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25 March 2025 Helen Fergusson, Director of Children’s Services and Lifelong Learning at Gateshead Council and Chair of North East ADCS, reflects on our regional improvement work over the last 12 months and shares an update on the priorities for the coming year... As the new chair of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) for the North East region it feels a great privilege to …

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21st January 2025 Martyn Stenton, Head of Early Help, Inclusion and Vulnerable Children at Durham County Council, has kindly agreed to be our first NE ADCS blog contributor. Martyn writes... Last summer seems a bit of a distant memory now.  I recall having discussions then with our great ADCS regional team when they came to visit us in Durham as part of their tour round the region’s local …

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