Marie Monaghan

Marie is responsible for the delivery of environmental & sustainability projects at Vital Regeneration.  'Get on the Greenside' is a neighbourhood recycling project working on high density social housing estates in North Westminster to raise awareness of and increase participation in recycling.

Marie is also responsible for the development and delivery of a community composting project collecting and composting food waste from residents living on Church St Estate in North Westminster.  She works with local schools educating young people about recycling and climate change and also with local community groups to organise activities focusing on the environment.  She is currently developing a broader community environmental awareness programme focusing on energy, local transport and local food as well as recycling.

Marie represents Vital Regeneration on the Queens Park Neighbourhood Management Board which is responsible for the coordination of neighbourhood renewal activities and local services to deliver the Queens Park Neighbourhood Plan 2008-2012.  She also sits on Westminster’s Liveability Network 'Livenet' which aims to provide leadership on environmental issues and to oversee the delivery of Local Area Agreement outcomes related to the environment in Westminster.

Marie joined Vital Regeneration in February 2006 as Neighbourhood Recycling Officer.  Prior to this she spent a year working for a marine conservation company in Belize in Central America carrying out surveys on the coral reef.  Marie holds a BSc (Hons) in Biology from the National University of Ireland, Maynooth and an MSc Environmental Science from Trinity College Dublin.

Email Marie on mmonaghan@cwh.org.uk