THE WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE AND WHY OF KENT’S CAMPAIGN FOR THE 2012 GAMES
WHO : WHAT : WHEN : WHERE : WHY :
THE MEMBERSHIP OF KENT'S COORDINATING GROUPS FOR THE GAMES AND OF THE SECTORAL TASK GROUPS
Kent Coordinating Group for the 2012 Games .
That initial group has now evolved into the Kent Coordinating Group for the 2012 Games
Chairman- Chris Hespe, Head of Sport, Leisure and Olympics Service, Kent County Council
Kent Manager for the 2012 Games - Stephanie Holt
Arts - Sally Staples, KCC’s Cultural Development Unit
Business - Maxine Adam, Senior Manager - Programmes, Business Link Kent
Communications & Media - Tanya Oliver, Head of Strategic Development, Kent County
Council
Community Safety and Security - Inspector Mark Pearson, Kent Police
Disability/Equity - Mike Bishop, Sports Development Manager (Disability), Kent County
Council
District Councils- Mark Carty (Head of Cultural Services, Ashford Borough Council) David
Ford (Cultural Development Manager, Canterbury City Council), Trevor Gasson (DCE,
Maidstone Borough Council), Stephen Jefferson (Regeneration – Sports Development
Officer, Dartford Council)
Further Education - Malcolm Bell, KAFEC chairman, Principal, North West Kent College
Higher Education - Professor Keith Mander, HEKAM member, Pro Vice Chancellor,
University of Kent at Canterbury
International Context - TBC
Inward Investment - Paul Wookey, Chief Executive, Locate in Kent
I.T - Chris Walker, Sports Development Unit Strategic Projects Manager, Kent County Council
Medway Council- Bob Dimond, Medway Manager for the 2012 Games
Regeneration/Economic Development - Jim McKenzie, Economic Development Manager,
Kent County Council
Schools- Danny O’Donovan, Head Teacher of Herne Bay Sports College, and member of
Kent Secondary Transformation Team.
Skills and Training - Tony Edmunds, Learning & Skills Council
Sport - Martin Laws, Chairman Kent County Forum for Sport
Tourism - Sandra Matthews-Marsh, Chief Executive, Kent Kent Tourism Alliance
Transport - Mick Sutch, Head of Planning and Transport Strategy, Kent County Council
Volunteering - Charlotte Osbourn-Howard, Kent Volunteers Centres, Maidstone Volunteer Centre
Arts
Sally Staples (Chairperson) - KCC Head of Cultural Development Unit
Shaminder Bedi KCC - Website
of the Gravesend Sikh Community
Andy Brown English Heritage - English Heritage (South East)
Esme Chilton Creative Partnerships
Nick Ewbank Creative Foundation
Gina Fegan South East Media Network
Michele Gregson - KCC Kent Advanced Skills Teacher
Stephanie Holt Kent Manager for the 2012 Games - Kent's
Campaign for the 2012 Games
Sophie Jeffery Arts Council, South East -The Arts Council
Eilidh Krishnan - Kent Youth County Council
Janice McGuiness East Kent Cultural Strategy Group
Jo Nolan Screen South
Dermot O’Brien UKC University of Kent
Victoria Pomery Turner Contemporary Turner
Contemporary
Gurvinder Sandher - North West Kent REC
Uwe Derksen UCCA
Indi Sandhu KCC
Sue Sparks KCC
Pascale Blackburn KCC
Mandy Twaites - Medway Council
Len Mayatt, KALCO
Sam Vasudevan, Kent Youth County Council
Stevie Rice - DADA South
Communications and Media
Stephanie Holt Kent Manager for the 2012 Games -
Kent's Campaign for the 2012 Games
Tanya Oliver (Chairperson) KCC
Lisa Whitbread KCC
A virtual group has additionally been set up to take this work forward working with key media agencies accross the County
Economic Development & Regeneration
Paul Barrett Canterbury 4 Business
Mandy Bearne Locate in Kent
Maxine Adam Business Link Kent
Kate Greenaway SEEDA
Stephanie Holt Kent Manager for the 2012 Games -
Kent's Campaign for the 2012 Games
Stephen Kingsman Denne
David Liston-Jones North Kent Thames Gateway
Greg MacDonald Swale Forward
Megan McKibbin Kent Economic Board (KEB)
Jim McKenzie KCC
Matt Peacock Medway Council
Debasish Sen Federation of Small Businesses
Kathy Wadsworth Medway Council
Janet Waghorn East Kent Partnership
Michael Ward Kent Thameside
Janice Wasson Channel Corridor Partnership
Schools & Young People
Danny O’Donovan (Chair) Herne Bay High School
Nigel Baker KCC Youth Services
Jacqueline Bryden Kent Association of Sports Development Officers
Martin Carter Kent Police
Sharon Denney KCC – Teacher advisor for PE
Jo Eames Valence School
Michele Gregson - Kent Advanced Skills Teacher
Nathan Hazeldene - Kent School Sports Manager
Carol Healy KCC Healthy Schools Programme
Stephanie Holt Kent Manager for the 2012 Games -
Kent's Campaign for the 2012 Games
Sheena Watson Creative Partnerships
Sally Staples - KCC Head of Cultural Development
Jacqueline Bryden, KASDO
Janet Davies, KCC Libraries & Archives
Skills & Training
Sonia Allen Medway 14-19 Consultant
Louise Beck Connexions
Kent & Medway
Malcolm Bell KAFEC/North West Kent College
Deborah Benton Kent Works
Gill Burns - Kent Association of Training Organisations
Caroline Chambers Channel Chamber of Commerce -
Shepway Borough Council
Sue Dunn KCC, Vocational Development
Tony Edmunds Learning and Skills Council (LSC)
Barry Francis TUC Union
Learn
Emily Haswell KCC
Stephanie Holt Kent Manager for the 2012 Games -
Kent's Campaign for the 2012 Games
Vernon Hull Gateway Knowledge Alliance
Melodie Macnamara - Job Centre Plus
Stephen Ramkissun ALPSE -
Learning Providers
Keith Mander, HEKAM
Lynda Russell, Job Centre Plus
Sports
Martin Laws (Chair) - County Forum for Sport
Mike Bishop KCC Disability Sport -
www.kentsport.org/disability
Jacqueline Bryden - KASDO
Kevin Day Performance & Excellence -
www.kentsport.org
David Ford KALCO
Kevin Fordham Commercial Sport
Chris Hespe KCC - www.kentsport.org
Stephanie Holt Kent Manager for the 2012 Games -
Kent's Campaign for the 2012 Games
Chris Metherell KCC Facilities - www.kentsport.org
Gurvinder Sandher - North West Kent REC
Claire Thomas UKC
Mike Wilkins UKC
Tourism
Sandra Matthews-Marsh (Chairman) - Visit Kent
Stephanie Holt Kent Manager for the 2012 Games -
Kent's Campaign for the 2012 Games
Ruth Wood - Visit Kent
Lyndsey Bennet - Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council
Trevor Bond - Ramada Hotel
Dawn Bowen - Maidstone Borough Council
Helen Ellis - Hilton Hotel
Sarah Hirsch - Dickens World
Stephanie Holt - Kent Manager for the 2012 Games
Simon Hookway - Gravesham Borough Council
Louise Hopkins - Shepherd Neame
Rose Joyner - Eurotunnel
Chris Kirkham - Discover Folkestone
Michael Marchand - Thistle Hotel
Karen McCaughan The Hop Farm
Carey Miles Canterbury River Tours
Michelle Perree National Trust
Transport
Richard Christian Dover Harbour Board
Stephanie Holt Kent Manager for the 2012 Games -
Kent's Campaign for the 2012 Games
Stephen Jolly ODA
Neil Instone Stagecoach
Paul Johnson Fasttrack
David Miller Southeastern -
www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
Malcolm Spalding Arriva
Mick Sutch KCC
Volunteering
Russell Fairman KCC -
www.kentsport.org/volunteer
Stephanie Holt Kent Manager for the 2012 Games -
Kent's Campaign for the 2012 Games
Carole Kincaid KCC/ Volunteering
England
Melodie Macnamara Job Centre Plus
Peter Nicolls Kent Volunteers Advisory Group
Charlotte Osborn-Howard Maidstone Volunteering Bureau
Sarah Williams Swale CVS
Gail Walker, Connexions Kent & Medway