​My experience includes...

I am one of the Co founders of Journeyman UK https://journeymanuk.org/ a  national charity providing community based volunteer group mentoring for teenage young men, with annual large scale events, camps, parenting  courses and mentoring trainings.
This is the UK version of boystomen.org/about-us/
I co design and deliver JourneymanUK mentoring trainings, local group curriculum, and 'Understanding Young Men' online courses. I am a Senior Mentor, Group Coordinator and one of the Rites of Passage leaders. 
I have been a JourneymanUK trustee and am currently Central Coordinator, a mentor coach, local group leader and teenage mentor. 
I have received mentoring coaching from Boys to Men USA, who gifted their program to the UK as JourneymanUK. 

I am a co founder and Director of Pathways to Ventures CIC https://www.pathwaystoventures.org/  along with Liz Terry who I am married to.
We are currently working in partnership with https://globalenvironments.org/​

I am involved with  The Mankind Project https://mankindprojectuki.org/ ( an international men's rites of passage with peer support groups non profit organisation). I have  attended many of their trainings over the last 15 years, including leadership and running a local group toolkit. I have attended many weekend workshops with them. I have staffed their Rites of Passage event numerous times.
I founded the Stroud MKP local  group which is a thriving local chapter. 

I am a qualified Homoeopath, trained in counselling and I am experienced in delivering Community Arts projects.
Over the last few decades I have attended a wide variety of personal development, mindfulness, and therapeutic courses. I also keep myself up to date with current psychological research with trauma informed practice.                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
I have attended courses in managing low mood, anxiety  for my own benefit, I have an embodied movement practice  called Shintaido and attended courses in mindfulness. I have practiced meditation and mindfulness for three decades.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
More recently I have attended Noble Man https://www.celebrationofbeing.co.uk/​ 
Men Without Masks https://www.menwithoutmasks.com/the-embodied-leader
I received coaching from https://www.oliviermythodrama.com/                                                                                                     
​and several from outstanding leaders and peers over the last few years. 

I am a father of two wonderful young people who are now in their late 20s,  and have informally fostered several other young people along the way.  I am married and live in Stroud.  

On my CV I also have. 
Degree in Social and Political Sciences. A Certificate in Art and Ceramics. Qualified Homeopath. Counselling Certificate. 
Community artist,  potter, factory work, building and carpentry specialising in eco-build, The Centre for Alternative Technology, yurt maker, school facilities management, health and safety, homeopath, director of a community interest company.
I have travelled overland to India.
I still love to be creative and work with my hands.
I was raised in Manchester (DOB 1960) in a working class household.