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Welcome to the BAAF Central & Northern region page. Please get in touch on the numbers below if you think we can help you or you'd like to know more about our work.

On this page:

> Our area
> Contact
> How we can help
> Our team
> Key English websites

Our area

We cover Central & Northern England - from the Scottish border down to Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, are covered by our Southern Region.

Contact

We have three offices in the region. Contact the offfice closest to you for help in the first instance.

BAAF Leeds office 4 Pavilion Business Park Royds Hall Road Wortley Leeds LS12 6AJ	Tel: 0113 289 1101 Advice and information: 0870 241 0663 Monday – Friday, 9am – 1 pm. Fax: 0113 289 1177 email: leeds@baaf.org.uk
BAAF Newcastle office MEA House, Ellison Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8XS	Tel: 0191 261 6600 Fax: 0191 232 2063 email: newcastle@baaf.org.uk
BAAF Birmingham office Dolphin House, 54 Coventry Rd., Birmingham B10 0RX	Tel: 0121 753 2001 Fax: 0121 753 7799 email: midlands@baaf.org.uk

How we can help

We offer:

An advice line, for members of the public and for professionals - for advice and information about adoption, fostering and tracing relatives.
Consultancy services for professionals, offering in depth help on complex cases and other issues.
Training in Central & Northern England - a wide range of courses for social workers and other professionals.
Consultancy on your agency's training needs.

Our team

Leeds Office

Erica Amende - Regional Director, BAAF Central & Northern England
Sushila de Sousa - Child placement consultant
Viv Howorth - Trainer consultant
Melanie Sutcliffe - Regional Administrator
Ruth Breeze - Regional Administrator

Midlands - Birmingham

Kanu Patel, Nicky Probert, Berni Stringer - Trainer consultants
Joy Broadhurst - Regional Administrator
Margaret Richardson - Regional Administrator
Christopher Benfield - Administrative Assistant

Newcastle Office

Pat Beesley - Trainer consultant
Maureen Burns - Trainer and Child Consultant
Leigh Withey - Regional administrator

North West

Lindsey Dunbar - Trainer Consultant (contactable via the Leeds office)

Other key English websites

The Department for Education and Skills: www.dfes.gov.uk/adoption
The Adoption Register for England & Wales: www.adoptionregister.org.uk/
The Independent Review Mechanism (England): www.irm-adoption.org.uk
General Register Office: www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/adoptions/
4 Nations Child Policy Network: www.childpolicy.org.uk/england/index.cfm

Your country or region:

> Southern England
> Central & Northern England
> Wales
> Cymru
> Scotland
> Northern Ireland
> International

Also see:
> Training in Central & Northern England
> English Statistics
> Consultations covering England
> Fostering & adoption first questions
> Legislation, policy & practice in England
> The IRM

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