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Our Team

We are a friendly bunch who enjoy encouraging people to be active. Find out who’s who and how we achieve our 150 active minutes each week.

Our team works across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. For email addresses and phone numbers, please see individual team member profiles below.

Energise Me Team

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Bethany Brown, Marketing and Communications Officer

Bethany uses our social media to reduce physical inactivity.

Cicely Oreffo, Creative Programme Officer

Cicely helps Culture in Common behind the scenes.

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Carmen Bedford, Finance Officer

Carmen helps Energise Me's operations run smoothly.

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Debbie Aslin, Head of Marketing and Communication

Debbie oversees campaigns to inspire active lives.

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Dave Sherwood, Workforce Development Officer

Dave is excited to support the physical activity workforce.

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Emily Khural, Health Manager

Emily encourages health professionals to prescribe movement.

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Emma Dovener, Active Communities Manager

Emma creates opportunities for young people to be active.

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Grace Stansbury, Head of Finance

Grace keeps our team on track to achieve the charity's goals.

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Helen Fisher, Deputy Chief Executive

Helen champions physical activity for health.

Jacqui Ibbotson, Programme Director

Jacqui oversees New Forest programme Culture in Common.

Jasmine Matthews, Programme Manager

Jasmine manages the day‑to‑day delivery of Culture in Common.

Joanna Daniels, Learning and Development Manager

Joanna supports the workforce to become bold leaders.

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Julie Amies, Chief Executive

Our team captain, Julie motivates us all to beat inactivity.

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James Douglas, Marketing and Content Officer

James helps keep physical activity on people's radar.

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Kelly Bailey, Children and Young People Officer

A gymnast, Kelly boosts physical activity in schools.

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Laura Jones, Place Programme Manager

Laura is connecting communities with activities in their area.

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Penny Woods, Head of Place Based Development

A Masters hockey star, Penny is an energetic programmes lead.

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Rebecca Gould, Physical Activity Clinical Champion

Becky helps health professionals speak about physical activity.

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Sharon Robertson, Head of Children and Young People

A busy mum and coach, Sharon knows how to get children active.

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Sophie Burton, Head of Insight, Evaluation and Workforce

Sophie leads on our insight work and workforce strategy.

Sue Dewhirst, Health Manager

Sue supports health partners to encourage patients to move more.

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Sue Forber, Sport Welfare Officer

Sue helps local clubs with their safeguarding practices.

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Utpaladhi Boak, Admin Officer

Utpaladhi supports the smooth running of the Energise Me team.

Our Partners

Helping us tackle inactivity to boost health and happiness