MEET THE TEAM

Will Daniel-Braham

Will was born and bred in the East End of London and has lived there all his life.  Having left school without much of a formal education, he spent 10 years expressing his creativity through performance-based work.  In 1990, Will studied Native American healing and shamanic work both in the UK and the states and in 1993 he was involved with an organisation called Desert Winds. Desert Winds co-facilitate residential retreats for people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS using Native American healing and regression work. In 1995 Will became a trainer with Youth at Risk, a national charity working with Young People and people who work with young people who are 'at risk'. In 1999 Will started training as a Transactional Analysis (TA) psychotherapist and has a private practise at PPUK's Head Office in the East End.  He has been bringing all these attributes together and recently Will has been designing and delivering training programmes for Youth at Risk (UK), The Camelot Foundation, Hi8us films, The Dean School, St Bonaventures School and Young Potential East Midlands.  The training consultancy takes Will throughout the UK and Europe, and in September 2006 he was brought into the nation's homes on Channel 4 television - appearing as Trainer and Life Coach for Youth at Risk in Ballet Changed my Life: Ballet-hoo!

Stephen Gregory
Company Manager (Personal Trainer, Life Coach and Biofeedback Practitioner)

Having spent many years in a gym and health club environment since he was 18 years old, in 2004 Stephen decided to persue a career in the well-being industry. Personal Training and Life Coaching were the obvious choices for him because he is equally passionate about the well-being of the mind, body and spirit as he is about working with people! Stephen is also a qualified Biofeedback Practitioner (IAQT 2007). After establishing PPUK with Will in June 2004, Stephen branched off in 2006 to gain valuable knowledge and experience from larger leisure organisations. He worked as Fitness Manager for LA Fitness and also Assistant General Manager for Cannons Health and Fitness (Nuffield Health) for a couple of years. Stephen has brought his leisure management experience with him to PPUK and his aim as Company Manager is to develop PPUK while continuing to offer our clients that all-important friendly, personable service they have come to expect.

Stephen is a well-respected and experienced REPs Level 3 Personal Trainer with qualifications (YMCA fit) and experience in Exercise Nutrition, Ante- & Postnatal Gym, Older Adult (aged 50+), Diabetes (Type 1 and 2), Sports Conditioning, and he offers training and advice to Obese & De-conditioned individuals, as well as those interested in weight control: In November 2006 Stephen designed and presented the LighterLife Men's Fitness DVD, an advice and activity DVD for men who have 3 stones or more to lose. He is also a regular contributor to LighterLife Magazine which is sold and distributed throughout the UK. Check out www.lighterlife.com for further information.

Cara McLoughlin

Trainer

Cara has always worked well with people and has always loved every minute of it. It all started in her friend’s florist when she started working there at the age of thirteen. Cara found she was always more interested in talking to the customers about their lives than about the flowers, which is why today she believes she's so great with people - but she's still unable to make a respectable flower arrangement.

After college, where she studied Drama and Film, Cara went to work at Lansbourne Outdoor Centre as an outdoor activities instructor. After living in a caravan for two years, living in flip flops and teaching sailing, she felt it was time to move on.

Cara then went to work for Newham Social Services specialising in working with adults with learning difficulties. Part of her role as a member of the management team was to move the service from being centre-based to growing and developing to community-based allowing more integration of its users into the community. After the success of this project Cara felt her job was done. She felt that she had found her fundamental calling; she wanted to work on and with people to a greater degree. Cara then began working for the charity Youth at Risk and trained in the area of enrolment and personal development.  

Cara has been working with PPUK since 2004 and currently she is the lead trainer for Diversity Training and Mentor Training. She is also a Group Trainer on PPUK Residential Programmes and co-trainer on the issue based Media Workshops, exploring issues such as Bullying, Gun Crime, Gangs, Teenage Pregnancy, Peer Pressure, Careers Advice, Self-Expression and lots more.  Her job allows her to meet, talk and spend time with amazing people and get to know them. Cara feels she has come full circle and has begun to realise her goals.