Regional Care Development Advisers

Receiving support at the Manchester Care Centre. The Association has a network of regional care development advisers (RCDAs), covering England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Regional care development advisers (listed below):

act as educators, facilitors and catalysts
work closely with local statutory services and community care providers to ensure effective support for people affected by MND
have detailed knowledge of the care and management of MND
manage Association visitors (AVs) in their respective areas
offer support and advice to people with MND and their families in complex situations

If you are unsure of the RCDA for your area please contact the MND Connect team. We would also encourage you to contact this service if the RCDA is not available.

MND Connect

10-15 Notre Dame Mews
Northampton
NN1 2BG

Tel: 08457 626262
Fax: 01604 638289
Email: mndconnect@mndassociation.org

THE NORTH - Vacant

Northumberland, Newcastle and Durham

Tel: 08453 751820

NORTH WEST - Anna Conlan

Lancashire, South Cumbria, Blackpool and Isle of Man

Tel: 08453 751841

WEST YORKSHIRE - Susan Smith

West Yorkshire and Harrogate

Tel: 08453 751822
Fax: 0113 267 2393

CLEVELAND, EAST & NORTH YORKSHIRE - Vacant

Cleveland, East Coast, North Yorkshire, Humberside

Tel: 08453 751837

GREATER MANCHESTER - Chris Lynch

Bolton; Bury, Wigan, Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside, Stockport, Trafford, Salford, City of Manchester, (Postcodes: BL, M, OL 1-16 (except 13,14) SK 1-8, 12 13,14,15,16, WA 14, 15 WN 1-3, 7, 4, 5, 6).

Tel: 08453 751835

MERSEY - Kathy James

Merseyside, Cheshire, Wirral (not Stockport), UAs Halton, (inc Widnes), Warrington, (Postcodes: CH except 5-8, CW, L 1-40, PR 8+9, SK 9,10,11, WN4, 5, & 6 & SK12, all WA except 14 & 15.

Tel: 08453 751832
Fax: 0151 298 2333

NORTH DERBYSHIRE, SOUTH YORKSHIRE, SCUNTHORPE & GRIMSBY- Jane Evans

South Yorkshire, North Derbyshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire

Tel: 08453 751821
Fax: 0114 255 7092

NORTHERN IRELAND - Helen McClean

Antrim; Armagh; Fermanagh; Londonderry; Tyrone; Co Down; (Postcodes: BT)

Tel: 08453 751852
Fax: 02891 873923

WEST MIDLANDS (SOUTH) - Margaret McIntosh

Warwickshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, West Midlands - Birmingham, Solihull, Coventry.

Tel: 08453 751846

WEST MIDLANDS (NORTH) - Jackie Dornford-May

Staffordshire, Shropshire, West Mids. – Sandwell, Dudley, Walsall, Wolverhampton

Tel: 08453 751842
Fax: 01785 254355

EAST ANGLIA - Jane Campbell

Cambridgeshire; Norfolk; Suffolk.

Tel: 08453 751827

THAMES VALLEY - Fiona Turner

Oxfordshire; Buckinghamshire; Milton Keynes, Berkshire (Reading, Slough, Bracknell forest, West Berkshire, Windsor & Maidenhead

Tel: 08453 751854

EAST MIDLANDS - Jane Connell

South Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire

Tel: 08453 751836
Fax: 01636 642801

CENTRAL MIDLANDS - Rachel Boothman

Northamptonshire, Leicestershire and rutland, Bedforshire, Luton

Tel: 08453 751830

NORTH WALES - Kevin Thomas

Gwynedd; Clwyd; North Powys.

Tel: 08453 751824

SOUTH WALES - Jenny James

Gwent; West Glamorgan; Mid Glamorgan; South Glamorgan; Dyfed; South Powys.

Tel: 08453 751853
Fax: 029 2059 8849

SOUTH CENTRAL - Annemieke Fox

Hampshire; Dorset; Isle of Wight; Channel Islands.

Tel: 08453 751831

WEST OF ENGLAND - Hilary Fairfield

Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire, Bristol, North Somerset(postcodes: BA1-3, 12-15, BS1-49), Bath & North East Somerset, Swindon, Wiltshire

Tel: 08453 751828

SOUTH WEST - Bill Nevin

Cornwall; Devon; Somerset.

Tel: 08453 751844
Fax: 01884 251579

SURREY AND WEST SUSSEX - Kim Iliffe

Surrey and West Sussex

Tel: 08453 751825

NORTH AND WEST LONDON - Lorraine Carter

Barnet, Cambden, Harrow, Brent, Westminster, kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith, Easling, Housnslow, Hillingdon, Enfield and Islington

Tel: 08453 751826

NORTH EAST LONDON - Frances Carroll

Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Hewham, Harringey, Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Havering and City

Tel: 08453 751851

SOUTH LONDON- Sal Hastings

Kingston, Sutton, Merton, Croydon, Wandsworth, Lambeth, Southward, Lewisham, Greenwich, Bexley, Bromley, Richmond

Tel: 08457 626262

KENT AND EAST SUSSEX - Sara Jane Murray

Kent including Medway and East Sussex including Brighton and Hove

Tel: 08453 751849

HERTFORDSHIRE AND ESSEX - Liz Pybus

Hertfordshire and Essex including Thurrock and Southend and Enfield North of the M25

Tel: 08453 751840