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New Service | Pathways to Short Breaks

We 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 […]

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Bristol Parent Carers secures Department for Education grant funding 

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 […]

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Autism Changes Update

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 […]

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Autism Changes

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, […]

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Repairing the fractured relationship with SEND services

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 […]

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OFSTED SEND SERVICES RE-INSPECTION

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 […]

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New page added – Our Vision

A new page has been added to the Bristol Parent Carers website!

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Position Statement: SEND families data collection

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 […]

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Written statement of action update

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 […]

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BPC May Newsletter

The May 2022 Bristol Parent Carers newsletter is now live. CLICK HERE to download the PDF version of the May 2022 newsletter.