Our Staff
Charlie
Department: Staff
Charlie is a Lead 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,…
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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…
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Rob
Department: Staff
Rob has joined the team as a bike mechanic to help with our Bikes without Barriers programme. Rob loves nothing more than salvaging parts and using them when reconditioning bikes for young people and adults who do not have one.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Jamie
Department: Volunteers
Jamie was part of our Instructability programme back in 2017, where people with disabilities are supported to become fitness instructors. Jamie has remained with the HDSF team as a volunteer assisting mainly in cycling and outdoor activities at Stanborough Park.…
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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…
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Maria
Department: Volunteers
Para Athlete representing England at Commonwealth Games 2018 in T35 100m at the Gold Coast. Maria was a member of staff until securing a full time role in her chosen profession, but still volunteers with HDSF
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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…
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Pete
Department: Volunteers
Pete is the youngest member of the team, who started volunteering with HDSF as part of his home education programme. He has grown in confidence tremendously over the past 4 years, and as a result of the skills and experience…
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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…
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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…
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Aihab
Department: Trustees
My role as the Treasurer for HDSF is to train staff on the accounts function and then oversee and supervise the financials, improve the internal control process, carry out the financial reporting and analysis and supervise the treasury function. I…
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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…
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Nicky
Department: Trustees
Nicky works for a management consultancy specialising in sports and leisure. Part of this work includes advising Councils on facility and service interventions to help encourage people with disabilities to increase their participation in physical activity. Previous to this…
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Niranjan
Department: Trustees
With over 25 years of experience in Financial Services, Marketing and Governance at large Financial Institutions across multiple geographies; I use my business experience and knowledge to assist companies and charities in their journey to become more efficient and grow.…
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