Becoming A Member Of The Forum
This is open to all parent carers of a child or young adult who is living with additional needs and/or disabilities, whether diagnosed or not from 0-25 years and who live in or receive services from the county of Lancashire.
Being a member of a Parent Carer Forum involves getting involved in the work of the forum, sharing your experiences, and helping to improve services for children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
It's about collaborating with local authorities and other organisations to ensure services are effective and meet the needs of families.
How Can I Help?
Everything we do is currently voluntary and done by a very small group of dedicated parent carers. A lot of hard work is going on in the background to transform LPCF but we can’t do this alone!
We need lots of help to ensure we can effectively communicate the work we are doing, signpost you to support networks and to share your voice, experience and knowledge at relevant meetings with senior managers. This includes directors responsible for services in education, health and social care. This will ultimately allow you to directly highlight the challenges families are facing and help pave the way for better quality, easier and fairer access to provision
Here's a none exhaustive list on how you can help
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Spread the Word
Share our website and Facebook community with others.
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Engage on Social Media
Join conversations on Facebook and help develop and grow our social media platforms.
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Website Support
Assist with the ongoing development and maintenance of our website.
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Administrative Support
Help with tasks such as updating the website, taking meeting minutes, or creating posts for the SEND newsletter and local news/events.
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Be a Parent Representative
Attend our events (online or in person) to represent parent voices.
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Join a Group
Become a member of our Steering Group or Round Table to help shape our direction.
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Event Support
Represent LPCF at local events and, if you're a keen photographer, help us capture those moments.
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Support Special Projects
Get involved with initiatives like the Partnership for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools (PINS) project.
Volunteering To Help The Forum
We have established a small group of enthusiastic volunteers to help with the running of the forums work. We are working on a volunteering induction and training pathway and are going to need lots of help moving forwards with exciting projects involving the forum. In Autumn, we will be helping with a new project involving the family hubs , SEND roadshows and lets talk sessions.
This is open to all parent carers of a child or young adult who is living with additional needs and/or disabilities, whether diagnosed or not from 0-25 years and who live in or receive services from the county of Lancashire.
Being a member of a Parent Carer Forum involves getting involved in the work of the forum, sharing your experiences, and helping to improve services for children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
It's about collaborating with local authorities and other organisations to ensure services are effective and meet the needs of families.