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

Sports Project Officer

a.varran2@herts.ac.uk

Active Communities (developing Sport and Physical Activity opportunities to counter inequality)

Active Lives Children and Young People Survey and junior parkrun

Crime Reduction through Sport

 


Benjamin Woodford

Graduate Project Lead

b.woodford@herts.ac.uk


Britney Mangani

Graduate Marketing Executive

b.mangani@herts.ac.uk


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).


Changeev Sivaharan

Graduate Finance Analyst

c.sivaharan@herts.ac.uk


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
Team Lead - Place (Active Local) and Marketing Communications

c.stratford@herts.ac.uk

Team Lead for the Partnership’s place-based work, known as Active Local.

Strategic oversight for the Partnership's Marketing and Communications.


Davinia Thacker
Finance & HR Officer

d.thakkar2@herts.ac.uk

Providing financial management and HR support for the team.


Emily Vidor

Graduate Project Lead

e.vidor@herts.ac.uk


Emma Catlin
Project Officer – Children & Young People

e.catlin@herts.ac.uk

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


Faye Lahiffe
Project Assistant - Children & Young People

f.lahiffe2@herts.ac.uk

Lead Project Assistant for Early Years, Summer Parks and Park Play.


Hafsa Nabi

Graduate Insight and Evaluation Analyst

h.nabi2@herts.ac.uk


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 - Sport Welfare

j.gamble2@herts.ac.uk

Lead Officer in supporting sports club for Welfare matters


Josh Hardy
Children & Young People Admin Assistant 

j.hardy5@herts.ac.uk


Kiyana Fryer
Children & Young People Assistant

k.fryer2@herts.ac.uk

Project Assistant for the Summer Parks Programme


Lily Jones
Children & Young People Assistant

l.jones25@herts.ac.uk

Lead Project Assistant for the Daily Mile and Project Assistant for Park Play.


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.


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

Graduate Project Lead

v.huszar@herts.ac.uk


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.