New Environmentalists Working Together (NEWTs) Group
With oversight form the Steering Group, NEWTs provides a strategic youth and early-career voice within the Tees Valley Nature Partnership, supporting pathways into skills, careers, and leadership linked to nature, environment, and place. It ensures the Partnership is investing in future capacity, not just current delivery.
Meet the New Environmentalists Working Together Group
Bringing together professionals from across the environmental, health, academic, and voluntary sectors to champion nature-based approaches to improving health and wellbeing outcomes. Through collaborative leadership, the group aims to ensure that the value of nature is recognised, embedded, and invested in across all relevant regional strategies and programmes.
Strategic Leads
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Beka Lee
New Environmentalists Working Together Chair
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Championing early-career pathways, skills development, and access to opportunities.
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Creating meaningful connections between young people, employers, academia, and delivery organisations.
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Supporting inclusive engagement with education providers and community networks.
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Acting as a regional voice for future workforce and talent needs in the nature and green economy.
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Informing the Partnership’s long-term strategy from an early-career perspective.
Key Responsibilities:
Our aims for this year:
Ensure the environmental sector is actively supported and represented within the evolving public health agenda in the Tees Valley. This will include articulating five key evidence bases that demonstrate how access to, and engagement with, nature improves health and wellbeing outcomes.
Identify, document, and promote case studies and exemplar projects from across the Tees Valley that demonstrate the positive impact of nature-based interventions on health and wellbeing. These will be compiled into accessible, evidence-informed materials to influence both policy and practice.
Strengthen communication and coordination across key regional initiatives — particularly TUNN (Tees Urban Nature Network) and GCNE (Green Communities North East). Regular updates will be shared via email and through existing networks to ensure alignment and maximise collective impact.
Become a member of the NEWTs Group
Membership of the New Environmentalists Working Together Group is open to professionals, practitioners, and partners committed to advancing the links between nature our economy within the Tees Valley.
All participants are required to be members of the Tees Valley Nature Partnership (TVNP) to ensure shared accountability and alignment with the partnership’s wider strategic goals.
