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


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 – Peartree & Cowley Hill

c.stringer2@herts.ac.uk

Project Lead for our Placed-based work in Peartree (Welwyn Hatfield) and 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 Fennell
Workforce Development Officer

c.fennell2@herts.ac.uk

Support a range of partner organisations to have the right people with the right skills to get more people active in Hertfordshire.


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.


Helen Bailey
Communications Assistant (part-time)

h.bailey3@herts.ac.uk

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


Jane Hanna
Administration Assistant (part-time)

j.hanna2@herts.ac.uk

Providing administrative support for the team.


Jess Baird
Active Local Officer – Bedwell & Waltham Cross

j.baird2@herts.ac.uk

Project Lead for our Placed-based work in Bedwell (Stevenage) and Waltham Cross (Broxbourne).


Joe Gamble
Project Assistant - Children and Young People

j.gamble2@herts.ac.uk

Lead project assistant for Fit, Fed and Read.


Josh Hardy
Active Local Officer – South East Letchworth (Jackmans)

j.hardy5@herts.ac.uk

Project Lead for our Placed-based work in South East Letchworth (Jackmans) (North Herts).


Keren Wayman
Health Project Assistant (part-time) 

j.hardy5@herts.ac.uk

Provide administrative support to the HSP Health team.


Kiyana Fryer
Active Local Officer – Bennetts End

k.fryer2@herts.ac.uk

Project Lead for our Placed-based work in Bennetts End (Dacorum).


Lily Jones
Active Local Officer – South Oxhey

l.jones25@herts.ac.uk

Project Lead 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.


Maeve Cowley
Project Officer – Children and Young People

m.cowley2@herts.ac.uk

Lead officer for Early Years and the Fit, Fed and Read programme.


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


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.


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 Lead 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.