Jayne joined SCRT after working for the Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust on a project to co-ordinate and train volunteers to carry out walkover surveys. Prior to this she was at Natural England, working closely with partners across Cumbria to develop freshwater plans. She studied Environmental Biology at the University of Nottingham and gained an MSc in Ecology and Conservation at Lancaster University, during which she spent some time at the Freshwater Biological Association on Windermere. Jayne started at SCRT as the South Cumbria Catchment Partnership co-ordinator and became Strategic Partnership Manager in 2023.