A passionate, experienced team, helping children, young people and families achieve, thrive, and flourish
Community Activities Team
Claire - Community Coach & HAF Leader
Krys - Core Coach
Stevie - Community Coach (Rugby)
Charmayne - Community Coach
Hannah - Community Coach
Adam - Community Coach
Kayna - Sessional Assistant
Megan - Sessional Assistant
Beth - Community Coach
Nick - Coach Coach (Tennis)
Volunteer Young Leaders
Alisha - Young Volunteer Leader
Lucy - Young Volunteer Leader
Holly - Young Volunteer Leader
Communities Support Team
Jay - Partnerships & Community Projects Manager (Basildon area)
Vicky - Partnerships Manager (Southend area)
Kelly - Neighbourhood Connector & Volunteers coordinator (Basildon area)
Louise - Sessional Assistant
Iwona - Neighbourhood Connector (Southend area)
Jade - Neighbourhood Connector Assistant
Danielle - Admin and Finance Assistant
Jack - Apprentice
Ash - Positive Futures Manager
Connor - Positive Futures Assistant
Mira - Neighbourhood Connector Assistant
Amber - ATF Operations Coordinator
Chloe - Apprentice
Senior Support Team
Stuart - Chief Executive Officer
Rachael - Physical Education and HAF Manager
Stuart - Communities Manager and ParkPlay Coordinator
Rob - Impact Manager
Board of trustees
Dr David Sollis - Chair of the Board
A launcher and leader of innovative services, my profile spans a broad array of senior positions, qualifications and voluntary contributions. Building on career foundations in insurance, I found success in academic and vocational education with a PhD in Theology.
For the past 15 years, I have operated within the third sector, delivering optimal outcomes for hundreds of beneficiaries through membership groups, community projects, income generation and fund raising. Currently, I lead a reputed, impactful health & social care charity as its CEO. The role enables me to influence the landscape of health & social care in Essex, and I have led at the highest strategic level, covering integrated care systems, health & wellbeing boards and as a leader within the Essex Assembly.
I have been appointed as a trustee for Active Essex, and I am a member of the St Johns Church PCC, supporting a children’s home and sustainable farm in Romania.
Lee Monk - Vice Chair of the Board
Lee is a Relationship Manager and the Children and Young People Lead at Active Essex. Lee has been working in the sport and physical activity sector for the past ten years and joined the ATF board of trustees in March 2021.
Lee has always been passionate about people that spark positive change in their communities and firmly believes that engaging in sport and physical activity is one of the best ways to change lives for the better.
Lee firmly believes that ATF has passionate, highly-skilled staff, volunteers and community assets doing an amazing job and he is proud to be a trustee of a charity that makes such a big difference to so many people’s lives.
Lynsey Hurd - Trustee
Head of Business Development for South Essex Property Services . Lynsey is CIPD qualified and has experience of marketing, communications, compliance, project management and governance.
Lynsey has a passion for health and well-being and is proud to be on the Board and to support the proactive work of ATF.
When not working, Lynsey can be found running, walking, swimming or camping in the great outdoors .
Steve Reid - Trustee
“Helping kids enjoy sport and exercise means a lot to me. Sport gives children discipline. Sport helps them to learn about teamwork; both valuing each other’s strengths and the importance of communication. And, of course, it helps keep kids moving and all the health benefits that that brings.”
Steve has been an ATF coach for nearly 2 years and feels privilege to be able to share rugby and cricket skills with those who would otherwise not have had access to the game. Seeing first-hand the difference that ATF coaches can make in the local community.
A RFU rugby coach at Rochford Hundred RFC since 2007. Coaching a local club team from age 7 right through to age 18. Dealing with the challenges that brings seeing boys go through adolescence, keeping them focussed, plus tactfully managing parent feedback.
Steve is the Rochford Hundred Rugby Football Club (RHRFC) Schools Liaison Officer and develops and leads weekly sessions at local schools.
Also leading and coaching the weekly RHRFC Little Rascals club, providing a fun experience for 2- to 6-year-olds as their first taste of rugby.
Past Sporting passions were amateur boxing for Rochford ABA 15 years.
In addition to being a coach, over the last 20 years, Steve has been employed as a professional portrait, wedding, and commercial photographer. Prior to this working as a tool-setter for Lighting & Ceiling Louvres Limited Industries and, prior to that for Johnson Controls International.
Andy Knight - Trustee
Andy has worked in the sport and leisure industry for over 22 years and has a passion to help people become more active and healthier.
Andy has benefited from working across different sectors within the industry, including working for one of the host Boroughs for the London 2012 Olympic games.
Sport and Physical Activity has always been part of Andy’s life and not just a career choice. Andy played sport from an early age and was fortunate to play hockey for Leicestershire. In addition to playing team sports, he has taken part in numerous endurance events, including marathons, ultra marathons, ironman event and cycling from Lands’ End to John O Groats.
Andy has also volunteered in his local community for many years as a sports coach in both football and Hockey, and more recently as a Park Play Leader at the Great Wakering Park Play. Andy has also volunteered as part of the Operational Team for the Ladies Hockey World Cup which was held in London.
Andy believes that having opportunities to take part in sport and physical activity, as well as the wider relational benefits it brings, is key to people’s health and wellbeing. This is why Andy is passionate to support the work of ATF as a trustee.
“ATF are changing the lives of not only individual people but whole communities and I am proud to be a part of such an organisation.”
-Andy Knight, ATF Trustee
Scott Logan - Trustee
Scott Logan is a chief executive with a strong track record of leading, directing and delivering high impact, transformational and sustainable change in organisations. Scott brings an open, accessible and energetic management style, with visible personal leadership and engagement.
Scott is an enthusiastic advocate for collaborative working across private, voluntary and public sectors, and under Scott’s leadership Basildon Council is leading the regeneration of the 1950s New Town. Scott puts a keen emphasis on partnership working in his roles as Chair of the Essex Chief Executives Forum and CEO sponsor for devolution across South Essex – encouraging partners from across sectors and industries to seek the best possible deal for local and regional residents and mutual benefits to partners.
Scott is a vocal supporter of his teams, investing time and energy into ensuring the council is inclusive, respectful and supportive of new and developing talent – an employer of choice for those building a career in local authority.
Scott is a key voice as the lead chief executive within the Association of South Essex Local Authorities (ASELA), overseeing programmes such as the development of South Essex Advanced Technical Skills (SEATS) – a unique business-led, higher education provider for the South Essex region.
Scott is also the Chief Executive Essex Champion for the Active Essex Local Delivery Pilot. The pilot is a multi-agency collaboration focused on increasing physical activity of people living in low socio- economic areas of the Basildon borough. Scott’s energy and passion is ensuring a systemwide approach to tackling the barriers to health inequality, delivering long-term tangible solutions across local communities.
In addition to this, Scott has led work to set up a council-owned house building company (Sempra Homes), developed commercial arrangements with other organisations, and championed the use of new technologies to enhance service delivery.
Scott lives with his wife and two teenage children and is a long-suffering fan of West Bromwich Albion football team.