Development Officer Network
Regional Development Officers have a sound understanding of how to best support County Golf Partnerships (CGPs) and golf clubs. They provide a framework and implementation programme based on the local needs of golf facilities, golfers, volunteers and coaches.
The areas of support available through the network include:
- Best practice examples & case studies
- Safeguarding & equity
- Club school links
- Funding opportunities
- GolfMark/RangeMark
- Junior specific issues
- Membership structures & fees
- Recruitment & retention
There are currently seven England Golf Regional Development Officers covering England:
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Officer
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Region | Counties | Telephone | |
| Richard Brown | Yorkshire & East Midlands | Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire & Yorkshire | 01653 697578 | r.brown@englandgolf.org |
| 07803 661890 | ||||
| Jason Budd | North East & Cumbria | Cumbria, Durham & Northumberland | 01388 749227 | j.budd@englandgolf.org |
| 07726 601724 | ||||
| TBC | North West | Cheshire, Isle of Man & Lancashire | ||
| Sharon Heeley | Midlands (East & West) | Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Shropshire & Hereford, Staffordshire, Warwickshire & Worcestershire | 01526 352679 | s.heeley@englandgolf.org |
| 07734 088319 | ||||
| Steven Peet | East | Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Norfolk & Suffolk | 01508 493061 | s.peet@englandgolf.org |
| 07726 994154 | ||||
| Andy Willems | South East | Berks, Bucks & Oxon, Hampshire (inc IOW & CI), Kent, Surrey & Sussex | 01903 778656 | a.willems@englandgolf.org |
| 07715 055509 | ||||
| Jamie Woodford | South West | Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset & Wiltshire | 07739 403764 | j.woodford@englandgolf.org |
County Development Officers are also now in place in all County Golf Partnerships to support golf clubs and facilities at a local level, promoting the opportunities and information from national level. Details of County Development Officers can be found on the individual partnership websites.
The Golf Foundation also have a network of Regional Officers who promote golf within schools and the community.
