The Team

Henri Brocklebank
Record Centre Manager
Henri divides her time between running the Record Centre, developing new partnerships, strengthening existing partnerships and enhancing links with data users and providers. She represents Local Record Centres regionally on the South East England Biodiversity Forum.
Charles Roper
Biodiversity IT Officer
Charles is responsible for managing the IT infrastructure of the centre, developing the technology that drives the enquiry service, managing the core database, analysing the data and developing websites. He also provides support and training to staff, volunteers, recorders and partners in recording software, GIS and other technologies. Charles is an active participant in the regional and national LRC network; he is a Director of the Association of Local Environmental Record Centres (ALERC) and is founder of the NBN Forum and the LRC Technical Forum.
Penny Green
Species Officer
Penny oversees data entry and co-ordinates the record centre's volunteers, who aid in entering large quantities of data and a variety of other essential tasks. Penny has a strong practical conservation background and was also responsible for setting up the Sussex Wildilfe Trust’s ‘Wildcall’ telephone enquiry service in 2000.
Andrew Lawson
GIS Officer
Andrew is involved in many aspects of Record Centre operation, handling more complex bespoke enquiries as well as a variety of GIS specific tasks, including maintenance of the Sussex Habitat Framework. He provides GIS expertise and training to both the Record Centre and Sussex Wildlife Trust.
Helen Hodson
Enquiries Officer
Helen co-ordinates the enquiry service, producing desktop biodiversity reports for sites across Sussex. Helen completed a Biodiversity Survey Masters at the University of Sussex in 2006 and worked for an ecological consultancy and local borough council before joining the Record Centre.
Our Volunteers
Peter Challis, Bev Wadge, Jon Wood and others. All of whom put in many hours and deserve much thanks and praise for the hard work and the warm atmosphere they create.