Bristol Parent CarersWe are pleased to share that Bristol City Council’s, Pathways Short Breaks team, are now able to accept referrals for children and young people. What is the Pathways to Short Breaks Project? The project is DfE funded and is specifically designed to support children and young people aged from 8-18 with social communication and interaction needs, […]
We are delighted to announce that we have secured funding from the Department for Education (DfE) and are once again formally recognised as the Bristol DfE-funded parent carer forum after a year of uncertainty. Hayley Hemming BPC Chairperson said: “With the support over the last year from our fantastic volunteers and neighbouring parent carer forum […]
To view this information in an easy read click here Dear families across Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG), We wanted to give you an update on our recent position statement and survey that we created to gather your views on the changes that have been made to the autism referral process by our […]
You may have heard about the changes to the autism referral pathway that are taking place across Bristol, North Somerset and South Glos. The 3 Parent Carer Forums across Bristol, South Glos and North Somerset are looking to collect views regarding the new assessment criteria which you can read here, there is also a visual […]
The Bristol SEND reinspection showed improvement in 4/5 areas, but fractured relationships with families remain. We gathered ideas from parent carers to help shape & inform an action plan for the Department for Education (DfE) & SEND services to help repair this relationship. We have complied these thoughts into a report and next steps parent […]
Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) will jointly carry out a re-inspection of Bristol Special Educational Needs and Disabilities services, from Tuesday 4th October 2022 to Thursday 6th October 2022. CLICK HERE to read our survey update on the Written Statement of Action During the re-visit, Ofsted and CQC inspectors will be keen to […]
A new page has been added to the Bristol Parent Carers website!
Bristol Parent Carer Forum is a volunteer-led charity here to serve the SEND communities in Bristol and help bridge the gap between SEND systems, such as Health Services and Local Authorities processes and the families accessing them. Our objective is for all services to work together effectively, to ensure families in Bristol get the support […]
In 2019 SEND services in Bristol were inspected. Five areas of weakness were identified by Ofsted and the CQC and the Written Statement of Action (click here for link) was created to plan the improvements in these five areas. In January 2022 Bristol Parent Carers ran five surveys, one for each area of weakness – […]
The May 2022 Bristol Parent Carers newsletter is now live. CLICK HERE to download the PDF version of the May 2022 newsletter.