Our People
Who We Are
Daisy Fretwell
Founder & General Counsel
Daisy is an experienced solicitor, entrepreneur, play-facilitator, conflict mediator, certified life coach and nonviolent communication practitioner and former school governor.
Since becoming a mother she has started an award-winning ethical clothing line to support mental well-being in mothers and older siblings, and founded and launched a number of progressive educational clubs for home educated children locally.
She is a passionate advocate for the well-being of children in education and the benefits of spending time in nature.
Nigel Utton
Board Member
Nigel has over 10 years’ experience as a primary school headteacher, latterly of a school with very high special needs serving an area of significant deprivation with provision for children with hearing and visual impairments. He spent 4 years as Vice Chair and Trustee of the Alliance for Inclusive Education and chaired the first Kent Association of Headteachers, representing 650 schools.
He has been an inspirational, innovative practitioner enhancing children’s learning, as well as a keynote speaker, author of various educational publications and organiser of educational change conferences.
Liz Raba
Board Member
Liz has been working with children & young people, adults, families and educators for the last 20 years, working as a HCPC registered Dramatherapist and education consultant, specialising in the creative arts and outdoors learning. Liz has worked with a wide variety of clients and communities; from home-educating families and young people in the care system, to adults with dementia, community groups and charities.
At the heart of her bespoke training and immersive experiences, is the desire to explore learning, play, creativity, connection with nature and the importance of communication. Liz has run an outdoors learning site and nature garden in Berkhamsted since 2018.
The Coaches
Our coaches when we launch will all be well-versed in NVC and consent-based, trauma-informed and therapeutic approaches to supporting children to learn. Valuing all that play brings, and invested in saying 'yes' to the ideas of the school community as much as possible.
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We aim to facilitate the children in determining the expertise they would like to benefit from, and to be actively involved in the live process of advertising for, interviewing and hiring some of their own specialist coaches as the journey unfolds.
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If you're interested in being one of our coaches, click here - we're currently 'pre-hiring'.
