The Full Story
Our Purpose
To rebalance our relationship with our lands and collectively restore our future.
We operate as a bioregion, defined by ecological characteristics and associated communities, offering space for collaborative efforts toward sustainable and regenerative futures. Spanning 1000-acres, our land serves as a testing ground for nature-based solutions, social innovations, and collaborative models aimed at collective impact. Through regenerative design principles, we interlace heritage, nature, people and culture, implementing Ecosystem-based Adaptations across our bioregion of natural, economic and combines zones. These initiatives aim to mitigate climate change vulnerabilities, fostering resilience in human communities.
Our Board
Dedication. Expertise. Passion.
The Leslie Foundation is a not for profit established in 2015. The company operates under its constitution and is overseen by a dedicated board of seven trustees. Leading the board is Chairperson Kate Burns, a distinguished expert in business and natural resource planning for regional development.
Chairperson
Kate Burns
Expert in business and natural resource planning in regional development.
Company Secretary
Dr Jacqueline Crowley PhD
Currently not registered as a Trustee.
Trustee
Dr Sarah Barry PhD, MA, BD, Bacc.Phil, Dip.
Director of Academic Programmes, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland.
Trustee
Dr Ciaran Reilly PhD
Assistant Director of the Centre for the Study of Historic Irish Houses & Estates.
Trustee
Jackie Gormley
Executive, Castle Leslie Estate.
Trustee
Padge McKenna
Retired local government official.
Vision
To rebalance our relationship with our land to collectively restore our futures.
Mission
To use our 1000-acres and historic structures to test nature-based solutions, social innovations, and collaborative models to co-create better ways of living for people, place and planet.