Meet the Team
Nick passionately believes in the benefits of making sustainable and active travel options more widely available. He’s worked in this area for over 20-years, with a specific interest in physical activity and health. He’s been responsible for some major sustainable travel initiatives including the Sustainable Travel Demonstration Town and Cycle Demonstration Town projects in Darlington. He also co-developed the Modeshift STARS accreditation scheme, which is now recognised nationally. As well as being a Partner at PWLC Projects, Nick is also the Business Director at Modeshift.
Lindsey has over 25 years’ experience specialising in the development of bespoke programmes and training that provide effective strategic direction and deliver real changes in travel behaviour. She’s an acknowledged expert in transport planning and community engagement, having operated across local, regional and national government programmes, was a member of the Modeshift management board for several years.
Lindsey’s passion is to support people to live healthier happier lives; this is reflected across the nature of the projects she coordinates for PWLC Projects and over the last 6 years has extended to supporting individuals’ wellbeing through craniosacral therapy and yoga.
Nick Butler
Partner
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Lindsey Coates
Partner
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Lee Parker
Senior Associate
Lee has almost 30 years -experienceyears’ experience as a transport planner working in both the public and private sector, in the UK and overseas. He is currently advising the Adu Dhabi government on electric and autonomous vehicles as well as wider sustainable transport policies following on from the COP28 event held in 2023. Outside of work Lee enjoys travel, football and spending time with his family and beloved Boxer dog, Nova.
Steven Wong
Senior Associate
Steve has an impressive background as Programme Manager in a wide variety of projects, in both the public and private sectors. Over the past 17 years he’s worked on a number of projects ranging from large transport/public realm and high street development schemes to smaller pocket parks and logistics projects.
Richard Lancaster
Senior Associate
Richard has over 20 years’ experience in transport planning, development planning, strategy development, town centre regeneration, public transport, heritage projects, parking and road safety. He is an experienced Project Manager used to delivering complex and extensive, multi-million-pound programmes.
Vanessa Bunton
Associate Educator
Vanessa is a highly qualified and passionate educator with extensive teaching experience.
Vanessa integrates real-world scenarios, interactive workshops, and collaborative projects to make learning both relevant and impactful. She is committed to empowering students with the knowledge and skills to address global challenges like pollution and climate change. Through engaging lessons and hands-on activities, she fosters a sense of responsibility and encourages pupils to create locally achieve proactive solutions to environmental challenges.
Between the Partners and Associates, we have over 75 years combined experience of working both within and for local and regional government; creating, supporting and implementing innovative projects that make a difference to the places people live, work and play.
Jennifer Biggs
Senior Transport Planner
Working for both local government and health organisations, Jennifer brings over 14 years’ experience in developing and implementing policy on sustainable travel, air quality and food health.
Jennifer’s skillset is second to none when it comes to managing behaviour change projects, directing teams of Active Travel Officers, delivering training and supporting School Travel Advisors and Workplace Travel Plan Coordinators. In addition, Jennifer
develops Travel Plans for a wide range of sites including the NHS, sports centres, residential areas, businesses, schools, and faith sites.
Fiona Fisher
Sustainable Communities Manager
Fiona decided to follow her passion for active travel and sustainability when a parent of a former pupil contacted her 6 years ago, offering the opportunity to work on active travel projects with schools. Since then Fiona has undertaken schools’ STARS engagement projects in the Midlands; supported Rutland Council and their schools to implement Modeshift STARS; advised on Quality Assured Redbridge schools STARS accreditation applications; and managed School Superzone projects in Redbridge and Ealing. Fiona is a keen runner, cyclist and walker.
Rosie Frazer
STARS Engagement Officer
Rosie has always loved cycling and walking. She’s a graduate in English and American Studies, and has held various roles in the media and charity sector in PR, Marketing and Events. For the past 8 years she’s managed to combine her love for active travel with 3 years in employer engagement for Love to Ride; and now almost 5 years at PWLC working on the Modeshift STARS programme in schools across South Yorkshire.
Natalie Blake STARS Engagement Officer
Natalie enjoys promoting active travel in schools through running activities with the children, such as teaching them to ride their bikes and scooter safely around the city. Prior to this, she was a playworker at a primary school in Cambridge, where her love of working with children began. She studied Sustainability & Environmental Management at the University of Leeds, and worked at the University of Sheffield in its sustainability team.
Laurie Butler
School Streets Officer
Laurie is an avid cyclist and cycle tourist who is convinced that cycling is the best way to travel. He has a master’s degree focusing on the sociology of climate change which has given him a knowledge and passion for the link between human behaviour and the climate crisis. Laurie is now keen to pair his interest in cycling with his theoretical knowledge to support families and communities within Sheffield to live more safely and sustainably. Through arts practice and participatory democracy, he is working to reconfigure the school run through School Streets; opening up Sheffield’s streets for safe sustainable active travel.
Georgina Simons
STARS Engagement Officer
George has over 15 years experience of partnership working within South Yorkshire’s Active Travel community, initiating and leading on many successful events and campaigns.
She is passionate about sustainability and channels her enthusiasm and creativity to support behaviour change within Sheffield school communities, ensuring more pupils and families build active travel into their daily lives.
Paula Edwards
STARS Engagement Officer
Paula is a keen cyclist, swimmer, walker and all round lover and advocate of the outdoors. Holding both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Sport and Community Development, her specific interests lie in identifying barriers to participation and exploring ways in which these can be overcome, in order to promote healthy lifestyles, improve self-esteem and wellbeing and contribute to tackling environmental issues. As well as being a British Cycling Level 1 Ride Leader, Paula has over 20-years experience working with children and young people in the education sector and as an outdoor pursuits/team building instructor.
Olivia Davis, Associate Teacher and Workshop Facilitator
With a background in fine art, and extensive experience in community art projects, Olivia
is uniquely placed to deliver our community and schools engagement projects. She works with TfL explorers and eco-warriors, amongst others, to support them to become behaviour change champions within their schools. Her stimulating delivery of our air quality and active travel workshops, road safety and pedestrian training, help the youngest generations understand key issues and lead on promotions to the wider school community.