About Us

History

Manchester Maccabi Community and Sports Club provides a centre that encourages community-based events and sports. Founded in its Jewish roots, but open to all, our mission is to enhance the quality of our community through the development and provision of programmes, activities and sport.

Since 2000, Manchester Maccabi has played a major role in the community. Our centre acts as a hub where the community can come together to socialise and engage in a wide variety of activities.

Our mission is to foster a sense of togetherness and enhance quality of life through the development, encouragement and support of programmes and activities responsive to the needs of the local community.

CEO

Adam Jackson

Adam has been CEO of Manchester Maccabi for the past four years, bringing with him a varied career spanning recruitment, digital marketing, wine & cheese sales, and plenty of sorting, shlepping, lifting and shifting along the way. A lifelong sports enthusiast, Adam played football for Maccabi for 15 years and represented Maccabi GB at the 2005 Maccabiah Games in Israel. In 2017, he swapped the football pitch for the dancefloor, winning Maccabi’s Strictly Dancing competition.

Having experienced Maccabi first-hand as a player, volunteer and now CEO, Adam is passionate about the role sport can play in bringing people together and strengthening Jewish community life. What he loves most about working at Maccabi is the opportunity to make meaningful change within the community and create experiences that have a lasting impact on people’s lives. Somewhere along the way, all those years of sorting, shlepping, lifting and shifting turned out to be surprisingly good preparation for being a CEO.

Head of Fundraising

Vikki Schneider

Growing up in Hull, Vikki realised early on how much she longed for the Jewish life and sense of community that Hull couldn’t offer. She spent a year living in Israel before studying at Manchester University & eventually settling down here to have children. Community has always been a huge part of Vikki’s life. She chaired the Parents’ Guild at King David, served as a Governor, supported local Jewish charities and spent four years volunteering at Manchester Maccabi before joining the staff eight years ago.

During her time at Maccabi, Vikki has been proud to play a key role in securing significant grant funding including towards the refurbishment of the 3G pitch, the creation and growth of the netball section, and free workshops & activities for the wider community. She is also particularly proud to have helped establish Maccabi’s Duke of Edinburgh’s Award programme. For Vikki, the most rewarding part is seeing what all of this makes possible – a facility being enjoyed, a young person discovering something they love or someone walking into a free community activity who perhaps wouldn’t otherwise have had the opportunity to take part.

Admin & Bookings Coordinator

Zoe Hawker

Zoe joined Manchester Maccabi in 2026, bringing with her over 15 years of experience in advertising, executive support and office management, so being organised and looking after everyone else comes pretty naturally to her! Maccabi has been part of Zoe’s life since she was a teenager, playing rounders for Maccabi before moving away to London. She eventually returned home with her family and now her children play football for Maccabi too. In 2024, Zoe took part in our Dancing Strictly show – an experience she loved, although she remains convinced she was robbed of the win.

Zoe loves being on the front desk at Maccabi, welcoming people through the doors and seeing so many friendly and familiar faces every day. Outside of Maccabi, she is a newborn and family photographer, capturing the moments and memories that matter most – presumably while also keeping everyone else organised!