Gary Clifford Email & Phone Number

Greater Reading Area

Founding partner now responsible for strategic business development operating in an advisory capacity to provide a professional football coaching service to the grassroots and semi-professional community. Extensive experience in the management & development of successful 16 to 19 football & education academies working in partnership with key stakeholders.

Surrey Heath

• Project managed a £550k facility development, consisting of the procurement of the feasibility & planning application contract, production of a business case with a 5 year financial forecast, identified and developed.
• Identified a lack of control and accountability by the Leisure Grants process. Developed a robust application, award, monitoring and evaluation process that implemented SMART objectives, Service Level Agreements.
• Project managed delivery of the annual Surrey Heath Sports Awards (SHSA) that was attended by over 400 people. Identified & executed £2k (33%) cost savings to deliver the SHSA through ‘in-house’ marketing, removal of.
• Annually programme managed the Surrey Youth Games (SYG) sports participation project for 500 young people aged 7 to 16 and 38 coaches in 13 different sports. Improved the quality (coaching) & quantity (number of.

Hertfordshire

• Programme managed the £150k p.a. Positive Futures Project (PF) across the borough of Watford on behalf of WFC and the Home Office (HO). Line managed 10 full & part-time members of staff who engaged 1000 young people.
• Used the Home Office online reporting system ‘Substance’ to produce monthly project board and bi-annual stakeholder reports that analysed data and produced statistical evidence to measure objectives. The HO awarded the.
• Sales, Marketing & Co-ordination of Matchday Packages (MP) that involved 250 children receiving coaching and a ticket for first team home games. Increased revenue from £12k to £48k as a result of a marketing campaign I.
• Head Coach for the Academy U’14’s which required the interpretation of a set syllabus to deliver a challenging learning environment for elite footballers three times per week in addition to fixtures. Monitoring.