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Meet The Team

Senior Leadership Team

Kirk Williams

Head of Sports Participation

Andy Homent

Activity Programme Manager / Interim Head of Communications

Kelly Rees

Head Of Education & Employability

Luke Godfrey

Head of Health & Inclusion

Premier League Primary Stars Officer

Sports Participation Team

Lewis Bloom

Elite Development Academy Manager

Nick Hunt

Female Football Development Manager

Dan Moss

Senior Sports Participation Delivery Officer

Charlie Lauri

Senior Sports Participation Delivery Officer

Ashley Lamb

Senior Sports Participation Delivery Officer

Jason Carr

Sports Participation Delivery Officer

Ashley Lamb

Senior Sports Participation Delivery Officer

Jason Carr

Sports Participation Delivery Officer

Health & Inclusion Team

Sam White

Senior Health & Inclusion Development Officer

Harry Challis

Health & Inclusion Delivery Officer

Sam White

Senior Health & Inclusion Development Officer

Harry Challis

Health & Inclusion Delivery Officer

Education & Employability Team

Paul Withams

Senior Education Delivery Officer

Atia Nazmin

Education Delivery Officer

Will Allen

Premier League Primary Stars Officer

Senior Education Delivery Officer

Atia Nazmin

Education Delivery Officer

Will Allen

Premier League Primary Stars Officer

Apprentices

George Deans

Apprentice

Patrick L'Esperance

Apprentice

Bonnie Adams

Apprentice

Owen Edwards

Apprentice

Callula Ashby

Apprentice

Project Manager

Juliet Shayler

Project Manager

Juliet Shayler

Project Manager

Chief Executive

Mark Gaitskell

Chief Executive Officer

Mark Gaitskell

Chief Executive Officer

Ambassadors

John Lavender

Ambassador

Mark Gaitskell

Chief Executive Officer

Mark Gaitskell

Chief Executive Officer

Kirk Williams

Head of Sports Participation

Kirk joined Wycombe Wanderers Foundation many years ago as an apprentice. During his time with the charity Kirk progressed into various roles and now overlooks both our very successful Elite & Development Academy and our Activity Programme strands of operation.

Kirk has a relentless passion for coaching and developing young footballers to be the very best they can be and his vast experience has assisted him in developing his coaching skills to an extremely high level. Kirk is a UEFA A-Licence coach with over 15 years’ experience working within both Category 1 & 3 academy environments.

Away from the office and training pitch, Kirk enjoys spending time with his family and as much time as possible on the golf course.

Simon Wears

Head of Health

Simon joined Wycombe Wanderers Foundation in August 2021 following 12 years working for Berks & Bucks Football Association as the Football Development Manager.

Having worked his way up from a Football Development Officer to Football Development Manager Simon also had several internal roles at The FA including futsal coordinator, national walking football committee member and Rainbow Laces campaign committee member.

In his spare time, Simon enjoys paddle boarding, surfing and cycling. Simon also volunteers for the Wave Project supporting children with mental health issues through surfing.

Luke Godfrey

Head of Inclusion & Cohesion

Luke joined Wycombe Wanderers Foundation in January 2022 following 6 years of working within the sport charity industry, including spells at other football club charitable arms including Watford FC and MK Dons.

Luke is passionate about using sport as a tool to facilitate community development and enjoys supporting people of all ages, particularly those who are currently disengaged, to reach their full potential.

A keen football fan, outside of work Luke can be found coaching at his grassroots club, Everett Rovers, as well as watching live matches when possible.

Lewis Bloom

Elite Development Academy Manager

Lewis began coaching at the Wycombe Wanderers Foundation EDA sessions in June 2015 while studying for his Master’s degree at Chichester University.

Due to his fantastic coaching skills, excellent rapport with parents and the positive learning environment that he created while with us part-time, he was the outstanding candidate when a full-time position became available.

Lewis has now been with us for over 3 years as a full-time member of staff and holds the role of our Elite Development Academy Manager.

Lewis manages both our boys and girls EDA pathways while also taking the lead in developing our EDA coaching team.  Lewis currently has his youth award and is a UEFA B licenced coach and is looking to continue his coach education by enrolling onto a UEFA A-Licence in the near future.

Andy Homent

Activity Programme Manager

Andrew joined the Wycombe Wanderers Foundation team in April 2015 as Lead Delivery Officer and quickly improved the quality of our coaches delivery through a programme of detailed training.

Following on from the departure of the previous Activity Programme Manager in October 2015 Andrew was promoted and now leads the department which encompasses all our community coaching activities such as schools work and holiday courses.

An extremely likeable character, Andrew uses his passion for football to engage with various stakeholders and increase our levels of delivery to ensure that as many local people as possible are participating in sport and reaping the benefits that sport can offer.

Charlie Lauri

Delivery Officer (Sports Participation)

Charlie is in his second spell of employment with Wycombe Wanderers Foundation, having worked for us part-time from 2014 to 2016, before leaving to expand his knowledge at other clubs such as Reading FC & Chelsea.

Charlie is one of our WWSET Delivery Officers and is responsible for leading high-quality sessions out in the community as part of our Activity Programme & EDA offerings.

Charlie holds his UEFA B-License and FA Goalkeeping Level 2 and, with all the knowledge he has picked up from his many years of coaching, is a huge asset to the Foundation.

Charlie is looking to work towards his UEFA A-License and the UEFA B Goalkeeping License in the near future.

Outside of work, Charlie is a player for his local side Woodley United.

Ashely Lamb

Delivery Officer (Sports Participation)

Ashley joined Wycombe Wanderers Foundation as a casual community coach in 2014 while completing his FA Level 2.

After gaining valuable experience at our after-school clubs and holiday soccer schools he pushed to expand his knowledge at the university level. On the completion of his degree in Sports Coaching, Ashley took on a full-time role with us in the summer of 2019.

He has since worked closely with a number of schools in the area, and within WW Foundation’s Elite Development Academy, providing young players with exceptional learning experiences through his sessions. Bringing high levels of enthusiasm and work ethic, Ashley has the desire to further expand his expertise and complete his UEFA B licence in the near future.

Outside of work Ashley enjoys spending time with his family and friends, traveling the world and playing a number of sports including table tennis and American football.

Jason Carr

Delivery Officer

Jason is a Delivery Officer who joined the team back in September 2019, initially as an apprentice, after previously working for Hercules Sports for 18 months.

Jason currently holds his FA Level 2 football coaching award as well as an AFPE Level 3 Certificate in Supporting Delivery of PE and School Sports. In the near future Jason hopes to continue his development by completing his UEFA B-Licence.

Since being with us, Jason has worked closely with a number of schools providing high quality in-school and after-school coaching sessions. He also delivers on our holiday camps providing fun, engaging days of football. Furthermore, Jason works within the Foundations Elite Development Academy, where he passes on his knowledge to the players coming through the academy.

Outside of work, Jason is 1st team coach at Aylesbury Vale Dynamos FC. He enjoys spending time with friends and family and loves being out on the golf course with his mates.

Paul Withams

Senior Delivery Officer (Education)

Paul joined Wycombe Wanderers Foundation in February 2020 following a teaching career in primary education that started way back in the last century – 1989 to be precise!

As a former Head Teacher, Paul brings a wealth of experience and knowledge of all aspects of primary education. Alongside his classroom and leadership responsibilities, he organised all the sport within the schools he taught at, successfully coaching football, cricket, rounders, netball, handball and athletics.

Paul enjoys watching all sports, especially cricket and has been a big Wycombe Wanderers fan since the Martin O’Neill days. All three of his children are Wanderers fans, all having held season tickets for many years, with his son working as part of the matchday staff.

Paul also plays cricket for a local village team, as well as refereeing in youth football within South Bucks and the Chilterns.

Atia Nazmin

Delivery Officer (Education)

Atia joined the Wycombe Wanderers Foundation team in January 2020 having spent the previous six years volunteering in the community by planning, delivering and supporting projects in a range of sports. Through sport, she has aided many people achieve good physical health, facilitated opportunities to socialise and supported people with their mental health.

Atia has the skill, experience and passion for engaging youths in sports and prides herself on the relationships she is able to forge. Many young children look up to her as a role model and take great confidence from her can-do attitude.

Atia also enjoys breaking stigmas surrounding female participation in sport and her positive attitude encourages others to break boundaries. Atia likes to meet people from varying backgrounds and of a range of ages as she believes we all have something to learn from each other, thus teamwork comes naturally to her.

Atia holds a Level 1 qualification in Rounders and Football and hopes to develop on these. She has also received the Active in Bucks: Volunteer of The Year Award 2017 for her voluntary work within the community.

Will Allen

Schools Football Officer

Will joined Wycombe Wanderers Foundation in January 2022 as a School’s Football Officer having graduated from Royal Holloway University in 2020 and completed his PGCert in Education Studies in 2021. Before joining the team Will worked as a holiday activity leader and enjoys working with young people.

Will loves watching and playing sport and is passionate about football. He hopes to combine his interest in education and sport in this role.

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Yvette Thomas

Yvette has worked with Buckinghamshire Council for the past 20 years – initially as a School Improvement Adviser and currently as Equalities and School Improvement Manager for Children’s Services. An educator for the past 30 years she has worked in a range of educational institutions and has Secondary Headship experience. Yvette has during her career also been seconded to UNESCO and UNICEF working on flagship projects. Bringing schools together from different contexts has been an area of work that Yvette has been involved in both in the Caribbean and UK.

She has spoken at national conferences on partnership working with schools on Community Cohesion issues and has supported over 60 schools in the County via the Linking Network to work in pairs on the diversity and community cohesion agenda. As a result, Yvette was invited to become a member of The Linking Network Board which oversees this work across the country.

Yvette is also co-author of a chapter in a book entitled ‘Education in the Commonwealth Caribbean and Netherland Antilles’ (2014). Yvette has a passion for training and regularly delivers training to teachers, senior leaders and school Governors. She has annually supported Wycombe Wanderers FC and Show Racism the Red Card to deliver events at Adams Park for Primary pupils in the local area. Yvette proudly sits on the Show Racism the Red Card South East Advisory Group.

To date, Yvette insists her greatest achievement has been raising three well rounded and balanced children who she adores.