Meet the team

We work for Resource Futures, an independent environmental sustainability company, and accredited B-Corp, working to minimise the impact of consumption on the environment now and in the future.

The CAG Devon project is run by a small team of dedicated part-time staff, supported by a team of specialists from Resources Future’s head office.

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Helen Vines – CAG Devon Project Manager

Helen has worked for 25 years, supporting community groups to tackle social, local economic and environmental priorities in their localities, as a community development worker and social enterprise business advisor. She has a BA in Geography, and Community and Youth Studies, and an Msc in Landscape Ecology, Design and Management. Her best summer ever was volunteering at Cape Cod National Seashore!

Helping organisations to measure the difference they make, aka their ‘social impact’, Helen worked in the UK and also with the British Council Social Enterprise team in Turkey, Malta, Greece and India. She is constantly inspired by the passion and values of the organisations she gets to work with, who seek to make the world a better place at a local or global level.

Helen (with her VINESWORKS hat on) is also an associate trainer for NCVO and School for Social Entrepreneurs.

Charlie Eddisford – CAG Devon Project Director

Charlotte is Resource Futures’ Community Impact Lead. An experienced leader with a deep understanding of community impact in public, not for profit, and charity sectors, Charlotte has a successful track record of building strong community networks and strategic partnerships.

Her commitment to community action is rooted in her firm belief that our communities hold the power and have the influence to effect real change for people and planet.

Charlotte has over 12 years experience working within local communities, developing community-led services. She is skilled in project set-up, building projects from the ground up, supporting people and groups to take action and make a difference in their communities. Establishing countless successful multi-year projects, Charlotte is a systems thinker, accomplished in innovative service design.

With a background in fundraising, business development, and contract management – and considerable experience of collaboration and partnership within local authority, not for profit and private settings – Charlotte is an effective communicator and team leader. She also has six years Directorship experience as both a Non-Executive board member and Executive Director.

Community impact
Service design
Fundraising
Business development

Molly Turner – CAG Devon Project Officer

Molly is part of the Community Impact team working as the Project Officer for CAG Devon. She assists in project coordination, event planning, resource dissemination and communications.

She has experience working with community networks that focus on improving the environment and its future resilience. In her previous role with Ambios Ltd, she helped establish and facilitate the Devon Rewilding Network, a growing network of individuals, local groups and organisations who are dedicated to rewilding and nature recovery across Devon.

With an academic background in BSc Zoology and MSc Conservation Science and Policy, Molly has broad knowledge of sustainability and is passionate about enabling and empowering people to take positive action in their communities for nature, the planet and the climate. Her passion is combined with practical experience in communications, project support and network development.

Molly’s skillset includes:

Developing networks
Event organisation and planning
Social media content development and strategy
Data analysis and dissemination

Laura Buchanan – CAG Devon Partnerships Lead (Together for Tomorrow Project)

Laura joins CAG Devon as Partnerships Lead for Together for Tomorrow, a five-year collaboration with Libraries Unlimited focused on sustainability and nature engagement.

She brings extensive experience in cross-sector project management, having worked at the University of Exeter for seven years. Her recent secondment with the Sustainability Team involved launching a Repair Café and supporting the Gift It Reuse It scheme, which redistributes donated household items to students.

Laura also led the development of Sustainable Tiverton’s Share Shop – a Library of Things – and has organised multiple clothes swap events to promote fashion reuse. She is passionate about community-led sustainability and lives on a smallholding where she practices nature-friendly gardening.

Key skills:

Partnership development
Project and volunteer management
Circular economy initiatives
Community engagement
Sustainability communications

Carolyn Dare – CAG East Devon Project Coordinator

Carolyn joins the CAG Devon team as East Devon Project Coordinator, building on her extensive experience in grassroots sustainability, systems change, and community resilience.

Over the past five years, she has led a range of initiatives in the Blackdown Hills, including the Blackdown Hills Transition Group, BH Eco Hub, and BH Repair Café. Her work spans community food growing, biochar research in partnership with Plymouth University, and ecological regeneration. She also helped launch Churchinford 2030, supporting working groups focused on rewilding, local food, and community energy.

Carolyn is a member of the Blackdown Hills Nature Connection Network and the Blackdown Hills Partnership Management Group. Her approach is rooted in collaboration, social learning, and practical action, with a strong focus on empowering communities to lead change.