Meet the team - LIVING SPORT

Meet the team - Living Sport

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  Sarah Bateman

  Finance and Administration Coordinator

  Telephone: 01487 841 559
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  Email: sarah.bateman@livingsport.co.uk

  Sarah Joined LIVING SPORT in March 2008 as Workforce Administrator and she now coordinates the Club and Coach Development Programme and undertakes some finance duties, sports administration and supports the efficient operation of LIVING SPORT.

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  Charlotte Beattie

  Hockey Administrator

  Telephone: 01487 849911
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  Email: hockey@livingsport.co.uk

  Charlotte joined LIVING SPORT at the end of April 2009 as part-time Hockey Administrator.

  Her role is to support Cambridgeshire Hockey Association and England Hockey’s delivery of the single system for Junior hockey player’s development, via the Junior Development Center (JDC) and Junior Academy Center (JAC). This assists boys and girls aged 13 to 18 years old to follow the player’s pathway towards reaching their full potential.

   

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  Amanda Callard

  Development Manager

  Telephone: 01487 849 925
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  Email: amanda.callard@livingsport.co.uk

  Amanda joined LIVING SPORT in June 2009 after spending two years as a VSO volunteer in Africa.  She was previously a Fundraising Manager at the Woodland Trust for eight years.  Her role includes:

  Securing funding for sports development through grant applications, strategic engagement, influencing local partners and developing business opportunities.

  Establish LIVING SPORT as a central information and communications hub, leading on the interpretation and use of Active People, segmentation and social marketing data and developing and managing the LIVING SPORT website and management information systems.

  Developing the marketing and communications function and source support through partnership working, sponsorship and advertising events and activities.

  Developing and managing Projects, including staff, including Dancing for Fun and Better Health and Active Workplaces.

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  Helen Clarke

  Coaching Development Projects Coordinator

  Telephone: 01487 849 922
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  Email: helen.clarke@livingsport.co.uk

  Helen was recruited into the LIVING SPORT team in May 2009 to manage East-links: Leading the field.  She has now taken on the new challenge of establishing a Coaching System Support Network as part of a national project through Sports Coach UK.

  Working with other Coach Development Project Coordinators in the region, Helen will develop and maintain a system that enables coaches to access training, information and continued professional development. Helen’s new project will help build a foundation to improve the quality, quantity and personal development of coaches in every sport in the region.

  Helen comes from a recruitment background and her only experience of sport is as a competitor, mainly hockey and she has recently completed her Level 1 Hockey coaching qualification. Helen is also a keen county cricketer. 

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  Ryan Cullum

  Sports Projects Officer

  Telephone: 01487 849 921
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  Email: ryan.cullum@livingsport.co.uk

  Ryan is currently on his placement year as part of a Bsc Sports Management course at Bournemouth University.

  His role varies from dealing with daily enquiries to supporting the planning and organisation of events. A main emphasis of the role is ensuring the LIVING SPORT website is up-to-date while developing and amalgamating databases to improve information management.  Ryan also assists in leadership and volunteering work by running sports leader courses across Cambridgeshire.

  Ryan has played competitive football from an early age, as well as competing in various sports for Netherhall School and working as a Netherhall Sports Centre Duty Officer in his second year of Sixth Form. 

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  Charlie and Dan

  Young Activators

  Telephone: 01487 541559
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  Email: projects@livingsport.co.uk

  Our Young Activators, Charlie Wheeler and Dan Bell, are studying at Hills Road Sixth Form College and are going into the upper sixth to study A levels.

  They joined LIVING SPORT in June 2009 to generate ideas for activities to support Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Action Plan and Cultural Olympiad. Their roles include working with Cambridgeshire Youth Parliament, Peterborough Youth Council to explore the potential London 2012 Olympics & Paralympics can provide for young people in this area.One of their challenges will be organising meetings and getting people together, followed by putting the ideas for activities into practice.

  They want to build momentum that will be lead into the games and continue well after 2012.

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  Lee Dolby

  Operations Manager

  Telephone: 01487 849 926
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  Email: lee.dolby@livingsport.co.uk

  Lee joined LIVING SPORT in May 2008 and his job as Operations Manager involves:

  Developing and managing the delivery of sports development plans, and Partnership Agreements with National Governing Bodies of Sport.

  Leading on the support to the PESSYP Strategy through partnership working with School Sports Partnerships.

  Managing and delivering projects to increase participation in sport.

  Managing the Sporting Workforce staff.

   

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  Simon Fairhall

  Chief Executive Officer

  Telephone: 01487 849 928
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  Email: simon.fairhall@livingsport.co.uk

  Simon has been with LIVING SPORT since its inception, and previously the Active Sports Partnership, with a background in hockey development. 

  His role is to lead and manage LIVING SPORT, working closely with the Chairman and Board.  This involves representing LIVING SPORT, and indeed sport, with key partner organisations and strategic partnerships, highlighting the contribution of sport to a wide variety of political and local agendas and working to attract resources into sport in the area.  A key aim is work to increase adult participation in sport which is both a national and local government priority. 

  Simon also acts as Secretary of GOLD, the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Coordinating Group for the London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games, representative to Nations & Regions East and Cambridgeshire Children & Young Peoples Partnership.

  Simon plays Tennis, Canoeing, Swimming and Golf.

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  Rebecca Gilbertson

  Events Coordinator

  Telephone: 01487 849 929
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  Email: rebecca.gilbertson@livingsport.co.uk

  Rebecca has been with LIVING SPORT since it started, first as Swimming Development Officer and then as part-time Events Co-ordinator in 2008.  Our two big events are:

  Youth Games PLUS - the biggest disability sports festival in the region involving around 600 young people in June each year.

  Sports Awards - in association with the BBC recognising our sporting champions and community heroes held each November. 

  Rebecca also sit of the County Disability Sports Forum and Playground 2 Paralympic Podium Regional Steering Group.

  Rebecca was an elite swimmer competing at international level until 2005 and now works part time as a Level 3 Coach in Bedfordshire.  She is still passionate about swimming and is currently President Elect on the Beds ASA Committee, sits on the ASA East Region Disability Swimming sub group and organises the regional disability swimming championships.

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  Ross Hayward

  Sport Unlimited Project Coordinator

  Telephone: 01487 849 915
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  Email: ross.hayward@livingsport.co.uk

  Ross joined LIVING SPORT in May 2009 as the Sport Unlimited Project Coordinator. Ross previously worked at Warwick School coaching sport and in particular their eight hockey teams. Ross currently plays with Cannock Hockey Club in the National Premier League.

  Ross manages and delivers Sport Unlimited, the Sport England initiative which is an integral part of the Government’s PE and Sport Strategy for Young People, often referred to as the 5 Hour Offer. The programme provides opportunities for young people in a wide range of sports who are ‘semi sporty’ (those currently participating in 2-3 hours of sport a week) during school term time.

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  Ejaz Moghul

  Active Workplaces Coordinator

  Telephone: 01487 849 913
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  Email: ejaz.moghul@livingsport.co.uk

  Ejaz was the Rackets Sports Development Officer for LIVING SPORT before starting as Active Workplaces Coordinator in April 2009. Active Workplaces is creating a fitter and healthier workforce in Fenland and Peterborough by increasing physical activity opportunities in the workplace. 

  Ejaz brings his sporting experience and knowledge of working in the private and public sector.  As a table tennis, squash, badminton and rounders’ coach, his favourite sports are basketball, football and table tennis, and he has recently taken a liking to table-football.

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  Paul Mostowyj

  Basketball Development Officer

  Telephone: 01487 849927
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  Email: basketball@livingsport.co.uk

  Paul joined LIVING SPORT in October 2009 as the Basketball Development Officer, with funding from England Basketball.   Paul has been involved in basketball for 17 years as a player, coach and official.

  Paul’s role to promote basketball and encourage more people of all ages to take part and participate and also create additional opportunities for people to play by opening more clubs and increasing the number of coaches and officials in the area.

  If you would like to kit up and play basketball or you would like to get involved in other ways, please contact Paul.

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  Claire Smith

  Movement & Dance Development Coordinator

  Telephone: 01487 849 912
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  Email: claire.smith@livingsport.co.uk

  Claire joined LIVING SPORT in July 2008, from the fitness industry, to coordinate Dancing for Fun and Better Health, part of Age Concern’s national programme ‘fit as a fiddle’.

  Dancing for Fun and Better Health promotes and delivers dance and movement opportunities within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough for the over 50’s.  With the emphasis on creating relaxed, social, and non intimidating classes to increase physical activity.  Classes are in sheltered housing, and community settings.  Volunteers help support our work.

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  Claire Thorby

  Leadership and Volunteering Projects Coordinator

  Telephone: 01487 849 923
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  Email: claire.thorby@livingsport.co.uk

  Claire joined LIVING SPORT in January 2007 as the Leadership and Volunteering Projects Coordinator.   Her role includes supporting leadership and volunteering in schools through the Step into Sport scheme, both young people who volunteer and the clubs in which they are volunteering, coordinating volunteers for the Youth Games PLUS and developing Sports Leaders UK courses in community settings. Claire is also the LIVING SPORT Welfare Officer.

  Claire plays and coaches hockey at a small club, runs and is involved with youth work.