Our Team
PV staff, volunteers and supporters have a background in community development,
youth leadership, communications and research in community and sports settings.
The team is made up of many supporters from parents, young sportspeople,
teachers, including young academy players and young professionals.
Bev Amaechi
CEO
Bev is co-founder and CEO at Player Voice, CIC. She has worked in the fields of youth and adult participation for over 25 years, overseeing youth engagement strategies and working directly with young people to enable them to express their views, influence policies and make impact at community and national level, from community-based Youth Forums to the UK Youth Parliament.
Bev has also worked in adult participation and worked with statutory and charitable organisations to set up systems so children and young people can meaningfully influence service development and policy, which includes being a trained child’s advocate working with Looked After Children.
Bev is a Mum to a young adult professional footballer and as her son progressed through the academy system at both Arsenal and Fulham FC, she saw the immense need for an organisation that was an independent voice, and had the best interest of the child and young person at its core. This is where the concept for Player Voice began with Solomon and Delali.
Delali Mortty
director
Ije Amaechi
Youth Forum Manager and Facilitator
Ije is the Youth Forum Manager at Player Voice and Facilitator alongside Pablo. Ije has been running workshops and one to one sessions for children and young people for over 7 years in different settings from youth clubs, community centres to schools and pupil referral units. Ije previously worked in inclusive music education on a project helping to help make music services in the UK more inclusive. She set up Youth Music Forums, combining music and influencing the way music service’s work, presenting at national music conferences and the National Music Service’s Working Group on Inclusion.
Growing up, Ije was a Member of UK Youth Parliament and Youth Council and has always been passionate about youth voice. Ije now helps young people to find their voice and express themselves through different mediums.
Pablo Blackwood
Youth Forum Facilitator
Pablo is an award winning, qualified, multi-sport coach with over 25 years’ experience working nationally and internationally. He is a highly respected Community Development professional, working in the sports industry with Youth and Communities. Pablo has been invited to share his knowledge and best practice at The Premier League, Downing Street, House of Commons, Ministry of Justice, London Youth, and the European Football for Development Network, to name a few. Pablo has featured on top tier media outlets including BBC, Channel 4 and Sky, discussing topical issues such as Mental Health, Race and Racism, Youth Work and Parenting.
Pablo is skilled in Youth Engagement, Public Speaking, Leadership Development, Coach Education, and utilising Sport for social change.
Aside from his Player Voice role he is also a Mentor, Youth Worker, Consultant, Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London, Race & Ethnicity lead, Tutor, and Trustee. His current role in football involves supporting the holistic development of Academy footballers.