Emma Tait
Emma Tait is an integrative psychotherapist and BACP registered clinical supervisor with 15 years' clinical experience. She holds an MSc in Psychotherapy and is a coach trained to ICF standards. She advises on mental health strategy, training development and organisational capacity building, with particular expertise in trauma informed practice, systemic approaches, and family and client centred work.
Emma has worked extensively with schools, families and parents. She has developed and managed a counselling service, delivered parental conflict training for local authorities, and training on young people's mental health for local football clubs. She designs training on trauma informed approaches and considers how social and environmental factors affect wellbeing. Her approach is non pathologising, grounded in relational and systemic understanding, drawing on the Power, Threat, Meaning Framework. This perspective shifts focus from individual deficit to enable organisations to respond to the whole person and their context.
Paul Tait
Paul Tait has a professional football career spanning 16 years, playing for Birmingham City FC, Oxford United FC and Nea Salamina FC in Cyprus. He has also supported academy players through structured mentoring and player care roles, working with young people as they navigate transitions away from football.
After stepping back from professional play, Paul undertook further training and development, recognising what he needed and what he wanted to offer young people. He pursued formal training as a trauma informed practitioner and gained qualifications in counselling skills and mentoring. His lived experience of adversity and addiction has been central to this journey, it shaped his commitment to supporting young people facing similar difficulties. Paul brings authentic understanding of struggle and change, alongside professional expertise. He works from genuine connection and belief in young people's capacity to move forward, drawing on his sporting background, trauma informed practice, and lived experience to build trust and create spaces where young people can develop resilience and hope.
Dele Adebola
Retired professional footballer with more than 600 Football League appearances and 156 senior career goals across 16 clubs over two decades. Longest spells at Crewe Alexandra, Birmingham City and Coventry City.
Signed by Trevor Francis for Birmingham City for £1 million in 1998. Helped Birmingham reach the 2001 Football League Cup Final. Named Bristol City Player of the Year in 2008–09. Called up by both Nigeria and Northern Ireland during his career. Brings profile, leadership and a genuine commitment to youth opportunity.