Depending on the service you access, staff will have different qualifications, training and experience but all have been recruited for their expertise and skills to deliver wellbeing and therapeutic support and activities.

Where therapy is offered, we adhere to and staff are registered with, BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) or BABCP (British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies) guidelines and staff are professionally qualified.

Senior Leadership

Jo Dare

CEO

Emilie Thomas

Head of Operations

Kathy Whitewood

Head of Counselling & Wellbeing /MHST Lead

Clinical Leadership

Sophia Preston

Service Team Lead/Counsellor

Meghann Ayres

Clinical Lead

Sam Guerrini

Deputy Clinical Lead

Counselling & Wellbeing Team

Tilda Lindsey

Counsellor

Annette Cocker

Counsellor

Julia Gwynne

Counsellor

Bev Clews

Counsellor

Gilly Meadows

Counsellor

Gill Piloni

Counsellor

Lauryn Harris

Child Wellbeing Practitioner (Youth & Community)

Blair Maynard

Child Wellbeing Practitioner (Youth & Community)

Jess Green

Clinical Wellbeing & Triage Practitioner

CWP Lead

Dora Kintli-Downer

CYP – IAPT ASC/LD Practitioner 

Amanda Bell

Art Therapist

Steph Attrill

Counsellor

Sub Team Lead

Amanda Earps

Counsellor

Sub Team Lead

MHST

Leah Reynolds

Senior MHST Practitioner

Aaron Youngson-Haynes

Educational Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP)

Harriet Batley

Educational Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) 

Kirsty Bamford

Educational Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) 

MHST Admin

Stephanie Rackett

Educational Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) 

16-25 Hub

Ellen Orchard

Employment Skills Builder

Cian Dare

Housing & Employment Assistant

Vacant

Care-leaver Link Worker

Kea

Youth Housing & Employment Support Worker

Matthew Hall

16-25 Lead

Admin Team

Glenn Bailey

Services Administrator

Jo Williams

Services Administrator

Lorraine Jacobson

Administration and Data Team Lead

Fundraising Team

Abi Cornford

Fundraising & Events Apprentice

Dayna O’Brien

Fundraising & Communications Coordinator

Cat Perrin

Head of Fundraising & Income Generation

Operations Team

Paul Savill

Networks & Information Coordinator

Molly Rayner

Operations & Finance Administrator

Kate Whiting

Executive Assistant to SLT

Zoe Irvine

HR Officer

Scott James

Finance Team Lead

Darran Askew

Digital Marketing & Communications