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The Spectrum

Coke Hill

Rotherham

S60 2HX

Email:  admin@varotherham.org.uk

Call: 01709 829821

Please use our reception number to contact us about any of our services: 01709 829821


To send an email use the format: firstname.surname@varotherham.org.uk

Contact Details for VAR Services

Senior Management Team

Shafiq Hussain • Chief Executive
David Plumtree • Director of Services (Infrastructure)

Hannah Thornton • Director of Services (Projects)

Flux – Creative People and Places (CPP) Project

Helen Jones • Director of Flux Rotherham

Alison Somerset-Ward • Engagement Officer

Katie Matthews • Engagement Officer

Noor Salih • Engagement Officer

Eleanor Beaver • Communications & Marketing Assistants

Sophie Ellingham • Festivalmaker Trainees

Charlotte Howe • Festivalmaker Trainees

Maria Sofragiu • Festivalmaker Trainees

Senior Team Support

Paul Chowdhury • Support Officer (Premises and Services)

Human Resources (HR) Service

Andrea Cox • Senior HR Advisor (hr@varotherham.org.uk)

Finance

Aayush Tekriwal • Community Accountant/Assistant Finance Manager 

Manal Said • Finance and Contracts Officer 

Karen O'Reilly • Finance Manager

Courtney Lane • Finance and Contracts Assistant 


Communications, VAR Membership & Gismo

Amy Forde • Engagement and Communications Officer

Lucy Winter • Support Officer 

For e-bulletin and gismo please email comms@varotherham.org.uk

Volunteering and Group Support

Volunteer Centre • 07716 919416
Kerry McGrath • Volunteering and Group Support Manager
Andy Vickery • Neighbourhood Development Worker

Children, Young People and Families (CYP&F) Consortium

Ashley Leggott • CYP&F Consortium Strategic Co-ordinator
Andrew Wilson • Support Officer (Consortium) 

Zoe Cartwright - Harrison • Smiles for Miles

Food in Crisis (FiC) Partnership

David Plumtree (Chair of Partnership)
Andrea Cox (Appeals)
Lucy Winter
(Provision/Data)
 
All colleagues can be contacted at:
foodincrisis@varotherham.org.uk

Rotherham Social Prescribing Service (SPS)

Barry Knowles • RSPS Service Manager | Tel: 01709 723098 


Louise Robinson • Administrator & Support  | Tel: 01709 834442

Email: RotherhamSocial.PrescribingServices@varotherham.org.uk

Referral enquiries: rsps.admin@nhs.net


Aisha Bibi VCS Advisor | Tel: 01709 834441 

Primary Care Network: Health Village / Dearne PCN, incorporating the following GP Practices:

· Clifton Medical Centre

· Market Surgery, Wath-upon-Dearne

· St Ann’s Medical Centre, Rotherham


Amy Yeardley •  VCS Advisor | Tel: 01709 834469 

Primary Care Network: Rother Valley South PCN, incorporating the following GP Practices:

· Dinnington Group Practice

· Kiveton Park Medical Practice

· Swallownest Health Centre

· Village Surgery, Thurcroft


Joanne Kelsall VCS Advisor | Tel: 01709 834447 

Primary Care Network: Maltby & Wickersley PCN, incorporating the following GP Practices:

· Blyth Road Surgery, Maltby

· Braithwell Road Surgery, Maltby

· Manor Field Surgery, Maltby

· Morthern Road Surgery, Wickersley

· Wickersley Medical Centre


Diane Hammond • VCS Advisor | Tel: 01709 834468 Email: diane.hammond@varotherham.org.uk

Primary Care Network: Raven PCN, incorporating the following GP Practices:

· Brinsworth Medical Centre

· Canklow Road Surgery, Rotherham

· Rosehill Surgery, Rawmarsh

· Stag Medical Centre, Rotherham

· The Gate Surgery, Rotherham

· Thorpe Hesley Surgery

· Treeton Medical Centre


Julie Moxon • VCS Advisor |Tel: 01709 726898 Email: julie.moxon@varotherham.org.uk

Primary Care Network: Wentworth 1 PCN, incorporating the following GP Practices:

· Crown Street Surgery, Swinton

· High Street Surgery, Rawmarsh

· Magna Group Practice, Wath-upon-Dearne

· Parkgate Medical Centre

· Rawmarsh Health Centre

· Shakespeare Road Surgery, Rotherham

· York Road Surgery, Rotherham


Jenny Staniland • VCS Advisor | Tel: 01709 834446 Email: jenny.staniland@varotherham.org.uk

Primary Care Network: Rotherham Central North PCN, incorporating the following GP Practices:

· Broom Lane Surgery, Rotherham

· Greasbrough Medical Centre

· Greenside Surgery, Greasbrough

· Woodstock Bower Surgery, Rotherham


Mental Health Voluntary & Community Services Advisors:

Diane Hammond: Tel: 01709 834468 Email: diane.hammond@varotherham.org.uk

Jenny Staniland: Tel: 01709 834446 Email: Jenny.Staniland@varotherham.org.uk


Rotherham Hospital / UECC Social Prescriber:

Sharney Chambers: Tel: 01709 723093 Email: sharney.chambers@varotherham.org.uk


Long COVID Assessment Service – Social Prescriber:

Julie Moxon: Tel: 01709 726898 Email: julie.moxon@varotherham.org.uk

Primary Care Network (PCN) Link Workers

Donna Gavin • PCN Link Worker Manager

Claire Leggott • PCN Link Worker

Jane Owen • PCN Link Worker

Sobia Kosser • PCN Link Worker


Mental Health Alliance

Kathy Wilkinson • Mental Health Provider Network Manager

Building Recovery in Communities (BRIC)

Karen Shimwell • Programme Development Manager

Contact Us

The Spectrum

Coke Hill

Rotherham

S60 2HX

Email:  admin@varotherham.org.uk

Call: 01709 829821

Please use our reception number to contact us about any of our services: 01709 829821


To send an email use the format: firstname.surname@varotherham.org.uk

Contact Details for VAR Services

Senior Management Team

Shafiq Hussain • Chief Executive
David Plumtree • Director of Services (Infrastructure)

Hannah Thornton • Director of Services (Projects)

Flux – Creative People and Places (CPP) Project

Helen Jones • Director of Flux Rotherham

Alison Somerset-Ward • Engagement Officer

Katie Matthews • Engagement Officer

Noor Salih • Engagement Officer

Eleanor Beaver • Communications & Marketing Assistants

Sophie Ellingham • Festivalmaker Trainees

Charlotte Howe • Festivalmaker Trainees

Maria Sofragiu • Festivalmaker Trainees

Senior Team Support

Paul Chowdhury • Support Officer (Premises and Services)

Human Resources (HR) Service

Andrea Cox • Senior HR Advisor (hr@varotherham.org.uk)

Finance

Aayush Tekriwal • Community Accountant/Assistant Finance Manager 

Manal Said • Finance and Contracts Officer 

Karen O'Reilly • Finance Manager

Courtney Lane • Finance and Contracts Assistant 


Communications, VAR Membership & Gismo

Amy Forde • Engagement and Communications Officer

Lucy Winter • Support Officer 

For e-bulletin and gismo please email comms@varotherham.org.uk

Volunteering and Group Support

Volunteer Centre • 07716 919416
Kerry McGrath • Volunteering and Group Support Manager
Andy Vickery • Neighbourhood Development Worker

Children, Young People and Families (CYP&F) Consortium

Ashley Leggott • CYP&F Consortium Strategic Co-ordinator
Andrew Wilson • Support Officer (Consortium) 

Zoe Cartwright - Harrison • Smiles for Miles

Food in Crisis (FiC) Partnership

David Plumtree (Chair of Partnership)
Andrea Cox (Appeals)
Lucy Winter
(Provision/Data)
 
All colleagues can be contacted at:
foodincrisis@varotherham.org.uk

Rotherham Social Prescribing Service (SPS)

Barry Knowles • RSPS Service Manager | Tel: 01709 723098 


Louise Robinson • Administrator & Support  | Tel: 01709 834442

Email: RotherhamSocial.PrescribingServices@varotherham.org.uk

Referral enquiries: rsps.admin@nhs.net


Aisha Bibi VCS Advisor | Tel: 01709 834441 

Primary Care Network: Health Village / Dearne PCN, incorporating the following GP Practices:

· Clifton Medical Centre

· Market Surgery, Wath-upon-Dearne

· St Ann’s Medical Centre, Rotherham


Amy Yeardley •  VCS Advisor | Tel: 01709 834469 

Primary Care Network: Rother Valley South PCN, incorporating the following GP Practices:

· Dinnington Group Practice

· Kiveton Park Medical Practice

· Swallownest Health Centre

· Village Surgery, Thurcroft


Joanne Kelsall VCS Advisor | Tel: 01709 834447 

Primary Care Network: Maltby & Wickersley PCN, incorporating the following GP Practices:

· Blyth Road Surgery, Maltby

· Braithwell Road Surgery, Maltby

· Manor Field Surgery, Maltby

· Morthern Road Surgery, Wickersley

· Wickersley Medical Centre


Diane Hammond • VCS Advisor | Tel: 01709 834468 Email: diane.hammond@varotherham.org.uk

Primary Care Network: Raven PCN, incorporating the following GP Practices:

· Brinsworth Medical Centre

· Canklow Road Surgery, Rotherham

· Rosehill Surgery, Rawmarsh

· Stag Medical Centre, Rotherham

· The Gate Surgery, Rotherham

· Thorpe Hesley Surgery

· Treeton Medical Centre


Julie Moxon • VCS Advisor |Tel: 01709 726898 Email: julie.moxon@varotherham.org.uk

Primary Care Network: Wentworth 1 PCN, incorporating the following GP Practices:

· Crown Street Surgery, Swinton

· High Street Surgery, Rawmarsh

· Magna Group Practice, Wath-upon-Dearne

· Parkgate Medical Centre

· Rawmarsh Health Centre

· Shakespeare Road Surgery, Rotherham

· York Road Surgery, Rotherham


Jenny Staniland • VCS Advisor | Tel: 01709 834446 Email: jenny.staniland@varotherham.org.uk

Primary Care Network: Rotherham Central North PCN, incorporating the following GP Practices:

· Broom Lane Surgery, Rotherham

· Greasbrough Medical Centre

· Greenside Surgery, Greasbrough

· Woodstock Bower Surgery, Rotherham


Mental Health Voluntary & Community Services Advisors:

Diane Hammond: Tel: 01709 834468 Email: diane.hammond@varotherham.org.uk

Jenny Staniland: Tel: 01709 834446 Email: Jenny.Staniland@varotherham.org.uk


Rotherham Hospital / UECC Social Prescriber:

Sharney Chambers: Tel: 01709 723093 Email: sharney.chambers@varotherham.org.uk


Long COVID Assessment Service – Social Prescriber:

Julie Moxon: Tel: 01709 726898 Email: julie.moxon@varotherham.org.uk

Primary Care Network (PCN) Link Workers

Donna Gavin • PCN Link Worker Manager

Claire Leggott • PCN Link Worker

Jane Owen • PCN Link Worker

Sobia Kosser • PCN Link Worker


Mental Health Alliance

Kathy Wilkinson • Mental Health Provider Network Manager

Building Recovery in Communities (BRIC)

Karen Shimwell • Programme Development Manager

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