Bristol Parent Carers
In line with current government guidance on social distancing and the closure of schools, the SEND stay & play sessions will not run across Bristol during the Easter holidays.
Flamingo Chicks would like your input to get a snapshot of how Coronavirus is affecting families of disabled children and what Flamingo Chicks can best do to support.
Following the current government advice, and to protect the more vulnerable members of our community, we have come to the reluctant decision to suspend all of our Support Groups and Participation Meetings until further notice.
For the latest updates on our Support Groups and meetings please visit our Facebook page. Other resources regarding COVID-19 and local support can be found in this post.
COVID-19 update: Following the current government advice, and to protect the more vulnerable members of our community, we have come to the reluctant decision to suspend all of our Support Groups and Participation Meetings until further notice.
Here is most of our fabulous team of volunteers (missing a few) who do a sterling job. BUT WE NEED MORE! If you are interested in helping us by attending meetings on Health or Short Breaks or monitoring the council activity, please contact us here. You can do as little or as much as you like!
Further to our At Home Participation meeting last year with the above organisation, we are pleased to be able to let you know that they have launched their project report (funded by DRILL) entitled “Accessibility Plans as Effective Tools for Inclusion in Schools: Are they Working? The report can be found here. There is also […]
Thank you to Marilyn Crofts, the Local Offer Coordinator, who came to visit us a couple of weeks ago to talk about how we could improve Bristol’s Local Offer. Here are a few words from her after our meeting. “Thank you for participating in the Local Offer At Home event on 6th February 2020. We […]
Following feedback from our At Home Participation meeting on Special Schools Short Breaks, the Short Breaks team in Bristol have organised sessions for the Easter break (7th – 9th April and 14th – 16th April) with an exciting mixture of fun activities for disabled children and young people for example sensory play, drama, arts and […]
Bristol’s Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) inspection are developing the Bristol City Council’s (BCC) improvement plan. This survey is one of the things the BCC are doing to help better understand parents’, carers’ and children and young people’s experiences of the SEND system in Bristol. The BCC want to know what parents and carers […]