Meet The Team

Anthony Reece - Thompson
Business Development Consultant
Anthony is a business development consultant who has a background in Work Psychology. After a long stint abroad working in both the Netherlands and Germany, his work at Youthforce is primarily concerned with gaining and managing corporate accounts within the West Midlands region. Outside of work Anthony is a football man gaining his coaching qualifications at Aston Villa whilst he loves to beat his fellow business development consultants at poker!

Benn Chacksfield
Senior Programme Manager
Benn is our Senior Programme Manager at Youthforce. He is responsible for designing the apprenticeship programmes Youthforce offer, overseeing our programme management service and managing apprenticeship enrolments. He also delivers mentor training for current and prospective apprentice mentors to support them in their pivotal role in our programmes. Benn completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Brighton before completing his postgraduate Degree at the University of Sussex. In his spare time, Benn likes going to the gym, reading and going on excursions with his friends.

Carla Stuthridge
Training Manager

Charlotte Blant
CEO

Charlene Duplock
Business Development Consultant
Charlene is Youthforce Business Development Support. Charlene engages with employers to provide information about apprenticeships, training opportunities for new or currently employed staff within the Business, IT and Science sector. Charlene Holds her GNVQ Level 2 Information and Communication and Advanced Level 2 in ICT, Programme and Website Design. Alongside this Charlene holds her Level 2 Customer Service Qualification with her Functional Skills Maths and English level 2. Charlene is the founder of her charity Forever Smiling in her Brothers honour and enjoys playing netball for her local team.

Filip Lenczowski
STEM Skills Coach

Georgia Widdowson
Operations Manager

Iain Buchanan
STEM Skills Coach

James Lang
Talent Acquisition Consultant
James is a member of the Talent Acquisition team. The bulk of his time is spent recruiting apprentices into new roles. Alongside this, James is working towards establishing a commercial recruitment offering at Youthforce. James completed a Masters Degree in International Security Studies at Sussex University in 2017 and has lived locally much of his life. Outside of work James can be found watching football – he has been a Brighton and Hove Albion season ticket holder for three seasons – and cooking up a storm in the kitchen.

Jay Crabb
Head of Sales and Talent Acquisition
Jay is responsible for managing our end-to-end sales and recruitment at Youthforce, using a broad range of activities that support industry development, sustainable growth

Jemma Perks
STEM Skills Coach and Quality Lead
Jemma joined YouthForce in 2019 and leads on quality and consistency for all Science

Matt Taylor
Talent Acquisition Team Leader

Rhian Mounter
STEM Skills Coach

Stephen Hill
STEM Skills Coach
Steve has experience in delivering NVQ and Applied Science courses in industry and academia. His 20-year industrial career started with ICI in the chemical industry on Teesside. He progressed into laboratory testing and research roles, prior to working as an applications chemist. Steve has achieved higher studies with a PhD level in Chemistry and PGCE in teaching/training. He has worked for over 12 years in teaching. He’s completed his assessor and IV awards to deliver NVQ qualifications. Outside of work, Steve likes to DJ with a local band and is a season ticket holder at Middlesbrough FC.