Meet the Team

Rod Douglas
CEO & Director of Impact

Managing Director / CEO - 50-50 SYNC CIC Rod has dedicated over 30 years supporting marginalised and vulnerable young people and their families within different Local Authority Services and over 10 years in a social enterprise. 

He started as a senior worker within in Play, Youth, and Community Services and went on to become a Sports Development Officer, creating innovative programmes for marginalised young people. 

His work was recognised by the LA and Sport England (South Region) where he was commissioned to deliver workshops to other LA’s sports development services. Rod then became more involved in disability sport for children and adults organising sports programmes, working alongside local voluntary groups, disability services and SEND Schools. 

Rod was then commissioned by the head of alternative education to create and launch a sports programme supporting young people Educated Other Than At School (EOTAS). The programme was highly successful and led to Rod becoming the Pastoral Deputy Headteacher of the local SEMH secondary school.   

In 2011 Rod became a managing director of the social enterprise 50-50 SYNC CIC. He helped to deliver innovative programmes and interventions mainly in targeted struggling mainstream Primary Schools and more recently an SEMH Although School. 

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