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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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The Yorkshire and Humber region chair is Pauline Turner, Director, Children, Young People and Family Services, Hull City Council

Regional representatives on ADCS Council of Reference

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Nicola Curley, DCS, Rotherham


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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.

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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

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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.

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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


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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

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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


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