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Mediation

The LEA should have told you about an independent disagreement resolution (mediation) service. Using these services does not affect the SENDIST timetable. We have listed the 9 services covering different LEA areas.

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Regional SEN Providers

North West SEN Disagreement Resolution Service

Region: Blackburn with Darwen; Blackpool; Cumbria; Lancashire; Manchester; Oldham; Rochdale; Salford; Stockport; Warrington; Wigan.
Service Provider: The Together Trust
Practice Manager: Steve Griffiths
Address: 15 Moor Park Avenue, Preston, Lancashire, PR1 6AS
Tel: 01772 204494
Fax: 01772 204501
Email: stevegriffiths@togetheretrust.org or drspreston@togethertrust.org.
Website: www.togethertrust.org.uk.

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North East SEN Mediation Service

Region: Northumberland, Durham, Stockton, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Gateshead, North Tyneside, Darlington, Sunderland, Redcar & Cleveland; excluding Hartlepool and South Tyneside
Service Provider: Mediation Works
Regional Co-ordinator: Susanna Diegel
Address: PO Box 232, TF1 1ZW
Tel: 0800 953 0662
Fax: 01952 224281
Email: sen@mediation-works.co.uk
Website: www.mediation-works.co.uk.

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Yorkshire & Humberside SEN Mediation Service

Region: Barnsley, Bradford, Calderdale, Doncaster, East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, Leeds, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, Rotherham, Sheffield, Wakefield and York; excluding Kirklees
Service Provider: Mediation Works
Regional Co-ordinator: Susanna Diegel
Address: PO Box 232, TF1 1ZW
Tel: 0800 953 0662
Fax: 01952 224281
Email: enquiries@yhsen-mediation.com
Website:www.yhsen-mediation.com.

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West Midlands SEN Mediation Service

Region: Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Herefordshire, Sandwell, Shropshire, Solihull, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Telford & Wrekin, Walsall, Warwickshire, Wolverhampton, Worcestershire
Service Provider: Midlands SEN Mediation Service
Regional Co-ordinator: Susanna Diegel
Address: Mediation Works, 16 Queen Street, Wellington, Telford, TF1 1EH
Tel: 01952 275038
Fax: 01952 224281
Email: office@midlandssenmediation.com
Website: www.midlandssenmediation.com.

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East Midlands SEN Mediation Service

Region: Northampton, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northants, Nottinghamshire, Rutland
Service Provider: The Together Trust
Practice Manager: Steve Griffiths
Address: 15 Moor Park Avenue, Preston PR16AS
Tel: 01772 204 494
Email: drspreston@togethertrust.org.

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London SEN Mediation Service

Region: London: Barking & Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Croydon, City of London, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith & Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Hounslow, Kingston Upon Thames, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Newham, Redbridge, Richmond Upon Thames, Sutton, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth, Westminster and *Luton.
Service Manager: Audrey Dorival
Address: Kids London, 49 Mecklenburgh Square, London WC1N 2NY
Tel:020 7837 2900
Fax: 020 7520 0406
Email: Audrey.dorival@kids.org.uk
Website: www.londonsenmediation.org.uk.

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South East and South Central SEN Mediation Service

Region: Bracknell Forest, Brighton & Hove, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Medway, Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire, Portsmouth, Reading, Slough, Southampton, Surrey, West Berkshire, West Sussex, Windsor & Maidenhead, Wokingham.
Service Provider: Global Mediation
Service Co-ordinator: Adam Gersch
Address: Global Mediation Limited, Elwood House, 42 Lytton Road, Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN5 5BY
Tel: 0800 064 4488
Fax: 0208 441 4101
Email: info@globalmediation.co.uk
Website: www.globalmediation.co.uk.

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Eastern Region SEN Mediation Service

Region: Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire.
Service Provider: ConSENsus
Service Co-ordinator: Diana Banks;
Address: Mencap Region Office, Saxon Hse, 4 Hillside Business Pk, Kempson Way, Suffolk IP32 7EA
Tel: 01284 757 788
Fax: 01284 723676
Email: diana.banks@mencap.org.uk.

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South West Region Mediation Service

Region: The South West including, Bath & North East Somerset, Bournemouth, Bristol, Dorset, Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Poole, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire, Devon, Cornwall, Plymouth, Torbay, Isles of Scilly
Service Provider: Wessex Mediation Service
Service Co-ordinators: Colin Gould and Lindsey Halford
Address: Victoria House Victoria St Taunton Somerset TA1 3FA
Tel: 08450529487
Fax: 01823 352210
Email: info@wessexmediation.co.uk
website: www.wessexmediation.co.uk.

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