Dr Tim Robson OBE
Founding Trustee
Tim is a founding trustee, leading New Hope as Chairman from 1991 to 2008. He is a qualified medical doctor and this 40-year-long vocation has led him as far afield as a refugee camp in northern Thailand. Tim settled in Watford in 1983, where he saw a growing need for a surgery offering specialist support to people suffering health issues as a result of poverty and homelessness. As a consequence, the Meadowell Surgery (now known as Meadowell Clinic and based at the Watford Health Centre) was launched in 2003 as an NHS GP surgery offering specialist primary care for those who are homeless. Today, this clinic remains vital for people in the town who are suffering from substance and alcohol misuse and mental health issues.
Tim, now retired from his clinical work, is also a trustee of Tower Hamlets Mission, a 12 step residential rehabilitation programme in Whitechapel. Tim was awarded an OBE in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to the homeless in Hertfordshire.