Meet The Team - Herts Disability

Our Staff

Photo of Abi in her HDSF t-shirt. She is standing in a garden surrounded by flowers

Abi

Department: Staff

Abi did a weeks work experience with us in Year 10, and subsequently started volunteering at a disability athletics session. Abi has grown in confidence and has now joined us as a staff member working on Paralympic Roadshows and watersports…

Charlie

Department: Staff

Charlie is our Senior Instructor for HDSF – with ridiculously high energy levels and enthusiasm. All of our participants and parents love Charlie’s smiles, especially our junior adventure sessions where you’ll find him climbing mountains, swimming across oceans and much,…

John

Department: Staff

John is an instructor with HDSF who has decades of experience working in Herts County Council Day Services. When retirement from HCC was mentioned, some gentle encouragement to join the HDSF team may have been applied! John’s knowledge of Day…

Lucas

Department: Staff

Lucas joined the team to work in the holidays when he is not at college. Lucas is a firm favourite with children at our ever popular doughnutting sessions, competing with Charlie in the longest slide each session. Lucas is also…

Oliver

Department: Staff

Oliver has joined the team as a bike mechanic to work on our Bikes without Barriers programme for adults. Oliver likes supporting people learning about bikes maintenance as well as working out solutions when reconditioning bikes.

Pam

Department: Staff

Pam has joined the team having recently retired as a teacher. Pam is supporting sessions at Stanborough Park, in schools as well as working with our our community team.

Ros

Department: Staff

Ros is the Charity Director of HDSF and has been with the charity from day 1, when it began life as Herts Sport and Wellbeing Foundation. In her previous life, Ros was a secondary school teacher – is a qualified…

Sine

Department: Staff

Having worked for HDSF up until 2 years ago, I was so pleased to come back to become the charity’s Chief Operating Officer. My time away from HDSF was really interesting (working in a bookshop was my childhood dream) but…

Stoney

Department: Staff

Stoney is a Lead Instructor for HDSF who began life as a serial volunteer who will do anything for anyone. We initially convinced him to join our staff team to support our sessions for people with dementia and their families.…

Will S

Department: Staff

Will works with HDSF when home from University. Will spends a lot of time with our Paralympic Roadshow team as well as supporting other activities and events.

Our Volunteers

Abbie

Department: Volunteers

Abbie is a volunteer with HDSF Abbie started out as a participant on our adapted cycling sessions at Stanborough Park, and quickly tried out many more activities. Abbie very quickly showed her desire to want to do more than just…

Alice

Department: Volunteers

Alice is a volunteer for Herts Disability Sports Foundation. Alice is with the team one day a week supporting sessions at day services. Alice has made positive relationships with many of the participants and supports the delivery of dance, boccia…

Alice Too

Department: Volunteers

Alice joined HDSF cycling in October and quickly decided that she wanted to try every activity we can offer and more. Alice’s super power is speaking to people, so her volunteering role progressed very naturally, supporting events so far, but…

Karen

Department: Volunteers

Karen’s enthusiasm to establish appropriate activities for children with SEND who are home educated has resulted in a variety of sessions each week. Her varied personal experience has made her an invaluable sounding board, who checks and challenges in a…

Martina

Department: Volunteers

Martina is a Para Athlete achieving 4th place in World Championships 2017 in T20 long jump. Martina volunteers with HDSF in the holidays on our sessions for young people, helping to inspire children and parents by seeing what she has…

Ryan

Department: Volunteers

Ryan became a participant in 2020 when lockdown forced all of his regular daily activities to stop. Ryan attended the pilot online sessions with his friends from the Eagles Boccia Club and with a month he was attending sessions with…

Sue

Department: Volunteers

Sue is our amazing volunteer fundraiser Sue has worked tirelessly to identify and write grant applications for the past 3 years. She listens to our mad ideas and formulates them into funding applications that have been incredibly successful. Without Sue…

Our Trustees

Alex

Department: Trustees

I have many happy childhood memories of taking part in horse riding with riding for the disabled, cycling on my adapted trike and swimming at my local sport centre. In all these activities I benefited from advice and support from…

Maria

Department: Trustees

Maria is an experienced risk manager, predominately in the financial services industry, with knowledge of corporate risk and charity governance, and has been a trustee of the HDSF board since 2017. Maria is a Business Management Graduate from Middlesex Business…

Maria V

Department: Trustees

Maria has followed the whole journey of HDSF from volunteer, staff and is now a trustee. Maria was a Para Athlete representing England at Commonwealth Games 2018 in T35 100m at the Gold Coast. Maria life has been quite an…

Patrick

Department: Trustees

Chair of trustees I have been working in the Disability, Leisure, Dance and Movement sector for over 15 years with the last ten primarily focused on using Dance and Movement as a tool to drive positive change in the local…

Sarah

Department: Trustees

Sarah has been a trustee since October 2017. Whilst her career has spanned 20 years in Local Authority Housing, she joined the board of trustees to become the parent voice. Sarah has 2 daughters who both have physical disabilities, the…

Tom

Department: Trustees

Having become a tetraplegic and full-time wheelchair user following a Rugby injury in 2010, I am passionate about organisations that deliver fun activities for disabled people. During my time working at the Herts Sports Partnership, I have had the opportunity…