Meet the team >

Meet the team working behind the scenes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the county.

Emma-Kate Moraitis

Senior Climate Change and Sustainability Manager

Role: Manages the Warmer Homes Project - government funded grants for retrofitting domestic homes in Northumberland with energy efficiency measures including insulation, low carbon heating and solar panels.

Hannah Davison

Assistant Project Manager

Managing projects across waste and heat decarbonisation - this could cover walking around the county looking into bins, all the way up to managing capital installations of technology like heat pumps.

Rachael Jones

Assistant Project Manager

Role: Bidding on, developing and delivering government funded energy and heat projects. Current projects aim to deliver energy saving measures, like insulation, or decarbonised heating into Northumberland properties.

Diego Perera-Solis

Assistant Project Manager

Role: Supporting the senior project management regarding Transport and Renewable Energy projects (mostly EV and Solar related projects). I always try to use data to support any decision-making and project delivery.

Anna Dyderska

Business Intelligence Analyst

Role: Responsible for delivering reports and insights from Climate Change and Warmer Homes data. Heavily involved in automating manual repetitive tasks and developing internal systems which aid in smooth delivery of the projects.

Kimberley Waugh

Media and Communications Officer

Role: Communicate the Council's climate information in engaging and informative ways.

Emmalee Newman

Data Support Analyst

Role: Working on data projects with a current focus on Carbon Footprinting.

Tudor Skelly

Project Support Officer

Role: Support the overall provision of climate change projects. Responsible for organising the procurement of supplies and assisting with the monitoring of the overall team and project budgets.

Understanding how the council works >

Governance for Climate Change:

The climate change programme has an agreed governance structure, through which key decisions are made. As a Local Authority, we are answerable ultimately to the residents of Northumberland. See the illustration below for guidance. 

Who's who in the Council - councillors with key climate related portfolios:

Councillor Hugh Glen Howard Sanderson

Leader of Northumberland County Council

Portfolio: Corporate Strategy; Partnerships; Communications; Consultation & Engagement; Governance; Rural Growth & Sustainability; Strategic Transport & Infrastructure; Climate Change

More information: Councillor details - Councillor Hugh Glen Howard Sanderson - Northumberland County Council (moderngov.co.uk)

Councillor Colin Horncastle

Portfolio Holder for Looking After Our Environment

Portfolio: Environment; Waste & Recycling; Litter; Coastal Defences; Coast & Rivers Protection; Cemeteries & Crematoria; Parks & Open Spaces; Housing; Planning.More information: Councillor details - Councillor Colin William Horncastle - Northumberland County Council (moderngov.co.uk)

Councillor John Riddle

Portfolio Holder for Improving Our Roads and Highways

Portfolio: Highways Asset Management; Local Transport Plan; Street Lighting; Street Cleaning; Public Conveniences; Car Parks & Enforcement; AONB/Rights of Way; Fleet Management; Town Markets; Road Safety; Winter Services; Cycling & Walking Services.

More information: Councillor details - Councillor John Robert Riddle - Northumberland County Council (moderngov.co.uk)

The Working Group:

The Working Group is the cross-party group of Elected Members which scrutinises and steers the work of the climate change team. It also provides insight and engagement into local communities. It is chaired by the leader of the Council, Cllr Glen Sanderson and meets quarterly, following the steering group.

The Steering Group:

The Steering Group helps direct the work of the climate change team and provide a broad perspective of views. It is chaired by the leader of the Council, Cllr Glen Sanderson. It meets quarterly and is composed of external members from a broad range of sectors including Business, Agriculture, Community Sector, Local Councils, and Young People, alongside a number of council officers.

Scrutiny:

The Council has four scrutiny panels whose job it is to scrutinise and approve recommendations before they reach Cabinet. These are referred to as OSCs (Overview and Scrutiny Committees). They are: 

Family and Children’s Services OSC 
Communities and Place OSC 
Corporate Services and Economic Growth OSC 
Health and Wellbeing OSC

Climate change papers usually go to either Communities and Place or Corporate Services and Economic Growth, depending on the content. 

For more information about Scrutiny please see: Northumberland County Council - Scrutiny

Cabinet:

Cabinet is where the Council’s key policies are approved. The cabinet meets in two forms, ‘Informal Cabinet’ which is not public and ‘Cabinet’ which is public. Informal Cabinet discusses and agrees policy before it being publicly approved at Cabinet. Cabinet is made up of Elected Members, each with portfolio of responsibility. 

Cabinet members can be found here: Committee details - Cabinet - Northumberland County Council (moderngov.co.uk)

You can view past meetings and decisions made here:

Past meetings >