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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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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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Your experience and views are valuable

We hold ‘At Home’ participation meetings at our offices in Redfield on a monthly basis. At these meetings, we invite all of our member Parent Carers, together with the NHS or Council, to come to our offices to co-produce new services or consult with us about changes to services. With many of the services we […]

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Come and get some support in the New Year

We now have Support Groups in three locations, Central Bristol (Redfield), North Bristol (Henbury), and South Bristol (Knowle). They are a great way to meet other parent carers with a wealth of experience but also to get advice, help with form filling, and if there’s anything we can’t help with, we are sure to know […]

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New BPC site coming soon!

A new website for Bristol Parent Carers is coming soon! In the meantime feel free to check our Twitter and Facebook feeds. Twitter: https://twitter.com/BRSParentCarers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Bristol-Parent-Carers-167635869967928