MISSION STATMENT
Educate and support young people, involved in physical activity, to live mentally healthy lives.
The Aspirations
ROAR aim to support young people between 12-16 years old who are involved in sporting activities. As the research suggest, young males are less likely to talk about feelings and emotions and die by suicide at a higher rate than women.
The initial working group will be young males involved in Football and Basketball clubs affiliated with Richard Huish College in Taunton Somerset.
In time we will roll out this model of mental health support built on existing sporting organisations across a much wider spectrum of sporting clubs and academies.
We want to have a positive impact on the lives of 1000 young people in the next 5 years.
MEEt the team
Matt Nolan
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I am extremely proud and excited about leading the development of The Roar Trust. We have a clear vision to have a positive impact on the mental health of young people in sport. I have a background in support services in education and have had the privilege to lead a high performance student support department in a sixth form college. I am hugely proud of the charity and can’t wait to make it a roaring success!!
anna o'reilly
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I am really excited and proud to be involved with the Roar Trust and am looking forward to seeing what we can achieve. I firmly believe that offering support and education on mental health to young people and their families is key to their future wellbeing. Delivering this alongside the physical element makes perfect sense. I am a trained Mental Health First Aider and feel really passionate about ensuring that young people have the support needed to navigate what can be a difficult period of life for some.
lee riviello
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I am fortunate to have benefited immeasurably through my involvement in physical activity and in particular team sport. Aside from the many benefits that we often associate with sport, mental health and wellbeing is clearly the one area of my life that has adapted and developed the most. This is why I am so passionate about being involved with the Roar Trust and I believe that we can play a vital role in extending young people’s support and education in this vital area.
I hope that my experience as a Physical Education Teacher and more recently as a Special Educational Needs Teacher can offer an alternative, but valuable perspective. I am proud and excited to be part of this journey, which I am certain will positively influence the lives of many young people for years to come.
Emily taylor
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I currently hold the position of the Regional Decarbonisation Manager at National Grid, having previously worked in both the NHS and VCSE sector. I’m is a specialist in stakeholder management, communications and engagement with a focus on collaboration and whole systems thinking. As well as my work, I have served on the trustee boards of Somerset charities, with the most recent role being Vice Chair of the Spark Somerset board since 2021.
John Abbott
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I am very proud to support Roar as I feel it has the real potential to have a significant positive impact on the lives of young people. I was fortunate enough to be Principal of Richard Huish College and am currently CEO of Richard Huish Trust. I have worked in education for over thirty years and am passionate about the impact that both education and community engagement can have on everybody’s lives, but particularly young people.
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jamie brockhurst
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It is exciting to be part of a project with such huge potential. The Roar Trust is well positioned to engage with the community on so many levels. We are very fortunate to have a range of experience amongst the board of trustees. I have a commercial background and currently work within the care sector, which has been my focus for over 10 years. Looking forward to adding value where I can and seeing what we, as a team, are capable of achieving through The Roar Trust.
Duncan pearse
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The Roar Impact
One of the benefits of our vision being delivered effectively will be a reduction in demand for organisations working with young people who have already reached crisis point. We are very aware that these organisations are currently inundated and struggling to cope with demand. The young people we work with will better understand their mental health and have self-management techniques to avoid themselves, and potentially others from reaching crisis point.
Our player assistance scheme will allow young people to access support quicker than they would have previously, this will again take the pressure off local authority services who are currently failing due to the volume of referrals.
We will use a recording model to measure our impact and report back to stakeholders periodically.
