Who we are > Secondees >

Secondees//

	Bill Cullen, Director of CIPEM Bill.cullen@hinckley-bosworth.gov.uk Bill Cullen is Deputy Chief Executive at Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council and is currently on part-time secondment leading on the Regional Cultural Improvement Programme, funded by the East Midlands Improvement Partnership and Regional Cultural Agencies. Bill is a Chartered Town Planner and has spent much of his career leading major regeneration schemes, having worked in the North East, Hertfordshire, York City and Bedfordshire (where he led on major new settlement proposals). Bill has had overall responsibility for Cultural Services and Regeneration in Hinckley for the last 4 years and is Vice-Chairman of Leicestershire and Rutland Sport – the County Sports Partnership. When he’s not playing taxi driver to his 3 girls, he enjoys surfing, football and tennis.

	Liz Blyth Liz.Blyth@leicester.gov.uk Liz Blyth is Cultural Strategy and Improvement Manager at Leicester City Council, and part of Cultural Services’ Divisional Management Team. A key area of Liz’s brief is partnership work and she works closely with Leicester Cultural Strategy Partnership and leads Leicester’s Beacon programme for Culture and Sport for Hard to Reach Groups. Liz has experience in the cultural sector, health and social care, neighbourhood renewal and international development, and is a Governor at Hazel Primary School. She has a diploma in Youth and Community Work, an ILM Introductory Executive Diploma in Management, and a Masters in Management, Organisation and Change.

	Mark Homer Mark.Homer@lincolnshire.gov.uk Mark Homer has been the Assistant Director for Culture and Adult Education at Lincolnshire County Council since March 2004 and is the link for local authorities in Lincolnshire. He is currently the Chair of the Lincolnshire Senior Cultural Officers Group and a member of the Executive for the National Association of Local Government Arts Officer.

	Sarah Dawes sarah.dawes@nsdc.info Sarah has been Head of Leisure and Culture at Newark & Sherwood District Council since 2004 where she also the corporate lead for Equalities and also Children and Young people. She has experience in major regeneration projects, health initiatives and partnerships and a background in community arts, education and exhibition. Sarah has been responsible for developing the use of performance management frameworks to underpin and reposition the role of culture within wider partnerships addressing health, education, community safety, regeneration and environmental issues. More recently she led a regional pilot project for the TAES assessment programme.

	Andrew Beddow Andrew.Beddow@derby.gov.uk Andrew took up his present position as Head of Sport and Leisure at Derby City Council four years ago, during this period he has helped to reposition the service within the Local Strategic Partnership, strengthened the development and enabling role of the service and has established a unique research partnership with Leeds Metropolitan University. The baseline has been the catalyst to embed physical activity within the LAA and the development of a physical activity entitlement within the Children and Young People's Plan. Over the past twelve months he has worked with Cultural Services across the east midlands and north west as a peer supporting the self improvement process.

	Ian Redfern iredfern@northampton.gov.uk .