Trustees
Our Trustees
Amelia Gosal
Toby Seth
Sir Mark Rowley, QPM
Sir Mark has been the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police since September 2022. He was knighted by HM the Queen in the 2018 Birthday Honours list for his “exceptional contribution to national security at a time of unprecedented threat and personally providing reassuring national leadership through the attacks of 2017.” Outdoors has always been his mental recharge such as through running many times a week and walking holidays. Indeed, taking a couple of months between careers trekking to Everest base camp and doing yoga in the foothills around Kathmandu was one of the best experiences of his life. Sir Mark became Chair of Trustees for Dose of Nature in January 2021. His interest in mental health and well-being arises from recognising how much police work is the tragic result of the failure of state provided health and care support to someone facing serious mental health challenges leading to a sadly preventable crisis requiring police involvement.
Meena Bond
Meena has recently completed eight years serving as a local councillor for the South-West London ward of Kew. Her tenure included a year as Mayor of Richmond and three years as Cabinet Member for Art, Culture and Sport. In her final year in office, Meena was Champion for Mental Health, and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience regarding the provision of mental health services. With a degree in Business and Communications, and experience running a successful consultancy company, her expertise and skills in energising and connecting people are an invaluable addition to the Dose of Nature team. As an enthusiastic advocate of environmental issues, she is also a trustee for the Menorca Preservation Fund, an organisation dedicated to protecting and preserving Menorca’s environment. Meena is a keen gardener and loves to paint birds, flowers and butterflies.
Kerry Godden
Kerry has a background in nursing, health visiting (older people) and working with homeless men. More recently she has worked as a volunteer adviser with Richmond Citizens Advice and trained with Cruse Bereavement Care, and at present she volunteers at the Marie Curie Hospice Hampstead, as a companion for Kew Neighbourhood Association, and also is involved with patient experience for Healthwatch Richmond and West Middlesex Hospital. Through her various roles, Kerry has gained a wide range of experience of working with people with mental health issues. Kerry gets her own daily ‘dose of nature' walking her dog along the towpath and in Richmond Park and finds being by water particularly therapeutic, escaping to the coast whenever possible.
Dr Amelia Kidd
Amelia is a medical doctor. She has worked in the N.H.S for 25 years specialising in sexual and reproductive health in Lambeth where the client base is extremely vulberable and there is a lot of mental ill health. More recently Amelia retrained to teach mindfulness to children and currently teaches in a local primary school and is also involved in a project at Great Ormond Street Hospital. She is currently training with Breathworks to teach adults and also volunteers with Nightstop providing emergency bed and breakfast for homeless 18 - 25 year olds. Amelia is a volunteer with Dose of Nature and has seen the benefits firsthand.
Prof. Martin Milton
Martin is Professor of Counselling Psychology at Regents University London, a chartered counselling psychologist and existential psychotherapist. Having previously worked in the British National Health Service as Consultant Psychologist in Psychotherapy he runs an independent practice in psychotherapy and supervision. Martin’s research and specialist interests include difference and discrimination (and their links to mental health) and eco-therapy and the therapeutic aspects of the natural world as is evident in his recent book ‘The Personal is Political’. Martin has contributed to the Education committee of the Jane Goodall Institute UK and on Bristol Zoo’s Advisory Group on the Social Sciences and served a term on the editorial board of the journal Ecopsychology.
Dr Faisal Islam
Faisal is a GP at Cross Deep surgery in Twickenham. He went to medical school at Royal Free hospital and did an Intercalated Bsc in Pharmacology at UCL. He qualified in 1999 and went onto complete his GP training at Ealing Hospital. His qualifications include a Diploma in Child Health and Obstetrics and Gynaecology. He was a partner at Ealing Park Health Centre for over ten years before relocating to Twickenham where his two daughters go to school. He became a GP appraiser two years ago. He has a specialist interest in Diabetes and is also passionate about Mental Health care. He enjoys running, playing football and golf, as well as walking their dog Lily.