Regional Coordinators & Trainee reps
Co-ordinating activities across the four nations
There are 16 BACCH Regional Co-ordinators across the UK and they play a vital role in supporting the work of BACCH at a regional level and sit on BACCH Council. They are supported by Regional Trainee Reps.
Coordinators and Regional Trainee Reps can be contacted via email where listed, or via the BACCH office.
If you are interested in applying for one of the vacant roles, please see the self-nominations pages.
Region | Areas covered | Coordinator | Trainee rep |
East of England | Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex*, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (*excluding Essex areas of Basildon, Brentwood & Thurrock) | Dr Nivedita Bajaj | Dr Matthew Cox |
East Midlands | Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, and Rutland | Dr Folasade Johnson* | Dr Eleanor Boddy* |
Kent, Surrey & Sussex (KSS) | Kent, Surrey & Sussex | Dr Paul Wright | Dr Catherine Grilli |
London - North | All London Boroughs north of the Thames (plus Essex areas of Basildon, Brentwood & Thurrock) | Dr Katherine Odoki* | Dr Adelene Wong* |
London - South | All London boroughs south of the Thames (including Richmond) | Dr Brindha* Dhandapani | vacant* |
Mersey & Cheshire | Merseyside & Cheshire | Dr Rajiv Mittal | Dr Natalie Garrod |
Northern England | County Durham, Cumbria, Northumberland, Tees Valley, and Tyne & Wear | Dr Christine Powell | Dr Megan Hartley |
Northern Ireland | All of Northern Ireland | vacant* | Dr Catherine Diamond |
North West England | Greater Manchester, Lancashire & Isle of Man | Dr Bunmi Lawson* | Dr Naomi Preston |
Thames Valley | Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | Dr Jenny Chopra* | Dr Hannah Cooney |
Scotland (& SACCH) contact via SACCH | All of Scotland | Dr Alison McLuckie | Lotte Harleman (North) Clare Brady (West) tbc (South East) Gemma Robertson (East) |
South West England | Avon, Cornwall, Devon, Gloucestershire and Somerset | Dr Saras Hosdurga | Dr Jessica Hawksley & Dr Emily Helliwell |
Wales | All of Wales | Dr Nia John | vacant* |
Wessex | Channel Islands, Dorset, Hampshire, Isle Of Wight, and Wiltshire | Dr Kathy Padoa* | Dr Jessica Thompson |
West Midlands | Birmingham, Black Country, Coventry, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire & Worcestershire | Dr Parimal Mano | Dr Liz Venables & Dr Emma Murphy |
Yorkshire & Humber | East, North, South & West Yorkshire, and Northern Lincolnshire | Dr Swathi Pai* | vacant* |
* self-nominations for new coordinator/ trainee rep open