Contacts
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UK:
Helen Dearman, Parliamentary Officer
Telephone: 020 7391 2083
Email: Helen.Dearman@rnib.org.uk
Scotland:
James Adams: Policy, Parliamentary & Communications Manager
Telephone: 0131 311 8500
Email: james.adams@rnib.org.uk
Cymru:
Mary van den Heuvel: Campaigns Officer
Telephone: 029 2044 9591
Email: mary.vandenheuvel@rnib.org.uk
Northern Ireland:
David Mann: Team Leader, Campaigns
Telephone: 028 9032 9373
Email: david.mann@rnib.org.uk
RNIB Regional Campaigns team - background, areas and contact details
August 2009
RNIB has six Regional Campaigns Officers (RCOs) based in across England. The regional officers work with local and regional decision makers such as Primary Care Trusts and Local authorities to improve services and support available to people who are blind or partially sighted. They also support local people to campaign on issues which directly affect them, often relating to transport and travel, accessibility of information, and availability of services.
1. Government Regions covered: Yorkshire & the Humber, North East
Regional Campaigns Officer: Roy Ruddick
Address: RNIB Regional Centre,
Fairfax House,
Merrion Street
Leeds, LS2 8JU
Telephone: 0113 386 2808
Mobile: 07852 775906
Email: roy.ruddick@rnib.org.uk
Areas covered: Yorkshire, Humber, Northumberland and Durham, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Gateshead, Sunderland, Hartlepool, Stockton on Tees, Darlington, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland.
2. Government Regions covered: South West
Regional Campaigns Officer: Tara Melton
RNIB Regional Centre, 10 Still House Lane, Bedminster, Bristol, BS3 4EB
Tel: 0117 934 1707
Mobile: 07818 451 734
Email: tmelton@rnib.org.uk
Areas covered: Bristol, Channel Islands, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Scilly Isles, Somerset and Wiltshire
3. Government Region covered: West Midlands
Regional Campaigns Officer: Rebecca Swift
RNIB Regional Centre, 58-72 John Bright Street, Birmingham,
B1 1BN
Tel: 0121 665 4260
Mobile: 0785 277 5124
Email: rswift@rnib.org.uk
Area covered: Shropshire, Hereford & Worcester, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Stoke on Trent, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Sandwell, Dudley, Birmingham, Solihull and Coventry.
4. Government Regions covered: North West
Regional Campaigns Officer: Lindsay Armstrong
RNIB Regional Centre, The Gateway Centre, 71 London Road, Liverpool, L3 8HY
Tel: 0151 298 3233
Mobile: 07827 872 402
Email: ljarmstrong@rnib.org.uk
Area covered: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside
5. Government Regions covered: London, South East
Regional Campaigns Officer: Richard Holmes
RNIB Regional Centre, 105 Judd Street, London, WC1H 9NE
Tel: 020 7391 2112
Mobile: 07867 526 918
Email: rholmes@rnib.org.uk
Area covered: London, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, East and West Sussex, Surrey
6. Government regions covered: East Midlands, East of England
Regional Campaigns Officer: Ruth Stockdale
RNIB Regional Centre, PO Box 8382, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 9BL
Tel: 01509 632 403
Mobile: 07957 748 196
Email: ruth.stockdale@rnib.org.uk
Area Covered: Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Rutland, Derby, Leicester and Suffolk
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