Our team
Our team consists of highly qualified and motivated professionals, who are all passionate about improving mental health through sport and creative exercise.
Holly Tomlin
Founder, Director, and Creative Movement Practitioner
Holly is a dance, yoga, and fitness instructor, currently completing her Master's degree in creative practice. She has a diverse education spanning performing & visual arts, mental & physical health, marketing & entrepreneurship.
Holly is passionate about sport, exercise, and all forms of creative movement, with personal interests in dance, aerial arts, yoga, basketball, swimming, powerlifting and badminton.
Having personally faced mental health challenges, Holly understands the role of creativity and movement as medicine, and has awareness of the barriers limiting access to alternative mental health support in rural areas of the UK. This inspired her to establish Untangle - Creative Movement Collective C.I.C. to increase opportunities for creative health practices in rural communities.
Tracey Haynes
Director
Tracey is a registered community mental health nurse invested in improving the lives of her family and community through social connection, movement and mindfulness practices.
Tracey regularly attends Holly's yoga and fitness classes as a form of self-care and sees the value and potential of Untangle's work.
Tracey has led and collaborated on a number of community initiatives before, including establishing a Community Café in her village, and participating as a key member of the local carnival committee; ensuring the preservation of a long standing village tradition.
Ben Gillespie
Director
Ben is currently working at Volunteer Cornwall as Learning and Development Lead for Kernow Community Gateway and the Community Hubs Network (both co-commissioned by the NHS Integrated Care Board). Additionally, he is the VSCE Coordinator for Social Prescribing.
Prior to this, Ben has also worked with the charity Pentreath, and been the New Enterprise Adviser for Truro and Penwith College, supporting new businesses, and individuals who would are establishing an enterprise.
Leah Blake
Director
Leah is a nutritionist, personal trainer, and Wellbeing Walk facilitator with a wealth of experience supporting individuals on their journey to better health. She currently works with a digital diabetes support programme, delivering NHS-funded services to support people to manage diabetes.
Alongside this, Leah offers online nutrition coaching to help individuals break free from yo-yo dieting and cultivate a positive relationship with food, movement, and their bodies.
Leah is passionate about promoting movement as a tool for mental wellbeing and believes that everyone deserves access to joyful, inclusive ways to stay active. She enjoys roller derby, weigh training and running, herself.
Tracey McTiernan
Director
Tracey currently works for Penwith Primary Care Network as an Enhanced Practice Nurse specialising in mental health.
Prior to this Tracey was part of the Community Mental Health Rehab Team for the Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, taking the role of Physical Health Nurse.
TBC
Treasurer
Our treasurer position is currently available for a trusted volunteer to apply for. If you are interested please email us, References must be provided due to the nature of this position.
TBC
Administrative Assistant
Our admin assistant position is currently available. Initially, this will work on a voluntary level, with pay to be discussed after a probationary period. If you are interested please email us.
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