💻SEND Edventures
SEND Edventures have published their latest newsletter which includes an interview with the Directors and Co-Chairs of the National Network of Parent Carer Forums (NNPCF) Sarah Clarke and Jo Harrison. They talk about the role of the NNPCF and how the NNPCF works with families.
Within the blog article is a question from SEND Edventures to Jo and Sarah:
"Are there any examples of something that changed because parents spoke up through their local forum or the NNPCF?"
Answer-
“Absolutely. Parent carer forums have helped shape local SEND strategies, influence the design of short breaks and transport policies, improve local offers and information events, and co-produce inclusion policies with schools and councils. Nationally, the NNPCF has helped shape key reforms such as the PINS (Partnerships for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools), National Key working Programme, and the SEND and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan, where the NNPCF are part of the National Change Programme for SEND, and Parent Carer Forums, work in their local areas on the programme ensuring that parent voice is reflected in national and local priorities and accountability frameworks”.
As your local BCP parent carer forum, we’d like to add the feedback we receive from families is helping shape local SEND strategies. For example, the engagement sessions and surveys we have undertaken are helping shape the design of the Short Breaks service.
🌐The SEND Edventures newsletter can be found here:
