National partnership team contacts for England, Scotland and Wales
Updated 17 October 2024
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Landlords
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England
West Midlands
This area includes Birmingham and Solihull, Black Country, and Mercia.
| Name | Responsibilities | |
|---|---|---|
| Mandy Williams | [email protected] | Group Partnership Manager responsible for employment programmes, jobseeker initiatives and benefit related matters |
North and East Midlands
This area includes East Anglia, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire, South Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland, and Staffordshire and Derbyshire.
| Name | Responsibilities | |
|---|---|---|
| Roger Matthews | [email protected] | Group Partnership Manager responsible for employment programmes, jobseeker initiatives and benefit related matters |
| Jean Sharpe | [email protected] | Group Employer Manager responsible for employers and employer engagement |
London and Essex
| Name | Responsibilities | |
|---|---|---|
| Kam Patel | [email protected] | Group Partnership Development Manager responsible for benefit related matters, Landlord and Housing Queries for London and Essex |
| Marian Keane | [email protected] | Group Partnership Manager responsible for employment programmes and jobseeker initiatives |
North Central
This area includes West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Cumbria and Lancashire.
| Name | Responsibilities | |
|---|---|---|
| Rebecca Owen | [email protected] | Group Partnership Manager responsible for employment programmes, jobseeker initiatives and benefit related matters |
North East
This area includes Durham and Tees Valley, North and East Yorkshire and the Humber, North Lincolnshire and Northumberland, and Tyne and Wear.
| Name | Responsibilities | |
|---|---|---|
| Kay Charlton | [email protected] | Group Partnership Manager responsible for employment programmes, jobseeker initiatives and benefit related matters |
North West
This area includes Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire.
| Name | Responsibilities | |
|---|---|---|
| Nicki O’Connor | [email protected] | Group Partnership Manager responsible for employment programmes and jobseeker initiatives |
South West
This area includes Devon and Cornwall, Avon, Somerset and Gloucestershire, Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire, and Isle of Wight.
| Name | Responsibilities | |
|---|---|---|
| Allison Cooper | [email protected] | Group Partnership Manager responsible for employment programmes, jobseeker initiatives and benefit related matters |
South East
This area includes Kent, Surrey and Sussex, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, and Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire.
| Name | Responsibilities | |
|---|---|---|
| Karen Brown | [email protected] | Group Partnership Manager responsible for employment programmes and jobseeker initiatives |
Scotland
| Name | Responsibilities | |
|---|---|---|
| [email protected] | Housing and landlord queries related to Scotland | |
| Jamie MacDonald | [email protected] | Head of Employer and Strategic Partnerships in Scotland |
| Lynn Campbell | [email protected] | Senior Employer and Strategic Partnerships Leader - responsible for employer engagement and strategic partnerships in Scotland |
| Lorna Gilmour | [email protected] | Senior Devolution and Strategic Engagement Leader - responsible for devolution and strategic engagement related partnerships in Scotland |
Wales
| Name | Responsibilities | |
|---|---|---|
| Lorraine Davies | [email protected] | Group Partnership Manager responsible for employment programmes, jobseeker initiatives, benefit related matters, labour market, stakeholder engagement and devolution related engagement |
| Richard Aston | [email protected] | Devolution related engagement |