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Isabelle Chauzy, Marketing & Communications Manager,

Bloomsbury Football Club

Isabelle Chauzy the Marketing and Communications Manager at the London-based football charity, Bloomsbury Football. Founded in 2018, Bloomsbury Football uses the power of football to support young Londoners. All sessions are designed to support the mental & physical health of participants, teaching them life skills and fostering community cohesion. With a financial assistance model and an inclusive range of programmes, Bloomsbury Football is now engaging over 5,000 young people per week in London, with ambitious plans to scale their impact to 20,000 young people a week by 2028.

As Marketing and Communications Manager, Isabelle oversees brand, social strategy, external communications and media outreach. Since joining Bloomsbury Football in February 2022, she has worked on events with Nike, LALIGA, Mastercard and has placed Bloomsbury Football in national and international news outlets. With a passion for storytelling, Isabelle is motivated by capturing the impact and energy of Bloomsbury Football and communicating this with audiences across multiple channels.

Isabelle has a strong desire to empower young girls through the power of sport, she was fundamental in starting Bloomsbury Football's period project that aims to tackle the stigma around menstruation on and off the pitch. This project provides educational workshops and free period products to players who bleed. The project was launched in partnership with period care company Freda and ex-Olympic swimmer turned period coach, Hannah Miley.

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BBC Sport’s TV producer and director, Diversity Producer for Cricket at BBC Sport, Archie Kalyana

Archie is currently the Diversity Producer for Cricket at BBC Sport. She has 25 years of broadcast, live event and film making experience. Archie has produced and directed films for Red Bull, UEFA, Olympic Broadcasting Services at the Winter Olympics in Russia, Commonwealth Games Cultural Festival in New Delhi and represented BBC Sport at Downing Street and The House of Commons. Career highlights include winning an Asian Women Of Achievement Award in the sport category, working as an Associate Creative Producer at President Obama's State Banquet in India, producing the UEFA Equal Game TV commercial and getting an international series of films commissioned at CBBC. Archie is a trustee with Street Child United, Special Advisor on International Affairs to the Yuvraj Singh Foundation, Special Advisor to the MCC Foundation and is passionate about diversity in sport.

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