Sports Grounds Safety Authority
Gavin Jenkins is an experienced professional currently serving as the Head of Corporate Services at the Sports Grounds Safety Authority since December 2018. Prior to this role, Jenkins took a sabbatical after working as a Business Manager at Ofgem from October 2006 to March 2018, where responsibilities included reviewing operational processes, managing budgets, and coordinating HR issues. Jenkins also held the position of Head of Financial Reporting and Risk Management at Ofgem, leading governance-related initiatives and managing the financial aspects of significant projects. Earlier experience includes serving as an Audit Principal at the National Audit Office and a Stock Controller at Tibbett & Britten. Jenkins holds a B.Sc.(Hons.) in Building Surveying from the University of Greenwich.
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Sports Grounds Safety Authority
We are the UK Government’s expert body on safety at sports grounds and an Arms Length Body of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. We write guidance including the Guide to Safety at Sports Grounds (the “Green Guide”) and carry out a range of statutory functions in relation to football in England and Wales and advisory functions in relation to other sports both within the UK and internationally. Our purpose is to ensure sports grounds are safe for everyone. We do this by sharing knowledge, advice and guidance on safety design and management and by working in partnership to educate and influence. Our core statutory functions are set out in the Football Spectators Act 1989 and the Sports Grounds Safety Authority Act 2011. We have an important statutory responsibility to regulate local authorities in their oversight of safety at the 92 football clubs in the Premier League and the Football League, and at Wembley and the Principality Stadium. We also issue licences to those 94 stadia to allow them to admit spectators and to enforce the Government’s all-seater policy. Since 2011 our expanded remit allows us to share our expertise and support not only with football in England and Wales, but with other sports and across the world. We aim to share our expertise as widely as we can, whilst remaining focused on our purpose and keeping our statutory role front and centre.