Following the Ofsted/CQC inspection findings of Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) services across Bristol, the Bristol City Council (BCC) are developing their Written Statement of Action SEND improvement plan. The 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 […]
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Extraordinary links at the Tithe Barn
We are helping to set up an activity drop-in for Parent Carers and their children with SEND in Shirehampton. Extraordinary Links will run every 1st and 3rd Wednesday at 4PM at the Tithe Barn in Shirehampton, starting Wednesday 4th March. The first week will include a session on how clouds make rain.
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SEND improvement planning event – 25/02/2020
Following Bristol’s SEND inspection, BCC and NHS BNSSG are developing their Written Statement of Action SEND Improvement Plan. Your feedback is essential. Please drop-in to one of the upcoming events to share your views and give us your feedback. These events are advertised on Bristol’s Local Offer by clicking here. They are also holding a […]
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Brainwave – Can we help your family?
Are you worried that your child is not reaching developmental milestones? Brainwave see children with or without a diagnosed condition. They aim to improve children’s mobility, communication skills and learning potential through a range of specialist therapies. Join in the fun, friendly atmosphere at fully equipped Brainwave Centres, located in Somerset, Cheshire and Essex. Their […]
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February Support Groups
Our friendly facilitators would love to see you, treat yourself to a couple of hours of relaxation and chat (including a free 10 minute therapy). All Support Groups run from 10.30am to 12.30pm and there’s no need to book. CENTRAL Support Group is on Wednesday 5th February at Phoenix Social Enterprise, 5 Russell Town Avenue, […]
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At Home Participation meeting – 06/02/2020
The council is putting together plans for how to improve the SEN service after the recent inspection. As part of this, there will be an At Home Participation meeting at the Parent Carer Forum offices on the 6th February from 10.30 to hear parent carer views on the Local Offer. Marilyn, the new Local Offer […]
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January Support Groups
Following the inspection at the end of last year, we have a busy time coming up where we will be working with Bristol City Council and the NHS to create a Written Statement of Action to show how the council and health will improve services and how they work with parent carers. We have a lot […]
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Education and EHCP process – 29/01/2020
We will have a member of the SEN team from Bristol City Council coming to talk about Education. Please click here to book your place. We will be holding our Steering Committee Group Meeting after this discussion group from 1pm – 2pm, we’d love you to stay if you’re interested in participating. Please click here to book.
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Special school short breaks – 16/01/2020
Does your child attend New Fosseway, Claremont, Briarwood or Kingsweston? If so we’d love you to come along to our At Home Participation meeting next Thursday 16th January, 10.30am – 12.30pm to give your opinions and help shape the Short Breaks holiday scheme. Please click here to book your place.
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Bristol Women’s Voice survey
We are part of a project to collect the voice of women from across Bristol, and we want the voice of parent carers to be heard loud and clear. We will be holding groups in North and South Bristol in January and February, and here is a survey so that your voice can be heard: […]