Over the last 18 years, Andreas Lichters has gained extensive experience in Economic and Social Regeneration, External Funding and Web Site Development.  His knowledge and skills have been successfully brought together to develop innovative and effective ways of using New Technologies in areas such as community and economic development.  

His experience has also included bidding successfully for a wide range of external funds such as for example, ESF, ADAPT, Leonardo Da Vinci and the New Opportunities Fund as well as managing a number of tans-European partnerships.

More recently, his role as Head of Co-financing at the Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole Learning and Skills Council has given Andreas an in depth knowledge of the workings of ESF Co-financing.

Jason Forsythe has worked in the field of vocational training for over 20 years and during that time has worked with a wide variety of training providers and economic development organisations in the South East of England and London.

Jason has been involved with the European Social Fund for the last 10 years and has worked with many providers in the public, private, and voluntary sectors. He has extensive experience of project bid writing, project development, and project management particularly in respect of European funded programmes. 

He forms part of a dynamic bid writing team which has maintained a 100% success rate with European Social Fund bids. He has presented seminars and workshops on project development and how to write winning bids for a range of ESF and non ESF funding opportunities. 

Peter Clarke has over 20 years experience with the National Westminster Bank and brings with him a wide range of financial skills and sound budgetary control. Whilst at Hampshire Training and Enterprise Council these skills have been employed through the successful sourcing of a number of funding opportunities both domestic and European, bid writing, project development, and project/financial management. 

Peter’s European knowledge and experience come from his involvement with the European Social Fund both as bid writer and project manager and his management of an ADAPT transnational project involving partners in Germany, the Netherlands, France and Italy.

Peter has continued to be successful with funding applications, particularly the European Social Fund. This success has led to a demand from clients for help to set up and implement output and financial monitoring systems. In view of his extensive technical knowledge on the European Social Fund, Peter has also presented a number of training courses and seminars on this subject.

Robert Bentley has followed up a research career with over 12 years experience of project based work largely with an industry sector focus covering health, leisure, automotive, construction, defence, aerospace, manufacturing, information communications technology and the land-based sector.

Robert’s work in economic development has spanned a range of academic, public, not for profit, and private organisations providing both strategic and operational leadership. His major strengths lie in strategic development, partnership building and facilitation, bid writing, and project management.

Recent work has included project support work with community and voluntary sector organisations, enhancing a network for employment advice and guidance, development work for learning partnerships, seeking funding opportunities for schools, colleges and higher education institutions, developing applications under the UK Online initiative and funds for workforce development in the tourism sector.

Robert’s success in bid writing has helped the team win over £4.2m of UK and European funding for clients over the last 18 months.

Summer has worked in the field of regeneration funding for over five years, across the Southwest and in Scotland.  Her knowledge of ESF stems from extensive project management experience, involving EQUAL, ADAPT - including an £11.8million ADAPT project involving over forty partners - and projects in Objectives One, Two and Three.  Summer has also successfully bid for and managed large and small scale voluntary sector lottery applications.

Summer has a background in research and analysis, conducting extensive market research for the University of Plymouth, and developing and implementing marketing programmes for public and private sector organisations.  She has recently completed a large scale investigation of transnational lifelong learning policy, involving partners from Germany, Portugal, and Italy.

Recent work has included managing ESF capacity building projects and strategic planning for community learning and for youth services, and several major capital projects for town centre regeneration, as well as writing successful bids for both ESF and lottery funding.