Staff
Founder & Executive Director : Tim Lloyd-Yeates
Tim directs Alive! and creates and facilitates some of our sessions in the Bristol area. He is passionate about empowering older people, especially those now living in residential care and is campaigning for care home residents to have access to their interests, access to activities and a guaranteed rich quality of life. He is a member of the Alzheimer's Society, NAPA (National Association of Provision of Activities of Older People), A 'Your Story Matters' Trainer for The National Life Story Network, and a Dignity Champion for the Department of Health. Tim volunteers for RSVP on their care home visiting scheme, he is a trained facilitator for Cognitive Stimulation Therapy and a Quality of Life Assessor for the Dementia Quality Mark being piloted for care homes specialising in dementia care by Bristol City Council.
Regional Manager (South) : Malcolm Burgin
Malcolm is a talented facilitator with several years experience of running activity sessions for those living in residential care. He currently works with over 50 care homes in Hampshire, Dorset and Wiltshire and is also a trainer for our Activity and Reminiscence Training Programme for care home staff. Malcolm is also a teacher of Biodanza, a system of personal development using music, movement and social interaction, and is now running Biodanza workshops for care home residents alongside his popular Variety Hour sessions.
Administrator: Sally Oakes
Sally runs the office at Alive!, managing administration of the accounts, fundraising, Alive's website and newsletter, and supporting volunteers. . She has several years experience of working in the voluntary sector.
Presenters
Polly Andrews
Polly has a wealth of experience of working with older people through nursing, the church ministry to older people and her current job as a day centre organiser for Age Concern in Bath & NE Somerset. Polly is happy that through Alive! she has the chance to meet older people now living in care and help them feel significant, valued and loved.
Raimonda Duff
Raimonda is a registered Dance Movement Psychotherapist. She currently works as an Activities Co-ordinator as well as providing dance therapy sessions at care homes and for other client groups. All of her activities and studies share a passionate interest in people. Travelling, working and studying in multicultural environments have been important components of growing that passion and learning to see the world through so many different eyes.
Deborah Feiler
Deborah is a Chartered Psychologist, a qualified and experienced teacher and artist. She is just delighted to have this opportunity to combine her enthusiasms and interests through art workshops with older people. Her approach is guided by a strong belief in wellbeing through creativity, friendship and individual choice.
Paul Veit
Paul gets a great sense of achievement from presenting Alive sessions as he enjoys putting smiles on people's faces. He enjoys spending time with his wife and twin baby daughters, Anna and Elsa, and swimming in the sea where he lives in Bournemouth. Paul has lots of energy, loves spending time outside and tries not to take himself too seriously.
Clare Brinsden
Clare lives in Bristol with her partner and she loves to dance and do hula hooping. She loves watching old black and white movies and singing along to musicals, being part of a community and being out in nature. Clare's sessions feature fabulous music from old films and theatre shows and fun props such as top hats & feather boas!
Alison Fitzjohn
Although Alison is an actress she feels it is not dramatic to say that her time with Alive! is life changing. The power and impact that the Alive! sessions have on residents is remarkable and to be able to see the effects of bringing some sunshine and fun into a home has made her realise just how important this charity is. Alison feels honoured to meet all the wonderful, colourful individual characters and feels her life has been enriched by hearing past stories and dancing with everyone! Seeing an individual sat hunched over not wanting to communicate progress to sitting upright singing, dancing and tapping a tambourine along with some lively music makes her realise how valuable the work is.
Susan Lawrence
Susan is a dramatherapist living in Bristol and is thrilled to be part of the Alive! team. She is an experienced group facilitator and enjoys enabling people to connect, communicate and express themselves through drama, laughter and play. Susan brings dramatic and playful aspects to her sessions.
Judith Puckmayr
Judith is a registered Dance and Movement Psychotherapist. She is passionate about creating a deeply nourishing, safe and healing environment where each participant's unique expression is honoured and celebrated. Her work is devoted to lovingly support the reclaiming of our bodies as a source of well-being, joy and unlimited creativity no matter what the cognitive or physical abilities are. Moving and dancing in groups also fosters connection and deep relatedness between human beings which encourages a sense of belonging and care.
Paula Jardim
Paula has a background in music, teaching, community arts, counselling, mental health and spiritual translation. With several years experience of facilitating creative projects in community, educational and health settings, Paula has had the opportunity to work with people of all ages and backgrounds, such as people with Alzheimer’s, older people in post-operative care, and senior citizens from ethnic minorities. Paula’s main interests are happiness, emotional wellbeing, Biodanza, home education, blogging, and photography. She also facilitates meditation sessions in Bristol.
Elly Winn
Elly was born and lives in Bristol. She loves drama, laughing and meeting new people. Elly was quite honestly blown away when first encountering the positive effect that Alive Workshops have on older people living in care and considers it a privilege to have the opportunity to become involved with such an incredible charity. She sincerely hopes that her workshops make a significant difference to a person’s day.
Abbie Browne
Abbie is a writer, story-teller, researcher and filmmaker. With a background in film and television production she has worked on documentaries, feature films and comedy entertainment programmes and has been fortunate enough to work with some of Britain's greatest talents. Since 2009 she has been focusing on her own writing and is in the process of writing her first novel. She started working with Alive! September 2011 and is interested in running group and individual reminiscence sessions. Using the internet, sound effects, music, films, props, research and discussion, her sessions aim to look at personal and collective histories.
Volunteers
Maria Dunn
Maria volunteers for Alive, helping with the communications, admin and anything Sally or Tim want to put her way! She got to know us through The Funding Network and her day job at Quartet Community Foundation and wanted to get involved because her own Grandma lived with dementia for a number of years. Maria studied Creative Writing at Bath Spa, knows she should write more but does a lot of running instead!
Alison Hunte
Alison took many of the excellent photos on our website. She completed a BA (Hons) Drawing and Applied Arts degree at the University West of England, Bristol, and is now using her photography skills to capture and document the essence and spirit of individuals. Alison was introduced to photography as a young girl by her Dad and from then on she has had a fascination with cameras. Her current toy is her Nikon D80.
Roger Manthorp
Roger is heavily involved with our film-making project. He has also taken many brilliant still photographs to publicise our work, including those used for the DVD at our launch in 2009. Roger brings to us his skills in photography, graphic and digital activities on computers as well as vast local knowledge.
Colin Moody
Colin is a TV presenter and award winning film maker. His short film '20:12' was chosen to launch the Cultural Olympiad in Stratford, East London and he has had a short film 'Bird Brain' he co-wrote screened at Bafta and several festivals. Colin is leading Alive's film-making project to produce several short films to showcase our work and highlight the fact that many older people now living in care are not always able to access the things that enhance their quality of life (activities, learning, understanding etc).
Trustees
Philip May, Chair of Trustees is a solicitor and partner at leading regional law firm TLT LLP. He specialises in insolvency and business breakdown litigation and has over 25 years experience acting for a wide range of commercial clients. Philip worked with Tim to launch Alive! as a charity in 2009 and was responsible for carrying out much of the legal work. He continues to play an active role assisting Tim and Sally in the day to day management of the Charity's affairs and continues to undertake much of the associated legal work. Philip is also a trustee of Changing Tunes, a charity which helps prisoners and ex-prisoners avoid re-offending through developing musical skills, and a churchwarden at St Matthews in Bristol.
Phil and Liz Hughes
Liz worked in adult mental health for Warwickshire Social Services Department and also taught psychology in further and higher education. She moved to the voluntary sector to work in development and training for Rethink.
Phil started work as a structural engineer but soon moved into occupational health and safety. He chaired the National Examination Board (NEBOSH), was President of IOSH in 1990/91 and a Director and Trustee of RoSPA for over eight years until 2010. Phil received an MBE for services to Health and Safety in 2005.
Liz and Phil believe the joy and interest Alive! brings to those in residential care should be the norm for a civilized society.
Iain McColl is a solicitor at Bristol law firm Gregg Latchams LLP. He advises on corporate matters such as mergers and acquisitions, shareholder agreements and financing, and on commercial contracts of all kinds. Iain has been involved with a number of charities and charitable fundraising activities through both Gregg Latchams and his local church.
Adam Kishtainy
Adam was Director of Music for the charity Changing Tunes for over 10 years and was central in its development from an informal voluntary activity to an influential regional charity. He is now studying for an MA in Music Therapy, is a part-time house-husband and also works part-time as a science communicator.
Catherine Smith is a practising Occupational Therapist specialising in older people, a Dignity Champion and a volunteer for the Alzheimer's Society. She is also a member of the Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust. Catherine is married with two young children.
Amanda Patterson is an Associate at TLT LLP where she has worked for almost 15 years. Responsible business initiatives at TLT have enabled her to become involved with charities such as Alive! and the Prince's Trust. Amanda will do almost anything to raise money for charity - last year she did a tandem parachute jump even though she has a fear of flying and this year she is taking part in the Tockington Triathlon - she is currently learning to swim! Amanda is married to Gary and they have a son Joe, who are both actively involved with the fundraising events for Alive!
Patron : Richard Pendlebury MBE DL
Richard is a social entrepreneur who has been instrumental in creating 5 new charities. He is currently the Director of homeless charity Emmaus Bristol, Trustee of the Temple Ecclesiastical Trust, and Founder and Patron of Changing Tunes. He was made an MBE for charitable services to the community and was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant at The Lord Lieutenancy in the County and City of Bristol.
