
There are 15 local authorities in the South West region.
They are Bath and North East Somerset, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Isles of Scilly, North Somerset, Plymouth, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, Torbay and Wiltshire.
Chair: Sheila Smith, Director of Children’s Services, North Somerset Council
Chair
Sheila Smith, Director of Children’s Services, North Somerset Council | Sheila.Smith@n-somerset.gov.uk
Regional representatives on ADCS Council of Reference
Sheila Smith, Director of Children’s Services, North Somerset Council | Sheila.Smith@n-somerset.gov.uk
Lucy Townsend, Corporate Director of People, Wiltshire County Council | lucy.townsend@wiltshire.gov.uk
South West Region Articles
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