Andrew Fawkes BA (Hons) MBA
Principal Consultant
Andrew specialises in sport and physical activity strategies, sports facilities needs assessments/strategies, research and evaluation and business planning.
He has 20+ years senior experience in the sector working in a variety of national, regional and consultancy based roles and has developed an extensive network of trusted relationships across local authorities, leisure operators, NGBs and the voluntary sector.
He is a specialist in supporting local authorities to gain the full benefit of working through the principles of Sport England’s Strategic Outcomes Planning framework and this is accompanied by expertise in Facilities Planning Model based analysis.
Andrew has an excellent track record leading key programmes. Over the period from 2018-2020, he project managed delivery of KKPs contract to provide the FA with the 318 local football facility plans (one for each local authority in England) which are the cornerstone of the FA's National Football Facility Strategy.
Before joining KKP in 2017, Andrew spent fifteen years at Sport England working at both national and local levels in the areas of strategic facilities planning, capital project development, sports facility design, procurement and management options appraisals, contributing to delivery of a number of major facilities including the National Taekwondo Centre, the National Basketball Centre and East Manchester Leisure Centre.
He has a BA (Hons) in Sport and Recreation Development from Leeds Metropolitan University and developed his knowledge base further via the completion of an MBA at Sheffield Hallam University in 2011. As part of this he undertook a qualitative based research project into knowledge transfer between the Rugby Football League and Sport England.
Key work areas:
- Sport, physical activity and wellbeing strategies
- Indoor and built sports facilities strategies
- Needs assessments and facility planning
- Feasibility studies
- Evaluations and appraisals
- FPM analysis
Email:
andrew.fawkes@kkp.co.uk
