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.
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Updates to this page
Published 1 September 2013
Last updated 718 FebruaryMarch 2025
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7 February 2025
Named contact for Wales has been changed from Lorraine Davies to Paul Harris.
17 October 2024
Removed Lisa Collins and Bharat Keshwala as Group Partnership Managers for North and East Midlands and added Jean Sharpe.
17 September 2024
The national partnership team contact for North Central (England) is now Rebecca Owen.
2 September 2024
Contact details for Scotland National partnership team have been updated.
29 July 2024
Darran Alford has been replaced with Richard Aston as the contact for the Welsh National Partnership team.
17 April 2024
Replaced Dave Ashdown as partnership manager for London and Essex with Marian Keane.
29 January 2024
The Group Partnership Manager contact information for West Midlands has changed.
1 December 2023
Updated the email address for the London and Essex national partnership team contacts. Updated Kam Patel's responsibilities.
28 July 2023
The national partnership team contact for West Midlands is now Trish Rowe, replacing Richard Smith.
20 June 2023
Updated DWP partnerships. The national partnership team contact for North Central is now Halima Atcha, replacing Jo Ledgard.
10 May 2023
Updated the email contact details for housing and landlord queries related to Scotland.
24 January 2023
Nicki O’Connor has replaced Lucy Lord as the partnership manager for the North West.
22 December 2022
Replaced Sarah Hernandez with Dave Ashdown as Group Partnership Manager responsible for employment programmes and jobseeker initiatives in London and Essex.
8 December 2022
Updated email contact details for national partnership team
for the south west.
21 November 2022
Replaced Vicki Harrison with Allison Cooper as national partnership team contact for the south west.
30 August 2022
Updated DWP partnerships. The national partnership team contact for the North East is now Kay Charlton, replacing Phil Adams.
24 May 2022
Updated the national partnership team contact for the north west.
28 April 2022
Changed the Group Partnership Manager for Wales from Debbie Hawkes to Lorraine Davies.
25 April 2022
Updated contact details for Scotland.
22 March 2022
Updated contact details for Scotland.
9 March 2022
Updated contact details for North and East Midlands.
18 February 2022
Updated the Scotland section, adding new contacts and updating responsibilities.
7 January 2022
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.
14 October 2021
Replaced Miranda Murray with Jan Haining as one of the National Partnership team contacts for Scotland.
24 September 2021
Updated contact details for North and East Midlands.
20 September 2021
Replaced Martin Williams and Anne Forsyth with Vicki Harrison as the South West Group Partnership Manager.
15 September 2021
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.
1 September 2021
Added descriptions to clarify which locations are included in each area.
30 July 2021
Replaced Nick Mellor with Cath Bate as the North West Group Partnerships Lead.
7 May 2021
Added Martin Williams as the South West Group Partnership Manager responsible for the Kickstart Scheme and related stakeholder engagement.
30 April 2021
Added Anne Forsyth as the new national partnership team contact for the South West.
19 April 2021
Replaced Chris Fields with Lisa Collins as one of the National Partnership team contacts for East and Central Midlands.
18 February 2021
Replaced Sandra Stewart with Miranda Murray as one of the National Partnership team contacts for Scotland.
8 January 2021
Replaced Sharon Riding with Jo Ledgard as the national partnership team contact for North Central (West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Cumbria and Lancashire).
21 December 2020
Added Karen Brown as the National Partnership team contact for South East England.
7 December 2020
Updated North West 'Group Partnership Manager' details.
27 November 2020
Updated National Partnership team contact details for ‘West Midlands’, ‘East and Central Midlands’ and ‘North Central (includes West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Cumbria and Lancashire)’.
26 November 2020
Updated Group Partnership Manager information for London and Essex.
5 November 2020
Added Sandra Stewart and Elaine Livingston as new contacts for Scotland.
29 September 2020
Added Kam Patel as the new Group Partnership Development Manager for London and Essex responsible for benefit-related matters.
2 September 2020
Added link to specific Kickstart Scheme contact page.
13 February 2020
Updated North East contact details.
13 November 2019
Updated East and Central Midlands contact to Karen Manuel. Updated Scotland Group Partnership Manager to Elaine Bettley.
15 August 2019
Replaced London and Essex partnership manager with Dave Keogh.
15 February 2019
Updated the Group Partnership Development Manager for Scotland to Louise Cook.
14 February 2019
Updated the East and Central Midlands contact email address.
17 January 2019
Updated email address for Taj Singh, partnership manager for the West Midlands.
28 November 2018
Changed contact for North West England from Janet O'Reilly to Caireen Hammett.
26 November 2018
Replaced South East England contact with James Snelling.
10 September 2018
Added Janet O'Reilly as the contact for the North West.
10 September 2018
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.
20 July 2018
Replaced contact for the North West - was Louise Doyle and is now Janet O'Reilly.
3 May 2018
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.
3 May 2018
Added new contacts for the North West, South West, South East and the East and West Midlands of England.
7 November 2017
New contact details for North east, Yorkshire and Humber, North west England, Southern England and Scotland.
24 October 2017
Updated the National partnership team contact details for England, Scotland and Wales.
22 June 2017
Added information about the Dynamic Purchasing System to supply work focused activities.
15 February 2017
Revised contact information for partnership teams in Central England, Scotland and Wales.
29 February 2016
Revised contact information for partnership teams in southern England.
9 October 2015
Revised contact information for partnership teams in southern England.
10 July 2015
Revised contact information for partnership teams in Central England, North-west England and Southern England.
8 December 2014
Published revised ne and Yorks and southern England contacts.
11 April 2014
Updated national partnership contact details.
20 March 2014
Updated southern England partnerships contact details.
3 March 2014
Updated NE and NW England partnership contacts.
15 January 2014
Updated central England partnership contacts.
10 January 2014
Updated NE, Yorks and Humber DWP partnership contacts.