Lincolnshire Parent Carer Forum
Lincolnshire Parent Carer Forum
admin@lincspcf.org.uk Tel 07925 232466 LPCF, PO Box 1183,
Spalding, PE11 9EE
Registered Charity No. 1141060 * ICO Registration Z1810966
Lincolnshire Parent Carer Forum
Recognised and supported by the Department for Education (DfE) under the Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice (2015)LPCF is specifically tasked with working alongside the Local Authority and Health to help ensure that the services they plan, commission, deliver and monitor meet the needs of children with Disabilities and Special Educational Needs.
More About LPCF
The Charity
The Charity is an independent members organisation overseen by a members elected group of Trustees who are mostly parents and carers of children with disabilities and/or Special Educational Needs.The Volunteer Trustees and Volunteers are responsible for communicating and supporting parent carers and professionals, to participate with strategic decision makers and represent the views of our large membership of parents and carers.
Membership
Our membership consists of Trustees, Volunteers and Members, although we also liaise with professionals.We continue to enjoy a membership of nearly 2200+ parent carers and additionally have a contact list for 700+ professionals and 700+ education settings / organisations, all of whom we try to keep fully informed of our work and opportunities.
Who LPCF work with?
Our main remit is to collect, collate and represent the views of parent carers from a variety of sources and use the information and ensure these are fed back to service providers with a view to improve the quality, range and accessibility of services . WE ARE THE PARENTS VOICE !!
We work with Department for Education (DfE), Department of Health (DoH), Lincolnshire County Council (LCC), National Health Service (NHS), Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), National Network of Parent Carer Forums (NNPCF) and others.
Volunteering
Aside from the voluntary work of the above Trustees, the Charity has an excellent team of several Volunteers who have a wide range of skills and who have worked tirelessly to support the Charity to achieve its goals and aims of serving parent carers on our membership.Each year the volunteer Trustees and other Volunteers freely give almost 4000 hours of their time including attending 300+ meetings (800+ hours) for the benefit of our members.
See more detail in our Events Page
Lottery Results - 24-06-2022
£ 50 - Lois Cross 1
£ 10 - Stephanie Haynes
£ 5 - Rachel Rollinson
£26 for 6 months or £52 for a Year
Time 2 Talk
Time2talk
Date - 04-07-2022 (13:00-14:00)Venue -
Annual General Meeting
Open to all. Come along.
See what LPCF achieved in 2021-22
Date -
07-07-2022 (10:30-12:30)Venue - Virtual meeting
Hypnotherapy
Hypnotherapy with Nicole
Date - 07-07-2022 (19:30-21:00)Venue - Virtual meeting
Hypnotherapy
Hypnotherapy with Nicole
Date - 21-07-2022 (19:30-21:00)Venue - Virtual meeting
Workshop
Homework Battles
Date - 19-09-2022 (11:30-13:00)Venue - Virtual meeting
LPCF Survey on Green paper
LPCF are conducting a survey to obtain parents views on the SEND Review Green paper. However before members complete the survey they may wish to take part in the zoom consultation on 10th June at 1pm.For members who complete the survey and attend the Zoom consultation there is the chance to win a prize.
Please see the Feedback>Consultation page for more details
SEND Green paper
The SEND Green Paper was published on 29/3/22 The consultation will be open for 13 weeks! You can access a copy of the Green Paper in the library.Please also see the dedicated website with alternative versions
LPCF willl be holding a consultation for it's members in due course. Watch this space to find out when.
Parent Recognition Award
Tom Cross Memorial Award for Parent Recognition Which parent do you know who deserves some recognition?
Nominate another parent who's been your hero around SEND
Max Cards
What are they ?
Would you like one???
(discount card for activities etc for families with children with Special Educational Needs and / or Disabilities)
Your Say
Talking to us can make a BIG difference
Got something to say ?GOOD BAD or interesting
Use our "Your Say" page to get your views known and to the service providers like Lincolnshire County Council and the National Health Service.
All views are collated and published in our members library.
Excellence Award
Who could you nominate ?
Our twice yearly awards are nominated by parents. Here they see excellent service for their child with SEND.
You could even nominate a hairdresser or activity club.
If they have gone the extra mile for you let them know by nominating