Jodie Bridger

Areas of Work

• Helping to shape the strategic direction and operation of the organisation, and supporting an extensive network of partners and stakeholders across West Yorkshire.
• Leading the team that support the development of the place partnership collaborations across Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield.
• Influencing policy, process and practice at a sub-regional level advocating for physical activity within wider agendas such as health, climate change and economic growth.

Previous Experience

Jodie is a skilled leader with extensive experience across public service; including local authority and the voluntary, community and faith sector.

Jodie is a proud Yorkshire woman, originally from Bradford and has lived in Leeds since she studied a degree in Sports Development at Leeds Metropolitan University (now Leeds Beckett). Jodie is a former employee of the Foundation, having worked across South and West Yorkshire in a range of roles including National Governing Body Partnerships and leading local support in Doncaster and Rotherham. 

Jodie was Senior Partnerships Manager within Public Health at City of Doncaster Council for eight years and led Doncaster’s ‘Local Delivery Pilot’ (now known as Place Partnership), positioning Get Doncaster Moving as one of the leading places nationally in whole systems, place-based approaches to reducing inequalities in physical activity.

Jodie is a dedicated Hockey player and Vice-Chair of the Board at Ben Rhydding Hockey club, where she has played, coached and volunteered for the last 25 years.