Steering Group members and FiP staff attended the Children’s Neurodiverse Care Pathway Workshop on 24 July 2023 to provide valuable input towards planning and improving the neurodiversity care pathways for Hereford and Worcestershire. Led by Anna Swift, Lead for Neurodivergent…
Co-production Week this year ran from 3-7 July and is a key concept in the development of public services. The term Co-production describes working in partnership with people who use care and support services such as parents, carers and families.…
The FiP Participation and Engagement Officer alongside the WCF Parent Engagement Advisor SEND (All Age Disability (0-25)), were invited to present at the SENCO Network Conference on 14 June 2023, focusing on Parent Carer School Engagement. Held at the prestigious…
FiP wanted to offer the opportunity for parents and carers of children and young people across Worcestershire to attend in person or join online to engage in a discussion about ‘SEND in Schools’. On 17 May 2023 we brought together…
Maya was one of our speakers at our SEND Conference on 17th March 2023. Below you will find a short biography and the experiences Maya shared. Hi, my name is Maya and I’m 18 years old. I wanted to share…
FiP held a SEND Conference for Parent Carers in Worcestershire on 17 March 2023, a mini version of the one we had planned and could not deliver due to the pandemic. This was a free event and was open to…
In March 2023, officials from DfE SEND and NHS England reviewed the progress Worcestershire City Council have made against what is known as the Accelerated Progress Plan (APP). FiP contributed to this review and you can see the report here…
On the Tuesday 28 February 2023 FiP staff attended the NNPCF & CONTACT joint annual Conference at the Double Tree by Hilton in Bristol – the first face to face since Covid. This was a fantastic opportunity for us to…
FiP invited all Parents Carers and other people who contribute to the care of a child with Special Education Needs and Disability (SEND) aged between 0 and 25 years to complete an online anonymous survey. We chose to split it into five…
The Parent Carer School Engagement Toolkit is a fantastic example of Co-production involving many different stakeholders and much time and effort to complete. It finally went live in mid February 2023 and can be found on the SEND Local Offer…
