Our Team

I have worked with adults, young people and families in the community in Kingston upon Thames. I have also worked with organisations such as Welcare, Staywell, Fircroft and Kingston adult education. I am qualified with PGCE in teaching adults.

 In 2002 I became family learning/community learning manager for Kingston. This involved planning and training to   provide courses for family and community learning.I  then went to work for Richmond doing the same.

I  am now a freelance photographer as well as support teaching for Kingston adult education and still involved in charity work as well as volunteer work.

Though my experiences both work and personal I want to support our local community with their mental health and well being by founding/setting up this charity and  especially with the impact of covid-19.

TRUSTEE & HR/ FINANCE MANAGER- Maria Jordan

My name is Maria, I have over 30 years HR experience including designing and running well-being programmes, training, coaching and monitoring and self-insight workshops. I focused on mental health support for employees at work on return to work and during periods of absence. I have experience of supporting family members with issues such as anxiety, depression etc

TRUSTEE & SLEEP YOGA MEDITATION TUTOR- Rachael Barnes

My name is Rachael, and at 44 years old with a wealth of personal experience of dealing with various mental health struggles of family, friends and my own trials, I have always had a strong interest in psychological wellbeing. I volunteered for the Samaritans charity as a lister for over 3 years. I am a qualified mental health first aider, a mental health board member at Global and now an instructor in my school of guided meditation. I deliver gentle yet effective deep relaxation sessions from the Yoga Nidra school, with positive visualisations to increase a sense of grounding, purpose and creativity.

Aisha - Zumba Tutor

I love Zumba fitness  Zumba has helped me so much, on my own journey with my mental health and physical wellbeing.  The endorphins are released and the cardio health is improved it’s also very social . Zumba fitness is not difficult and can be moderated to all abilities from chair to standing and combined also . Zumba Gold is a non -impact class and Zumba Fitness is high impact  . There is also Zumba Chair /Zumba Strong (HIIT) /ZUMBINI for children /
Zumba can be enjoyed by all to increase health and fitness whilst enjoying so many ranges of music from all Latin genres to Pop /Reggae/ Soca/ Urban/Hip Hop and more Come and try a class you won’t regret it !!