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DWP partnerships

How to contact DWP partnership teams for England, Scotland and Wales.

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Department for Work and Pensions
Published
1 September 2013
Last updated
2028 JuneJuly 2023 — See all updates

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National partnership team contacts for England, Scotland and Wales

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Landlords

Read the Universal Credit: Housing Queries Routeway for guidance on how to resolve landlord queries about Universal Credit.

DWP works on the topics of employment, pensions and ageing society and welfare.

We are committed to developing strong and productive partnerships at a local, regional and national level. The local expertise we get from our external relationships helps us move people into and closer to work or claim any eligible benefits.

By working together we meet shared objectives and avoid duplication. We keep our partners up to date on welfare and policy changes, ensuring that everyone can access the support they need.

Contact the partnership team for your area to find out how we can work together.

DWP occasionally publishes details of local partnership opportunities with Jobcentre Plus. These provide work-focused activities to help people prepare for and move into employment.

Providing work-focused activities

DWP uses a Dynamic Purchasing System to buy work-focused activities to help people move into work. Get more information and find out how to bid for the opportunity to supply these activities on Contracts Finder.

Published 1 September 2013
Last updated 2028 JuneJuly 2023 + show all updates

  1. The national partnership team contact for West Midlands is now Trish Rowe, replacing Richard Smith.

  2. Updated DWP partnerships. The national partnership team contact for North Central is now Halima Atcha, replacing Jo Ledgard.

  3. Updated the email contact details for housing and landlord queries related to Scotland.

  4. Nicki O’Connor has replaced Lucy Lord as the partnership manager for the North West.

  5. Replaced Sarah Hernandez with Dave Ashdown as Group Partnership Manager responsible for employment programmes and jobseeker initiatives in London and Essex.

  6. Updated email contact details for national partnership team for the south west.

  7. Replaced Vicki Harrison with Allison Cooper as national partnership team contact for the south west.

  8. Updated DWP partnerships. The national partnership team contact for the North East is now Kay Charlton, replacing Phil Adams.

  9. Updated the national partnership team contact for the north west.

  10. Changed the Group Partnership Manager for Wales from Debbie Hawkes to Lorraine Davies.

  11. Updated contact details for Scotland.

  12. Updated contact details for Scotland.

  13. Updated contact details for North and East Midlands.

  14. Updated the Scotland section, adding new contacts and updating responsibilities.

  15. Replaced Sabine Deriu with Roger Matthews as one of the National Partnership team contacts for North and East Midlands. Added Lisa Collins as the Group Employer and Partnership Lead for North and East Midlands.

  16. Replaced Miranda Murray with Jan Haining as one of the National Partnership team contacts for Scotland.

  17. Updated contact details for North and East Midlands.

  18. Replaced Martin Williams and Anne Forsyth with Vicki Harrison as the South West Group Partnership Manager.

  19. Added link to Housing Queries Routeway for guidance on how to resolve landlord queries about Universal Credit. Updated contact details for South West and Wales, and changed the responsibility descriptors for the South East and Wales.

  20. Added descriptions to clarify which locations are included in each area.

  21. Replaced Nick Mellor with Cath Bate as the North West Group Partnerships Lead.

  22. Added Martin Williams as the South West Group Partnership Manager responsible for the Kickstart Scheme and related stakeholder engagement.

  23. Added Anne Forsyth as the new national partnership team contact for the South West.

  24. Replaced Chris Fields with Lisa Collins as one of the National Partnership team contacts for East and Central Midlands.

  25. Replaced Sandra Stewart with Miranda Murray as one of the National Partnership team contacts for Scotland.

  26. Replaced Sharon Riding with Jo Ledgard as the national partnership team contact for North Central (West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Cumbria and Lancashire).

  27. Added Karen Brown as the National Partnership team contact for South East England.

  28. Updated North West 'Group Partnership Manager' details.

  29. Updated National Partnership team contact details for ‘West Midlands’, ‘East and Central Midlands’ and ‘North Central (includes West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Cumbria and Lancashire)’.

  30. Updated Group Partnership Manager information for London and Essex.

  31. Added Sandra Stewart and Elaine Livingston as new contacts for Scotland.

  32. Added Kam Patel as the new Group Partnership Development Manager for London and Essex responsible for benefit-related matters.

  33. Added link to specific Kickstart Scheme contact page.

  34. Updated North East contact details.

  35. Updated East and Central Midlands contact to Karen Manuel. Updated Scotland Group Partnership Manager to Elaine Bettley.

  36. Replaced London and Essex partnership manager with Dave Keogh.

  37. Updated the Group Partnership Development Manager for Scotland to Louise Cook.

  38. Updated the East and Central Midlands contact email address.

  39. Updated email address for Taj Singh, partnership manager for the West Midlands.

  40. Changed contact for North West England from Janet O'Reilly to Caireen Hammett.

  41. Replaced South East England contact with James Snelling.

  42. Added Janet O'Reilly as the contact for the North West.

  43. Added Sharon Riding as the new contact for North Central. Also added Steve McCuskin and Phil Adams as contacts for both the North West and the North East.

  44. Replaced contact for the North West - was Louise Doyle and is now Janet O'Reilly.

  45. Updated the contact for Wales. Changed 'London and Home Counties' to 'London and Essex' and 'East Midlands' to 'East and Central Midlands' as per the new geographical areas for Universal Credit.

  46. Added new contacts for the North West, South West, South East and the East and West Midlands of England.

  47. New contact details for North east, Yorkshire and Humber, North west England, Southern England and Scotland.

  48. Updated the National partnership team contact details for England, Scotland and Wales.

  49. Added information about the Dynamic Purchasing System to supply work focused activities.

  50. Revised contact information for partnership teams in Central England, Scotland and Wales.

  51. Revised contact information for partnership teams in southern England.

  52. Revised contact information for partnership teams in southern England.

  53. Revised contact information for partnership teams in Central England, North-west England and Southern England.

  54. Published revised ne and Yorks and southern England contacts.

  55. Updated national partnership contact details.

  56. Updated southern England partnerships contact details.

  57. Updated NE and NW England partnership contacts.

  58. Updated central England partnership contacts.

  59. Updated NE, Yorks and Humber DWP partnership contacts.

  60. Scotland: DWP partnership contacts updated

  61. First published.