Contact Us

Volleyball England
SportPark
Loughborough University
3 Oakwood Drive
Loughborough
LE11 3QF

For general queries, please call 01509 974 700 or email info@volleyballengland.org.

Staff members' direct lines can be found below. Please note that while standard office hours are Monday-Friday, 9.30am-4.30pm, we operate a flexible working policy.

English Volleyball Association Limited, Registered in England number 02023635

Staff

Chief Executive Officer

Charlie Ford

Charlie plays a key role in leading and driving forward the organisation and the growth and development of the sport of volleyball in England. Liaising with national sports agencies, advising the Board, and taking an interest in all aspects of the sport are just a few of his key work areas.

c.ford@volleyballengland.org

Deputy CEO

Guin Batten

Guin leads staff in their day to day work delivery. She assists the CEO to ensure Volleyball England fulfills it's legal, statutory and regulatory responsibilities and is delivering on strategy.



g.batten@volleyballengland.org

01509 974 705

Chief Medical Officer

Dr Dane Vishnubala

Dane leads on all aspects of clinical governance and is to establish a Sport and Exercise Medicine (SEM) Volleyball network of practitioners to enhance the organisation’s approach to the athletic development of players across all three formats of the sport.

Financial Consultant

Kevin Fletcher

Kevin is responsible for the integrity and accuracy of the figures produced by Volleyball England. This is done by keeping up to date with the latest financial practices and maintaining robust financial systems and procedures. Kevin works part-time.


k.fletcher@volleyballengland.org

01509 974 685

Strategic Manager
(Workforce and Talent)

Gillian Harrison

Gillian helps us to better understand and promote the opportunities that volleyball provides for anyone, at any stage of their life. This includes managing the talent pathways for all disciplines and the technical development of education and training programmes.

g.harrison@volleyballengland.org

01509 974 691

Strategic Manager
(An Ace Service)

Rob Payne

Rob works collaboratively to deliver and continuously improve the products and services that most benefit the clubs and the wider volleyball community. This includes, but is not limited to, all Volleyball England competitions and events. Rob is also our Safeguarding Officer.

r.payne@volleyballengland.org

01509 974 698

Strategic Manager
(Get Keep Grow)

Laura Allcoat (nee Woodruff)

Laura strengthens the English club structure by helping clubs achieve their ambitions. This includes the development of membership packages, funding bids and supporting systems for administrators, players, coaches, officials, and volunteers. Laura is our Deputy Safeguarding Officer.

l.allcoat@volleyballengland.org

01509 974706

Strategic Manager
(Digital and Communications)

Matt Halfpenny

Matt is responsible for generating high-quality content assets, maintaining excellent levels of dialogue with the volleyball community and raising the sport's profile.


m.halfpenny@volleyballengland.org

01509 974 709

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(Get Keep Grow)

Hema Choudhary

Hema manages the community stakeholder relationship with the regions, counties and clubs. She also supports the Regions and Counties Community of Practice and Get Keep Grow Sub Group in their responsibilities towards the Volleyball England strategy ‘The Game Plan’.


h.choudhary@volleyballengland.org

Indoor Performance Director

John Forman

John leads on the management, development, and improvement of Volleyball England’s indoor talent system and networks. Critically, his role strives to develop a culture of continuous improvement across pathways and programmes to drive strategic progression and change within the organisation and sport.


j.forman@volleyballengland.org

Beach Performance Director


Kirk Pitman

Kirk works to shape and implement a high-performance beach volleyball programme within England at junior and senior level, ultimately working towards achieving even greater success on the world stage.


k.pitman@volleyballengland.org

National Coach Developer


Steve McKeown

Steve is a lead partner in transforming coach learning and development across all volleyball disciplines, with focus areas including helping coaches learn and develop, supporting coaches on the job, and assessing coaches’ performance.

s.mckeown@volleyballengland.org

Performance Beach Coach


Luis Bello

Luis delivers technical expertise to beach volleyball athletes at the top end of the performance programme, prioritising support for national team athletes.


Finance Assistant


Zeni Bohri

Working alongside the Finance Consultant, Zeni manages and maintains all financial records, which support the efficient and effective running of Volleyball England. In addition, Zeni leads on all aspects of VolleyStore including procurement, stock control, pricing and distribution.


z.bohri@volleyballengland.org
01509 974 687

Project Lead
(Digital and Communications)

Jon Cornish

Jon plays a key role in managing and overseeing Volleyball England's live streaming output, as well as producing and editing content for Volleyball England's social media channels, newsletters and website.

J.cornish@volleyballengland.org

01509 974695

Project Lead
(Sitting Volleyball)


John Worrall

John leads on the development and delivery of the Sitting Volleyball pathways and competitions. Working alongside the Get, Keep, Grow Sub-Group and the Joint Sitting Volleyball Working Group.

j.worrall@volleyballengland.org

01509 974 708

Project Lead
(Competitions and events)


Richard Williams

Richard manages the delivery of competitions and events. He also supports the Competitions Working Group and An Ace Service Sub Group in their responsibilities towards the Volleyball England strategy ‘The Game Plan’.


r.williams@volleyballengland.org

01509 974 684

Project Lead
(Workforce)

Anna Knibbs

Anna leads on the delivery of Volleyball England courses. Her work helps to develop our all-important workforce, including coaches and referees.



a.knibbs@volleyballengland.org

01509 974 702

Project Lead
(Data and Insights)

Oliver Hudson

Leads on the delivery and reporting of a wide range of data and insight projects. Their work enables Volleyball England to better understand our products and services and how we can best support members.


o.hudson@volleyballengland.org

01509 974 701

Project Lead
(Competitions and Events)

Beth Willetts

Beth leads on the development of the National Volleyball League (NVL), as well as the National Cup and National Shield Competitions.

b.willetts@volleyballengland.org

01509 974 694

Project Lead
(Get Keep Grow)

Mahek Narnolia

Mahek supports the Get Keep Grow team with the Higher Education Volleyball Officer programme as well as club support areas.

M.narnolia@volleyballengland.org

01509 974693

Project Lead
(Competitions and Events)

Lauren Goh

Lauren leads on the administration of the player registration process for the NVL and assists on major events.

l.goh@volleyballengland.org

01509 974 690

Board of Directors

Find out who sits on Volleyball England's Board of Directors and how to contact them.

Contact the Board

Press and media

Do you have a press or media enquiry regarding volleyball, beach volleyball or sitting volleyball in England? Please send an email to communications@volleyballengland.org or call 01509 974 703.