● Who Are We
This Living Place is led by a small, committed team rooted across Somerset, Dorset, and Devon.
We bring together experience in community organising, facilitation, culture, systems thinking, and place-based development. What unites us is a deep commitment to places and a belief in working with care, integrity, and long-term responsibility.
Meet the Team
● Staff Team
Who We Are
Emma Butterworth
NETWORK & STRATEGYEmma joined TLP in 2025. With a background in strategic consultancy, she’s worked with all kinds of organisations, helping them move through change with clarity, vision, and practical plans. Emma brings this experience into TLP, supporting us to build roadmaps, develop structure, and stay aligned to our values.
She lives in Devon and holds a Master’s degree in Regenerative Economics from Schumacher College. A real land lover, Emma has spent years involved in land-based learning and community projects.
Huda Javed
Communications & EngagementHuda joined This Living Place in 2025 through a partnership with the Youth Environmental Service
With hands-on experience in community-led food and energy projects, Huda brings a deep interest in environmental justice, grassroots movement building and participatory engagement.
She is particularly interested in how storytelling and creative facilitation can help connect people with land, place and heritage. Huda lives in Dorset.
Laura Tyley
founding directorLaura started This Living Place in 2024 after years of working with inspiring nonprofits focused on local economies, food systems, Indigenous conservation, and place-based change.
Along the way, she learned from people doing incredible work, but became frustrated by how hard it was to actually do this kind of work in rural areas, especially as a paid role. TLP grew from that realisation: that deep, systemic change needs to be rooted in place, and that people doing the work need to be resourced to do it fully.
● Directors
Jennifer Morisetti
NON-EXecutive DirectorSustainability innovator bridging local energy, circular economy, and community resilience.
Deanne Tremlett
NON-EXecutive DirectorCommunity arts leader cultivating connection, creativity, and courage in rural, local life.
● Extended Team
Fractional cfoFinancial systems thinker embedding clarity, care, and long-term sustainability in how we grow.
Harriet Formby
Rachel Bodle
Learning steward● Our Supporters
Helena Norberg-Hodge, Local FuturesMartin Stanley
