Local Groups connect you to your local NBE community. They meet on a regular basis with frequency dependent on the individual Group. Joining a Local Group will open doors of professional opportunity.
You can:
- Find out what is happening in your area, within neighbouring authorities, trusts and organisations
- Get together with your peers to start a local project and change practise on a wider scale.
Some Groups have websites and/or Facebook pages to help you keep in touch. Some Groups organise webinars, study days or training events to help you broaden your skill set and deepen your knowledge base. Some even have group resources, such as force gauges, bariatric suits etc. to share with their members.
For those who work in isolation or are the expert within their organisation, being part of the local network gives you confidence in what you do and how you do it.
Local Group Affiliation
Affiliation is the process whereby Local Back Exchange Groups apply to be recognised as a part of NBE and can show that they are following the same aims and objectives as NBE.
Affiliation is not compulsory but National Back Exchange actively encourage all Local Back Exchange groups to affiliate.
To affiliate, the Local Officer for the group can complete an application form in the Affiliation Document.
To apply for affiliation, please review, complete and return the following document: Affiliation Document.
Please return to admin@nationalbackexchange.org.
To find out more about joining your Local Group contact our Admin Team or the relevant contact from below:
Cornwall & Devon
Diane Swallow - email
East Anglia
Melanie Furness - email
East Midlands
Alison Smith - email
Essex
Isaac Ferneyhough - email
Kent
Sharon Rindsland - email
Sarah Wells - email
James Smith - email
Lancashire & Greater Manchester
Lindsey Murray - email
London
Valerie Phillips - email
London South
Julie Stevens - email
Northern
Alan Stokoe - email
Daniel David - email
Northern Ireland
Steven Hanley - email
Judith Thompson - email
Matthew Jaimson - email
West Midlands
Heather Bertasius - email
North West and North Wales
Sarah Jones - email
Oxford
Nesther Nembaware - email
The Scottish Manual Handling Forum
Emma Collins - email
Somerset, Avon and Gloucester
Heather Banks - email
Southern
Julie Stevens - email
Lanre Nehan - Babalola - email
South Wales
Eric Hetherington - email
Sussex
Lee Sherwood - email
Yorkshire
Vicky Page - Chestney - email