SOLACE Springboard
A view from cohort
members
Purpose of the Programme
Springboard 2014 was funded and led through
the SOLACE foundation
Springboard is a development programme to
support ambitious and talented middle managers
in Local Government to progress into senior roles
This Year’s cohort
Dylan Williams – Isle of Anglesey County Council
Richard McGuckin – Stockton on Tees Borough Council
Phil Turner – Hart District Council
Joanne Russell – Luton Borough Council
Cherie Root – Braintree District Council
Charlotte Johnson – Wolverhampton City Council
Kate Watts – Great Yarmouth Borough Council
Sarah Warman – London Borough of Lambeth
Lucy Murray Brown – Wiltshire Council
Michael McNally – Glasgow City Council
Perry Wardle – Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
Emma Leatherbarrow – Poole Borough Council
Gavin Handford – Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
Rebecca Emmett – Three Rivers District Council
Barry Francis – London Borough of Ealing
Andy Laslett – City of York
John Rooney – Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
Natalie Meagher – East Hampshire District Council
James Deane – Dacorum Borough Council
Gareth Wall – London Borough of Hackney
Key Elements of Springboard
Membership
of SOLACE
External
Mentoring
Leadership
Workshops
Work
Shadowing
Access to
public service
thinkers
SOLACE
events and
master classes
Benefits of the programme
• Exposure to different parts of sector and
different tiers of local government
• Greater understanding of issues in other
regions and national issues
• Improved political awareness
• A chance to develop personal career paths
• Access to the forums where the conversations
about the future shape of local government
are happening
Springboard 2015…
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Launched at Summit
Applications close 24th November 2014
Feedback from Springboard 2014
Changes to the 2015 programme
For further information, please see the
SOLACE website
http://www.solace.org.uk/press/2014-10-17springboard-2015-applicationslaunched/Springboard-2015-Information.pdf
Or contact Andy Hollingsworth
0845 652 4010
Andy.Hollingsworth@solace.org.uk