Meet the Team

At HSP, our team is a dynamic blend of diverse expertise and passionate individuals dedicated to delivering exceptional results.

John O'Callaghan

Director

j.d.ocallaghan@herts.ac.uk


Adrian Ledbury
Strategic Lead - Transformation

a.ledbury@herts.ac.uk

Lead business operations to drive a high performing organisation and lead for active environments.


Alex Varran

Project Officer – CYP and Active Communities

a.varran2@herts.ac.uk

Support Active Communities work (developing Sport and Physical Activity opportunities to counter inequality), Active Lives Children and Young People Survey and junior parkrun


Alex Spelman

Marketing & Communications and Events Assistant

a.spelman@herts.ac.uk

Support the team with various marketing and promotional activities to support project and brand impact whilst also assisting on various events.


Charlie Mann
Workforce & Projects Officer

c.mann3@herts.ac.uk

Support for clubs, coaches, volunteers and NGBs and lead for a range of sport for social change projects.


Charlotte Bird
Active Ageing Officer

c.bird3@herts.ac.uk

Lead on all operations that target use of physical activity to improve older adult health and independence


Charlotte Stringer
Active Local Officer – Cowley Hill

c.stringer2@herts.ac.uk

Project officer for our placed-based work in Cowley Hill (Hertsmere).


Chris Dodd
Marketing & Communications Officer

c.dodd@herts.ac.uk

Support the team with various marketing and promotional activities to support project and brand impact.


Chris Samways
Programme Funding and Grants Officer

c.samways@herts.ac.uk

Lead officer for Opening School Facilities, Together Fund and Opportunities Fund.

Project officer for the Partnership’s work around Shared Prosperity. 


Claire Stratford
Active Local Team Lead

c.stratford@herts.ac.uk

Lead and oversight of the Partnership’s place-Based work, known as Active Local.


Davinia Thacker
Finance & HR Officer

d.thakkar2@herts.ac.uk

Providing financial management and HR support for the team.


Emma Catlin
Project Officer – CYP

e.catlin@herts.ac.uk

Lead Project Officer for HAPpy Training Programme, Summer Parks Programme and CYP Events


Faye Lahiffe
Project Assistant - Children and Young People

f.lahiffe2@herts.ac.uk

Lead project assistant for School Sport, Early Years, The Daily Mile and project assistant for Summer Parks.


Jane Hanna
Administration Assistant (part-time)

j.hanna2@herts.ac.uk

Providing administrative support for the team.


Jess Baird
Active Local Officer – Bedwell

j.baird2@herts.ac.uk

Project Officer for our placed-based work in Bedwell (Stevenage).


Joe Gamble
Project Officer - Welfare

j.gamble2@herts.ac.uk

Lead Officer in supporting sports club for Welfare matters


Josh Hardy
CYP Admin Assistant 

j.hardy5@herts.ac.uk


Keren Wayman
Health Project Assistant (part-time) 

k.b.wayman@herts.ac.uk

Provide administrative support to the HSP Health team.


Kerry Dunne

Marketing & Communications Assistant 

k.dunne@herts.ac.uk

Support the team with various marketing and promotional activities to support project and brand impact


Kiyana Fryer
Active Local Officer – Bennetts End

k.fryer2@herts.ac.uk

Project Officer for our placed-based work in Bennetts End (Dacorum).


Lily Jones
Active Local Officer – South Oxhey

l.jones25@herts.ac.uk

Project Officer for our placed-based work in South Oxhey (Three Rivers).


Linzi Hyde
Activity Finder Officer

l.hyde2@herts.ac.uk

Lead development and promotion of the Moving More online activity finder.


Louise Gallagher-Smith
Children & Young People’s Team Lead

l.gallagher-smith@herts.ac.uk

Manager and oversight of the Partnership’s work around Children & Young People, including:

Management of the Children and Young People team.

Day-2-day management of our HAF (known in Hertfordshire as HAPpy) contract with Hertfordshire County Council.

Strategic oversight around school sport.

Oversight of our Early years contract with Hertfordshire County Council.Lead our Fit, Fed & Read Programme.


Terri Harvey 

Active Local Officer – Sopwell & Peartree

t.harvey2@herts.ac.uk

Project Officer for our placed-based work in Sopwell (St Albans) & Peartree (Welwyn Hatfield )


Matt Rayner
Strategic Lead – People, Places, Programmes

m.rayner4@herts.ac.uk

Provide strategic oversight around the Partnership’s support of our Community Sport and Physical Activity Sector. Including: School Sports, Park Play, Together Fund, Opening School Facilities, parkrun, HAF and Early Years.

Develop and oversee our Place-Based approach to tackling inequalities and reducing inactivity.

Lead the Partnership’s Sport for Social Change programme, including our work around using sport as a vehicle to reduce crime & disorder.

Coordinate and manage the Partnership’s liaison and working practices with Hertfordshire’s 10 local authority partners


Matt Ridley
Active Local Officer – Waltham Cross

m.ridley2@herts.ac.uk

Project Officer for our placed-based work in Waltham Cross (Broxbourne).


Orla Moore
Insight and Evaluation Officer

o.moore4@herts.ac.uk

Support the team and partners with their monitoring, evaluation, learning, insight and impact needs.


Tanya Angus
School Sport Lead

tanya.angus@oaklands.ac.uk

Leads on connecting the Partnership’s work with our primary and secondary schools across the county, including School Games, School Sport Headteacher Advocate Group events and our annual Primary PE Conference.


Tania Woods

Active Ageing Project Assistant

t.woods2@herts.ac.uk

Project assistant to all operations that target use of physical activity to improve older adult health and independence


Tom Horey

Mental Health & Disability Officer

t.horey2@herts.ac.uk

Support a range of partner organisations to enable better use of physical activity to benefit those living with a disability and/or poor mental health.


Sarah Keen

Long COVID Officer

s.keen2@herts.ac.uk

Lead all areas of the Partnership’s Long COVID & Physical Activity project.


Viki Huszar
Active Local Officer - Sele

v.huszar@herts.ac.uk

Project officer for our placed-based work in Sele (East Herts).


Will Slemmings
Strategic Lead – Physical Activity for Health

w.slemmings@herts.ac.uk

Lead HSP’s work championing the importance of physical activity to improve our populations health.


Zoe McKeating
Project Assistant - Health Team

z.mckeating@herts.ac.uk

Supporting and upskilling a range of partner organisations on the benefits of physical activity to benefit those with poor health, with a specific focus on mental health.