Presenters

Delia Beck, Partnerships Lead – Market Development & Active Environments

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Joe Lockley, the founder of Bright Star Boxing Academy has nine years of experience in sports management and building diverse partnerships to offer sport for social change. He has successfully developed and implemented unique approaches to utilising boxing-based education and mentoring programmes for tackling social issues and developing impactful and multi-award-winning programmes.

Rob has recently completed a BSc in Sports Fitness and Coaching, a PGCE and is currently studying for a Masters in Sports Leadership and Professional Development. It was during his university studies that he was first introduced to social prescribing to tackle mental health issues and it’s an area he continues to champion.

In his spare time Rob has used running to tackle mental health issues by running successful couch to 5km programmes that have seen people using physical activity as an alternative to prescribed medication

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David Reader is a graduate of both Loughborough University and Birkbeck, University of London with a wide background in sport and physical education. David started his career as a teacher and then moved in to the sport development sector, where he has held roles in two national governing bodies, Sport England and now at London Sport. As a Strategic Advisor, David has recently devised a new training programme for Social Prescribers across London, as part of his remit

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Natalie Austin is the Regional Head of Public Health Development for Everyone Active. She has created the first physical activity standard evaluation framework for EA and is developing a proportionate universalism approach to interventions across the South

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Diane Farmer is the Partnership Development Manager for Kings Park Moving Together, one of the 12 Sport England funded local delivery pilots.