Meet the Headspace team

The Team

Helen has previously worked in the NHS for over 25 years as a Registered Nurse, most recently working as a School Nurse in the Cotswolds where she developed a passion for working with young people struggling with mental health problems to help make change in their lives.
In her role as Wellbeing Lead, Helen works with families, Schools and other local services to develop and improve the free Wellbeing and Counselling support that Headspace offers, to ensure that help is available locally to young people and their families, when they need it.

Sarah is a Level 5 Children and Young person Counsellor.
She has 20 years’ experience working with Young People in various school settings including working as a Teaching Assistant, Behaviour Support Practitioner, providing Wellbeing Support, Youth Work and Pastoral Support.
Sarah has been a qualified Counsellor for over 5 years and has worked previously for Teens in Crisis and a Listening Post Counselling services. Sarah has been a counsellor at The Cotswold School and Headspace for over 5 years and is very passionate about the work she does with students and loves seeing them on their journey through their school years.

Chief Executive Officer
Paul is an experienced chief executive who has developed and managed a number of leading organisations in the education and youth sectors. Paul has grown up in the Cotswolds, is a passionate mental health advocate, community volunteer and has considerable fundraising experience.

Sadie Brewin

Olivia Ware

Pat Taylor

Gemma Joynes

Jan Billingham

Sam Woolley

Vicky Magee

Volunteers Needed

Vicki Gray

Sandra Osgood

Megan Payne

Jayne Davies

Chair of Trustees & DSL
Kathryn is an experienced business professional with a degree in Psychology and a broad range of skills including HR, finance, compliance, Health & Safety, project management, wellbeing and leadership. Kathryn is a Headspace founder member who is passionate about supporting and empowering young people in our local community.

Trustee, Treasurer & Senior Leadership Team
Kevan is a Chartered Accountant who serves as a trustee for a number of organisations, namely: Headspace; Gloucester Diocesan Board of Finance; Moore Friends and Sportily. Before retiring, Kevan worked for over 10 years as a Finance Director in not for profit organisations, including three sporting National Governing Bodies. Kevan lives in Clapton on the Hill with his wife Pat, who is a volunteer for Headspace.

Headspace Safeguarding Trustee
Paul has worked in education for over 30 years in pastoral and safeguarding roles in a range of settings, from independent boarding schools to special education. Currently working in a senior position for an international education company, Paul is an experience educational safeguarding practitioner and a Safer Recruitment Consortium and NSPCC trainer. Paul originally from Essex but has lived in and around the Cotswolds for many years, currently happily residing in Bourton.

Leadership Team & Trustee
I have had a long a varied career including practising as a family solicitor, management of national transport contracts and community transport services. I have spent the last 10 years managing operations in charitable organisations, specifically club-based activities. I have learnt so much about managing people with integrity, compassion and respect.
I now have a passion for supporting local community with a particular interest, arising from personal experience, in helping those suffering from family crisis. This work has included direct support to families dealing with the devastation resulting from family breakdown, dementia and mental health issues, helping them to find support with carer respite, befriending and accessing services and funding available to them. I have many years’ experience of working in the charitable sector in Gloucestershire and continue to use my experience through my volunteering roles.

Trustee
Patrick is a Recovery Worker for National Drug and Alcohol Charity Change Grow Live.
His passion for addiction work came as he attended an additional unit on substance misuse, during his Degree In Counselling and Psychotherapy at Gloucestershire College in 2011.
He has also worked at Gloucestershire's NHS for mental health and IAPT talking therapies service.
Patrick feels that he can offer a good contribution to Headspace as a charity trustee to cover all aspects of mental health and issues which may affect the young people it supports and their families.
He has a passion for positive starts in life and feels grateful to be able to contribute to such a positive local cause.