LPCF Achievements

Promoting Positive Behaviour

with Aspens

2025-26

LPCF invited Chris from Aspens to talk about Promoting Positive Behaviour.
The series of workshops explored:-

What are behaviours of concern.

The types of behaviours that may be displayed (such as verbal and physical aggression, breaking objects, escape and avoidance and self-neglect).

What happens physically to a child when displaying these behaviours.

How to establish what the behaviour may be telling us.

Why they may happen.

How to put a plan into place, as well as some strategies that may help reduce such behaviours and promote positive ones.

A mixture of parents & professionals booked themselves onto the sessions and feedback was very positive.

One parent commented "I found it really helpful to hear others perspectives and to know that I am not alone in this. I felt a lot of empathy for my son when listening to the facilitator explain how our brain works and how we get into fight/flight because we think we are in danger. When you sit to think about it, it helps everything become clearer. I have realised that it is not my fault, or my sons. It is just something we need to navigate and provide further support for".

Another parent commented "I have learned about the 4 functions of behaviours, along with how to monitor and record said functions, causes, consequences, to enable me to work out the cause of crisis and implement a plan to reduce it happening. I found the information about what happens to the brain in crisis fascinating and very informative."
Please see the report for more feedback

LPCF Zoom Socials

Reducing Isolation and Building Parent Support.

LPCF introduced regular Zoom Socials after parent carers told us they were feeling isolated and wanted opportunities to connect with others who understand the realities of raising a child or young person with SEND.

These informal sessions provide a safe, friendly space where parents can talk openly, share experiences and learn from each other. The sessions are led by LPCF volunteers who are themselves parent carers, helping to create a welcoming environment built on lived experience and understanding.

Parents attending the sessions regularly share that hearing from others who face similar challenges helps them feel reassured, less alone and more confident in supporting their child.
The sessions also provide opportunities for helpful signposting to services, resources and opportunities that families may not otherwise know about.
One parent shared:
“It was reassuring to know I am not alone.”

The Zoom Socials also help LPCF stay connected to the day-to-day experiences of families across Lincolnshire, ensuring that parent carer voices continue to inform our representation work with education, health and local authority partners.

By creating an accessible and supportive space, LPCF continues to strengthen the parent carer community and provide valuable peer support for SEND families across the county.
Please see here for more details

Helping Parents Support Their Child’s Learning

2nd March 2026

In March 2026, LPCF worked with Lincolnshire County Council’s Specialist Teaching Team, Inclusion Team and Dyslexia Outreach to deliver an online workshop for parents and carers on Supporting Your Child’s Learning at Home.
Specialist teachers Odette and Jane shared practical strategies to help families support their child’s learning through everyday activities at home. The session explored simple techniques such as using mnemonics for spelling, highlighting tricky parts of words, and helping children better understand number concepts in maths.

Parents valued the opportunity to hear directly from specialist teachers and ask questions about supporting their children’s learning. Feedback showed parents gained reassurance and new ideas they could use immediately at home.

The online format allowed families from across Lincolnshire to attend, making the session accessible for parents who may not be able to travel to face-to-face events.

By providing opportunities for parents to learn from specialist professionals, LPCF continues to help families build confidence and develop practical strategies to support their child’s education.
See here for more details

Working with schools to support your child

2nd February 2026

In partnership with LPCF, Odette and Jane from the Specialist Teaching Team (LCC) delivered a workshop for parents about working with schools to support their child with SEND.
During the session, Odette shared practical recommendations on how parents can work in partnership with schools to help achieve the best possible outcomes for their child.
Parents were introduced to a range of helpful strategies that can be incorporated into everyday routines at home and in school.
By attending the workshop, parents gained greater confidence in supporting their child’s learning journey. The session also provided a valuable opportunity to ask questions and learn directly from experienced specialist teachers in a supportive and understanding environment.

One parent commented "Have come to appreciate that being more involved in my child’s learning and education increases my awareness and exposure to valuable opportunities and resources, which can be applied at home and over the long term to support positive and satisfactory outcomes."

Another commented "Others in the session asked questions relevant to me and my situation, showing that it's not just me, and that others are facing these issues too. The Q&A part was also very informative. Thank you very much. I feel more equipped for upcoming communications with school, and will be looking to attend future sessions offered by LPCF, particularly ones offering training and insight from the specialist teaching team.

Virtual Volunteer Engagement Days

Supporting Volunteers and Strengthening the Parent Carer Voice
LPCF’s Virtual Volunteer Engagement (VE) Days play an important role in supporting its volunteers while strengthening LPCF’s ability to represent the voice of parent carers across Lincolnshire.
These sessions ensure volunteers remain informed, confident, and connected to LPCF’s work, enabling them to contribute meaningfully to improving services for children and young people with SEND.

Supporting and Developing Volunteers
Virtual VE Days provide a welcoming and supportive space where volunteers can:

Stay up to date with LPCF’s work and local SEND developments

Build their knowledge and confidence in understanding the SEND system

Ask questions and gain clarity on local services and processes

Connect with other volunteers and the LPCF team

Receive guidance through the buddying system and shared learning.

This is particularly valuable for new volunteers, helping them settle into their role and feel part of LPCF.
By providing regular updates and opportunities for discussion, these sessions help volunteers feel confident, informed, and supported in contributing at a level that works for them.

Strengthening Representation and Impact
Virtual VE Days help ensure LPCF’s work remains informed by the real experiences of families. Volunteers play a vital role in:

Sharing feedback

Highlighting emerging themes and concerns

Supporting engagement with parent carers

Contributing to surveys, working groups, and engagement activity.

This strengthens LPCF’s ability to raise key issues with education, health, and local authority partners, helping influence improvements to local services.

Accessible and Inclusive Engagement
Offering virtual sessions allows volunteers from across Lincolnshire to participate in a way that is flexible and accessible, recognising the demands many parent carers face.
These sessions complement face-to-face Volunteer engagement opportunities and form part of LPCF’s commitment to supporting volunteers and maintaining a strong, connected volunteer community.
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The Difference This Makes
Through Virtual Volunteer Engagement Days, LPCF has seen:

Increased volunteer confidence and understanding of SEND systems

Stronger volunteer involvement in meetings, engagement, and outreach

Improved flow of information between LPCF and volunteers

Better informed representation of parent carer experiences

Greater volunteer connection, support, and retention

Stronger evidence to share with education, health, and partners.

Most importantly, these sessions help ensure that parent carer voice remains central to shaping services and support across Lincolnshire.

Study Skills and Revision Strategies Workshop

12th January 2026

In partnership with LPCF, Odette and Jane from the Specialist Teaching Team (LCC) delivered a workshop for parents and their children with SEND about Study Skills and Revision strategies.
The interactive session gave attendees a chance to ask on the chat about the difficulties they were experiencing and gain some useful strategies and techniques to explore after the workshop.
One parent commented "It was nice to be able to be able to quietly sit and take notes through the session without the fear of having to answer questions or to engage. it was a one-way workshop but I liked this and I was put at ease knowing I could just take the info in and make my notes. The speed of the talking and slide changeover was perfect for me and I ably kept up.".

Another commented "A variety of useful learning strategies that we can try with our child to see which work for them.".
Please see the report for more feedback.

Lincolnshire Parent Carer Forum

Find out what we do

13th January 2026

This workshop was designed to introduce attendees—both parents/carers and professionals—to the work of Lincolnshire Parent Carer Forum (LPCF).

The aim was to provide a clear overview of LPCF’s mission, membership benefits, and the various ways individuals can engage with and contribute to the forum’s work.

By attending the workshop, attendees gained an insight into the role and remit of LPCF, found out about how LPCF gather the views of the membership and the ways in which they use them to inform practice.

Attendees were also given guidance on what signposting and support LPCF could offer and information about what LPCF were not able to support with.

One attendee commented "A really helpful presentation. It was great to see what you do and what help is available for my family.".
Please see the report published on the library page of the website

LPCF Parents' Voice

1st October to 31st December 25

Our extensive quarterly round up of what parents have been saying about Health, Education, Transport, EHC Plans, Leisure, Social Care etc.
In this edition of parents' we have easy to read sections for Education , Health & Social Care separated to hopefully make it easier to read.
We are now housing all of the responses to the feedback you give us in the Parents Voice from professionals on the LPCF Website>Information>Feedback from professionals page.

In this edition of the Parents Voice two issues stood out particularly strongly alongside the others of private diagnosis and Respite. (Page 2)

We have also received lots of comments on the following:-

Alternative Provision

EHCP's

Issues with SEND caseworker

Diagnosis Experiences

Driving Instructors

Activities

Respite

Life with a child who has SEND

Max Cards

Week of SEND

Plus much more
We have again used our "Feedback Friday" polls to gather more information from our closed parents only Facebook page. This simple polling system means that more people can give us their feedback.
The comments from our workshops can now be seen on the library page of the LPCF website.


The October to December report 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.
Responses to issues raised in our parents voice report can be found here:-

LPCF Excellence Award Winners

July to Dec 25

Congratulations to Vanessa Hobart And Lee Hextall from Lincolnshire Music Service who were awarded first place in the LPCF Excellence awards.
Jonathan Draper from Linkage College Toynton Campus was awarded second place and Karen Seekins from Moulton Harrox Preschool was awarded third place.
A special award was presented to Karen Seekins from Moulton Harrox Pre school for being nominated by 2 parents in the six month award period.

The awards are voted on by the Trustees and volunteers of LPCF every 6 months.

Well done to all nominations for going above and beyond for families of children with SEND.
For full details of all the listings click on the blue link to see the July - Dec nominations.

Volunteer Engagement Day

8th December 2025

LPCF held its Volunteer/Trustee engagement day in person at the Victoria House Tea Room in Gosberton.

A team of nine volunteers joined together to discuss the topics below:-

Update of the work LPCF are currently involved in

LPCF Update -Neighbourhood Health Teams

Question from Meeting with Derby University researchers

Vision Board

LPCF Live survey testing

New volunteers were given support and training around accessing the internal area of the LPCF website, expenses system and were given a demonstration of the admin area. Volunteers kindly collated packs for the ongoing outreach project and Senco Briefings.
A lovely afternoon tea was enjoyed by all.