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Who We Are
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Andrew
Gray - Director |
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Claire
Gray - Director
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Dr.
Gwenda Dinsdale - Project Support and Research
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Andrew Gray
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Andrew Gray
- MSc Integrated Environmental Management – Dip Hort
Director
andrew@era21.co.uk
Andrew Gray
is a Director of ERA21 Ltd.
He is an eco-entrepreneur with a wide range of skills and
experience in the European grant funding field, environmental management,
regeneration stakeholder engagement and training staff.
He is a Prince II practitioner and an associated
member of IEMA. Andrew
has worked in
Zimbabwe
and
South Africa
and for the last 15 years has been based in the Brecon
Beacons
National Park, South Wales, UK. He works in
Wales,
England
and across
Europe
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Track Record
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Secured over £7million of grant funding
for projects ranging from sustainable transport, business
environmental improvements, countryside and access, community
development, brownfield regeneration, and urban and industrial
regeneration. This included sources from ERDF, ESF, EAGGF,
Interreg IIIC and Interreg IIIB
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Pioneered and developed a new environmental
standard for Welsh Businesses – The Green Dragon Environmental
Standard.
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Initiated and organized the first major business
and environment conference in Wales
, including the launch of the Carbon
Trust Wales, in 2001.
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Wrote
as joint author the Draft Business and Environment Strategy,
commissioned by the Welsh Assembly and the Welsh Development Agency.
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Championed
the concept of placing sustainable principles at the core of
the Torfaen Regeneration Strategy.
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Initiated
and developed Welsh directories on recycling, water saving devices
and environmental grants and services.
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Developed
and hosted a variety of environmental workshops and training
courses for businesses.
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| Undertook
numerous environmental impact assessments for a major
electricity utility. |
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Claire Gray
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Claire Gray
– PGCE (FE)
Director
claire@era21.co.uk
Claire Gray
is a Director and Company Secretary of ERA21Ltd.
Her expertise lies in environmental education, stakeholder
engagement, project and finance management, and training staff. She is a Prince II practitioner and qualified teacher.
Claire has worked in Zimbabwe
and South Africa
and for the last 15 years has been based in the Brecon Beacons
National Park, South Wales, UK. She works in
Wales, England
and across Europe.
Track Record
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Author of Stakeholder
Engagement Toolkit for Transnational Partnership – REVIT.
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| Pioneered
the evaluation of 15 Further Education colleges undertaking
research and training to assess how environmental education is
included in the curricula in all subject areas. |
| Managed the Mountainside Nursery
Project on behalf of 4 prominent partnership organizations in
Brecon Beacons National Park, including finance management of Heritage Lottery and European Social
Fund grants, which funded the project.
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| Finance Manager for the European
Regional Development Funded Beacons Bus Project.
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| Provided
training through community workshops, staff training and INSET courses for teachers.
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| Technical Advisor and Designer for Community Environmental/Landscaping Projects.
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Dr. Gwenda Dinsdale
Project
Support and
Research
gwenda@era21.co.uk
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