about us
Alison Findlay
Tim Smith
Alison is a skilled, experienced coach and mentor and a highly-regarded public and voluntary sector leader, accomplished in managing staff, delivering projects and translating government policy into practice for children, young people and families in schools and communities. She has a passion for wellbeing - for individuals, in communities and in the workplace.
She is currently CEO at Southern Brooks, a vibrant choral singer with Out There Music Bristol, a lifelong Wolves fan, an enthusiastic cyclist and yogi at Urban Yoga. She is a founder member of @PovertyisPants and a committed European.
When you work with Alison you will experience her strengths and values:
Integrity
Equality and Justice
Vitality, Passion and Energy
Kindness and Empathy
Creativity
Tim is a skilled, experienced expert counsellor using an integrative approach. He works with children, young people and adults and has extensive experience in a variety of settings from schools, to charities to freelance. He is a specialist in working with trauma and has acknowledged expertise in working with people who've experienced sexual abuse. Currently he is working at UWE in Bristol on the MA (counselling), as part of an EAP (Employment Assistance Program) with TERC and offers private counselling. He has recently worked with Studio 3 Clinical Services supporting specialist foster carers around the country.
Tim enjoys walking and cycling and yoga at Urban Yoga and is from North London and an Arsenal fan. Tim is still a committed European.
When you work with Tim you will experience his empathy, sensitivity and understanding of what's going on beneath the surface.