Our Team

Beth’s focus is on ensuring Springboard delivers on its core vision to provide services where all disabled children, young people and their families are able to reach their full potential. Her career has been entirely focused in the non-profit and public sectors, with previous roles including implementing programmes from playgrounds, capital grant management, fundraising appeals, and multimillion pound social care services, always with a focus on supporting children, young people and families.

She has a Master’s in Charity Management and is currently studying for a Doctorate specialising in non-profit sector management.

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Luke oversees the smooth running of the charity's services, compliance and accounts. He is directly responsible for leading our service delivery team to ensure all day-to-day processes at the charity run effectively and efficiently.

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Luke has been a part of the charity for over 20 years; as a volunteer, support worker and service delivery coordinator before starting his current role in 2021. With a degree in Primary Education, he has substantial experience in inclusion and is dedicated to making a difference in the lives of disabled children, young people and their families.

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Vickie is responsible for income generation within the charity, ensuring there are funds to deliver and develop our services. Her role covers all aspects of fundraising, social media, marketing, events and development of stay and play services.

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She has worked for Springboard for over 14 years, starting in service delivery and moving across to fundraising and communications after returning from maternity leave. Her background covers inclusive sports coaching and development of children’s leisure activities; which were carried out whilst gaining a degree in Physical Education. She is passionate about inclusion and is an active volunteer within the voluntary sector.

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Julia has worked at Springboard for over 10 years, she first joined the charity after a three-year break whilst being a new parent to twins and joined as Housekeeper. During the early years of employment, Julia’s interest for the Charity grew and she decided to accelerate her career into a more administrative role. Julia’s work experience comes from working several years within customer services industry. Julia role oversees the day to day running of the maintenance of the building, overseas Stay & Play memberships and party bookings and has most recently joined Vickie on income generation.

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Daisy is a part of our short break services in Horsham, Crawley and our 18+ group. She works alongside the SEN service Coordinator to deliver sessions, plan activities, get to know the children and families and making sure short breaks runs smoothly. Before joining springboard, she worked with young children with disabilities and supported them with dance classes. She also worked and has continued to work as a PA for a young person with SEN.

 Daisy started at springboard as a support worker in 2023 as well as working on reception as a part of the stay and play services. She has just become a session leader and is excited to progress further in to this role.

Frankie is responsible for our Short Break Services in Crawley, Horsham, and Worthing. Her focus is planning, preparing and risk assessing or activity programmes, connecting with families and making sure disability members grow in confidence, build friendships, and develop their independence through fun and engaging sessions. Frankie first started off as a volunteer with Springboard back in 2013 and then became a support worker, leaving 3 years later to further develop her knowledge and understanding, before returning as our SEND Service Coordinator in June 2023 and is happy to be back with the team. She studied childcare at college and has worked in the SEND field for 10 years.

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My name’s Chris. I’ve been with Springboard for 23 years, first as a volunteer and then as a member of staff.

I have two roles at Springboard…… on reception and as a support worker for Transitions.

It’s so much fun working here, and everyone is so lovely. I get great satisfaction from hearing how much parents and children enjoy visiting us, and that Springboard is a lifeline for some parents.

In my spare time, I love walking, watching films and going for quirky afternoon teas

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I started in February 2024 and you will see me on reception.

I have previously worked in home care as well as a nursery nurse which I have a qualification in.

I really enjoy working at Springboard and hearing about how much families love it and how much fun they have here.

Hannah has 14 years’ experience of working in volunteer management and fundraising for a number of charities including National Trust, Comic Relief and the Wildlife Trust. She also founded her own award winning social enterprise, Good Deed Dating, which saw her working with charities to help people find love through volunteering.

Hannah is very creative and in her spare time, makes things out of felt for her side project The Felt Shed. She also volunteers as a new parents’ peer support volunteer.

Charlie is responsible for the operation of our Stepping Stones Life Skills Program; providing opportunities for SEND Young Adults to gain further skills for their future endeavours. 

Charlie has worked with Springboard Project before; starting as a Volunteer when family members attended and has returned to bring her skills back to Springboard. 

Charlie has a BA Hons in Drama Applied Theatre, has worked closely with young families and is all about providing engaging experiences.
 

Faye is a part of our short breaks team in Horsham and Crawley. She works alongside Frankie and Daisy to deliver sessions, plan activities and get to know the children and families while making sure short breaks run smoothly. Before joining Springboard, Faye worked alongside adults with disabilities as well as children with SEN. Faye also has personal experience of children with disabilities, being a parent carer herself.

Jamie is responsible for the volunteer and employability programme, which gives young adults with SEND a chance to gain experience and knowledge about the working world.

Jamie has a BSc Hons in Psychology and is excited to help young people develop their skills to achieve their full potential. 

Liv started here in October 2024 as a Digital Creator Apprentice, having previously worked in a hospital as a nursing assistant, so it’s all completely new! Liv’s friendly and always up for a chat so if you see her about, say hi! She enjoys working for Springboard and thinks it’s an amazing charity.