News & Media News Mentors announced for #RYG18 Kick It Out’s National Raise Your Game conference, supported by the Premier League, takes place at Emirates Stadium on Monday 16 April with over 90 mentees from the football industry participating in the mentoring event. Raise Your Game is Kick It Out’s unique programme which helps provide opportunities for people who aspire to work within the football industry and has helped numerous individuals find career pathways in roles across the game. The confirmed list of mentees in a range of categories including Media and Communications, Management and Coaching, Community and Grassroots, Sports Sciences and Physiotherapy, Football Business, Intermediaries and Refereeing can be found below. *Mentors list is subject to last-minute change* MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS Adrian Kajumba - Mirror Alastair Bennett - Premier League Mark Jamieson - English Institute of Sport Anne-Marie Batson - AmberGlass PR Anthony Clavane - Freelance Ciaran Brennan - Football Manager James Masters - CNN Danny Lynch - The FA Charlie Long - Chelsea FC Dharmesh Sheth - Sky Sports News Henry Winter - The Times Jon Holmes - Sky Sports Jordan Jarrett-Bryan - Channel 4 News Greg Johnson - Trinity Mirror Kadeem Simmonds - Morning Star Leon Mann - Freelance Jack Pitt-Brooke - Independent Darren Lewis - Mirror Barbara Vinden-Cantrell - Freelance Jon Mackenzie - RealSport Richard Bates - Sports Aid Jonathan Liew - Independent Rob Harris - Associated Press Rodney Hinds - The Voice Sam Cunningham - ipaper Scott Field - Team GB Kelly Somers - PLP Productions Tom Rennie - Talksport Martin Axford - Premier League Warren Haughton - The Sun Jacob Steinberg - Guardian Jules Breach - BT Sport Colin Farmery - Portsmouth FC MANAGEMENT AND COACHING Bobby Bowry - Volenti Academy Manisha Tailor - QPR FC Michael Johnson - Derby County FC Rajab Noor - Tamworth Under-21s Sam Cox - Tottenham Hotspur FC Craig Fagan - Southend United FC Darren Smith - UCFB Karen Ray - West Ham United Ladies Justin Goodchild - The FA Riteesh Mishra - Charlton Athletic FC Anwar Uddin – Football Supporters’ Federation Nick Haycock – Premier League Emily Hill - UCFB David Rainford - Premier League Mark Warburton - Manager Shaun Derry - Manager Nathan Bowen - Volenti Academy Paul Mortimer - Kick It Out COMMUNITY AND GRASSROOTS Aristote Diamos - West Ham United Foundation Amirah Rahman - Worcester Park Colts/Met Police Youth Kevin George - Freelance Rashid Abba - West Ham United Foundation Richard Allicock - Tottenham Hotspur Riz Rehman - PFA Rob Clarke and Lucy Tearle - Watford FC Community Sports and Education Trust Temisan Williams - West Ham United Foundation Michael Seeraj - Charlton Athletic Community Trust Graham Moran - Nottingham Forest Community Trust Tom Perez - Former Co- Director Football Beyond Borders Melanie Kinnear - Premier League Soye Briggs - Palace for Life Foundation Imrul Gazi - Kick It Out Jasper Kain - Football Beyond Borders Jesse Foyle - West Ham United Foundation Tajean Hutton - AFC Wembley Cindi Chatha - Essex CFA FOOTBALL BUSINESS Rachel Dunbar - Premier League Kat Allen - Premier League Lauren O'Sullivan - AoC Sport Abbi Andiyapan - Huddersfield Town Foundation Tanya Gilbert - Arsenal FC Miles Jacobson - SI Games Donald Forde - Palace for Life Foundation Sue Parris - Brighton and Hove Albion FC Harj Hirj - Leicester City Chris Paouros - Proud Lilywhites/TheFA Jason Lee - PFA Andrew Powlesland - Liverpool FC Alex Carroll - QPR FC Lisa Piggott - Premier League Caitlin Hawkins - The FA Rachel Foster - The FA Ben Abberstein - AFC Bournemouth Sophie von Zeppelin - Premier League SPORTS SCIENCE AND PHYSIOTHERAPY Sharon Heidaripour - Freelance Steve Quinton - West Ham United Foundation Jennifer Lace - Burnley FC INTERMEDIARIES Marlon Fleischmann - Unique Sports Management Eddie Duah - Command Sports & Entertainment Tobi Alabi - Base Soccer Matthew Buck - PFA Steve Kabba - Stella Group Aaron Remikie - Unique Sports Management REFEREEING Chris Foy - PGMOL Farai Hallam - The FA Andrew Bailey - Hampshire FA