Head Office
Joe founded the Wave Project and has overall responsibility for the running of the organisation.
Svenya is our education coordinator running our Beach School and Surf Back to School programs.
Tom looks after our social media pages and design work
National Team
Katy runs the West Cornwall Project.
Abbie manages the Wave Project on the Isle of Wight.
Siobhan is Surf Therapy Manager for our Northern Projects. Her area covers South Wales, Bristol, London, North Yorkshire, North East, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Alison is the co-ordinator for The Wave Project in Scotland and joins us from a previous career as a neonatal nurse.
Angela has years of experience of lead volunteering at our Scottish project in Dunbar. She is an integral part of the local community, supporting lots of charities, organising fundraisers and generally bringing her awesome inspiration to everyone she meets.
Ruairidh is a familiar face from our Scottish project in Edinburgh & Lothians. As well as being the surf coach for the local surf school, he has been a lead volunteer with The Wave Project for years.
He has always been at Alison’s door, asking what more he can do to support The Wave Project. After a successful pilot from St Andrews, we are thrilled to have Ruairidh as part of our team in Scotland, covering Fife & Tayside.
Carla has been working to deliver surf therapy in Norther Ireland since 2018, and prior to that was located in our Cornwall projects.
Iain has made the move over the Irish Sea from Scotland to be our Project Assistant in Northern Ireland. He has a history of teaching children, as well as training to be a surf coach so that he has been able to volunteer as a lead volunteer at our Scottish project in Dunbar. We are thrilled to have him support Carla in Northern Ireland.
Matt is an experienced water man, with a background in RNLI and surf coaching. He leads up on our projects around North Yorkshire, including Scarborough and Whitby.
Tom is our Project Coordinator for Dorset. He has worked with young people in varying capacities for over a decade, including roles as a tutor, surf safety instructor and, most recently, as a secondary school Geography teacher. His passions include road trips, surfing and lifelong learning.
Sarah runs the Wave Rangers Project in North Devon.
After being a volunteer for 3 years in Bude and Polzeath for Wave project, she is now Project Coordinator for Bude. She is a keen surfer and enjoys all outdoor activities, with a background in agri-environment.
Lauren works as the project assistant for Bude, Polzeath (and North Devon). She has always been passionate about the benefits of Surfing on mental health, and recently completed a postgraduate degree, completing research on surfing as a therapy for trauma sufferers.
“I first joined Brighton Wave Project as a volunteer Surf Mentor in 2020 before becoming the Project Assistant this year. My favourite thing about working for the Wave Project is seeing the young people grow in confidence and resilience in the water and sharing the stoke of surfing! I’m also a qualified Counsellor and Life Coach, so have a background of training in mental health and am passionate about improving young peoples’ wellbeing through the positive effects of Blue Therapy and Surf Therapy.”
Tim is responsible for surf therapy at our location at The Wave in Bristol, and delivering surf therapy for young people in the Bristol and South Wales area.
Angelique works as the Project Assistant in our London project, supporting our young people to continue through their journey at Surf Club.
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