Our Team
Meet the dedicated OnSide team that works tirelessly to make Youth Zones a reality.
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Chief Executive
Jamie joined OnSide in March 2017 to work with business leaders, local Councils and community partners to create new Youth Zones across the country, including…
View detailsDeputy 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…
View detailsDirector 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…
View detailsDirector 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…
View detailsDirector 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…
View detailsInterim Head of HR
Louise is a senior HR professional with a wealth of experience across the NHS, social housing, financial services and the charity sector, where she has…
View detailsStrategic Advisor
Kathryn was Chief Executive of OnSide for ten years until 2022, driving considerable growth of the OnSide Network and development of the OnSide Model. Prior…
View detailsSenior 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…
View detailsProject Director
Jamie joined OnSide as Project Director in 2017 to help us deliver new Youth Zones. Prior to joining OnSide, Jamie worked in Local Government for…
View detailsHead of Network Support
Clare heads up the Network Support team, leading on support, maintaining strong relationships and promoting collaboration across all the Youth Zones,. Network Support encompasses all…
View detailsHead of New Project Development
Vanessa joined OnSide in February 2022. She now leads ‘live’ Youth Zone projects nationally, taking them from the point of council approval up to pre-opening.…
View detailsSenior Philanthropy Manager (Hammersmith & Fulham)
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…
View detailsHead 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…
View detailsLee joined OnSide in January 2023 as a Project Manager in the Property & Construction Team. He will be responsible for the delivery of modern,…
View detailsProject Manager
Michael Schierenbeck joined OnSide in December 2022 as a Project Manager in the Property & Construction. Team and has over 20 years’ experience within the…
View detailsNetwork 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…
View detailsAssistant Surveyor
Michelle joined OnSide Youth Zones in February 2017 as Events Manager and enjoyed two years in that role. In 2019 she gained the opportunity to…
View detailsHead of Philanthropy (Capital Campaigns)
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…
View detailsHead of Philanthropy
Catherine Havers leads the Senior Philanthropy Managers responsible for Founder Patron support for new Youth Zones outside the south-east. Catherine also focuses time on developing…
View detailsSenior Philanthropy Manager
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…
View detailsSenior Philanthropy Manager
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…
View detailsDirector of Communications and Brand
Ochuko joined OnSide as Director of Communications and Brand in June 2020. Her role is to lead the marcomms team and develop and drive a…
View detailsCommunications 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…
View detailsCommunications and Brand Manager
Sadie joined the OnSide team in November 2021 as Communications and Brand Manager. Her role has a split focus, with half of her time dedicated…
View detailsDigital Communications Manager
Catrin joined OnSide as Digital Communications Manager in March 2021. With 10 years’ experience in marketing and communications, she has worked in the public, private…
View detailsSafeguarding Manager
Cath has recently joined OnSide and is home based with weekly travel across the Youth Zone Network. For the last 5 years Cath worked as…
View detailsVolunteer Development Manager
Georgia has recently joined OnSide in the new role of Volunteer Development Manager. For the last 6 years Georgia has worked in the charity sector;…
View detailsYouth 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…
View detailsHR 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…
View detailsHR Generalist
Dami joined OnSide in July 2019 and has worked in HR for 5 years for different organisations in the private sector from start-ups to more…
View detailsTalent Academy Manager
Zahra is OnSide’s Talent Academy Manager, ensuring an exceptional talent pipeline across the network to ultimately inspire the next generation.
View detailsTalent Academy Officer
Ria is OnSide’s Talent Academy Officer, who works alongside the team to implement new initiatives, as well as existing ones across the Network. With experience…
View detailsHead 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…
View detailsExecutive 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…
View detailsExecutive Assistant
Carrie joined OnSide in April 2022 as Executive Assistant to the Strategy Team, alongside secretariat support to the Trustee Boards of new Youth Zones and…
View detailsYouth Worker intern
Izzy joined OnSide in September 2021 as a Youth Worker intern on the Rank Aspire Programme supported by the Rank Foundation. She is working alongside…
View detailsHead of Openings
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…
View detailsHead of Openings
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…
View detailsSenior 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…
View detailsFinance Manager
Migena joined OnSide in January 2021 to provide financial management and advice to our London Youth Zones – working closely with the CEO’s and Trustees.…
View detailsSenior Finance Manager
Sharon Lever joined OnSide in August 2022; she brings over 15 years’ experience of financial management in the charity sector. Before joining OnSide, Sharon was…
View detailsSenior Finance Manager
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…
View detailsFinance Assistant
Angela joined OnSide in November 2017 as Finance Assistant. Angela previously worked for a domestic appliance repair organisation in the Finance department for 22 years,…
View detailsSystems Development & Data Insights Manager
Rachel was part of the original team at Manchester Youth Zone, where she spent five years as Administration Manager. Here Rachel developed a greater understanding…
View detailsSenior IT & Systems Manager
Duncan joined OnSide in February 2017. His role as Senior IT & Systems Manager sees him take a lead on the implementation of all systems,…
View detailsSystems Training Champion
Barbara has worked in the OnSide Network since before it began, started working at Bolton Lads & Girls Club as The Mentoring Project Office Administrator…
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