Our board brings together local leaders with a passion for sustainable healthy food, from the public, private and third sectors.
Caroline Kenyon
Chair of Advisory Board & CIC Director
Caroline Kenyon is Founder/Director of The Food Awards Company, creating and delivering world-class food awards.
She is also Parliamentary Spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats in Lincoln.
Spending the last 20 years working with the British food industry, her political role has led her to become involved with issues of food poverty and sustainability, aiming to secure practical and achievable solutions.
Amie Alissa Watson
CIC Director & Co-lead of Northern Lincolnshire Food Partnership
From leading the World Food Supper Club as part of her role as Good Food Movement Coordinator for Greater Lincolnshire Food Partnership to championing children’s access to healthy food as a Children’s Food Ambassador, Amie Alissa Watson, a Policy Advocate for The Trussell Trust and graduate of My Food Community’s food leadership program, translates her passion for sustainable food system into action as CEO and Founder of Slow Circular Earth UK, building a thriving, circular food system through community initiatives and education.
Dr Erkan Demirbas
Erkan Demirbas is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Lincoln. His main research field is economic growth and its determinants. Erkan has worked in higher education institutions in Turkey and Nigeria.
In addition to his academic career, Erkan has significantly contributed to NGOs in Nigeria operating in the agriculture industry, focusing on income generation through securing national and international grants.
Erkan has incorporated agriculture into teaching to promote unity among children from different backgrounds in his unique project named ‘The Kids’ Farm’ in Nigeria.
Alan Robson
Rev Canon Alan Robson MSc FRaGS FRAS-Agricultural Chaplain is a Methodist Minister (Lincoln Circuit) and Ecumenical Canon of Honour Lincoln Cathedral.
Alan has served as Agricultural Chaplain for 20 years with ties to other Boards and projects, including Green Synergy, council member of the Lincolnshire Agricultural Society (‘progenitor’ of the EPIC Building £7m project to highlight technologies to mitigate climate impact) and Lincoln Agricultural Society Educational Committee.
Martin Walmsley
Head of Shared Revenues and Benefits for City of Lincoln Council and North Kesteven District Council, Martin has worked in Revenues and Benefits services for 30 years.
He has led initiatives relating to anti-poverty, welfare reforms and Universal Credit support, and has a passion to work with partners to alleviate food poverty and provide a range of holistic solutions to help people get the help they need.
Working with food banks is a key component in this work.
Lettie Andreyev
Lettie studied Anthropology before training in nursing. She has worked widely in acute NHS services. Her Master’s Degree was in Public Health, undertaking original research in food banks.
She went on to work within Lincolnshire’s STP, developing education and improving accessibility for people living with diabetes, especially those in deprived areas of the county. She has since worked at the UK Health Security Agency, supporting the Covid response with a special responsibility for local prisons and asylum seekers.
She has previously run her own consultancy to improve outcomes for new mothers and is currently delivering on a programme with the National Association of Primary Care. She has a keen interest in the impact food poverty has on poor health and wellbeing outcomes.
Carolyn Bradbury
Services Manager for the Lincoln based charity, Acts Trust, Carolyn manages the Lincoln Foodbank’s six Distribution Centres, warehouse, and the development of a suite of courses which aim to empower their guests to achieve a poverty-free life. She also partners very closely with the work of the Community Grocery and Alive Café.
Carolyn is passionate about helping people overcome poverty. Her team identify those reliant on foodbank provision and offer courses on confidence-building, life skills, and budgeting to build the skills and resilience they need to live a fulfilled and poverty-free life.
Nigel Curry
Founder
Nigel Curry is the founder of the Lincolnshire Food Partnership Board, and has now stepped down from his Chairing role due to moving away from the area.
As well as his immense role with the Lincolnshire Food Partnership, Nigel is Founding Professor at the Countryside and Community Research Institute, Visiting Professor at the University of Lincoln, a Trustee of Community Lincs, a Director of Mint Lane Café and he chaired the regional food board, Good Food East Midlands, 2016 – 2018.
Meet the Food Partnership Co-ordinators
Laura Stratford
Laura Stratford coordinates the Greater Lincolnshire Food Partnership, which takes an holistic, system perspective on food, rooted in place and community.
She advocates for diverse food networks; addressing health & economic inequalities through better diets; and improving social & environmental connection through food.
Her background is in education (Steiner early years, Primary school teaching, and emancipatory higher education), community and permaculture.
Helen Fisher
Helen Fisher is the latest member of the team, joining Laura as coordinator of the Greater Lincolnshire Food Partnership in August 2026.
Helen is passionate about regenerative food production and connecting together locally, across the system, to bring fair access to delicious food that heals people and the planet.
She has a mixed background in media and works at the junction of community and systems change.
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