Experience

StreetGames UK

• United Kingdom
• Spectator Sports
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President

  • Dec 2013 - Present

  The StreetGames national sports charity have asked me to become Vice President, as one of the original founders of the charity and the North West regional manger for a few years I was delighted to take up this position.



Sport 4 Life Ltd.

• United Kingdom
• Spectator Sports
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder

  • 2005 - Present

  Sport4Life Ltd is a not for profit community enterprise, established in April 2005, which brings together the skills, knowledge and experience of highly motivated individuals working in the sport & leisure sector. Sport 4 Life aims to deliver more sport & physical activity opportunities, sports training & education programmes, sports volunteering on a regional basis, in particular to inner city and deprived communities who traditionally do not get the chance to take part. Sport 4 Life is committed to delivering its activities on a not for profit basis, all profits are utilised to: 1. Subsidise sport & physical activities we deliver on community initiatives 2. Provide match funding for funding applications to deliver new community sports activity 3. Support a number of charities (see separate section on web site) 4. Support selected talented athletes (of any age) who do not access mainstream grants & national lottery funding Sport 4 Life has trained over 350 people from the NW region as volunteers for the 2012 London Olympics on a pre employment initiative called Personal Best.



Manchester Outward Bound Association

• Committee member

  • Jan 2002 - Present

  Manchester Outward Bound Association (MOBA) is an affiliate of national The Outward Bound Association raising funds to support the financial costs of young people from within inner city communities access residential Outward Bound courses.



Manchester Giants Basketball Club

• Manchester Giants Basketball Club CEO

  • Apr 2014 - Feb 2020

  Former CEO and owner of the professional basketball club Manchester Giants, playing in the British Basketball League. I was also the CEO of the Manchester Community Giants CiC that developed a range of associated community activities. Both of these organisations are now operated by the new owners after a buy out in February 2020.



Varna Community Primary School

• Chair of School Governors

  • Jan 2004 - Dec 2015

  A great experience to be a school governor and then chair of school governors at this great inner city school. During my time the school oversaw the building of a new school on a new site and a transition to eh new site that has great facilities. The school had three OFSTED inspections during my tenure and achieved an Outstanding grade in all three, a great testament to the hard work and dedication of the senior leaders, school teachers, school support staff and the school governors.



StreetGames UK

• United Kingdom
• Spectator Sports
• 1 - 100 Employee

• North West Regional Manager

  • 2008 - Aug 2013

  I have just retired from this post, a great 8 years and now its over to the young staff! What an experience to be a part of this charity, now an established youth sport charity doing some amazing work. A great privilege to have been involved.



Manchester City Council

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sport Action Zone manager

  • Jan 2000 - Jan 2008

  The East Manchester Sport Action Zone (SAZ) covered the areas of Beswick, Clayton and Openshaw.This area encompasses the new `Sport City` complex that hosted the Commonwealth Games in2002. The SAZ project is jointly funded by Sport England (National Lottery) and New Deal forCommunities (NDC) I was the SAZ manager based within the NDC team in Beswick.This SAZ geographic target area is exactly the same as the Beacons for a Brighter Future SRBregeneration initiative, & the New Deal for Communities regeneration initiative. Also includedwithin the Sport Action Zone area is the East Manchester Education Action Zone, this comprisestwelve primary schools and four high schools. All of the above initiatives are within the boundariesof New East Manchester Ltd. one of the four Urban regeneration pilot companies established bythe government.



Mancster City Council

• Manager Community Sports Development Dept.

  • Jan 1992 - Jan 1999

  Originally employed as the first community sports development worker in Manchester covering the regneration area of Hulme and Moss Side, Manchester. I secured partnership funding to expand and then manage the Community Sports Development Dept. within Manchester Leisure covering the most deprived communities across Manchester.,



British Amateur Weightlifting Association

• Team Manager - Great Britain World Bench Press Championships

  • Jan 1996 - Jan 1996

  GB Team Manager at the World Bench Press Championships supporting the GB athletes.



Stockport Special Needs Gymnastics Club

• Gymnastics Coach

  • Sep 1987 - Jul 1993

  Gymnastics club coach at the special needs gymnastics club based at the Royal School for the deaf, now the seashell Trust. Great times.



Bridge College - Now the Together Trust

• Educational pupil support

  • 1990 - 1992



Stockport Arnies Powerlifting Club

• Powerlifting Coach

  • Jun 1985 - Feb 1990

  Founder and powerlifting coach at the club, a focus on para sport athletes. Proud to have founded this club with other great coaches / athletes, the club is still going today in partnership with Life Leisure in Stockport. The club produced many para powerlifting national and international medallists, including medallists at European and World championships and also the Paralympic Games.



Royal School for the Deaf (now the Seashell Trust)

• Educational pupil support & physio assistant

  • Jan 1987 - Jan 1990