Bill Jenman

Bill is the Quantock Landscape Partnership Scheme Manager. His background is in nature conservation and access, and he has worked for Sussex and Wiltshire Wildlife Trusts and as South Downs Way National Trail Officer. He also has a keen amateur interest in landscape history and archaeology. 

He wrote the successful bid for the QLPS and has been in Somerset getting to know the area and its people since 2018 – before that he was at the Suffolk Coast and Heaths National Landscape where he developed and delivered the Touching the Tide LPS.  His first big lottery project was the Scapa Flow LPS in Orkney where he worked as a Project Officer, getting to play on WWII gun batteries and Neolithic henge sites. He’s also a keen cook. 

Jon Barrett

Jon Barrett is the QLPS Community Engagement and Volunteering Officer. Jon has a background in arts management and most recently he has worked locally with Contains Art in Watchet alongside Onion Collective and the wider communities of West Somerset.

Jon has diverse experiences in community art, heritage, and digital development, and has been leading the way to making the QLPS truly inclusive and accessible amongst a wide range of audiences, many of them non traditional. He has made a particular effort to reach out to disadvantaged communities.

As a young boy, Jon was a keen bird watcher and he continues to explore the natural environment with his passion for trail running.

Dan Broadbent

Dan Broadbent is the QLPS Historic Heritage Officer. He grew up in Yorkshire before moving to Somerset 20yrs ago. He always loved history and wanted to be an archaeologist since first seeing Indiana Jones! He worked as a field archaeologist before moving to The Museum of Somerset where he spent seven years, most recently as Museum manager.

Most of his spare time is taken up with his 3 children, which might explain why he has recently taken up running – quite often on the Quantocks.

Lisa Whittle

Lisa Whittle joined the team in March 2024 as the QLPS Project Support Officer responsible for finance and administration of the project.

After a long career in the financial services industry and having lived in most Counties in the UK, Lisa settled in Somerset in 2021.  She has travelled extensively, and most recently enjoyed 5 years living and working in India.

In her spare time Lisa loves exploring the countryside with her two collies, and when they allow her to, she’ll be found restoring old chairs having also retrained as an upholsterer.

Paddon

Paddon joined in June 2024 as the QLPS Wildlife Officer, delivering practical conservation works and nature-based events and activities, to explore and celebrate the natural heritage of the LPS area. She grew up in Plymouth but recently moved to Somerset after working at Oxford University developing her land management skills.  According to Paddon, her greatest achievement was spending a month living in the Swedish mountains studying protected species and getting an article published about her work with beavers.

Her passions include costume design, travel and being out in nature.