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• Development and implementation of Water Wellbeing programme which supports people with long term conditions and impairments to participate in aquatic activity• Management of Department of Health funded Dementia Friendly Swimming programme• Successful in bringing in over £1million of funding to the aquatics industry• Development of key resources and campaigns to support the least active and people with health conditions and impairments into the water• Led the development and co-wrote Aquatic Activity for Health qualification

• Directed the BHFNC which developed and translated physical activity research to impact policy and practice across the UK, including delivery of an annual conference and production of evidence briefings for practitioners and undertaking evaluation of key national programmes.• Provided leadership and advocacy to maintain a national focus on physical activity including the development of an early years manifesto and campaign to lobby Government • Sat on NICE committee that developed public health guideline 54 on exercise referral.• Built and maintained effective relationships with a range of key stakeholders including government departments, commissioners and national organisations in the public, private and third sectors in order to influence local and national policy and programmes.• Developed online learning to encourage physical activity behavioural change in older people.

• Co-ordinated the Move More Media campaign with Boots, and developed resources for people affected by cancer, and health and exercise professionals.• Provided leadership and support in the development of physical activity programmes for people living with and beyond cancer• Chaired group to develop Exercise Referral Toolkit with Loughborough University.

• Lectured on physical activity and health including behaviour change, design of the environment and physical activity policy• Trained fitness instructors in Level 4 Cancer and Exercise Qualification

• Advised Ministers on physical activity policy • Developed and delivered Creating an Active Wales - the Welsh Physical Activity Action plan, • Established and managed the Welsh National Exercise Referral Scheme which was subject to a randomised controlled trial and currently supports over 32,000 participants per year.• Sat on working group for the development of CMO physical activity guidelines • Managed a team of 7 staff and deputising for the Branch Manager• Managed a budget of approximately £4 million