The following organisations are acting as Better Security, Better Care Local Support Organisations. They support local care providers to improve their data and cyber security, and complete the Data Security and Protection Toolkit. This list is subject to change.
SOUTH WEST
Somerset
Registered Care Providers’ Association, Somerset
Website www.rcpa.org.uk/better-security-better-care/
Email [email protected]
Tel 01823 351630
Dorset, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Partners in Care (Dorset)
Website https://www.picbdp.co.uk/
Email [email protected]
Tel 01202 205847
Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset
Care and Support West
Website https://www.careandsupportwest.com/dspt
Email [email protected]
Tel 07540 458119
Devon, Plymouth and Torbay
Devon Care Homes Collaborative
Website https://devoncarehomes.org/dspt
Email [email protected]
Tel 01626 912620 (2-5pm Monday to Friday)
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire Care Providers Association
Website https://gcpa.co.uk/home/better-security-better-care/
Email [email protected]
Telephone 07436033514
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Cornwall Partners in Care
Website https://www.cornwallpartnersincare.org
Email [email protected]
Tel 01326 334232
Wiltshire and Swindon
Wiltshire Care Partnership
Website www.wiltshirecarepartnership.org.uk
Email [email protected]
Tel 07525 870004
SOUTH EAST
Kent and Medway
Innovation and Partnerships Team – Kent County Council & Kent Integrated Care Alliance (KiCA)
Website: In progress, to be updated in due course
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 03000 418087
Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth and Isle of Wight
Hampshire Care Association
Website https://hampshirecare.org/dspt/
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 07434 571207
Surrey
Surrey Care Association
Email [email protected]
Helpline 07547 159443
Bracknell Forest, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire, Windsor and Maidenhead and Wokingham
Oxfordshire Association of Care Providers (OACP)
(Working in partnership with MKB Care and BCA)
Website www.oacp.org.uk/digital—data-security
Email [email protected]
Tel 01235 248085
East & West Sussex, Brighton & Hove
West Sussex Partners in Care
Website https://westsussexpartnersincare.org/dspt/
Email [email protected]
Tel 07833 302 466
LONDON
North East London (Barking & Dagenham, City of London, Hackney, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest)
North Central London (Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, Islington)
North West London (Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster)
Care Provider’s Voice
Website: https://cpvnel.co.uk/
Email: TBC
Telephone: TBC
South East London (Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark)
South West London (Croydon, Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton, Wandsworth)
London Care & Support Forum
Website: https://lcasforum.org/
Email: TBC
Telephone: TBC
EAST OF ENGLAND
Suffolk
Suffolk Care Association
Website scaservices.org.uk
Email [email protected]
Tel 01449 490750
Norfolk
Norfolk & Suffolk Care Support
Website https://norfolkandsuffolkcaresupport.co.uk/bsbc
Email [email protected]
Tel 01603 629211
Central Bedfordshire and Bedford
Activities will also be shared across ICS within Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes
Central Bedfordshire Council
On behalf of Bedfordshire Care Group
Websites https://dspt.bedscaregroupltd.co.uk/
Email [email protected]
Hertfordshire, Essex, Thurrock and Southend
Hertfordshire Care Providers Association
Website https://www.hcpa.info/data-protection/
Email [email protected]
Tel 01707 708 018
North and West Northamptonshire
NORARCH
Website: https://www.norarch.org.uk/
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 0116 482 6669 / 07979 004 942
MIDLANDS
Leicester City, Leicestershire & Rutland (LLR), Cambridgeshire & Peterborough
EMCARE
Website: https://www.emcare.org.uk
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 0116 482 6669 / 07979 004 942
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire,
Nottingham & Nottinghamshire Care Association
Website: https://www.nca.care/
Email: [email protected]
Tel: TBC
Derby and Derbyshire
Derby Care Association
Email: [email protected]
Tel: TBC
Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin
Partners in Care
Website https://www.partnersincare.org.uk/
Email [email protected]
Tel 01743 860011
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire Care Association
Website https://www.linca.org.uk/DSPT.asp
Email [email protected]
Tel 01522 581073
Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Herefordshire, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, Warwickshire, Wolverhampton and Worcestershire
West Midlands Care Association
Website www.wmca.care/dspt
Email [email protected]
Tel 01384 943000 (DSPT helpline)
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire Association of Registered Care Providers (SARCP) & Quality of Care Ltd
Website https://sarcp.net
Email [email protected]
Tel 07921452913 (Chris Briggs)
NORTH WEST
Liverpool City Region, Sefton, Halton, Knowsley, St Helens, Wirral, Warrington, Cheshire East, Cheshire West/Chester, Lancashire, Blackpool, Blackburn and Darwen, Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, Westmorland and Furness
LSCP – CIC
Website http://www.lscpinfo.co.uk/
Email [email protected]
Tel 0151-270-1703
NORTH EAST, YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER
Leeds, South Yorkshire (Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster, Barnsley), Hull & East Riding
Leeds Care Association
Website: https://www.leedscare.co.uk/
Email [email protected]
York and North Yorkshire
Independent Care Group (iCG)
Website: https://www.independentcaregroup.co.uk/
Email: to be updated
Kirklees, Calderdale, Wakefield, the North East and North Cumbria (Calderdale County Durham, Cumberland, Darlington, Gateshead, Hartlepool, Kirklees, Middlesbrough, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland, Redcar and Cleveland, South Tyneside, Stockton-on-Tees, Sunderland, Wakefield)
Kirklees Care Association
Website: https://www.kircca.co.uk/
Email: [email protected]
North and Northeast Lincolnshire
North East Lincolnshire Care Association (NELCA)
Website: https://www.nelca.org.uk/
Email: to be updated
Bradford and Craven
Bradford Care Association
Website http://bradfordcareassociation.org/
Email [email protected]
Our Local Support Partners are also working closely with ADASS regional leads.
Find out more about the full Better Security, Better Care programme.
Last updated 25 November 2025. This page will be updated to include all support partners and their contact details.
