Katie Matthews
Community Sports Hub Officer - North Highlands at High Life Highland- Claim this Profile
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Sandra Luis Díaz
Katie was the Training Manager while I was at Swimming Nature. She told me Hands On teaching methods as well as guided me on how to be a better swimming teacher. She is very professional and easy to work with and always has fun, creative and engaging ways to help us teachers love learning and do our best. It is always useful to get her feedback and recommendations if you want to improve. If you want to develop knowledgable, passionate and fun teachers, I strongly recommend Katie as a Trainer.
David Gramage
I had the pleasure of working with Katie as workmates for Swimming Nature. Katie’s ability to juggle multiple projects such as teaching, coaching or branding was unlike any I’ve seen before and made a dramatic difference in the productivity level of our swimming instructors and the business development area that I was leading at that time. Any employee would be lucky to have Katie as a manager and she earns my highest recommendation
Sandra Luis Díaz
Katie was the Training Manager while I was at Swimming Nature. She told me Hands On teaching methods as well as guided me on how to be a better swimming teacher. She is very professional and easy to work with and always has fun, creative and engaging ways to help us teachers love learning and do our best. It is always useful to get her feedback and recommendations if you want to improve. If you want to develop knowledgable, passionate and fun teachers, I strongly recommend Katie as a Trainer.
David Gramage
I had the pleasure of working with Katie as workmates for Swimming Nature. Katie’s ability to juggle multiple projects such as teaching, coaching or branding was unlike any I’ve seen before and made a dramatic difference in the productivity level of our swimming instructors and the business development area that I was leading at that time. Any employee would be lucky to have Katie as a manager and she earns my highest recommendation
Sandra Luis Díaz
Katie was the Training Manager while I was at Swimming Nature. She told me Hands On teaching methods as well as guided me on how to be a better swimming teacher. She is very professional and easy to work with and always has fun, creative and engaging ways to help us teachers love learning and do our best. It is always useful to get her feedback and recommendations if you want to improve. If you want to develop knowledgable, passionate and fun teachers, I strongly recommend Katie as a Trainer.
David Gramage
I had the pleasure of working with Katie as workmates for Swimming Nature. Katie’s ability to juggle multiple projects such as teaching, coaching or branding was unlike any I’ve seen before and made a dramatic difference in the productivity level of our swimming instructors and the business development area that I was leading at that time. Any employee would be lucky to have Katie as a manager and she earns my highest recommendation
Sandra Luis Díaz
Katie was the Training Manager while I was at Swimming Nature. She told me Hands On teaching methods as well as guided me on how to be a better swimming teacher. She is very professional and easy to work with and always has fun, creative and engaging ways to help us teachers love learning and do our best. It is always useful to get her feedback and recommendations if you want to improve. If you want to develop knowledgable, passionate and fun teachers, I strongly recommend Katie as a Trainer.
David Gramage
I had the pleasure of working with Katie as workmates for Swimming Nature. Katie’s ability to juggle multiple projects such as teaching, coaching or branding was unlike any I’ve seen before and made a dramatic difference in the productivity level of our swimming instructors and the business development area that I was leading at that time. Any employee would be lucky to have Katie as a manager and she earns my highest recommendation
Credentials
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Scottish Swimming Tutor / Assessor
Scottish SwimmingApr, 2019- Nov, 2024
Experience
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High Life Highland
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United Kingdom
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Wellness and Fitness Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Community Sports Hub Officer - North Highlands
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Jul 2017 - Present
Community Sport Hubs provide a home for physical activity and sport, alongside health and well-being. They bring together activity groups, sport clubs and organisations in partnership to develop and grow opportunities to improve health and well-being and sport in the community. With a focus on sustainable, collaborative, community-led approaches that get people working together to create welcoming, safe and fun environments for physical activity and sport. Community Sport Hubs are Lottery-funded and are one of sportscotland's key programmes which contributes to the 2014 Legacy. Every Hub is unique and reflects surrounding communities. It creates a space to bring together Sporting and non-sporting organisations and aims to proactively use sport & physical activity as an intentional tool to achieve both increased participation and wider social outcomes. For more information on the great work of Highland Community Sports Hubs click on one of the videos or links below or visit https://sportscotland.org.uk Show less
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Freelance
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Scotland, UK
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Sports Development and Performance Consultant, Coach and Tutor
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Feb 2017 - Present
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Level 3 Coach / Head Coach
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2009 - 2019
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Swimming Nature
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United Kingdom
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Spectator Sports
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1 - 100 Employee
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Corporate Training Manager and Area Business Manager
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Jan 2014 - Jan 2017
Dual role Corporate Training Manager and Area Business as part of the senior management team, and report directly to the HR, Operations and Managing Directors. This dual role involves commercial partnership and customer management, workforce management, customer and client services and business improvement, training and development, quality / health / safety / environmental management. Working closely with 3 Account Managers to pro-actively manage customer accounts and client contracts, ensuring areas for efficiency are identified and improved through regular auditing, opportunities for up selling are maximised to increase revenue. I am also responsible for 28 venue coordinators throughout the UK and training all company employees in key strategic areas for growth and development. Show less
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Training & Development Manager
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Jan 2011 - Dec 2013
Working directly with the Group Director and HR Director .
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Scottish Regional Manager
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Jun 2006 - Jan 2011
As the Scottish Area Manager I managed all Scottish branches and was the direct report for a team of 16 managers and coordinators. Whilst planning and delivering business development within Scotland, including profitability, and budgetary control I managed all staff acquisition, retention and succession planning in line with operational demands.During this time I oversaw all staff training and development throughout the company nationwide.My other regular duties included managing customer expectations, growth and retention with the development and implementation of regional marketing strategy and SLA’s and working closely with a range of Scottish Local Authorities, Schools and Private Sector Companies to maintain and build new commercial partnerships, generating the highest percentage of customer loyalty across the company whilst managing the opening of 3 new branches in 2007. Show less
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Education
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The University of Edinburgh
MSc by Research, Education, Aquatic Biomechanics -
St Margaret's Edinburgh
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The University of Glasgow
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Physiology and Sports Science
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