Experience

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  Borough council of kings lynn & west norfolk

  Oct 2008 - Jul 2014

  Working with local bodies such as Active Norfolk and national sporting bodies to promote and encourage sport participation and improved health outcomes in the Borough. Strong partnership working with the Police and Armed Forces to develop and lead on "boot camps" for young offenders. Lead on developing and implementing a year round event programme for a variety of sectors of the community. Work jointly for the West Norfolk Partnership and the Sports Development Unit to deliver programmes of work with a particular focus on the design, development and delivery of progressive sporting and youth opportunities that result in quality of life improvements for people in West Norfolk Increase and improve participation, health, community safety and wellbeing through sport and physical activity ensuring that an inclusive approach is taken and all residents have an equal chance to take part regardless of age, gender, ethnicity and disability.

  • Sports Development Officer

    May 2013 - Jul 2014

  • Project Officer – Sports and Young People

    Feb 2011 - May 2013

  • Urban Sports Motivator

    Oct 2008 - Feb 2011
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  Alive leisure

  Jul 2014 - Dec 2018

  Sports development manager

  The lead for the Leisure Trust focusing on engaging the community and building partnerships across the local community clubs and groups, Local Authorities and national sporting bodies to further sports participation particularly amongst key vulnerable groups. This included the young, not so young, new Mums, migrant groups and young offenders.Led on major capital projects with Sport England and local funding, projects included a new indoor skate park and social club to provide a hub for local youngsters, increasing sport participation and reducing anti social behaviour. Show less

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  University of east anglia

  Dec 2018 - Dec 2020

  Head of sport & physical activity development

  To manage the Physical Education & Sport development teams focusing on student and community sport to ensure current programmes are efficiently operating. Devising new and extended opportunities to introduce new & innovative programming that will not only expand the UEA services wider into the community but also raise the profile of UEA and add to the profitability of the department and the Sportspark.

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  Cambridgeshire county council

  Jan 2021 - now

  The role focuses on leading on the implementation and co-ordination of the Think Communities approach through maximising community engagement and capacity, enabling community led activity and connecting the systems across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.Also providing strategic leadership and capacity across the public partnership to drive forward a programme of public sector reform.It involves a high degree of collaboration with District and Local Councils, voluntary and community sector and strategic partners in the community and health arenas.A core aim is the delivery or co-delivery of Countywide programmes of work which will accelerate the pace of change which include, but are not limited to: Integrated Communities Strategy; Increasing social mobility; Partnership Against Scams; Social Prescribing and Integrated Neighbourhoods; Community Asset Transfer; Time Currency innovation; allocation of Communities Funds; Military Covenant.Investment and innovation are essential to develop opportunities for the delivery of an enhanced cultural and healthy lifestyles offer which supports the ambitions of Think Communities along with seeking opportunities to secure external income and funding streams. Show less Think Communities is at the heart of changing the way the public, private and voluntary sector work together with communities in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. By investing in communities and supporting local delivery by those who know their residents best, the ambition is to improve the outcomes for people who do not yet have local support networks, creating places where people can feel safe, healthy, connected and able to help themselves and each other.I am responsible, along with other District based coordinators, for pioneering this new way of working in Cambridge City, Huntingdonshire, East Cambridgeshire, Fenland, South Cambridgeshire or Peterborough.My focus will be to the community of Fenland in North Cambridgeshire, where there are already exciting and innovative growth, infrastructure and community initiatives under way to build the foundation for an improved & sustainable future for its diverse and hard working community. My focus will be to: Coordinate an effective multiagency team of people working or living in that place from acrossthe public, private and voluntary and community sectors including health, social care, natural local leaders and others who are all passionate about aligning priorities and working together in a shared approach. Develop a shared understanding of community assets, the local priorities of the public sector partners and those of the people who live there. Work with public sector boards to shape strategic priorities, share the progress of place team and community activity and develop a system wide approach to unblocking barriers that slow or stop locally led activities or ambitions. Create a culture and environment where a coordinated public sector helps local people deliver local solutions to local concerns, resulting in well –connected communities that happily need less intervention by public services. Show less

  • Think Communities Area Manager - Cambridgeshire & Peterborough

    May 2022 - now

  • Think Communities Place Coordinator - Fenland

    Jan 2021 - Apr 2022