“Lynsey has an impressive ability to manage a high volume of work at pace. At the Premier League Foundation, she effectively led several high-value grant programmes with complex stakeholders. She repeatedly demonstrated the ability to think strategically, and turn her ideas into clear, deliverable plans that created strong outcomes and long-term impact. During her time leading national programmes such as Premier League Kicks and Premier League Kicks Targeted, Lynsey demonstrated exceptional skill in managing large-scale grant programmes across multiple grantees across the country. She successfully balanced the needs of major funders such as the Premier League and BBC Children in Need with the realities of local delivery, ensuring programmes remained nationally consistent while also being responsive to the needs of young people and communities. She was instrumental in expanding Premier League Kicks significantly, supporting delivery across 90 clubs and helping the programme engage over 100,000 young people. One thing that really stands out is Lynsey’s ability to quickly understand complex challenges, identify what really matters and move things forward with clarity and purpose. She combines strategic thinking with practical delivery, making sure ideas translate into action and results. She developed strong operational frameworks, clear grant processes, monitoring systems and quality assurance models that gave funders and delivery partners confidence. She negotiated effectively with a range of partners and secured income for programmes in several cases. Her leadership of Kicks Targeted showed her strength in partnership working, bringing together youth mentoring, criminal justice partners and trusted local organisations to support young people facing significant barriers. Lynsey is solutions-focused and consistently delivers to a high standard. She brings credibility with senior stakeholders, strong operational discipline and a genuine commitment to creating meaningful impact. She is someone I would recommend without hesitation for any work involving strategy, operational leadership, grant applications and grant management, or programme development.”