As the chair of the board of trustees of

"The Wave Project" the world’s first ‘surf therapy’ course funded by a government health service we took the charity turnover past the £1M point over a 12 month period.

 

The NHS had agreed to fund this as a pilot scheme, with a view to providing further funding if it was found to be effective. They assigned a clinical psychologist, Dr Kathryn Lovering, to evaluate the programme, based on data gathered by the project organisers and supported by the Prince and Princess of Wales www.waveproject.co.uk 

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As founder of the Joe Way Paddle for Life which was started after Matt's Son Joe passed away in 2008, his efforts have created a fantastic annual event in Newquay harbor with over 1000 people and paddlers, live music and skydivers.

 

The event has raised over £160k for 20 different charities and has supported many vulnerable people www.joewaypaddle.co.uk

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Local Community college governor at Treviglas gave Matt a platform to support local education and young people in an educational environment.

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Founder member of the Portreath business committee as part of his role as Director at Gwel an Mor allowed business and the local community to work together. This played a part in successful lobbying of the Neighbourhood Development Plan committee and ensured a fair outcome for tourism in the plan.

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Pride of Britain southwest winner and national finalist for charity work and fundraising 2018.

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