Trevor is passionate about fatherhood and since 1989 has helped arrange and lead camping weekends for dads and their children. He is involved in his local community and was instrumental in setting up Street Pastors in Kingston. Trevor is married and has 3 grown up children. He is currently leading MAN&BOY as Founder and acting Director
Qualifications: PTLLS Trained, Accredited Mediator, Problem Solving Trained
Mark is a dedicated and passionate youth and community worker with 30 years’ experience working for families on the margins of society, for example, gypsies, young offenders, drug users, school refusers and children in care with a strong emphasis on utilising outdoor education opportunities. Mark is a professionally qualified youth and community worker and supervisor, with additional qualifications in foster caring, teaching and assessing in the adult education sector. Mark has the ability to listen and empathise with people and is motivated by the innate potential in every person and the opportunity for them to discover and to use this.
Mark is married with 3 birth children and 3 foster children and 1 grandchild. He has home-schooled his birth children including a year out to travel the world, he enjoys most outdoor pursuits and playing games!
“I am excited about working with everyone connected with Man & Boy, to collaborate and learn together on this parenting adventure, and to see the boy grow in the company of the man”
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A father of two girls, Neil is a foster parent and has 10 God-children ranging from 1 to 21! After working as a design engineer for 10 years he started working with young people and their families. Neil has set up a number of dads initiatives including 6 dads groups in Kingston reaching out to over 400 dads and a young dads project.
Neil currently works in Kingston at a local boys' secondary school, he has worked within the youth offending service and a London borough Children and Families team, working with young people and families with multiple and complex needs. Neil is Man&Boy's Designated Safeguarding Lead with a depth of experience in this work.
He says,
I am enthusiastic about supporting the fatherless and giving them hope. I believe that we all need to encourage dads and those with a fathering role in being the best dads they can be. It takes a community to raise a child.
John has worked with young people and their families for over 25 years. His work has focussed upon marginalised young people who have challenging lifestyles and often underachieve in education, are in care, have special needs, end up committing crime and antisocial behaviour. John has worked in a variety of organisations in both statutory and voluntary sectors including Barnardos, YMCA, Kingston Council, Surrey County Council, Clubs for Young People and Oxygen. His roles have included: Education officer – Surrey Youth Justice team; Youth Worker – Kingston Youth Service; Assistant Head – Pupil Referral Unit; 14 to 19 Education Policy Advisor – Connexions; and Chief Executive of Surrey CYP.
John is currently the Director of Oxygen, a Christian Youth work charity based in Kingston that works with a range of young people to help them discover their identity and achieve their potential. They do this through youth clubs, residentials, mentoring schemes, leadership Training and targeted projects.
I love seeing young people and their families overcome the challenges they face to discover that they are capable of more than they thought possible. They have to rethink the future, more confident and hopeful about what it entails, and raise their aspirations
John is married with three children aged 6, 12 and 16.
We are fortunate to have a wider group of experienced volunteers to draw on for camps and courses and in our admin and funding team. Our thanks go to all our volunteers and staff team for their hard work and commitment.
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