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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Nessa is a Paralympic athlete who competed in Rio and Tokyo – but she’s also an Instructor for HDSF. Ness competes in the F34 shot and she has , She achieved Gold in the 2018 European Para Championships, and Bronze…
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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 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…
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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…
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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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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.…
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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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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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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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