Darren has enjoyed a career in the sport and leisure industry for over 25 years having started out as a local authority Sports Development Officer in the late 1990’s. He has held roles at Sport England and The Football Association and now works as an independent consultant.
Darren has been a Quest assessor for Active Communities since 2016 and has assessed a range of organisations including national leisure providers, Active Partnerships, local authorities, sports venues, and Governing Bodies.
Darren’s consultancy clients have included the Local Government Association, The FA, football club community organisations, local authorities, and Active Partnerships, working on a broad range of nationally significant projects as well as local community initiatives.
Skills
BSc (Hons) Sports Studies, CIMSPA member and Quest assessor.
Strategy development
Change management
Research and consultation
Monitoring and evaluation
Coaching and mentoring
Interests
Darren is a certified life coach and is particularly interested in supporting men in midlife to deal positively with the various challenges at this life stage.
Outside of work Darren is involved in football at a grassroots level as a coach with his son’s Under 13 team.
A keen music fan, Darren can often be found reminiscing at gigs involving bands from the 80’s and 90’s!
