Right Directions welcomes three new recruits

Right Directions has welcomed three new recruits to its ever-growing team.
Russell Cavanagh, 47, who joins the team as Health & Safety and Quality Manager, has 30 years experience in health and safety for the leisure industry.

He joins Right Directions from RDHS Health and Safety, where he was Head of Operations, and brings a wealth of experience, knowledge and skills to the role. He will help operators to improve their health and safety processes through client support days, staff training (particularly for trampoline parks), health and safety audits and quality management systems.

He said: “This is my second role with Right Directions, having been with the company eight years ago in a similar position. I wanted to work with a progressive organisation and the leading provider in this area and so being back with the Right Directions team is a good fit for me.

“I am now looking to get involved in other areas of the business, contributing to the continued growth of the company. Right Directions is fast becoming the industry expert in the operation of trampoline parks, which has included the development of defined operating standards. They also offer a robust health and safety audit process alongside CIMSPA-endorsed staff training targeted at all levels from management to front of house and cafe assistants.”

Cavanagh is obsessive about fitness and in his spare time enjoys weight training, HIIT classes and core, as well as indoor cycling classes and four-hour road bike sessions at the weekend.
His wife, Annette Cavanagh, 47, also joins the Right Directions team. As a Quest Mystery Visit Coordinator she will carry out mystery visits, train new mystery visitors and be responsible for the quality of mystery visit reports.

Cavanagh also has a background in the health and fitness industry, having worked for various companies in a number of operational and managerial roles for the last 28 years.

She said: “This position gives me the opportunity to work with Quest, the market leader in terms of defining industry standards, and is a role I have carried out in the past, so I bring with me a lot of knowledge and experience. I am looking forward to working with a wider range of clients and developing my role further.”

Ella Macintosh, 26, has been recruited as Right Directions’ Development, Training and Events Assistant. It is her first position within the health and fitness industry, having come from a hair and beauty background, which has given her unrivalled experience in customer focus.

She said: “I’ve always been very keen on health and fitness and so I am looking forward to improving my skills within sector that I find interesting. I will be providing support to the Development, Training and Events team, helping to organise events such as the Quest Conference and client forums, as well as the management of STITCH, Right Directions’ online accident reporting and analysis system.”

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Editor’s notes:
Right Directions Management provides health and safety and quality management support to the leisure industry, specialising in local authority and trust-managed sites, as well as smaller independent operators. Right Directions delivers Quest on behalf of Sport England and ukactive’s Code of Practice, as well as the ASA’s Learn to Swim Pathway. www.rightdirections.co.uk

For further information contact:
Abigail Harris at Big Fish Public Relations
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