Our team in detail...
Kelly Sealey
Chef Skills Tutor
Professional Chef
Born and bred Bristolian Kelly is the Head Cookery School Tutor at Bordeaux Quay, as well as running her own thriving pop up restaurant ‘Pig & Swig’. Kelly’s passion for cooking has earned her a brilliant reputation in the industry, and she has worked in many of Bristol’s great restaurants, including Flinty Red, Arnolfini, Olive Shed, a spot at the much loved Ethicurean, and a recent stint at the Kitchen Table in London. Kelly’s reputation also climbed to a new high since coming second place on Channel 4’s ‘The Taste’, aired in December 2013. She has also been named by the Bristol Post as one of Bristol’s Top 101 hidden gems!
Chef Skills / The Course:
This course is the perfect way to aspire the cook within. Residents will learn essential practical skills and gain confidence in the kitchen. Over a few structured weeks, they will watch demonstrations, get hands-on with a broad range of foundation level skills, and make from scratch a diverse array of simple and delicious dishes to build up their repertoire.
“I aim to take you up to a level where you feel confident to visit local butchers, fishmongers and greengrocers. Knowing what you can buy to make a fresh wholesome meal at home. I will help you understand flavours, build your confidence with knife skills, teach you how to follow recipes, and give you essential hints and top tips on preparation, planning ahead, time management, and presentation. You will learn in a practical way how to make basic bread, pastry, stocks, soups, sauces and desserts from scratch, discover how to cook with eggs, the basics of preparing and cooking meat and fish, how to make basic fresh pasta and rice dishes, how to make great one-pot dishes and twenty minute meals – plus much, much more.”
Neil is a bespoke personal Trainer & the founder of Rainbow Fitness UK. He is qualified and specializes in medical referral work with special populations. His focus during his sessions three times per week at Chandos, is to motivate each client to activate and increase flexibility & strength in all muscle groups in a safe, controlled and effective way. Neil has been involved with many sports from a young age and has mastery in Judo, ju-jitsu, kick boxing and kung fu.
Neil Macsween
Exercise & Fitness Trainer
Nick has worked with Chandos House for over 2 years delivering sessions, working primarily with hula hooping, more recently expanding this into circus skills and playful, team building games. He seeks to support the group through the use of these non-stereotypical activities aiming to increase physical and mental wellbeing of participants.
Nick Broyd
Hula Hooping, Circus Skills
& Games Facilitator
Pippa is a HCPC Registered Dramatherapist, providing group and individual therapy at Chandos House. Pippa facilitates a weekly open group session that aims to address group dynamics and to promote healthy group discussion, as well as a weekly Dramatherapy session. Dramatherapy uses creative approaches to facilitate a process of self development and growth by exploring emotive and traumatic material within the safety of story, imagination and creativity. Pippa has 15 years experience in addictions work, and also works as a Dramatherapist in both educational and trauma recovery settings. Pippa’s client-centred work draws on a range of disciplines, including psychodynamic and psychodramatic, responding to the client or groups needs and preferred ways of working.
Pippa Ford
DramaTherapist
HCPC Registered
Becky is our Training, Recreation, Education, Employment and Housing officer, and she has extensive experience of working in a range of roles, for various substance misuse agencies. Becky has also worked for the Department of Work and Pensions. Trained in relevant areas and experienced in a wide range of interventions, Becky has a working knowledge of the barriers to services, housing and work that may be faced by clients.
Becky Sainsbury
Chandos T.R.E.E.H Officer
Nico is our acupuncturist, who joins us 3 times a week. He has 10 years experience working in the field of substance misuse, for drugs, alcohol, and mental health. He is currently a Trainer in Auricular Acupuncture for Acudetox Plus UK.
Nico Panigada
Auricular Acupuncturist
Donna, of Chew Valley Maintenance is responsible for Health & Safety, Domestic management and the Housekeeping of Chandos House, Donna has an extensive background of working within the care sector and assists in creating the nurturing environment greatly needed by clients.
Donna Bales
Housekeeping Manager
Glenn likes teaching the Men at Chandos because he is one of them. He has now been abstinent from drugs for 22 years. During his time in Rehab be was discouraged from writing creatively. He sincerely believes that writing creatively can help heal and feels passionately that other people should be allowed to experience the power of the written and spoken word.
Glenn has been involved in writing and performing for a long time. He was the vocalist in a Rap band called the White Brothers, in the early ‘80s. In 1989, after the group’s demise, he joined with fellow White Bros, Spider Evans to form the Big City Beats, a performance poetry duo.
It was after leaving Rehab that Glenn went to America and witnessed poetry slamming – a form of competitive performance poetry. He brought the format back to Bristol, where the phenomena proved to be a huge success. He hosts slams and takes slam poetry into schools, as well as teaching novel and creative writing to adults. He is a founder member of the S W Collective – a group of spoken-word artist who in 2011 completed a UK tour of ‘Flash’ a show featuring micro fiction and poetry, and in 2014-15 have been touring the latest production ‘Count Me In’. He has had two poetry collections published, ‘How Low Can You Go’ and ‘The Truth is Optional’, and co-edited ‘The Bristol Slam Poetry Anthology’.
Glenn Carmichael
Creative Writing Tutor
Belinda is both tutor and facilitator of Growing Food Growing Futures: a practical horticulture course where the men whilst learning get muddy, grow veg and enjoy nature. She is a dedicated and driven community focussed professional working in a variety of roles within Community projects. Her main focus is gardening and growing projects promoting environmental, social and therapeutic benefits. As well as ensuring the Chandos residents eat their greens she also has also been known to ply them with healthy cakes and flapjacks!
The main aims of the Growing Food Growing Futures course are:
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To develop knowledge & practical skills for cultivating beds for growing food, herbs & flowers
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To promote awareness and skills in the practice of gardening in an organic, sustainable & wildlife friendly way.
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To provide opportunities for team building and personal development
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To open up the possibilities for progressing to a volunteer role
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To positively benefit the health and well being of the participants
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To offer a safe, healthy and supportive learning environment.
Feed Bristol:
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Feed Bristol is Avon Wildlife Trust’s exciting food growing project on 8 acres of beautiful land buzzing with wildlife in Stapleton. It is a great place to discover how to grow organic food and experience how nature helps us grow. Everyone who gets involved can take away some tasty food.
Belinda Faulkes
Horticulture Course Facilitator
BA (Hons) PTLLS Level 3RHS Horticulture Level 2
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