Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any queries.

General Enquiries

Email: riep@northeastcouncils.gov.uk
Tel: 0191 261 3923
Fax: 0191 232 4558
Post: North East Regional Improvement & Efficiency Partnership, Guildhall, Quayside, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 3AF

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Programme Director

Martin Ryan : Tel 0191 261 3904 or 07977 474071

Local Authority Sponsors

Programme Managers

Julie Brown : Tel 07917 813 667
Programmes: Adult Social Care; Childrens Services; Community Engagement & Empowerment

Andrew DeAth : Tel 07770 537 953
Programme: 21st Century Services, Recruitment & Retention

Diane Nielsen: Tel 07825 112 629
Programme: Collaborative Procurement

Peter Schofield: Tel 07801 600 745
Programmes: Construction & Asset Management; Waste & Environment

Emily Sweetman : Tel 0191 261 3919 or 07771 696 090
Programmes: Organisational Development & Workforce Planning; Partnerships; Regional Leadership

Project Staff

Declan Baharini: Inspiring Partnerships Project Manager. Tel 07787 425 529

Zoe Campbell: Adult Social Care User Involvement and Stakeholder Communications Project Manager. Tel 07901 102 723

Jon Convery: Collaborative Procurement Project Manager. Tel 07768 636 046

Helen Dobson: Recruitment Portal Implementation Manager. Tel 07776 461 713

Dawn Docherty: Joint Improvement Partnership Programme Manager. Tel 07768 636 035

Stuart Gibson: Northeastjobs.org Technical Project Manager. Tel 07780 222820

Ben Grant: Sustainable Schools Project Officer. Tel 07769 960 742

Jim Greer: JIP Project Manager. Tel 07901 008 521

Liz Greer: Customer Service Excellence & Customer Insight projects. Tel 07766 118 890

Ian Hall: Policy and Project Manager (NE ADASS/RIEP). Tel 07901 008 522

Pamela Holmes: Construction Frameworks Project Manager. Tel 07785 521 518

Susan Howard: Waste & Environment Communications Officer. Tel 07810 051 098

Esther Kavanagh Dixon: Children's Services Policy Officer/Projects Coordinator. Tel 07554 333 680.

Bill Kirkup: Sustainability, Climate Change, Public Sector Food Procurement. Tel 07766 500 054

Sherrie Knowles: Waste & Environment Project Officer. Tel 07799 341 632

David Leask: Enabling BPR project Manager. Tel 07717 420 289

Paul Mander: Collaborative Procurement Project Manager. Tel 07917 813 737

Stephen McCurry: Online Recruitment Portal System Administrator. Tel 07796 697 596

Donna McIntyre: Worklessness Project Manager. Tel 07717 450 705

Mark Mohun: Project Manager, Route Optimisation. Tel 07909 002 811

Jo Sanderson: Collaborative Procurement Project Officer. Tel 0191 261 3911

John Shepherd: Construction & Waste Project Officer. Tel 07768 636 020

Robbie Soppitt: Customer Channels Project Officer. Tel 0191 561 1468

Roseann Szomoru: North of Tyne Learning Difficulty & Disability Services Project Manager (Children's Services Programme), Tel 07989 187 428

Barbara Thomas: North East Excellent Manager project, & Local Improvement Advisors project. Tel 0191 261 3930

Rod Varley: Targetted Recruitment Training Project Officer.Tel 07768 636 019

Karen Wrigley: Community Engagement & Empowerment Projects Coordinator. Tel 07901 102 725

Programme Support Team

Jenny Robins (Programme Support Manager) : Tel 0191 261 3944
Angela Hotchkiss (Programme Support Officer) : Tel 0191 261 3928
Jackie Salmon (Programme Support Officer) : Tel 0191 261 3945

General Enquiries: riep@northeastcouncils.gov.uk Tel 0191 261 3923

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