There are currently 11 Children, Young People and Families Regional Groups across the UK. Each group represents Occupational Therapists working with children, young people and families in all settings at a local level.
Regional groups aim to provide support and information through a number of ways, including meetings and training/study events. It is recognised that groups will vary in size, both in membership numbers and geographical area. Each group has a Regional Representative who acts as a link between their regional members and the Specialist Section NEC. Regional Representatives link directly with the NEC Regional Group Co-ordinator who in terrn oversees all regional activity across the UK.
Regional groups should have their own regional committee who support the regional representative. These committees will include a chair person, treasurer, secretary, and if appropriate may include other post such as events organiser and website/publicity link. If you would like help or advice on forming a regional committee please contact the NEC Regional Groups Co-Ordinator for further information.
The NEC Regional Groups Co-Ordinator meets with Regional Representatives twice a year. These meetings are a forum for the dissemination of information about regional and national issues of interest to Children's, Young People and Families members and are an excellent opportunity for networking between regional groups.
Regional Groups:
- East Central Scotland (Angus, Clackmannan, Dundee, East/Mid/West Lothian, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Fife, Perth and Kinross, Scottish Borders, Stirling)
- East Midlands (Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire)
- London (Hertfordshire, London Boroughs)
- North Scotland (Grampians, Highlands)
- North East/Cumbria
- Northern Ireland
- North West
- Oxford (Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Oxford)
- Pan Avon (Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire)
- Severn (Monmouthshire, Newport, Torfraen, Cardiff, Blaenau Gwent, Merthyr Tydfil, Caerphilly, Rhondaeynol, Neath and Porth Talbot, South Glamorgan, Swansea)
- South East (Kent, Surrey, East/West Sussex)
- South West (Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Channel Isles and Scilly Isles)
- South West Scotland (Argyll and Bute, Ayrshire and Arran, Dunfries and Galloway, Dumbartonshire, Greater Glasgow, Inverclyde, North and South Lanarkshire, East Renfrewshire, Renfrewshire)
- Wessex Region (Hampshire, Dorset)
- West Midlands(Hereford and Worcester, Powys, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire)
- Yorkshire
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