24/08/2026
Hey, I’m Dione and if you're new here and wondering what it is my role is 👋🏼🤸🏾♀️
I’m the CEO of BGWC, where I lead the organisation’s wider vision, development and delivery, alongside overseeing our therapeutic interventions, trauma-informed practice and mental health pathways.
I’m also the National Mental Health Lead for BoxWise, supporting the emotional and mental wellbeing framework behind programmes delivered across the country, and I lead our NHS referral pathway, helping shape how children and young people are supported through movement, therapeutic intervention and early mental health support.
And although you might not see me posting training videos every day, the gym and fighting world has been part of my life since birth. I was brought up in a gym, around fighters, coaches and that whole environment from the time I was in nappies. I also competed for my country for more years than I can count, so sport, discipline, competition and performance have shaped a huge part of who I am.
It’s not something I stepped into later in life, it’s something I’ve lived and breathed for as long as I can remember.
And now it’s come full circle, because my son has grown up exactly the same way, in the gym from nappies, surrounded by movement, boxing, community and everything that comes with it.
My professional background is rooted in psychology, psychotherapy and children and young people’s mental health, but it sits alongside a lifetime of lived experience within the gym, combat sport and competitive performance world. That combination is a huge part of why I’m so passionate about bridging sport, mental health, trauma-informed practice and community support properly.
So, in short…
CEO of BGWC.
Lead for Therapeutic & Trauma-Informed Pathways.
National Mental Health Lead for BoxWise.
NHS Pathway Lead.
Former international competitor.
And my favourite and most important job of all…
Koa’s Mam 🥰🤍
Next up.. head coach Carl 👀
