Oversee all Development and Partnerships for the Bowls Development Alliance. Report directly to the Managing Director and stand in during her absence.- Key part of the Senior Management Team who oversee overall business operations, budgeting and business development. - Responsible for 6 Club and Community Development Officers who drive our work across England with the 5,000 clubs and 300,000 members, while also supporting and developing volunteers and coaches.- Created… Show more Oversee all Development and Partnerships for the Bowls Development Alliance. Report directly to the Managing Director and stand in during her absence.- Key part of the Senior Management Team who oversee overall business operations, budgeting and business development. - Responsible for 6 Club and Community Development Officers who drive our work across England with the 5,000 clubs and 300,000 members, while also supporting and developing volunteers and coaches.- Created, developed and overseen the roll out of the Community Club Hub programme, our place based offer to connect Bowls clubs to their local community, while ensuring a tailored offer to meet the needs of each locality. Connections with Active Partnerships, Regional and Local organisations and local authorities are key to the success of our work.- Key relationship manager for the BDA with the four National Governing Bodies of the sport, ensuring that we support their key areas of development and strategy, while delivery is coordinated across the partnership.- Played a key role in developing the BDA 2022-2027 System Partner funding application to Sport England and securing £1.9 million. This included the development of the "We are Bowls" 22-27 BDA strategy. - Relationship manage with Sport England for the BDA on progress and development of our System Partner delivery. While also identifying further opportunities to collaborate through wider funding.- Stand in MD for the BDA between June 2022 and April 2023 as maternity cover, leading on all business operations and board meetings. Show less

Part of the Senior Management Team, contributing to the strategic direction of the BDA. Managing the data and insight for the organisation and responsible for overseeing all delivery of the BDA Club and Community work across England.

Moved into the role of Club Development Manager. I have created the new Club Development Programme as part of the new 2017-21 whole sport plan which is currently was rolled out across England.I managed the Club Development Team made up of myself and 2 full time Club Development Officers. Focused on managing the team and to drive the Club Development Programme in order to support clubs retain their current memberships and increase volunteers, coaches and new members through a… Show more Moved into the role of Club Development Manager. I have created the new Club Development Programme as part of the new 2017-21 whole sport plan which is currently was rolled out across England.I managed the Club Development Team made up of myself and 2 full time Club Development Officers. Focused on managing the team and to drive the Club Development Programme in order to support clubs retain their current memberships and increase volunteers, coaches and new members through a variety of mechanisms. Show less

I was one of two Development Officers delivering the 2013-17 whole sport plan for the sport of Bowls. Our aims for the plan were to increase participation levels by over 12,000 across the four years. This included working with our two targets groups, those 55 and over and those 16 and over with a disability. We did this by supporting club recruitment through our Package scheme as well as our community engagement through the Just Bowl Project.We successful surpassed our targets with 6… Show more I was one of two Development Officers delivering the 2013-17 whole sport plan for the sport of Bowls. Our aims for the plan were to increase participation levels by over 12,000 across the four years. This included working with our two targets groups, those 55 and over and those 16 and over with a disability. We did this by supporting club recruitment through our Package scheme as well as our community engagement through the Just Bowl Project.We successful surpassed our targets with 6 months left of the plan and exceeded them by 3,000. During my time as Development Officer I have supported 3 County Sports Partnerships who were Hotspots for 2016 and funded to deliver on targets. I also created, managed and delivered a number of Just Bowl sessions and projects across the country. I have struck up new partnerships and managed them to successful completion with a variety of organisations. Show less

In this role I managed and developed the Sports for All Project in Sussex which is in place to increase the number of sports clubs and opportunities for adults with disabilities across the county. The project was initially granted £300,000 by Sports England for a 3 year period. In 2 years I managed the growth of the project from a concept to delivering over 60 sessions a week to 1100 unique participants with over 33,000 session visits in that time.I was also instrumental in… Show more In this role I managed and developed the Sports for All Project in Sussex which is in place to increase the number of sports clubs and opportunities for adults with disabilities across the county. The project was initially granted £300,000 by Sports England for a 3 year period. In 2 years I managed the growth of the project from a concept to delivering over 60 sessions a week to 1100 unique participants with over 33,000 session visits in that time.I was also instrumental in securing an additional £300,000 to extend the project into East Sussex meaning to date we received over £600,000 to run and develop the project (£900,000 including match funding). This included 3 new posts with the project. Show less

I was the Manager of a centre in Newhaven and in position to develop the centre to increase its physical wellbeing through community engagement and drive income generation for reinvestment.As well as this we had targets to meet for the reaching communities funding we received of £250,000. This was to increase participation of physical activity, improve and develop peoples CV writing and career progression and to hold a monthly youth disco/youth club which we regularly saw 50 young… Show more I was the Manager of a centre in Newhaven and in position to develop the centre to increase its physical wellbeing through community engagement and drive income generation for reinvestment.As well as this we had targets to meet for the reaching communities funding we received of £250,000. This was to increase participation of physical activity, improve and develop peoples CV writing and career progression and to hold a monthly youth disco/youth club which we regularly saw 50 young people at. We won a SPARK award for our community summer programme which offered a range of activities for young people aged 16-18 by running sessions in partnership with local sports groups. We also won the Newhaven business of the year award at the Newhaven chamber of commerce annual awards night. Show less

Developing opportunities across East Sussex in Disability Football and Sport. Also using football as a tool to reducing young people committing Anti-social behaviour and crime in local communities i.e. running street leagues in the evenings to give young people something to engage in.