LPCF in Numbers. What This Means
Over the past year, LPCF has continued to expand its reach, strengthen its evidence base,
and ensure that parent carer voice is embedded across the SEND system in Lincolnshire.
Membership
👨 👩 👧 👦 4,778 parent carer members
Providing a strong, representative voice across all areas of Lincolnshire
Facebook 1,551 registered parent carers
A supportive network of parents with real lived experience, strategies and ideas
🤝 1,030+ individual professionals and 735+ organisations engaged
Extensive reach across education, health and social care systems
📈 385 new members joined this year
📈 333 members Re-registered
Demonstrating continued growth and increasing engagement from families
Representing parents
🏛 281 meetings attended
Ensuring consistent representation of parent carer voice in decision-making
👥 486 volunteer attendances across meetings
Reflecting active volunteer involvement and shared representation
🧩 52 EHCP panel meetings attended (approx. 1,498 cases considered)
Direct contribution to statutory decision-making processes
Support
📅 69 workshops, events and engagement sessions delivered
Providing regular opportunities for parents to connect, share and be heard
👥 784 attendances at events (767 members, 17 guests)
Participation across LPCF activities
☕ 9 face-to-face coffee events delivered
Supporting peer connection and informal support for parent carers
Reporting
📄 4 quarterly Parent Voice reports produced
Structured and evidence-based feedback informing service development
📄 Reports for each Workshop / Workshop Series
This provides evidence of participation for our grant funders and for the presenters themselves.
Website
🌐 160,000+ website page views annually
Demonstrating high demand for information, resources and support
💻 3,000+ average monthly website users
Consistent engagement with LPCF's digital offer
Other Activity
💬 Ongoing weekly and monthly feedback gathered
Including Feedback Friday, surveys, events and 'Your Say' submissions
🌱 New volunteers recruited, trained and embedded
Strengthening the sustainability and future capacity of the forum
💡 Overview
Together, these figures demonstrate LPCF's role as a key strategic partner, ensuring that
lived experience is consistently captured, evidenced, and embedded within decision-making
and service development across Lincolnshire.