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 B.E.M
CEO
Kathy Whitewood
Head of Counselling & Wellbeing /MHST Lead
Emilie Thomas
Head of Operations
Counselling & Wellbeing Team
Meghann Ayres
Clinical Lead
Sam Guerrini
Deputy Clinical Lead
Sophia Preston
Service Team Lead/Counsellor
Amanda Earps
Counsellor
Sub Team Lead
Steph Attrill
Counsellor
Sub Team Lead
Amanda Bell
Art Therapist
Dora Kintli-Downer
CYP – IAPT ASC/LD Practitioner
Jess Green
Clinical Wellbeing & Triage Practitioner
CWP Lead
Blair Maynard
Child Wellbeing Practitioner (Youth & Community)
Lauryn Harris
Child Wellbeing Practitioner (Youth & Community)
Gill Piloni
Counsellor
Gilly Meadows
Counsellor
Bev Clews
Counsellor
Julia Gwynne
Counsellor
Annette Cocker
Counsellor
Tilda Lindsey
Counsellor
Fundraising Team
Cat Perrin
Head of Fundraising & Income Generation
Dayna O'Brien
Fundraising & Communications Coordinator
Abi Cornford
Fundraising & Events Apprentice
Admin Team
Lorraine Jacobson
Administration and Data Team Lead
Jo Williams
Services Administrator
Glenn Bailey
Services Administrator
16-25 Hub
Matthew Hall
16-25 Lead
Kea
Youth Housing & Employment Support Worker
Aaron Francis
Transitions Link Worker
Cian Dare
Housing & Employment Assistant
TBC
Employment Skills Builder
Youth Engagement
Paul Savill
Networks & Information Coordinator
Operations Team
Scott James
Finance Team Lead
Zoe Irvine
HR Officer
Kate Whiting
Executive Assistant to SLT
Darran Askew
Digital Marketing Officer
Molly Rayner
Operations & Finance Administrator
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)
Youth Trust Board of Trustees
Under Charity Law, Trustees are the ‘persons having the general control and management of the administration of the charity.’
Therefore, Trustees are ultimately responsible for the affairs of the charity. Their responsibility is both collective and individual and delegation to others does not absolve a Trustee of responsibility.
Delegated authority needs to be recorded and reviewed regularly. Individuals and Committees with delegated authority need to report back and be held to account by Trustees.
