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
- East Midlands: Linda Cox, Senior Regional Director – North/Regional Director East Midlands
- London: Nicola Ward, Regional Director London
- North East, Yorkshire and the Humber: Alison Lawson, Regional Director North East, Yorkshire & the Humber
- North West: Hazel Badjie, Regional Director North West
- South East: Mark Witcomb, Senior Regional Director – South/Regional Director South East
- South West: Louise Cole, Regional Director South West
- West Midlands: David Heap, Regional Director West Midlands
East England: Gary Nethercott - Regional Director East England
Children’s Services Authorities:
Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshireshire, Luton, Norfolk, Peterborough, Southend, Suffolk, Thurrock.
TopEast 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
Children’s Services Authorities:
Derby City, Derbyshire, Leicester City, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire, Rutland.
London: Nicola Ward, Regional Director London
Contact details:
Direct line: 020 7014 1108
Mobile: 07854 879667
Email: nicola.ward@ndcs.org.uk
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.
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
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.
North West: Hazel Badjie, Regional Director North West
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.
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
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.
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
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.
West Midlands: David Heap, Regional Director West Midlands
Contact details:
Mobile: 07590 441066 (text only)
Email: david.heap@ndcs.org.uk
Children’s Services Authorities:
Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Herefordshire, Sandwell, Solihull, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Telford & Wrekin/Shropshire, Walsall, Warwickshire, Wolverhampton, Worcestershire.
