We have a small but growing team of experienced professionals with backgrounds in regeneration, community development, community plans, fitness, healthy living and funding. Our Health Fitness and Activity Team include our trusted instructors who help deliver our classes and sessions. We are managed by a governing Board who ensure that we are achieving all our social objectives, whilst running a viable business.
Core Team
Tony has over 25 years of regeneration and community development experience working for various local authorities and regeneration partnerships in the north of England as a project manager, a programme manager, community planner and external fundraiser. He is also a qualified football coach and level 3 fitness instructor, specialising in delivering exercise classes and health and well being activities for older adults.
Cara is a student at the University of Leeds studying a BA in Media and Communication. Cara has experience working on digital projects, equipping her with a range of skills that are valuable for providing support sessions. She is excited to work with the team in delivering projects that benefit the community and encourage digital inclusion to better overall well-being.
Rob is an associate for 'Your Back Yard' and has nearly 25 years’ experience in private, public, voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations. He specialises in Community Engagement; Programme and Project Evaluation; Bid writing and Business Plan Development and Marketing
Health, Fitness and Activity Team
I am passionate about yoga and the benefits it brings for both the body and mind, and I’m a strong believer that yoga is for EVERYONE. I aim to produce classes that increase flexibility and strength, improve balance, and calm the mind. I am a 300-hour accredited yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance, completing my initial training in India, and have been practicing yoga myself for over 20 years. I have trained in ashtanga, vinyasa, and hatha yoga styles, and also specialise in yoga therapy, having taught yoga classes for over-50s, specialised chair yoga, yoga for mental health, yoga for people living with dementia, yoga for carers, and kids’ yoga. I like to incorporate techniques from a mixture of yoga styles in my classes. I have always loved playing sport and qualified as a football coach a few years ago. But when Covid hit, and I had a bit of free time, I thought I would take it tthe next level. I did a level 2 in fitness training and followed it up with a level 3 in specialising in delivering exercise and fitness programmes for older adults. The more I research the huge benefits of exercise and activity on our health and wellbeing, particularly as we get older, the more passionate I become about this new string to my career bow! Really enjoying coaching our walking football teams and doing the cardio and strength online classes. I am currently offering 1-1 programmes for anyone over 40 wanting to boost their fitness levels, with a particular emphasis on strength training. Just one tip for now, if you do nothing else, sit down less, and move more! Arun has been instructing Daoist Tai Chi for the past 15 years, following the advice of the Master Moy Lin-Shin to help people to heal and recover their highest potentials. He brings in a 30year meditation practice, and chi gong training, to refine this practice. The beauty of it is in its simplicity, to re-align the body and mind according to natural principles of innate harmony. We simply “be as nature intended” by stripping away all that distorts us. We learn how to stand up and move about in ways that feel good. We become stronger, flexible, and full of energy and focus. This is joyful health and happiness. Hi, I’m Sydney. I have been practicing yoga for 7 years and qualified as a teacher in 2022. To me, yoga is WD-40 for the mind, body and soul! My classes aim to have you feeling brighter and lighter through guided movement, breath and attention. 
Our Board and Associates
Tabi is a councillor for Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council and a champion for fairness and justice, recently working nationally with the DWP.
Rob is an associate for 'Your Back Yard' and has nearly 25 years’ experience in private, public, voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations. He specialises in Community Engagement; Programme and Project Evaluation; Bid writing and Business Plan Development and Marketing.
Tony has over 25 years of regeneration and community development experience, working for various local authorities and regeneration partnerships in the north of England, as a project and programme manager, and external fundraiser. He is also a qualified football coach, a netball facilitator coach and a level 3 fitness instructor, specialising in delivering exercise classes and activities for older adults. .