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Meet the dedicated OnSide team that works tirelessly to make Youth Zones a reality.
Chief Executive
Kathryn joined OnSide as Chief Executive in 2013, growing its thriving network of Youth Zones into a national movement, supporting 50,000 young people to reach…
Deputy Chief Executive
In 2008 Rob joined OnSide North West and, as Deputy Chief Executive, has responsibility for facilities development in addition to supporting Kathryn’s work. Rob leads…
Director of Fundraising
Alison oversees all philanthropic income generating activities and the Marketing team across both OnSide offices. The Fundraising team raises money from private individuals, corporates and…
Director of Operations
Jamie joined OnSide in March 2017 having worked previously with local councils in London delivering major projects and programmes including building new schools, libraries and…
Director of Finance
Fiona joined OnSide in July 2013. A qualified accountant, her career spans the public, private and third sectors. Fiona is responsible for managing the financial…
Director of HR
Debbie has worked in HR for 9 years for a range of different organisations including private, public and third sectors. The majority of her experience was working…
OnSide Network Director
Helen joined OnSide in 2015 as Network Director to ensure the OnSide family of Youth Zones are supported to reach their full potential and the highest…
Senior Advisor
During Jerry’s 32 years as Chief Executive at Bolton Lads & Girls Club, the club established its reputation as a world-class facility and model of…
Project Director - North
Jamie joined OnSide as Project Director in October 2017 to help deliver the organisations ambition to deliver 100 Youth Zones. Jamie will coordinate projects from…
Relationship Development Manager
Clare joined OnSide in January 2019 as Relationship Development Manager with a view to develop relationships with Local Authorities, community business leaders and other key…
Relationship Development Manager (South)
David joined Onside in April 2017 with over 15 years’ experience with charities transforming the lives of young people. After 6 years at The Prince’s…
Head of Property & Construction
Adam heads up the OnSide Property & Construction Team and is responsible for taking the lead role in managing the design, construction, delivery and maintenance…
Building Surveyor/Project manager
Andrew is a Chartered Building Surveyor with experience working in the property and construction industry. Andrew’s background is in providing project management, design and…
Network Facilities Manager
Andrew joined OnSide in 2018 and has over 20 years experience across all areas of facilities/building/project management, 15 of those in the public sector. Andrew’s…
Assistant Surveyor
Michelle joined OnSide Youth Zones in February 2017 as Events Manager and had the joy and privilege to be involved with some truly fantastic events. …
Head of Private Sector Development (North)
Julia joined OnSide in September 2019 and oversees the fundraising for new northern Youth Zones, leading on the capital fundraising for each, and line-manages the…
Head of Private Sector Development (South)Â
Isla joined OnSide in September 2020 and oversees the fundraising for new southern Youth Zones, leading on the capital fundraising for each, and line-managing the…
Head of Events and Community Fundraising
Lizzie's role supports Youth Zones to enhance event and community fundraising income. She works closely with Youth Zone Chief Executives and fundraising teams, providing fundraising…
Head of Private Sector Support
Kirsty is responsible for working with the three London Youth Zones to help them build and steward partnerships with individuals philanthropists, companies, trusts and foundations so…
Senior Philanthropy Manager
Lisa joined Onside in May 2018 as a Senior Philanthropy Manager, having spent the previous ten years managing an annual fund for the University of…
Louise joined the OnSide team in February 2017. Since the start of 2020 she has been leading the Founder Patron campaign for the new Grimsby…
Michelle joined OnSide in March 2021 after spending the past 12 years in fundraising roles in UK universities. Michelle has also worked internationally and in…
Jonny joined OnSide in August 2019 as a Major Donor Development Manager. He had spent the previous 10 years working in the education sector, most…
Head of Communications and Brand
Ochuko joined OnSide as Head of Communications and Brand in June 2020. Her role is to lead the marcomms team and develop and drive a…
Communications and Media Manager
Greg joined OnSide in August 2016 after spending six years working in the local media in Wigan. It was during his time at the Wigan…
Communications and Brand Manager
Amelia joined OnSide in May 2017 having previously spent three years at Blackburn Youth Zone as Communications Coordinator. With a BA(Hons) degree in Graphic Communication…
Safeguarding Manager
Lynn has been in post since May 2019 and is based in the Bolton office, but tends to spend up to half the week based…
Youth Programmes Manager
Pamela’s role is to project manage all of the network projects that assist the delivery of targeted services; this can be anything from health projects…
Interim Head of HR
Leighanne is Interim Head of HR working 10 hours per week from January 2021 covering some of the responsibilities of the Director of HR (on…
HR Support Manager
Chiara joined OnSide in 2012 having previously worked in both the voluntary and public sectors in HR and operations management. Chiara is responsible for the…
HR Generalist
Dami is OnSide’s London based HR Advisor. Dami provides hands on support and guidance to the Youth Zones regarding employee relations, and also proactively supports…
Talent Academy Manager
Zahra is OnSide’s Talent Academy Manager, ensuring an exceptional talent pipeline across the network to ultimately inspire the next generation.
Talent Academy Officer
Ria is OnSide’s Talent Academy Officer, who will work alongside the team to implement new initiatives, as well as existing ones across the Network. With…
Head of Trusts, Grants and Statutory
Simon joined OnSide in 2020 as Head of Trusts, Grants and Statutory in order to secure partnerships with charitable grant funders that help further enhance…
Grants and Trusts Manager
Alex joined OnSide in October 2020 as Grants and Trusts Manager for the three London Youth Zones – Future, Legacy and Unitas. She has five…
Executive Assistant
Sarah joined OnSide in May 2018 having previously worked as a Company Finance Officer and Personal Assistant within grassroots football. Sarah is Executive Assistant to…
Partnership Development & Community Engagement Manager
With over 30 years experience, Mark has worked in various roles including 10 years as a Detached Youth Work in Kings Cross and 12 years…
Openings Manager
David started at OnSide representing the views of young people throughout the development of a Youth Zone as a Youth Engagement Manager. He has now…
Phil's role is to aid opening of our Future Youth Zone projects. Phil has spent time as Youth Work Manager at Bolton Lads and Girls…
Senior Finance Manager
Chris started working for OnSide when the only two employees were Jerry Glover and Rob Carter, back in 2009, and his role then was to…
Andy joined OnSide in May 2017 having spent the previous 10 years as Finance Director of award winning debt counselling charity Christians Against Poverty, where…
Finance Manager
Migena joined OnSide in January 2021 to provide financial management and advice to our three London Youth Zones – Unitas, WEST and Basildon, working closely…
Tino joined the OnSide team in January 2021 with considerable financial management experience in education, health, and overseas development charities. Previously, he trained and qualified…
Finance Manager (North)
Paula joined the Onside team in October 2018 as Finance Manager, having previously worked in a variety of private sector companies. She has experience of…
Finance Assistant
Angela joined Onside in November 2017 as Finance Assistant. Â Angela previously worked for a domestic appliance repair organisation in the Finance department for 22 years,…
Youth Engagement Coordinator
Wayne has over 14 years experience working with young people ranging from, residential care, formal educational at The Manchester College and various youth provisions across…
Network Systems Manager
Rachel was part of the original team at The Factory Youth Zone in Manchester, where she spent five years as Administration Manager. Here Rachel developed…
Systems Implementation Manager
Duncan joined OnSide in February 2017. His role as Systems Implementation Manager sees him take a lead on the implementation of all systems, procedures and…
