Daniel Goodwin

Daniel is our newest member of the team. As Project Officer he delivers practical conservation workdays and training events throughout Snowdonia. He is also responsible for the woodland management at our flagship property Tŷ Hyll.

Daniel studied Countryside Conservation at Aberystwyth University and has volunteered with several conservation organisations throughout Snowdonia. He has a real passion for protecting and enhancing Snowdonia, having grown up walking the mountains, forests and coastline of Wales. In his spare time Daniel enjoys running, hiking and cycling.

Contact Daniel at dan@snowdonia-society.org.uk

Debbie Pritchard

Debbie is the Membership and Communications Officer and is the primary contact for new and existing members. She is responsible for communications through a range of media and relationship building with our family of members and supporters.

Having lived in the area all of her life Debbie is a fluent Welsh speaker and is passionate about the future of Snowdonia.  Debbie has worked for the Salvation Army in Australia and found this a very rewarding opportunity.

In her spare time Debbie enjoys walking with her huskies, swimming and reading. She has been a vegetarian since she was 12 years old.

If you have any queries about becoming a member please contact Debbie: debbie@snowdonia-society.org.uk or visit us on Facebook to keep up to date with our latest events.

Claire Holmes

Claire is the Engagement Officer at the Snowdonia Society, and has joined the team to help enthuse and inspire the next generation of Snowdonia Society members through planning and delivering events and publicity materials for Society members and the general public.

Claire has a background in event planning and nature conservation, and has a keen eye for design. She has worked on many different events, from a global environmental conference in Edinburgh to a community festival in rural New Zealand.

In her spare time, Claire enjoys walking, climbing and camping in the great outdoors, as well as cooking up feasts for family and friends. She is a fluent Welsh and Dutch speaker.

Contact Claire at claire@snowdonia-society.org.uk or visit us on Facebook to keep up to date with our latest events.

John Harold

John is responsible for ensuring that the society is effective and well-run, working with trustees, volunteers, members, staff, statutory bodies, and our partner organisations and businesses.

Since joining the Snowdonia Society staff in 2014, John has overseen major expansion of the society’s practical conservation programme, development of accredited training and public engagement, and has led a number of campaigns.  Notable amongst those campaigns are the protection of Conwy Falls/Fairy Glen on the river Conwy from a large hydropower development and the response to controversial proposals in the ‘Future Landscapes’ review of National Parks and AONBs in Wales.

John has lived on Snowdonia’s northern edge for over 25 years and is a Welsh speaker. He has considerable experience of ecological survey, conservation management, and helping people to understand the natural world. He developed the conservation programme in the early years of the pioneering community farm at Moelyci. As a freelence ecologist he carried out biodiversity assessments for the Gwynedd Unitary Development Plan on land being considered for development. His reports triggered the chain of events which led to designation of Eithinog/Brewery Fields in Bangor as a Site of Special Scientific Interest and ultimately to its transfer to the North Wales Wildlife Trust.

What makes John tick?  Contact with nature.  ‘Through our conservation work we provide helping hands and a voice for Snowdonia.  But ultimately it is about the heart – the relationships  people have with the nature, landscape and culture of Snowdonia.  I am touched by the lives of the plants, animals and people I encounter.  Often it is the smaller and seemingly insignificant lives which move me the most.  A tiny plant surviving harsh conditions in a remote spot leaves me humbled but somehow whole.  As part of the thin but remarkable film of life which covers this planet we are all, briefly, in this together.’

Contact John if you would like to help the Society to develop: john@snowdonia-society.org.uk

Judith Bellis

Judith deals with the Society’s day to day financial administration and annual accounts and is helping out with membership tasks. She is a specialist on inheritance tax, so if you have any questions about leaving a legacy and inheritance tax, give us a ring to arrange a chat with her.

Judith has lived in north Wales all her adult life, working in a large accountancy practice before retiring from full time employment. She enjoys walking, reading, singing and listening to music, gardening and baking and regrets that a busy life leaves her less time than she would like for her favourite activities of cleaning and ironing. She lives on Anglesey where she loves watching the wildlife in her garden, which sometimes features red squirrels.

Contact Judith to talk about leaving a legacy or if you have any membership queries: judith@snowdonia-society.org.uk

Owain Thomas

Owain co-ordinates the Snowdonia Society’s conservation volunteers and the practical delivery of conservation workdays and helps with the recruitment of new volunteers. Owain’s undergraduate and post-graduate studies at Bangor University focused on Geography and Countryside Management. In his spare time Owain enjoys photography and football.

You can contact Owain at owain@snowdonia-society.org.uk

Mary-Kate Jones

Mary-Kate is the Snowdonia Ecosystem Project Manager, developing and directing our conservation volunteering programme and recruiting new volunteers to carry out practical work in the National Park.

Mary-Kate is passionate about the conservation of Snowdonia having lived in North Wales all her life. In her spare time she enjoys hill walking, salsa dancing and yoga. She also loves cooking and making new things from old.

Contact Mary-Kate at mary-kate@snowdonia-society.org.uk or visit us on Facebook to see the latest news and events from the Snowdonia Society.

Frances Smith

Previously the Society’s Membership Officer Frances continues with the Snowdonia Society in a limited capacity designing and helping to edit the Society magazine; she is also the Society’s webmaster.

A fluent Welsh speaker she has lived in Dyffryn Nantlle on the doorstep of Snowdonia for 30 years. In her free time she enjoys walking and cycling, wildlife gardening and slow food, and music and dancing.

Frances is concerned about the wasted energy in drinks can litter; in 2016, she saved over half a tonne of CO2 and raised £1,408 for the Society through her CanSaveCarbon drinks can litter picking campaign. Read more in her CanSaveCarbon blog.

If you have any queries about the website or if you have a fundraising idea, give her a ring on 01286 685498 or email her on frances@snowdonia-society.org.uk