Updated 03/11/25
Area Safeguarding Officers provide a critical link between BF’s (or Home Nation) Lead Safeguarding Officer and Club Welfare Officers in the region.
For a full description of their role and responsibilities please click here.
North East
Paul Sutherland
East Midlands
Barbara Whitcombe
North West
Des Hyde
South East
Sian Hughes Pollit
West Midlands
Ismay Cowan
South West
Yvonne Hopkinson
Yorkshire
Jill Mooney
Southern
Lorna Cooke
Eastern
Sian Hughes Politt
London
Dr Clare Halsted
Wales
Julian Nash
Scotland
Val Wright
Northern Ireland
Gillian Allsop
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