Our festive newsletter landed this week. There are updates on events for next year as well as tips from the team for surviving the season.
Please let us know if there are subjects you’d like to see included in future editions and make sure you’re signed up as a member to get the newsletter straight in your inbox.
See the newsletter here
Since last week’s publication of the White Paper our team has been attending briefing sessions to better understand its contents and potential implications. We will be holding our own sessions for members in March and April. The Consultation Period runs until May 18th. In the meantime, the Department for Education (DfE) has published a series…
The BANES Parent Carer Forum is inviting applications for members to join our new Advisory Group. This is a valuable opportunity to share your experience, influence decisions, and support families across the local community. Previous expertise is not necessary, but we do ask for lived experience of SEND whether that’s as a parent or professional….
We’ve developed our friendly new support line by training some of our Parent Representatives to provide advice and guidance to parent carers new to – or confused by – the SEND system. It’s called the Peer-to-Peer Support Line (by which we mean it’s run by parent carers for parent carers). We’ve got lots of helpful…
The Law Commission has published a consultation paper on disabled children’s social care law. The commission wants to hear from children and young people who may be impacted, including the siblings of disabled children and young people. SENDIAS are holding an open session with Send Out, their children and young people’s participation group on Tuesday…
A Message From Rachel – I thought it would be helpful to explain why we’re running a survey, and how it benefits you. We are not just collecting data for the sake of it! We will use it to make sure that we as parent carers are listened to and so that the right support…
Our recent Waiting Well Wednesday transitions event was very well attended and gave parent carers the opportunity to meet with senior social workers and other professionals such as SENDIAS and LiveWell.