About
"I started All The Elements CIC because it was the community that I was looking for. I'm always searching for the central connections, collaboration and sharing. We are all stronger when we work together and raise each other up.
"After discussions with different individuals, groups and organisations working in the outdoors, I realised that there was actually very little sharing between activity areas and targeted community groups in the UK, despite the fact that they often faced similar barriers and challenges.”
- Soraya Abdel-Hadi, founder
who we are
Meet the All The Elements Team
Soraya Abdel-Hadi (she/her)
Founder and Director
Soraya’s love of the outdoors started in her childhood, when she would regularly spend time outdoors – walking, bike riding and horse riding. This obsession with nature has continued into adulthood.
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In 2014, she decided to leave her career as an equestrian journalist to study sustainability for business (One Planet MBA), and since then has worked in roles and on projects to create social and environmental change.
Through her work as a sustainability professional, writer and artist, she wants to help more people find their own connection with nature. As well as the physical and mental health benefits, she believes that the more people who connect with our outdoor environment, the more people will be passionate about protecting it.
In 2020, Soraya was announced as Lonely Planet Sustainable Storyteller 2021.
Soraya is a horse rider, hiker, climber (and climbing instructor), SUP lover, bamboo bike cyclist and occasional runner. She is based in Hampshire.
Frankie Dewar (she/they)
Communications Director
A joy enthusiast & lover of ALL kinds of adventure. In her other work Frankie supports people with purpose to use social media to amplify their message. She is one of the Directors of All The Elements.
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Joy enthusiast & lover of ALL kinds of adventure. Despite living in a rural area Frankie didn’t grow up enjoying the outdoors, and didn’t discover it until going to university in her mid twenties.
Since then she’s fallen in love with all kinds of activities: hiking, climbing, cycling, skiing, and swimming... you name it!
In her other work Frankie supports people with purpose to use social media to amplify their message. Particularly focusing on the intersection between adventure and activism.
She completed her own 3000km cycle journey in 2020 creating an award winning podcast Extraordinary Ordinary You. And has founded the Purposeful Adventure Club to make tailored social media advice more accessible.
Often found in the mountains with messy hair and muddy boots
Kikelomo Grace Agunbiade
(she/her)
Consultant
Kike has loved the outdoors, adventures, and sports from a very young age. A qualified science teacher, with a post-grad certificate in outdoor environmental & sustainability education, she provides consultancy on Race & Equality to schools and is currently re-training to become a barrister.
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Kike has loved the outdoors, adventures, and sports from a very young age. From early experiences of hiking, kayaking and hockey to playing rugby for her university and more recently getting involved in triathlon, trail running and cycle touring, Kike believes the outdoors should be for everyone and that there is much work to be done to make the outdoor, countryside, conservation and sport sectors more accessible and inclusive.
Professionally she is a qualified science teacher, has a post-graduate certificate in outdoor environmental and sustainability education, provides consultancy on Race and Equality to schools and is currently re-training to become a barrister.
Dawn Warden (she/her)
Consultant - Virtual Assistant
Dawn has loved being outdoors since childhood but really developed a passion for outdoors activities such as hiking, cycling, kayaking and camping as an adult.
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Dawn has loved being outdoors since childhood but really developed a passion for outdoors activities such as hiking, cycling, kayaking and camping as an adult. She understands the importance of the outdoors for all round wellbeing and now lives in the countryside with regular access to rural spaces. Access for Dawn is especially important as a disabled adventurer.
Anisah Barber (she/her)
Disability Campaigner Socials
Anisah is a disabled outdoor enthusiast, the Founder and writer for Outside: Our Way, which shares stories of disabled and chronically ill folk in the outdoors. She hosts the All The Elements Disability Campaigner Socials.
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Anisah is a disabled outdoor enthusiast with Lupus, Fibromyalgia and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder (HSD). After many years of being afraid to go outside because of her disability, she finally started hiking in 2019 to improve her quality of life. It didn’t take long for her to get hooked on other outdoor activities such as wild swimming, climbing and more.
Since then she has been learning to adapt the way she goes outdoors to meet the limitations of her disability. She has become an outdoor disability campaigner and is seeking to increase disability awareness, accessibility and inclusion in the outdoor sector.
She is the founder and writer for the blog Outside: Our Way, which shares stories of disabled and chronically ill folk in the outdoors in a series of interviews. Anisah also hosts the All The Element Disability Campaigner Socials online, where people working on disability inclusion in the outdoors can network, share ideas and issues, and work towards solutions together.
Sarah G. (she/her)
Editor
Sarah has always loved spending time outdoors and despite living in Birmingham, she carves out time to travel to quieter, greener spaces. In her day-to-day work, she holds a number of roles, all with a focus on supporting people. She supports All The Elements with editing.
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Sarah has always loved spending time outdoors and despite living in Birmingham, she carves out time to travel to quieter, greener spaces.She particularly loves the positive effects that spending time outdoors can have on mental health. Her favourite outdoor activities include; hiking, swimming and although it’s very much a love/hate relationship, she does keep giving running a go. Recently, she’s started SUP and is off to a wobbly start.
In her day-to-day work, she holds a number of roles, all with a focus on supporting people. She is the Community Engagement Manager at Mental Health Swims CIC, she is a qualified Executive Coach and coaches leaders through personal and professional development issues, focusing on confidence and self-esteem and she is a freelance writer.
Francesca Turauskis (she/her)
Podcasts
Francesca is an award-winning audio producer, writer, and Founder of Tremula Network, and has been known to walk and run long distances across countries. She curates the All The Elements podcast resources.
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Francesca is an award-winning podcast producer and writer, whose work focuses on unheard stories from the outdoors. She is the Founder of Tremula Network, a group of podcasts taking a fresh look at adventure and the outdoors. As the Digital Editor for Pod Bible magazine, she's dedicated to shaping the podcasting landscape. Catch her delivering inspiring talks and personalised guidance to help others find their podcasting solutions.
Based in West Sussex, Francesca has been known to walk and run silly distances across countries, and has shared her adventures with epilepsy on stage, on podcasts and in magazines.
She curates the All The Elements podcast resources.
contributors
Kareen Griffiths (she/her)
Kareen spent most of her earlier life living in the city and fell in love with the outdoors when she moved to the countryside 10 years ago.
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Kareen spent most of her earlier life living in the city and fell in love with the outdoors when she moved to the countryside 10 years ago.
With her working life previously focused in the corporate world, Kareen found that walking and connecting to nature was therapeutic and calming and a respite from fast paced working life.
This appreciation for the outdoors, has led her to become a passionate advocate for raising awareness of the mental health benefits of living in the countryside and nature.
Through her work as a Mindfulness Teacher, Kareen is passionate about creating more opportunities for people from underrepresented backgrounds to connect to nature through mindfulness.
Kareen is a walker and loves to be outside living life with a mindful vibe.
Want to join our team?
We are always looking for volunteers to build our resource library, write online content, run events and generally help us support our community.
If you’d like to find out more, please email hello@alltheelements.co and tell us a bit about you and what you’d be most interested in.