Communication, Consultation and Partnership

Swansea Environmental Forum is a membership organisation and encourages as many as possible to join the partnership and participate in consultations, meetings and other activities. Membership is free, please download the application form HERE.

SEF manages or supports thematic partnerships, sub-groups and task groups such as the Low Carbon Swansea Bay network and Swansea Bay Healthy Travel Charter group.

Executive Committee

Our work is overseen by an Executive Committee consisting of members elected at our AGM and several others who are co-opted for their particular areas of expertise or affiliations to ensure strong representation from across different environmental themes and sectors.

Deb Hill (co-chair)
Nature Conservation Team Leader
Swansea Council
Hamish Osborn (co-chair)
Natural Resources Management Team Leader
Natural Resources Wales
Mary Sherwood (treasurer)
Gower Power
Matthew White
Development Officer
Swansea Council for Voluntary Service
Iwan Davies
Royal Institute of South Wales
Teifion Maddocks
Sustainability Officer
Swansea University
John Childs
Swansea Friends of the Earth
Peter Jones
Director for Sustainability
Iberian and Latin America Association (Wales)
John Sayce
Wheelrights
Ciaran O'Brien
Trustee
Penllergare Trust
Helen Grey
Senior Officer
People and Places South West Wales
Natural Resources Wales
Jules Wagstaff
Climate and Community
Adam West
Research Manager
Beacon Cymru

Minutes of Committee Meetings

The Executive Committee usually meets four to six times a year. Here are the available minutes for meetings in the last two years:

SEF Exec Minutes: December 2024        SEF Exec Minutes: January 2024

SEF Exec Minutes: October 2023            SEF Exec Minutes: July 2023

SEF Exec Minutes: May 2023                  SEF Exec Minutes: March 2023

SEF Exec Minutes: November 2022        SEF Exec Minutes: July 2022

SEF Exec Minutes: May 2022                  SEF Exec Minutes: March 2022

SEF Exec Minutes: January 2022