Chris Child

Experience

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  Shropshire County Council

  Jan 2000 - Oct 2005

  Active Sports Manager

  Strategic manager of sports coaching and develoment programme.Recruited and managed a sports development team consisting of 11 f/t and 10 p/t staff. Procured £2.5million plus grant aid inc lottery funds to support sports programme for young people.

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  Energize Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Active Partnership

  Oct 2005 - Dec 2022

  • Chief Executive

    May 2012 - Dec 2022

  • Believer in the value of sport and physical activity and its potential to change lives

    Oct 2005 - May 2017
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  Shropshire Council

  Nov 2005 - May 2012

  County Sports Partnership Director

  Developed Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin County Sports Partnership as the lead sub-regional strategic organisation for the equitable development of sport and physical activity and to support key cross-cutting issues such as health, crime, regeneration, and educational achievement.

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  ShropshireVoluntary & Community Sector Assembly (VCSA)

  May 2017 - Dec 2020

  Chairperson

  Providing a voice for Shropshire's very diverse voluntary, community and social enterprise sector - engaging with public and occasionally commercial sector.

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  Chris, Melle & Homer on Tour

  Dec 2022 - now

  Commander of the Bridge (and emptier of the toilet)