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There are 15 local authorities in the Yorkshire and Humber region.
They are Barnsley, Bradford, Calderdale, Doncaster, East Riding of Yorkshire, Hull, Kirklees, Leeds, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, Rotherham, Sheffield, Wakefield and York.
Chair: Pauline Turner
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There are 14 local authorities in the West Midlands region.
They are Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Herefordshire, Sandwell, Shropshire, Solihull, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Telford and Wrekin, Walsall, Warwickshire, Wolverhampton and Worcestershire.
Chair: Jo Britton
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The West Midlands region chair is Jo Britton, Executive Director, Children’s Services, Telford & Wrekin Council.
The vice chairs are Neelam Bhardwaja, Director for Children and Families, Staffordshire County Council and Nigel Minns - Strategic Director - People Directorate at Warwickshire County Council
Regional representatives on ADCS Council of Reference
Jo Britton, Executive Director, Children’s Services, Telford & Wrekin Council.
This West Midlands regional programme is supported by the West Midlands ADCS Network team; more information can be found via the regional chair, by contacting info@wmchildrensservices.org.uk or via the website www.wmchildrensservices.org.uk
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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: Lucy Townsend, Corporate Director of People (DCS), Wilshire Council
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Lucy Townsend, Corporate Director of People, Wiltshire County Council | lucy.townsend@wiltshire.gov.uk
Regional representatives on ADCS Council of Reference
Lucy Townsend, Corporate Director of People, Wiltshire County Council
Mary Kearney-Knowles, Director, Children’s Services and Education, Bath and North East Somerset Council
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There are 19 local authorities in the South East region.
They are Brighton and Hove, Bracknell Forest, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Medway, Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire, Portsmouth, Reading, Slough, Southampton, Surrey, West Berkshire, West Sussex, Windsor and Maidenhead and Wokingham.
Co-Chair: Lucy Butler
Co-Chair: Mac Heath
Co-Chairs
The South East region is co-chaired by Lucy Butler, Director of Children’s Services, West Sussex County Council and Mac Heath, Director of Children’s Services in Milton Keynes Council
Regional representatives on ADCS Council of Reference
Lucy Butler, Director for Children, Education and Families, West Sussex County Council
Mac Heath, Director of Children’s Services, Milton Keynes Council
Vacancy
More details of the regional activities can be found at www.seslip.co.uk
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There are 24 local authorities in the North West region.
They are Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Bolton, Bury, Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Cumberland, Halton, Knowsley, Lancashire, Liverpool, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Sefton, St Helens, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Warrington, Westmorland and Furness, Wigan and Wirral.
Chair: Amanda Perraton
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The North West regional Chair is Amanda Perraton, Director of Children’s Social Care, Warrington Council.
Regional representatives on ADCS Council of Reference
Amanda Perraton, Director of Children’s Social Care, Warrington Council
Chris McLoughlin, Director of Children’s Services, Stockport MBC
Colette Dutton, Direcor of Children’s Services, Wigan Council
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There are 12 local authorities in the North East region.
They are Darlington, Durham, Gateshead, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, North Tyneside, Redcar and Cleveland, South Tyneside, Stockton and Sunderland.
Chair: Jill Colbert
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The North East region chair is Jill Colbert, Chief Executive /DCS, Together For Children, Sunderland City Council
Regional representatives on ADCS Council of Reference
Jill Colbert, Chief Executive /DCS, Together For Children, Sunderland City Council
Helen Fergusson, Director of Children’s Services, Gateshead Council
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There are 33 local authorities in the Greater London region.
They are Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Camden, City of London, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Kingston upon Thames, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Newham, Redbridge, Richmond upon Thames, Southwark, Sutton, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth and Westminster
Chair: Jane McSherry
The London Innovation and Improvement Alliance’s (LIIA) dedicated website can be found here. The LIIA the ALDCS sector-led improvement partnership, hosted by London Councils.
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The Greater London region chair is Jane McSherry, Executive Director of Children, Lifelong Learning and Families, Merton Council
Regional representatives on ADCS Council of Reference
Jane McSherry, Executive Director of Children, Lifelong Learning and Families, Merton Council
Ann Graham, Director of Children’s Services, Haringey Council
Ana Popovici, Director of Children’s Services, Wandsworth Council
Florence Kroll, Director for Children’s Services, Royal Borough of Greenwich.
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There are 10 local authorities in the East Midlands region.
They are Derby, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Leicester, Leicestershire, North Northamptonshire, Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire , Rutland and West Northamptonshire
Chair: Colin Foster
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The East Midlands region chair is Colin Foster, Northamptonshire Children’s Trust
Regional representatives on ADCS Council of Reference
Colin Foster, Northamptonshire Children’s Trust
Rebecca Wilshire, West Northamptonshire Council
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There are 11 local authorities in the Eastern region.
They are Bedford Borough, Cambridgeshire, Central Bedfordshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Luton, Norfolk, Peterborough, Southend-on-Sea, Suffolk and Thurrock.
Chair: Sara Tough
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The Eastern Region chair is Sara Tough, Norfolk County Council
Regional representatives on ADCS Council of Reference
Sara Tough, Norfolk County Council
Sarah-Jane Smedmor, Central Bedfordshire Council