It may have killed the cat, but so far Tom is alive and well and running with a remit to exercise his curiosity. Many of us find ourselves looking for new ways to solve old problems, but often we just look in the same old places for them. That’s why we have given Tom a licence to be nosy, inquisitive and to occasionally find himself going down a blind alley. We are constantly looking for a new twist which will help our clients to achieve more….and enjoy the journey.
 Tom’s own journey has been based on the passion he has for his own neighbourhood. Liverpool’s Toxteth may be one Britain’s most deprived areas, but Tom was born there, still lives there and has been instrumental in saving and revitalising some of its most loved landmarks. He helped to save Toxteth Town Hall from the bulldozers and accepted the BURA Community Regeneration Award on behalf of the Trustees; worked to bring the derelict Belvedere Youth Club that he had attended as a boy, back to life; and for more than eight years has been attempting to save another Victorian treasure, The Florence Institute. Having raised £3.9 million, there is still a big job to be done.
He refuses to carry the tag ‘expert’, so let us just say that having redeveloped the Belvedere Youth Club and worked to support some 62 myplace centres, he knows quite a lot about how to run and sustain World class places to go for young people.
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