Contacting NDCS's Regional Directors

NDCS has a team of Regional Directors to promote the interests of deaf children and their families at a local level.

One of their main roles is to influence key decision makers in local authorities and health services to ensure education, health, social care and other public services meet the needs of deaf children.

The information below shows which areas each Regional Director covers, and how to contact them.

East England: Gary Nethercott - Regional Director East England

Contact details:
Direct line: 01394 388497
Email: gary.nethercott@ndcs.org.uk


Gary Nethercott Regional Director photo (credit: NDCS)

Children’s Services Authorities:
Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshireshire, Luton, Norfolk, Peterborough, Southend, Suffolk, Thurrock.

 

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East Midlands: Linda Cox, Senior Regional Director – North/Regional Director East Midlands

Contact details:
Direct line: 01733 326 988 (v/t)
Mobile: 07792 661 675
Email:linda.cox@ndcs.org.uk

Linda Cox (credit: NDCS)

Children’s Services Authorities:
Derby City, Derbyshire, Leicester City, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire, Rutland. 

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London: Nicola Ward, Regional Director London

Contact details:
Direct line: 020 7014 1108
Mobile: 07854 879667
Email: nicola.ward@ndcs.org.uk

Nicola Ward (credit: NDCS)

Children’s Services Authorities:
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, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Newham, Redbridge, Richmond, Southwark, Sutton, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth, Westminster.

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North East, Yorkshire and the Humber: Alison Lawson, Regional Director North East, Yorkshire & the Humber

Contact details:
Direct line: 0191 522 5406 
Mobile: 07792 661 704
Email: alison.lawson@ndcs.org.uk

Alison Lawson (credit: NDCS)

North East Children’s Services Authorities:
County Durham, Darlington,  Gateshead, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Newcastle,  North Tyneside, Northumberland,  Redcar and Cleveland, South Tyneside, Stockton and Sunderland.

Yorkshire and the Humber Children’s Services Authorities:
Barnsley, Bradford, Calderdale, City of York,  Doncaster, East Riding of Yorkshire, Hull, Kirklees, Leeds, North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, Rotherham, Sheffield and Wakefield.

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North West: Hazel Badjie, Regional Director North West

Contact details:
Direct line: 01706 825 022
Mobile: 07890 318724
Email: hazel.badjie@ndcs.org.uk
Hazel Birtles (credit: NDCS)

Children’s Services Authorities:
Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Bury, Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Cumbria, Halton, Isle of Man, Knowsley, Lancashire, Liverpool, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, St Helens, Salford, Sefton, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, Warrington, Wirral.
 

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South East: Mark Witcomb, Senior Regional Director – South/Regional Director South East

Contact details:
Direct line: 01243 264 629
Mobile: 07792 661 772
Email: mark.witcomb@ndcs.org.uk

Mark Witcomb (credit: NDCS)

Children’s Services Authorities:
Bracknell Forest, Brighton and Hove, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Medway, Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire, Portsmouth, Reading, Slough, Southampton, Surrey, West Berkshire, West Sussex, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham.

 

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South West: Louise Cole, Regional Director South West

Contact details:
Direct line: 01395 579 643
Mobile: 07890 318 715
Email: louise.cole@ndcs.org.uk

Louise Cole (credit: NDCS)

Children’s Services Authorities:
Bath and N.E. Somerset, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cornwall, Devon; Dorset, Gloucestershire, Guernsey, Isles of Scilly, Jersey, Plymouth, Poole, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, Torbay, Wiltshire. 

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West Midlands: David Heap, Regional Director West Midlands

Contact details:
Mobile: 07590 441066 (text only)
Email: david.heap@ndcs.org.uk

David Heap (credit: NDCS)

Children’s Services Authorities:
Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Herefordshire, Sandwell, Solihull, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Telford & Wrekin/Shropshire, Walsall, Warwickshire, Wolverhampton, Worcestershire.

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