LPCF Achievements

Kooth virtual showcase

Wednesday 15th July

Elle from Kooth joined LPCF to talk about their online wellbeing platform and offer of support.
The aim of the day was to give parents as much information about this Free service available to children aged between 11- 25.

Please click on the link for more details

Partnership working in Lincolnshire

Co production Week 6th July 2020

Co production week was celebrated in Lincolnshire with two examples of partnership working being included on the Contact website.

LPCF were delighted to be included as examples of success stories of how parent carer forums have worked with partners to help improve local services.
Please click on the link for more details

Virtual Coffee morning

13th May 2020

This trial "Virtual Coffee event" was held instead of our regular coffee events to ensure that parents were still supported during these challenging times.

Parents were able to discuss a range of issues with the team who found that the virtual format made accessing these events easier due to being able to do it from the comfort of your own home.
These events may be repeated throughout the year.

AGM

4th June 2020

LPCF held its AGM where the 2019-20 Annual Report and Accounts were presented. Annual Report

Volunteers and Trustees were thanked for the enormous amount of volunteer time given during the year.


Our year in numbers was presented detailing the work undertaken over the last year:-

4323 hours given to our forum last year.

350 meetings attended by our volunteers

15844 miles travelled annually to get to meetings etc.

Trustees were elected for the forthcoming year.
Other partners were thanked for their co production with LPCF.

LPCF SEND Survey for parents and SENCo

Results

Jan-April 2020

Many of you took part in our 2020 survey and the results have now been published and are available on the library page of our website or by clicking this link

A big thank you to parents who completed the survey and for giving us their views on the services their families receive.

A big thank you also goes to the many SENCos who took time out to complete the survey.


Don’t forget school may wish to use your participation as evidence, to Ofsted of your establishments engagement with parent carers of children with SEND.

Reaccreditation of Carers Quality Award

LPCF are proud to announce that we have been re accredited with the Carers Quality Award.

Assessor Every One

Well Done Team

Virtual Signposting & Information Event

28th May 2020

These Virtual events were held instead of our proposed event in Navenby to ensure that parents were still supported during these challenging times. Feedback from parents and organisations has been very positive.

One parent commented " it was lovely to hear that support is still available to parents even during this crisis and that there are people wanting to help. It makes me feel less alone".

This experimental trial has been successful and we intend to continue exploring virtual meetings providing it continues to be of interest to parents. See link for more details

Virtual Signposting & Information Event

20th May 2020

These Virtual events were held instead of our proposed event in Navenby to ensure that parents were still supported during these challenging times. Feedback from parents and organisations has been very positive.

One parent commented "I am so pleased I attended as I'm not sure where I would have got the information from".

This experimental trial has been successful and we intend to continue exploring virtual meetings providing it continues to be of interest to parents. See link for more details

Parents Voice

23rd April 2020

Our extensive quarterly round up of what parents have been saying about Health, Education, Transport, EHC Plans, Leisure, Social Care etc

This edition of our Parents Voice is again a large document demonstrating a wide range of feedback from parents.

The January to March report for 2020 can be found here.
For other Parents Voice reports please have a look in our extensive library or check back through our Achievements pages or our library page.

Volunteer Engagement Day

16th March 2020

LPCF held its March Volunteer/Trustee engagement day at the Supreme Inn, Bicker Bar, Boston.

A team of six volunteers joined together to learn about the initiatives that the Charity has been working on and to look at its current priorities.

The team were given the usual update on the meetings that volunteers and trustees have been attending and the outcomes that have been achieved.

The subject of parental participation and engagement was discussed and one of our own volunteers enabled us to look at the subject in more depth. Ideas to increase participation were encouraged and the outcome was that during the next few weeks we would explore the subject at length through our internal blog to collect everyone's views.

Along with the Local Authority and partners we have been involved in an additional programme of work to identify new ways to support schools, parents/carers and other professionals to successfully delivery the best outcomes for children and young people with special educational needs in a sustainable way.

Impower who are leading this work attended our VE day to inform volunteers about the projects progress so far, collect the views of our membership and to thank volunteers for their involvement in the work.


A volunteer commented " It was brilliant to hear that Impower wanted to hear what we had to say".

Lunch concluded the day.

Signposting and Information Day

31st January 2020

29 Organisations showcased their Information & Support for Parent carers & professionals at our Signposting & Information Event at Hubberts Bridge Community Centre in Janaury.

Parent Carers, Professionals and members of the public provided feedback at the event:-

"This was my first time attending a Signposting Event as a Professional and I really enjoyed it. All of the staff were very friendly, welcoming and accommodating. The venue was lovely. Lots of interesting stands however some stands felt a little hard to approach and not clear. Nonetheless I enjoyed the experience and will come again.

During the day we also gave parents the chance to attend two workshops delivered by Hil Gibb which gave parents a “Toolkit for Building their resilience"

During the workshops parents were asked to consider their coping mechanisms,were given hints to develop their skills,spent time exploring the support available and developing a plan to use the practical hints and tips they learnt.


Please see full report in our library for more details.

Volunteer Engagement Day

14th January 2020

LPCF held its Volunteer/Trustee engagement day at the Supreme Inn, Bicker Bar, Boston on 14th January 2020.

A team of ten volunteers joined together for a team building day to explore the work of LPCF.

The team were given an update on the meetings that volunteers and trustees have been attending.

The importance of the survey was discussed and all volunteers were encouraged to complete it and publicise it.

Discussions surrounding LPCF's coffee events followed and volunteers were asked to add ideas on post it notes to the display board. From these discussions it was suggested by volunteers, that LPCF should also have an open Facebook page for professionals and people without children with disabilities/SEN to find out more about our Charity.

Volunteers commented "Team building today was a chance for everyone to have a say, share ideas and a chance to learn about things from a different perspective.

Lunch concluded the day.

Parents Voice

26th January 2020

Our extensive quarterly round up of what parents have been saying about Health, Education, Transport, EHC Plans, Leisure, Social Care etc

This edition of our Parents Voice is again a large document demonstrating a wide range of feedback from parents.

The October to December report for 2019 can be found here.
For other Parents Voice reports please have a look in our extensive library or check back through our Achievements pages or our library page.