Bill Rowlands

Project Manager

Bill is the Head of EYHC and has been in post for over 3 years. Alongside overseeing and supporting Beth’s work, Bill leads on setting the direction of EYHC and our work in facilitating the Youth Experiential Learning Simulation, an immersive tool that you can read more about here.

Bill holds an MSc in Public Policy and previously worked as the Project Officer for the Housing Support Network. 

Outside work, Bill's interests include football, cycling, and country music. Although not a first language speaker, Bill has learnt Welsh over the past 5 years and is fairly fluent.

Bill can be contacted on: BillRowlands@llamau.org.uk

Beth Gallivan

Youth Voice and Communications Officer

Beth joined EYHC in August 2023, in the newly-created position of ‘Youth Voice and Communications Officer’. Beth grew up in Cardiff and is a fluent Welsh speaker.

With a degree in Journalism, Media & English Literature, and having lived experience of youth homelessness, Beth’s role is about using their professional skills and personal knowledge of youth homelessness to engage with more young people, and ensure that EYHC’s work is driven and shaped by Youth Voice.

Beth manages our social media and communications, as well as hosting and producing our brand new podcast, ADREF!

Outside of work, Beth enjoys drawing, cinema, drag shows, and consuming a healthy amount of trashy reality TV.

You can contact Beth on: BethGallivan@Llamau.org.uk.

Mark Willmore

Chair

After completing studies at the University of Plymouth, Mark started work for Careers Wales Cardiff and Vale on a temporary basis, working on destination data inputting. He was then fortunate enough to then be given an opportunity to deliver Education Gateway in schools to young people at risk of not making a positive progression at the end of year 11. Mark developed a passion for working with this cohort and seeking new and innovative ways to support them, which led him to being part of the Learning Coach pilot programme in Cardiff and was invited soon after to head up a team of learning coaches in partnership with Cardiff Youth Service and Careers Wales. This work then informed the Welsh Government Youth Engagement and Progression Framework, where he spent 7 years seconded into Cardiff Council to lead on their Early Intervention and Brokerage work to reduce the number of young people leaving school as NEET. This role came to an end in 2018 and in 2019, Mark moved into the third sector as Head of Education and Participation for Llamau and being responsible for our Education at Llamau provision, which supports those furthest away from the labour market. Mark now also leads Upstream Cymru in addition to this. Mark passionately believe in giving all young people the opportunity to succeed and recognise the need to celebrate success, no matter how small that is. Outside of work, he coaches and sits on the committee of a local football club in Cardiff and is a keen runner and walker.

Siân Elen Tomos

CEO of GISDA

Sian is currently the Chief Executive Officer at GISDA in North Wales.

GISDA is a charity supporting young people and provides various services including accommodation, homeless prevention services, LGBTQ+ tailored support, young parents’ groups, young care leavers service and therapeutic mental health support.

Sian qualified as a Social Worker from Cardiff University in 2002 and has over 20 years’ experience of working with children, young people and families. She worked for Gwynedd Social Services for almost 10 years as a ‘Child protection and Looked after Children’ social worker and then as a manager for the disabled children’s service.

Sian is passionate about equality in particular for young care leavers, young people from the LGBTQ+ community and young people who have experienced homelessness. Sian sits on the Board of ‘Gwersylloedd yr Urdd’ , on Pwyllgor Pentra Deiniolen in the community where she grew up and is also one of the Board Members on Welsh Government's Youth Work Strategy Implementation Board.  Sian’s first language is Welsh and in her spare time loves to hike and travel. 

Sam Austin

C.E.O of Llamau

Sam Austin is Llamau’s Chief Executive and has worked in the support and housing sectors for over 30 years, in both statutory and charitable roles. Sam is a keen advocate for social justice and the need for systemic change to enable services and systems to properly work for the people who use them. She has led on the development of new services and models of support for young people and women, with a particular emphasis on early intervention and prevention services and has overseen the development of Llamau as a psychologically and trauma informed organisation. In addition, Sam has also previously held the positions of Chair of Cymorth Cymru, Chair of Cardiff and Vale UHB Stakeholder Reference Group and is currently Vice-Chair of Cardiff and Vale Regional Partnership Board.

Peter Mackie

Professor

Pete Mackie is a Professor in the School of Geography and Planning at Cardiff University.

Pete has a particular research interest in the housing experiences and pathways of vulnerable people. His research has a particular focus on youth housing and homelessness prevention, a field in which he has sought to understand the experiences of young people from their perspectives. He is also increasingly engaged in data linkage with administrative data sets. Recent work includes the review of homelessness legislation in Wales, as well as being a driving force on the development of Upstream Cymru, while acting as a link to partners working on the project in Canada, Australia and the USA. Peter has also been a board member at Llamau since 2009.