Paul's role as the Trail Therapy MTB Leader is to establish therapeutic routes to recovery utilising mountain biking and the natural environment. Innovative approaches to partnership working across the public, private and 3rd sector has established multiple frameworks for engaging participants and Mental Health Professionals within Mountain Biking.
Paul has many years experience working within the Adventure Sports Sector and within Mental Health. An experienced MTB Coach and Leader, Ski and Snowboard Instructor and Scottish Mental Health First Aid Instructor, Paul has been using adventure sports as the driver for improving peoples mental health and physical health leading to a positive increase in wellbeing.
Paul believes in creating non-judgmental recovery communities where people can be open and honest about their mental health, draw upon the kindness of others and connect with like minded folk. Mountain biking is the perfect environment for fostering such recovery communities, bringing together supportive people with a common passion and energy.
It's not about how far, how fast or how high - it's all about how much you enjoyed the experience, how big the smile was and how much you want to get back to do it again.
As we prepare for the Scottish Mountain Bike Gathering 2023 at Comrie Croft, we can reflect back on the amazing conference we held in Aberdeen in 2022. This year was our first in person conference since 2018 and the vibe was pretty awesome. Such a positive…
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