdOpenResearch ✨ Thank you for inviting me along to talk about @GroundswellCon and @OurOutdoorsUK, alongside some other amazing speakers!
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Looking forward to supporting all of these amazing projects in my new role as Community Engagement Lead with @GroundswellCon 🌿🌊🌟 – at North East, England
We're excited to announce that 10 of our GroundsWell partners have received funding through our Innovation Fund! 🎉 All projects will be working toward maximising health benefits of urban green and blue spaces through a variety of approaches 🌱 Read more about each project⬇️🧵
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Dr Sammy Mason retweeted
In Edinburgh, we’ll be taking part in a citizen science showcase alongside some other amazing #participatoryresearch projects 🌟 Come along to learn more about @OurOutdoorsUK and other projects, take part in creative workshops and browse the stalls at the drinks reception 🥂
Events season has truly begun in Edinburgh - why not join us for an evening of participatory research? Flash Fiction, Art workshops, and lightning talks (oh, and free drinks and nibbles!) citizenscienceshowcase.event… June 5th, 2024 – 6pm-8pm
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#NorthernLights over our house in Durham tonight ✨ incredible 🤯 #Auroraborealis
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