Amy Gardner
Non Executive Director at England Touch- Claim this Profile
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David Reeve
I really enjoyed working with Amy during her time at the LTA. She was passionate and always managed to go above and beyond in looking to achieve results. Amy is the type of character that makes others smile and enjoy their work. A true asset to a team.
David Reeve
I really enjoyed working with Amy during her time at the LTA. She was passionate and always managed to go above and beyond in looking to achieve results. Amy is the type of character that makes others smile and enjoy their work. A true asset to a team.
David Reeve
I really enjoyed working with Amy during her time at the LTA. She was passionate and always managed to go above and beyond in looking to achieve results. Amy is the type of character that makes others smile and enjoy their work. A true asset to a team.
David Reeve
I really enjoyed working with Amy during her time at the LTA. She was passionate and always managed to go above and beyond in looking to achieve results. Amy is the type of character that makes others smile and enjoy their work. A true asset to a team.
Experience
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England Touch
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United Kingdom
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Spectator Sports
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1 - 100 Employee
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Non Executive Director
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Mar 2022 - Present
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British Cycling
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United Kingdom
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Spectator Sports
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200 - 300 Employee
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Head of National Delivery
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Oct 2020 - Present
Responsible for leading National Cycling Delivery and managing the team of 10 Regional Managers developing and executing regional delivery plans to grow participation against KPI targets across the 5 strategic pillars to deliver cycling programmes, activities and partnerships across the regions. Key priorities include strengthening the participation offer, building capacity and scale to establish a sustainable local legacy. - Manage the delivery of programmes, products and services through National and Regional Delivery Models. -Lead Project Manager for British Cycling's 'Project Purpose'. Leading organisational wide re-purposing, change management and vision setting. -Co-Lead the delivery model for 2022 Sport England strategy submission. -Lead the British Cycling National Delivery legacy for Olympic/Paralympic Games and Commonwealth Games 2022.-Devise and implement detailed plans to maximise the participation potential across a range of activities and programmes and manage the implementation on a geographical basis through the Regional Delivery teams. -Negotiate and manage partnership agreements to secure revenue streams whilst promoting the range of cycling programmes, products and services. -Strengthen relationships with regional boards building trust and engagement taking a lead role in the governance project working.-Grow and sustain participation through the network (i.e. local authorities, commercial partners, clubs and groups). Guide and direct regional management teams in the planning, organising and coordination of activity in relation to specific objectives and KPIs.
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Cycling Delivery Manager
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Oct 2018 - Sep 2020
-Lead cycling delivery across the West Midlands region-Management and leadership of British Cycling’s programmes, staff and activities across the region – connecting recreation, partnership account management, cycle sport, clubs, groups and facilities, workforce and talent development -Support the delivery of mass participation events - with major events team, local authorities, partnerships and volunteers -Lead, manage the relationships and agreements with partners – work cross functionally to support the partnership account management and negotiation process -Serve the sport - through cycle sport, clubs, groups and programmes support and delivery-Develop, deliver and embed the Regional Delivery Plan - integrating activity across key strands such as recreation, cycle sport, clubs and groups, facilities and coaching programme delivery
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LTA
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United Kingdom
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Spectator Sports
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300 - 400 Employee
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Local Authority Engagement Manager
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May 2017 - Oct 2018
-Develop, deliver and evaluate the operational plan and associated budget for the East & South East of England, leading on the area of widening local authority engagement with a focus on delivering specific project outcomes.-Project Manage the delivery of parks tennis re-development programmes including overseeing capital investment projects and community asset transfers.-Delivering as part of a team the national and regional initiatives to a high standard-Accountable for the delivery of national key performance targets and targets across the region associated with community development. -Establish and maintain relationships with key regional stakeholders and partners from across community, club and education environments.-Lead on B2B (Business to Business) sales and partnerships with Local Authorities and Community partners.-Regional lead for scaling out the national programme, ‘Tennis for Free’.
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Regional Tennis Participation Manager
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Sep 2015 - May 2017
- Key account management of all tennis venues in 9 London Boroughs providing partners with specialist advice & support around venue management, club development plans, programming, facility development and workforce development in alignment with their growth objectives. - Securing and managing long term strategic agreements & partnerships with 9 key London Local Authorities, delivering sustainable business model solutions for management of community tennis facilities.- Creating sustainable links and pathways for Schools, Colleges and Universities to deliver and engage in Tennis. - Leading local tennis stakeholder meetings; delivering engaging and objective focused presentations & training sessions to partners - Regional lead for the national revenue funding stream; 'Play Tennis fund' through raising awareness of the fund, liaising with internal and external partners and supporting venues with funding applications. -Regional lead for the Women and Girls workforce project, 'She rallies'. The role involves working with Judy Murray, County associations and internal partners to identify female ambassadors to maximise the opportunities to expand the female workforce and the girls tennis opportunities in selected areas.
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Regional Tennis Services Assistant
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Aug 2014 - Sep 2015
-Responsible for ensuring that there is a strong and well communicated administrative function that supports the Regional Team to deliver its strategy-Liaised proactively with relevant Central Support Teams and external Partners -Organised key mass participation events -Established and maintained relationships with key stakeholders, partners and volunteers-Project managed key community and park development projects to increase tennis participation through supporting regional and county delivery partners to increase participation in community, club & education venues. -Key achievements include working with the Tennis Foundation to get over 3,400 school children competing at the School games, rolling out successful free coaching sessions in low socio-economic areas in Bristol
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Geelong Grammar School
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Australia
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Primary and Secondary Education
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200 - 300 Employee
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Physical Education Teaching Assistant
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Aug 2013 - Aug 2014
-Postgraduate Teaching Assistant at Geelong Grammar School in Australia. -Based in the Health and Wellbeing department; assisting with physical education classes, leading strength and conditioning sessions and implementing positive education into lesson plans.-Effectively led pastoral care programmes and supported students by tutoring in a girls boarding house.-Led and coached two Rowing crews to the Victorian State Championship through organised land and water based training and bespoke strength and conditioning sessions.
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Education
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University of Bath
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Sociology -
Taunton School