Dave currently works as an Active Partnerships Officer within the Active Wirral Wellbeing Team, providing strategic leadership across a diverse portfolio to increase participation in sport, physical activity, and health and wellbeing across the borough. He works closely with national partners to align local delivery with wider strategic priorities, embedding place-based work to ensure activity reflects the needs and priorities of local communities. With over 40 years’ experience at Wirral Council, Dave has progressed through senior leadership roles across Leisure and Sports Development, bringing extensive and successful expertise to the sector.
After taking a sabbatical to travel around the world between 1992 and 1993, Dave returned to the sector while completing a BSc and MSc in Sport Science. He has since built over 28 years’ experience in sport, physical activity, and health and wellbeing development, driving the strategic growth of community-based provision, sports development programmes, and participation opportunities.
Dave provides strategic leadership across stakeholder engagement, partnership development, and programme delivery. He has been instrumental in shaping and continuing to influence national initiatives, including Sport England’s Moving Communities programme, working with partners such as Sport England, 4Global, Active Net, and Sheffield Hallam University to strengthen insight and inform strategic delivery.
Dave also leads strategic collaboration with the University of Liverpool, applying spatial data and predictive modelling to target interventions and enhance decision-making.
Dave is committed to reducing inactivity and improving health and wellbeing outcomes through inclusive and sustainable approaches. |
