The Future of Sport

Joanne Turley

Marketing Manager , Ark Housing Consultancy LLP

Joanne has a background in community and people development. She is a practitioner in Neuro Linguistic Programming, as well as holding licenses for a variety of psychometric and behavioural-based assessment tools such as MTQ48 and ILM72. She utilises these tools to help measure mental toughness and build capacity within communities. Her expertise also covers project management, sales and client management with both blue chip and not for profit sector organisations.

Joanne has been working with the public sector for the past 10 years and has extensive relationships within the housing sector. This includes work with the CIH supporting them with their Thought Leadership programme and their Rising Stars programme in the North West, supporting Asset Skills on their Youth Charter and Supporting Black Country Talent Match with their Mentor training and SROI. Joanne is also a member of the North West WISH Board (Women in Social Housing) as the events & marketing coordinator.

Workshop Session 1. An opportunity to exchange knowledge and gain valuable insight.

Mentoring and Social Inclusion

14:15 - 15:00

Jacqui Oatley
MBE
BBC

Jacqui Oatley, MBE is a sports presenter, hosting mostly football for BBC Sport and ITV Sport, including being the first female commentator on BBC One's Match of the Day, which she went on to present in March 2015 and anchored the recent Euro 2016 football tournament for ITV Sport. An FA qualified football coach, a director of Women in Football, In August 2015, Jacqui was named eighth most influential woman in sport by The Independent newspaper. Oatley was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to broadcasting and diversity in sport. The award was recognition of her work behind the scenes championing the role of women working in football as well as women's football.

Stephanie Maurel
Strategic Lead for Workforce and Clubs
Sport England

Stephanie is the Strategic Lead for Clubs and Workforce at Sport England. She is responsible for the club, coaching, volunteering and professional workforce strands for Sport in England. This includes leading the support Sport England give to the national club network; developing and maintaining economically stable clubs and supporting NGBs and partners to help their clubs. She is also responsible for the Strategy for Volunteering in Sport, The Coaching Plan for England and the Professional Workforce strategy – all of which are being produced this year as part of Sport England’s ‘Towards An Active Nation’. She is a trustee of sports Coach UK and Active Sussex and on the Board of the female Behaviour Change Programme “I Will If You Will”, as well as being a lead mentor for teenage girls from low socio-economic backgrounds via the charity The Girls Network.

Tara Dillon
Chief Executive
CIMSPA (The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity)

As CEO of the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity, Tara Dillon leads the institute's headline work in professionalising UK sport and leisure and transforming the workforce development opportunities of those who work in the sector. Tara was appointed as CEO in January 2015, before which she was interim chief operating officer whilst on secondment from IQL UK. Previously, Tara has held a variety of senior management roles within the leisure sector, combining 12 years working in local authorities and 9 years in the private sector, culminating in a customer-focused commercial role as executive director of IQL UK.

Andy Reed
Director
The Sports Think Tank

Andy Reed is formerly the MP for Loughborough between 1997-2010. Andy has a strong association with sports policy having served as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Sports Ministers and advisor to various ministers and sports bodies during his time in Westminster. He chaired the Parliamentary Sports Caucus and was secretary of various All-Party Sports Groups. He introduced the 10 Minute Rule Bill paving the way for the Treasury CASC scheme for Community and Amateur Clubs and was responsible to the Prime Minister for the Labour Party 2010 sports manifesto. He was chair of the Sport and Recreation Alliance from 2010 to 2016 – the umbrella body for the 320 National Governing Bodies and Associations of Sport. He now leads on policy and the health agenda for the Sports and Recreation Alliance. He is still chairing his local Leicestershire County Sports Partnership after 10 years in the role. He also sits on the boards of Special Olympics GB, British Basketball League Foundation and Sports Chaplaincy UK. He is a member of the RFU Rugby World Cup Legacy Group for his region. In 2011 he established with other colleagues, the independent Sports Think Tank (www.sportsthinktank.com) to enable the sports sector to have its own policy and evidence based think tank space in Westminster and Whitehall. In 2015 he joined the board of the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) Outside of sport Andy also serves on the board of the biggest Children's international development agency – Worldvision UK. In 2012 Andy was awarded an OBE for Services to Sport and the Community in Leicestershire, after chairing the 2012 Olympic Leicestershire Legacy Group.

Geoff Thompson
Executive Chair MBE, FRSA, DL
The Youth Charter

Geoff Thompson was appointed to the GB Sports Council - now Sport England in 1990 following an outstanding career in competitive Karate. He was five times World Karate Champion from 1982 to 1986 and holder of over 50 national and international titles. As one of Britain’s most successful and celebrated sportsmen of the 80’s Geoff made a transition from tracksuit to lounge suit where he established himself as a sports politician and administrator. Geoff is one of the leading youth activists and experts in sports development and politics with over 25 years experience in the bidding and hosting and legacy of major games and the positive impact of sport and the arts in the social and human development of young people and communities. He is Founder and Executive Chair of the Youth Charter (www.youthcharter.co.uk), a UK registered charity and United Nations accredited Non Governmental Organisation established in 1993.

Simon Hall
Physical Activity Strategy Lead
West Midlands Combined Authority

Simon is the Physical Activity Strategic Lead for the West Midlands Combined Authority in its Public Service Reform Directorate. Over the last 10 months, he has led on the development and now implementation of the “West Midlands on the Move” Physical Activity Strategic Framework with Local Authorities, County Sports Partnerships, Public Health England, Sport England and 30 plus stakeholders which positions active communities as the dynamo of a happy, healthy, better connected and more prosperous West Midlands. The Strategic Framework was launched by the West Midlands Mayor, Andy Street in November 2017 and included the opening of the Coventry “human power station”, a joint investment to bring activity into everyday lives. Simon is seconded from the Active Black Country Director post at the Black Country Consortium Limited, where he was Director for 12 years; developing an insight and intelligence led approach to planning, championing skills, collaboration; addressing inequalities and economic growth.. He previously worked for Sport England and a number of Local Authorities. After 35 years of football, in 2017 he ran the London Marathon and led the WMCA’s team to success in the Great Birmingham Half Marathon’s Arcadis business challenge, raising over £7500 for local charities. He is a guest Research lecturer at University of Worcester and his passions include beekeeping, gardening; Public Service Broadcasting and the more sorrows, than joys of supporting Birmingham City.

Stuart Armstrong
Head of Coaching
Sport England

Tracey Crouch
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism and Heritage
Department for Culture, Media & Sport

Tracey Crouch was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism and Heritage on 12th May 2015. She was elected as the Conservative MP for Chatha, and Aylesford in 2010. Tracey was educated at the University of Hull where she studied Law and Politics. Tracey was a member of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee from 2012 to 2015 and a member of the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, and of the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee from 2013 to 2015. After 2 years of working in Parliament (1996-1998) for various MPs, Tracey left to work as a political consultant where she represented clients ranging from a major chocolate manufacturer, financial institutions and members of the chemical industry, through to slimming groups and pet charities. In 2003, Tracey was asked to return to Parliament to become Chief of Staff to the Shadow Education Secretary before moving to become Chief of Staff to the Shadow Home Secretary shortly after. Tracey once again left Parliament to work in the City for insurance giant Norwich Union and its FTSE parent Aviva, where she worked until 7th May 2010 when she was elected as the Conservative MP for Chatham and Aylesford. Tracey is a keen sports enthusiast and an FA-qualified football coach.

Clare Howard
Chief Executive
The Association of National Specialist Colleges

Clare’s career has included posts in local authorities, Sport England, a range of education settings, and sport and health organisations at local, regional and national level. In January 2016, she became CEO of Natspec, the membership organisation for colleges with specialised provision for learners with learning difficulties and disabilities. This followed 6 years at the Association of Colleges which included setting up AoC Sport and launching 2 national sport strategies for further education. Clare has delivered over 200 projects across the education, sport and health sectors and her specialisms include organisational development, developing strategies, funding bids, training, change management and governance projects. Her current role involves representing the interests of Natspec members to government and other stakeholders, and providing members with vital information about funding, policy and legislation.

Kim Babb
Director
Black Country Talent Match

Kim is an experienced project manager who has worked in the education and skills sector for over 20 years. Responsible for the strategic direction and operational implementation of large business development departments. Kim has held a number of senior management posts within the Further Education arena and with Private Training Providers. Now working within the Voluntary Sector Kim is utilising her knowledge and skills to support young people across the Black Country facing disadvantage to realise and fulfil their potential. Kim is currently the Project Manager for a £10.3m Lottery funded project, Talent Match, which supports young people furthest from the labour market to develop their skills, knowledge and experience, moving them closer to the labour market and into employment.

Colin Huffen
Sport Policy Lead
Association Of Colleges Sport

Colin is the strategic lead for policy with AOC Sport, he is responsible for delivering AOC Sports vision of every student active. Colin has a wealth of experience in the sport, leisure and physical activity sector having spent the last ten years in leadership roles in organisations such as; Sports Coach UK, Skills Active and British Swimming. Previous to this he was a senior manager within some of the country’s lar ...

Colin Parker
Skills Factory Director
Black Country Consortium Limited

Colin has worked for over 30 years in the Automotive Componenet Industry as General Manager, Plant Manager and Head of Operations. Colin is a qualified (chartered) Production Engineer with a degree in Mathematics. Having worked for Lucas, Perkins, Denso, Honda and TRW in diverse process from body in white to electronics manufacture, Colin has 'suffered' skills shortages at the sharp end so his role as Skills Factory Director is a good chance to try and improve the situation for the next generation of manufacturing operations leaders. Colin is the Black Country LEP lead for skills and his responsibilities include leading on projects such as the Careers and Enterprise Company enterprise programme, Apprenticeship Strategy, HS2 Skills for the workforce and the Elite Centre for Manufacturing Skills (ECMS) to name but a few.

Deborah Williams
Board Chair
Black Country BeActive Partnership

Deborah is the Chair of the Black Country BeActive Partnership and has a background in finance and business in the public and non for profit sectors. Deborah has led an international committee in capacity building as well as strategic change, recognising the motivating force of partnership working and relationships. Not new to boardrooms, she has previously held roles with the Department of Transport, Cranfied University, government advisory boards and the NHS as well as Just Advocacy, a charity providing advocacy services for adults with learning difficulties. Talking about her new role, Deborah Williams said: "I have worked in areas and countries with the greatest advantage as well as the greatest disadvantage and have learned the value of any activity which can develop and assist as individual's health and sense of well-being. It is vital that the people of the Black Country have every opportunity to benefit from sport and activity. I have an interest in how this helps individuals to be healthy and successful and also increases the economic success of the Black Country. My aim as Chair is to do everything necessary to achieve these goals, including widening the Black Country BeActive Partnership's reach and impact across our whole area and ensuring that we attract investment to do this."

Guy Shears
RSA Head Teacher
Arrow Vale RSA Academy

Guy became Principal of Arrow Vale in January 2011, taking the school into sponsored academy status with the RSA in September 2012. Formerly, Guy worked as a Deputy Head Teacher at two schools in Birmingham, and as a Head Teacher in Coventry. RSA Academy Arrow Vale recently became the first high school in Redditch to be graded Outstanding by Ofsted, and in fact achieved Outstanding on every measure, having previously fluctuated between inadequate and requires improvement since the inception of Ofsted inspections. RSA Academy Arrow Vale aims to equip learners with the broad range of skills, qualifications, and experiences they need to thrive in their continuing education and the world of work. The focus on skills development is a celebrated feature of all 7 RSA Academies. The academy has forged highly successful links with employers to develop the future workforce, adopting a demand led approach to develop the range of skills required by employers. Guy is a National Leader of Education (NLE). NLE's along with staff in their school - designated a National Support School - use their success and professionalism to provide additional leadership capability in other schools. He has also worked as an Ofsted Inspector and is a Pupil Premium Reviewer. He is also Trust Strategic Director (CEO) of the Redditch RSA Academies Trust, which has grown as a MAT from one to four schools under his leadership, and caters for young people from Early Years to 18 year olds. The Trust has a strong focus on developing employability skills that support high academic success. RSA Academy Arrow Vale is committed to establishing a healthy participation habit amongst pupils in sport and physical activity and recognises the role sport can play in developing transferable soft skills such as teamwork, communication and leadership. The school, prior to conversion to an RSA Academy, was a Specialist Sports College, and has recently been awarded the ‘Gold’ Sainsbury’s School Games Kitemark, a nationally awarded mark that rewards schools for their commitment to and the development of school sport and competition. The school successfully leads the Redditch School Games.

Steve Mitchell
Director
Switch The Play

Mitch is passionate about the development of people in, through and across sport. A passionate believer in the importance of high quality education across the talent and performance pathway, Mitch initiated the AASE programme in 2004 and oversaw its roll out to over 20 sports. He has also championed the importance of the Athlete/Player welfare and lifestyle profession with many of the UK pioneers. Having established his own consultancy business in the Autumn of 2014, following 10 years in the public sector leading skills and education policy for the Sector, his existing client portfolio includes the Premier League, Premier Education Group, StreetGames, West Ham United Foundation, Leicester LA and the Black Country Consortium – all receiving expertise and advisory services around skills, personal development and employment. Mitch is currently authoring 2 new Apprenticeship Standards for Community Sport. Mitch also sits on the board of Active Essex; is a trustee of the Essex Athlete Foundation; and also Independent Chairman of Parkour UK. Mitch is also a Director of Sport for Confidence (inclusive sports provision for people with learning disabilities) and Switch the Play CIC (athlete and player transition).

Christopher Corfield
Head of Policy
Sports Coach UK

Christopher is Head of Policy at Sports Coach UK and came into the role with 10 years of experience working in policy roles in local government and healthcare. He has a particular interest in highlighting the central role of coaching in sport and physical activity and its wider benefits for the health and wellbeing of individuals, groups and communities. Christopher recently supported the UK Coaching Committee’s fut ...

Tom McIntosh
Operations Director
Sport Birmingham

Tom is the Operations Director for Sport Birmingham and was involved in the early thinking and development of 'The Birmingham Way'. He has a wide remit at Sport Birmingham and heads up the community Sport Team and ensures we meet our contractual and compliance obligations whilst also looking at opportunities to developing new business. Tom has previously worked as Sport Manager working with the LA and NGB of Sport ...

Adam Warden
Coach and Volunteer Manager
Sport Birmingham

Adam is the Coach and Volunteer Manager for Sport Birmingham and is the project lead for 'The Birmingham Way'. He has a responsibility for the planning and implementation of the Birmingham Coaching Delivery Plan, development of the coach and volunteer learning offer and NGB engagement with a focus on coaching and workforce development. Adam has previously worked as a project officer on the Sportivate and Spor ...

Joanne Turley
Marketing Manager
Ark Housing Consultancy LLP

Joanne joined the Ark People & Communities team as Marketing Manager in June 2013, looking at marketing and business development with a focus on building relationships with both new and existing clients, supporting them to achieve their corporate goals and objectives while ensuring maximum return on investment. Joanne has a background in community and people development. She is a practitioner in Neuro Linguistic Programming, as well as holding licenses for a variety of psychometric and behavioural-based assessment tools such as MTQ48 and ILM72. She utilises these tools to help measure mental toughness and build capacity within communities. Her expertise also covers project management, sales and client management with both blue chip and not for profit sector organisations. Joanne has been working with the public sector for the past 10 years and has extensive relationships within the housing sector. This includes work with the CIH supporting them with their Thought Leadership programme and their Rising Stars programme in the North West, supporting Asset Skills on their Youth Charter and Supporting Black Country Talent Match with their Mentor training and SROI. Joanne is also a member of the North West WISH Board (Women in Social Housing) as the events & marketing coordinator.

Jason Fergus
Director of Active Essex
Active Essex

Jason Fergus has a wealth of experience having worked within the Sport and Physical Activity sector for the last 20 years. His career has involved him working in a variety of settings including; Local Authority, National Governing Body of Sport and also at Sport England on a secondment. Throughout this time Jason has gained over 10 years Senior Management and Director experience driving positive change to increase participation. Jason's current role as Director of Active Essex has seen him lead the transformation to a well positioned, well performing County Sport Partnership in the Essex landscape. Active Essex, under Jason's leadership, has developed exciting opportunities to ensure they are seen as that partner of choice. They have commissioning responsibility for physical activity and school sport. This allows them to take a truly strategic overview of the Essex landscape alongside their community sport responsibilitry from Sport England.

David Kreyling
Managing Director
Creative Sport and Leisure

David Kreyling, Managing Director of Creative Sport & Leisure, which specialises in Apprenticeships, Traineeships and work based learning within the Active Leisure, Learning and Well-being Sector. David has over 14 years’ experience in commercial development, training, further education and change management. He is also a Chief Officer and Committee Member of the Essex Provider Network and a Trustee/Director of Castle View Academy Trust. He has a passion to bridge the gap between FE Colleges and Independent Training Providers as he has worked on both sides. He understands the challenges and risks of both types of organisations especially in the current climate. David strongly believes that an employer led skills training approach will enable people to compete for skilled jobs in the future.

Tristam Hooley
Professor of Career Education and Head of iCeGS
The Careers and Enterprise Company

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Joanne Turley

Marketing Manager , Ark Housing Consultancy LLP