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Our Team

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Rosi Prescott
CEO, Central YMCA

Responsible, in consultation with the Board of Governors, for the development and implementation of the strategic direction of Central YMCA and its five operations - Central YMCA Club, CYQ, One KX, Y Touring, and YMCAfit.

using Central YMCA gym four times a week, cycling, and running on the South Downs at weekends
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Andrew Rice
Financial Director & Company Secretary, Central YMCA

Responsible for the provision of the charity’s accounting and financial management; and managing the charity's legal and statutory requirments.

walking up Tube escalators, and walking whenever I can as I go about my daily routine
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David Thompson
Chief Operating Officer, Central YMCA

Responsible for strategy and team performance relating to Central Operations. Also involved in the charity’s ongoing development, such as new product initiatives and working within the wider YMCA movement, both nationally and internationally.

enjoying other peoples’ company, playing a few instruments poorly, walking where and when possible, and running at the weekends
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Robin Gargrave
Director, Innovation & Development, Central YMCA

Responsible for ensuring new concepts, services, projects and products are given the thought, resources and time they need to be truly effective.

Keeps healthy by: teaching circuits, cycling to work and not taking life too seriously.
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Lori Randall
Director, Business Development, Central YMCA Qualifications (CYQ)

Responsible for the strategic direction and business development opportunities for CYQ, the UK's leading health and fitness awarding body. This includes growing CYQ centres in both the UK and internationally, and ensuring that the qualifications and resources offered by CYQ are market leading.

Lori keeps healthy by: attending classes regularly in Pilates and Studio Resistance Training, and cycling and walking with her family, on the beach near her home in Bournemouth
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Jenny Patrickson
Director, Awarding, Central YMCA Qualifications (CYQ)

Responsible for the strategic direction and development of the awarding requirements for CYQ, the UK’s leading health and fitness awarding body. This includes responsibility for the regulatory requirements of Ofqual, the independent qualifications regulator and the development of quality customer care and verification services to support our approved training providers.

Jenny keeps healthy by: walking from Waterloo to the Central YMCA office (and back) on office days, running regularly and being active with her children
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Denise Page
Director, YMCAfit

Responsible for YMCAfit, one of the UK’s leading trainers of fitness professionals; preparing instructors to support individuals in their quest for a healthy lifestyle. YMCAfit has a reputation for being a highly respected delivery agency for funded programmes to increase and widen opportunity and participation in physical activity.

Keeps healthy by being active at often as possible; I enjoy cycling, cross country running, dancing, teaching aerobics and step as well as presenting.
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Barry Cronin
Director, Central YMCA Club & One KX

Responsible for Central YMCA Club, central London's largest health and fitness facility, and One KX, the centre in King's Cross, London, which provides both arts and health-based activities for the local community.

Keeps healthy by: doing some form of exercise daily and eating healthily, while not compromising on having fun
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Nigel Townsend
Artistic Director, Y Touring Theatre Company

Responsible for the creation and production of Y Touring’s theatre-of-debate projects that engage target audiences in an exploration of what it means to be a healthy individual, and a healthy society.
 

Keeps healthy by: laughing and having lots of fun, building and maintaining good friendships, and a bit of swimming and walking