Summer Holidays

Our team is taking a well-earned break from Monday 10th August until Monday 24th August. Emails and answerphone messages will not be monitored. 

For other sources of help and support during this time, please take a look at the following pages:

Useful links

For safeguarding concerns, please refer to:

Safeguarding

We hope that you are all enjoying at least a little rest & relaxation and we look forward to catching up when we return – there are lots of exciting developments coming in the autumn…. 

The PCF Team

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