Meet the Active Charnwood team below...
Zoe Griffiths
Sport & Active Recreation Manager
- Oversees and manages the Sport and Active Recreation team.
- Responsible for developing policies and coordinating the development of sport and active recreation throughout the borough working closely with key partnership organisations.
Email: zoe.griffiths@charnwood.gov.uk
Will Blanche
Senior Active Recreation Development Officer
- Oversees the physical activity programmes and Wild Card scheme, including Public Health Sport and Physical Activity Commissioning Programme.
- Responsibilities include working alongside our Leisure Centre provider Fusion Lifestyle, to deliver GP Referral and Cardiac Rehab Programmes, as well as the Steady Steps Falls Prevention programme.
- Lead officer for the annual Charnwood Sports Awards and a member of the Charnwood Health and Well Being Partnership and the Mental Health Forum.
Email: will.blanche@charnwood.gov.uk
Andrew Doodson
Senior Sport Development Officer
- Manages the children’s and young people sport and physical activity programmes, including the Sport England community sport activation “Hits” project.
- Responsibilities include sport and physical activity commissioning projects, overseeing the Active Charnwood Alliance, Charnwood sports grants and Charnwood Sport Awards.
Email: andrew.doodson@charnwood.gov.uk
Bryony Williamson
Business Support and Administration Officer
- Supports all members of the Sports and Active Recreation team in their daily duties.
- Administers the sports grants process that is run within Charnwood – this include facilities, coaching, development and talent grants.
- Refer individuals who are wanting to get more physically active to the First Contact scheme, into sports and activities that may be of interest to them.
Email: bryony.williamson@charnwood.gov.uk
Matthew Richardson
Community Sport and Physical Activity Development Officer
- Promotes, organises and delivers a range of physical activity sessions, activities and events to help improve residents' and staff physical and mental health.
- Organises walks, cycling and running activities for all ages and for adults and older people, workplace health events, chair-based exercise and falls prevention classes.
Email: matthew.richardson@charnwood.gov.uk
Samantha Chamberlain
Community Sport and Physical Activity Development Officer
- Manages and oversees the Twilight Games Package, a training package of adapted games played at local community groups, care homes and sheltered accommodations.
- Co-ordinates seated exercise training for volunteers, care and community workers and exercise professionals.
- Supports and develops Ladies Only Sessions, the Choose to Move physical activity program, Inclusive Sport and This Girl Can charity night.
Email: samantha.chamberlain@charnwood.gov.uk
Roy Porter
Community Sport and Physical Activity Development Officer
- Delivers Mini-Movers, a physical play session for families with under-fives, combining music and movement to encourage physical activity through play.
- Delivers Forest School sessions to educational settings across Charnwood, where children and young people attend a woodland setting to experience learning through play in a natural environment.
Email: roy.porter@charnwood.gov.uk
Erin Simmonds
Community Physical Activity, Sport and Health Graduate
- Supporting the promotion, organisation and delivery of a range of physical activity sessions, activities and events to help improve residents' and staff physical and mental health
- Supporting the development of inclusive sport, active places and opportunities for targeted groups
Email: erin.simmonds@charnwood.gov.uk
Gary Bailey
Youth Engagement Activator
- Supporting young people in Charnwood to access sessions, activities and events that will help to improve their mental health, physical wellbeing and confidence.
- Promoting the development of inclusive sport, active places and opportunities for youth, youth providers and partners to meet and work together.
Email: gary.bailey@charnwood.gov.uk
Amy Slater
Community Sport and Physical Activity Assistant
- Supports the promotion, organisation of physical activity sessions such as the twilight games, school sport and female inclusivity.
- Supports running the social media of Active Charnwood.
Email: amy.slater@charnwood.gov.uk
Last updated: Wed 20th October, 2021 @ 11:17