Roles of the Community Development Team
Community Development Team
Listed below are the contact details for members of Ribble Valley Borough Council Community Development Team. Please read the descriptions of peoples roles carefully so you know who best to direct your enquiry at.
Colin Winterbottom - Leisure and Sports Development Manager
Colin is responsible for the management of all leisure facilities in the borough. He also manages the borough's sports development section and has a lead on the Ribble Valley Sports & Activity Alliance.
E-Mail - colin.winterbottom@ribblevalley.gov.uk
Tel. No. 01200 414588
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Tom Bamber - Sports Development Officer
Tom is responsible for developing activity programmes and organising competitions which increase participation in sport and active recreation activity in priority sports eg. holiday programmes, with special priority towards those groups where participation is low.
He is also responsible for supporting local clubs in the form of providing support to specific sport development groups, increasing the number of qualified coaches, increase the recruitment of volunteers and developing school - club links.
Tom is the lead officer for the Ribble Valley for the submission of teams to the various county sports finals. He organises several school sport competitions throughout the academic year which feeds into the county finals programme.
As part of the Hyndburn and Ribble Valley School Sports Partnership, Tom performs a one day role as a School Sports Coordinator for the Bowland High School family cluster. He is tasked with raising school sport participation in his family of schools, more specifically, helping schools provide more OSHL opportuntities & increasing PE curriculum time.
E-Mail: Tom.bamber@ribblevalley.gov.uk
Tel. No: 01200 414553
Peter Fletcher - Community Sports Facilitator
Peter is responsible for making links between teenagers and sport, highlighting the benefits and advantages. He also tries to use sport as a tool to break down barriers and tackle many issues such as juvenile nuisance, criminal damage, and anti-social behaviour.
In the role he works with all key agencies to give a partnership approach to community sport and leisure.
Peter also manages the Selecta Activities Texting Service which allows young people to find out what sport and leisure opportunities there are for them in the Ribble Valley
Email: peter.fletcher@ribblevalley.gov.uk
Phone: 01200 414435
Text: 07971913330
Dominic Cooper - Outdoor Activity Development Officer
The scheme - developed to encourage people to build regular, moderate exercise into their daily routine, offers a range of circular walks to suit most abilities as part of a weekly 'led walk' programme.
If you have health problems that prevent you from doing demanding exercise or are currently inactive and are not sure where to start and would like some support to get you going and keep you motivated, perhaps this is the scheme for you !
Each walk is graded so that you can choose an option most suited to your current fitness levels. All the walks are free and are led by volunteer walk leaders.
To help us open up the scheme to as many people as possible, we are always looking for more volunteers - if you have a couple of hours to spare on a regular basis, why not join us, all support and help makes a difference, we can offer support and training and the opportunity to meet lots of new people and make new friends.
For further details about the scheme please contact ;
Email: dominic.cooper@ribblevalley.gov.uk
Phone: 01200 414484
Diane Miller - Leisure (Freedom) Card Officer
Diane is responsible for the efficient and effective running of the Leisure Management System. Co-ordinating all bookings onto the system and monitoring the usage at both Ribblesdale Pool and the Freedom Fitness Room @ Longridge Civic Hall.
Diane also supports the rest of the team collating information, and producing questionnaires leaflets and flyers as required.
Diane's main responsibility is the promotion, marketing, and management of the Leisure Card system.
Diane can be contacted on:
Tel: 01200 414586
e-mail: diane.miller@ribblevalley.gov.uk
Tracy Balko - Health and Fitness Development Officer
Tracy is responsible for the management of the Councils Health and Physical Activity projects including the 'Fitness for Life' exercise referral scheme and 'Heartwatch' cardiac rehabilitation scheme.
Tracy works in partnership with a variety of different agencies to develop and deliver accessible health related physical activity and exercise throughout Ribble Valley.
Tel: 01200 414484
Email: tracey.balko@ribblevalley.gov.uk
Simon Walton - Healthy Lifestyles Referral Officer
Simon supports the work of the Health and Fitness Development Officer and contributes as a member of the Sport and Leisure Division.
Tel. 01200 414484
Email: healthylifestyles@ribblevalley.gov.uk simon.walton@ribblevalley.gov.uk
Amanda Anstey - Healthy Lifestyles Referral Officer
Amanda supports the work of the Health and Fitness Development Officer and contributes as a member of the Sport and Leisure Division.
Tel. 01200 414484
E-mail: healthylifestyles@ribblevalley.gov.uk amanda.anstey@ribblevalley.gov.uk
Angela Harrison - Activity Coordinator
Angela coordinates the development of activity programmes at Civic Halls/Community Centres across the borough and through collaborative working with partners, raises the capacity and enable the activities established to become sustainable.
Tel. 01200 414581 / 01772 786669
E-mail: freedomfitness@btconnect.com / angela.harrison@ribblevalley.gov.uk
