Blair Crawford

Executive Director

Married with 4 children Blair has been Executive Director of Bournemouth YMCA since October 1990.  He began his YMCA career in 1976 having completed a 2 year training programme in youth and community studies.  Blair has served in Bolton, Sheffield and Croydon YMCAs as well as spending 7 years in commercial radio.  Blair has seen Bournemouth YMCA expand from 1 operating centre to 8 and leads a team of some 150 employees captaining a very diverse range of programmes, predominantly focusing on the needs of children and young people/adults.

Linda Voysey

PA. to Executive Director/HR Manager

Linda is Personal Assistant to the Executive Director, Blair Crawford, having held this post since she first joined Bournemouth YMCA in 1986.  She became HR Manager after qualifying as a CIPD Associate in 2003 and, 25 years after joining the Association, continues to enjoy the challenging roles of PA and HR Manager.

Mark Inkpen

Programmes Operations Manager

Mark joined Bournemouth YMCA in 1996 and progressed from Fitness Supervisor to Programmes Operations Manager. Mark now oversees all the YMCA's work with young people and children, health and fitness and media. A qualified Youth Worker Mark co-ordinates his Church's youth work, is enjoying fatherhood with his young baby Poppy, but still finds time to enjoy football and most sports.

Sylvie Elsbury

Accommodation Support Manager

Sylvie was appointed as Housing Manager for the Association in February 2003 and previously worked for Wiltshire Constabulary as a Police Officer. After gaining a degree in Psychology, Sylvie worked for Ashurst Hospital as an Assistant Psychologist. Working with people has always been a passion, Sylvie has also worked for a Drug and Alcohol Treatment Service and was a Youth Worker for a Methodist Church in Hampshire. In her spare time she likes to paint and draw. 

Frances Inkpen

Finance Manager

Frances started working for Bournemouth YMCA in June 1994 as the Finance Manager. She has always worked in the Finance Sector of business including U.K.A.E. Winfrith, Grant Thornton and an Accountancy Practice in Corfe Mullen. As Finance Manager she is involved with all financial aspects of the Association and very much likes working in our multi faceted charity. She enjoys family life, dog walking, church activities and holidays in France.

Jonathan Chadd

Building Services Manager

Jonathan joined the YMCA staff team in 2005, having previously served the Association as a board member. Jonathan looks after all the Building Services and IT functions of the Association across all sites, ensuring all our buildings are safe and pleasant to work in. After graduating from Bournemouth University Jonathan became head of IT for a locally based company. Jonathan has also undertaken various project management/consultancy roles with major Sports companies, and other well known organisations. Married to Clare with 2 young children he enjoys fatherhood, football and DIY as well as being a presenter on Hope FM's breakfast show.

Terry Yarrow

Projects Manager

Terry's role at Bournemouth YMCA is as Projects Manager.  He joined the YMCA in 1998 following early retirement after a career in banking. His role involves overseeing new developments, taking new projects from the initial idea up to completion when they are then handed to other managers for the ongoing management.  The most recent project was a four million pound rebuild of Pokesdown Youth Centre, others have included Fusion Youth Centre, Freemantle Hall and our mobile youth facility.  Terry loves the outdoors and is an avid walker and photographer in his spare time.

Kevin Potter

Hope FM Manager