Author: Hywel Griffiths (leisure)
Bio: Hywel started in leisure management at the Sobell Centre in Islington in 1974. Unlike most of his contemporaries he hadn’t had a “proper job” before. He was fortunate to work with Harry Littlewood in the Sports Council’s Facilities Unit on facilities planning and the management award among other things. He then worked with John Birch at the Greater London and South East Region before joining local government. He started as an assistant director in an Inner London borough and became a Director at a South Coast authority before leaving to spend time as a consultant working mainly for RQA and SOLACE. He retired in 2014 but maintains many friends and contacts in the industry, particularly in his role as secretary to the Sussex Leisure Officers Golf Society.