Jo-anne Leigh

Jo-anne has been working with FWAG South West since 2012 and provides land management advice for farmers and landowners who are looking to improve their farm business by working with nature. Jo helps farmers  apply for Countryside Stewardship schemes such as Countryside Stewardship, Woodland management and SFI to improve wildlife habitats,  water quality and implement Natural Flood Management throughout the county of Gloucestershire and South Worcestershire.

Jo-anne has been involved in and co-ordinates several projects in addition to CSS across the county to improve water quality, soil health and wildlife corridors and connectivity on a landscape scale. The main projects delivering these outcomes are include Water with Integrated Local Delivery, WILD project, the Natural Flood Management, NFM project in Worcestershire and the facilitation group on Bredon Hill and surrounding parishes Carrant Catchment Area Restoration Project, CCARP. 

A key social and active group in Gloucestershire is the FWAG volunteer group which is co-organised by Jo and Ed; the group operates around Cirencester, working on coppice management and river restoration.