Resources and funding for workforce development in adult social care in North West

Employer-led partnership contact details are towards the bottom of this page.

Skills for Care regional contact:
North West office
Farington House, Lancashire Business Park, Centurion Way, Leyland, PR26 6TW
01772 459401
northwest@skillsforcare.org.uk  

Skills for Care sub-regional contacts:

Cheshire

Angela Davies /  Sarah Lammiman
a.davies@crossroadscaring.com / sarah.lammiman@skillsforcare.org.uk
01244 976737 / 01524 842367

Cumbria
Brian Groves
brian.groves@skillsforcare.org.uk
01228 712796

Greater Lancashire
Brian Groves
brian.groves@skillsforcare.org.uk
01228 712796

Greater Manchester
Sarah Lammiman (Stockport, Salford, Trafford, Tameside)
sarah.lammiman@skillsforcare.org.uk
01524 842367

Carol Shearman (Wigan, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale and Manchester City)
carol.shearman@skillsforcare.org.uk
01253 751023

Greater Merseyside
Jon Kerr
jon.kerr@skillsforcare.org.uk
0115 737 1471

Employer led partnerships - contact details

For full addresses download the lead partners excel document.

Name of partnership	Lead partner	Telephone number	Email address
Blackburn with Darwen Soc. Care Joint Workforce	Margaret Ecroyd	01254 585816	margaret.ecroyd@blackburn.gov.uk
Blackpool Care Learning Partnership	Ruth Jackson	01253 651955	ruth.jackson@blackpool.gov.uk
Bolton Health & Social Care Partnership	Lorraine Ashton	01204 337608	lorraine.ashton@bolton.gov.uk
Bury Adult Care Training Partnership	Michael Short	0161 253 6151	M.Short@bury.gov.uk
Cheshire Adult Social Care and Health Workforce Development Team	Christine Burkett	01244 976907	vikki.harper@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
Cumbria Care Sector Alliance	Lesley Gill	01539 713327	lesley.gill@cumbriacc.gov.uk
Halton Social Centre Partnership	Jill Maloney	0151 471 7607	jill.maloney@halton.gov.uk
Knowsley Care Partnership	Sharon McFarlane	0151 443 3578	sharon.mcfarlane@knowsley.gov.uk
Lancashire Workforce Development Partnership	Dymphna Knowles	01772 761855	safeerasuleman@lwdp.org.uk
Liverpool Social Care Training Partnership	Mikaela Williams Brown	0845 838 5174	mikaela@lscpinfo.co.uk
Manchester Children, Families & Social Care Partnership	Gill Moncaster	0161 203 2255	gillian.moncaster@manchester.gov.uk
Oldham Social Care Training Partnership	John Fraine/Linda Green	0161 770 8700	linda.green@oldham.gov.uk
Rochdale Social Care Development Partnership	Fiona Nuttall / Ryan Staniland	01706  922415	ryan.staniland@rochdale.gov.uk
Salford Training Partnership	Jane Wright	0161 603 4196	jane.wright@salford.gov.uk
Sefton Social Care Partnership	Kim Squire/Anne Connor	0151 330 5738/6	kim.squire@sefton.gov.uk
St Helens Care Employers forum	Mel Latham	01744 456086	mellatham@sthelens.gov.uk
Stockport Care Training Partnership	Wendy Luxon	0161 218 1770	wendy.luxon@stockport.gov.uk
Tameside Training Consortium	Lynne Taylor	0161 337 0246	lynne.taylor@tameside.gov.uk
Trafford Care Consortium	Ann Marie Jones / Philomena Farrell	0161 746 9754 / 0161 748 2343	annmarie.jones@ageconcerntrafford.org.uk philomena.farrell@trafford.gov.uk
Warrington Social Care Partnership	Pauline Blyth	01925 458142	pblyth@warrington.gov.uk
Wigan Borough Joint Train. Partnership	Lisa Rigby	01942 486435	lisa.m.rigby@wigan.gov.uk
Wirral Borough Partnership	Diane Cottrell	0151 666 4884	dianecottrell@wirral.gov.uk