Week of SEND 2025

Presentation by - Lesley
A leading early years charity delivering the Best Start: Early Years & Family Service across the 48 Children's Centres of Lincolnshire and outreach venues.

Offering Early Years support for families; supporting the understanding of children's learning and development and offering high quality Early Years sessions for families in Children’s Centres and at local outreach venues.”

Presentation by - Kate
Lincolnshire County Council was selected as one of 75 local authorities to benefit from funding for the Government’s Family Hub programme. This programme aims to create a positive impact for families across the county by providing access to high quality, joined up services from pregnancy, early years, through to children aged 19 (or 25 for those with disabilities or special educational needs).
10 of the 48 Children’s Centres in Lincolnshire are also designated as Family Hubs. Offering support to all Lincolnshire families which includes children from 0-19 (or up to 25 for those with special educational needs and disabilities)

Presentation by - Ashlie
Family network support packages (FNSP) may be able to help support children when there is a barrier to a family network member (this could be a relative, family friend, neighbour etc) providing support to the child/ children. The support required must be identified as part of ongoing work either in team around the child, child in need or child protection planning.
All it takes is an application from the lead professional- one page application, a costing sheet, providing the FNSP team with an early help assessment and evidence that a family network meeting has taken place within the last 4 weeks.
The eligibility criteria is as follows:
• The child has a suitable Family Network as identified and recorded in the 'Family and Friends (Networks)' section of the Early Help Assessment form/ Child and Family Assessment, within a Family Network Meeting, or through Family Group Conferencing.
• The child must have an allocated lead professional at the point of application, and whilst funding remains in place
• The child is ordinarily resident in Lincolnshire.
• There is a barrier to the Family Network stepping in and providing support that could not otherwise be resolved without financial and/ or practical help from the Local Authority.
• The birth parents have parental responsibility for the child.
• None of the following apply: Special Guardianship Order, Child Arrangement Order or Private Fostering Arrangement
• The funding is not used to directly fund something that alternative programmes are designed to address such as half-term activities, access to funded nursery hours, support with debt or school meals.
• The funding directly enables the Family Network to overcome financial and practical barriers to providing support.
• A Family Network Meeting/ Family Group Conference has taken place and there is a clear, agreed family-led plan.
Direct cash payments will not be paid directly to parents unless that directly unlocks support from Family Networks.
• The application form, cost sheet and referral information can all be found on the LSCP website.
• We are also offering a 1:1 triage with an FNSP professional who can provide tailored support to help the lead professional complete the application and ensure it matches the eligibility criteria- just email FNSPApplications@lincolnshire.gov.uk and request your slot (usually each Tuesday between 1 and 2pm, but this can be tailored to your availability).
Once the application has been approved at our week

Presentation by - Charlotte (Dingleys Promise)
Early Years Specialist Teachers based in localities provide ongoing support for Childminders, Nurseries and Pre Schools /EY SENCOs who have children with SEND.

Early Years SENCOs can also request support via the Early Years and Childcare website.

Early Years and Childcare support deliver a range of training opportunities such as networks and SENCO training for Early Years Providers to ensure that they meet the requirements of the SEND Code of Practice.

Early Years Specialist Teachers also target their support for Children who are looked after, Vulnerable children on a plan who are behind age related attainment, Children at risk of exclusion, Transition support.

Early Years Specialist teachers are based under the Early Help Locality Teams so can link with Health and Social care.

Dingleys Promise
Using their experience of working with SEND children over the last 40 years, Dingley’s Promise have created training and resources to enhance skills, improve confidence and inspire, to cultivate an inclusive environment for all children. The training is designed for everyone and has supported thousands to enhance their ability to include and support children with SEND. Each course has been designed to enable flexible remote learning and includes webinars and resources.

“Dingley’s Promise Training is a very useful tool, It was easy to follow and understand and the short quizzes really helped "

During the session participants will discover how to access the training for free, and be given an overview of each module and the resources included.

Presentation by - Carol
Early Years Specialist Teachers based in localities provide ongoing support for Childminders, Nurseries and Pre Schools /EY SENCOs who have children with SEND.

Early Years SENCOs can also request support via the Early Years and Childcare website.

Early Years and Childcare support deliver a range of training opportunities such as networks and SENCO training for Early Years Providers to ensure that they meet the requirements of the SEND Code of Practice.

Early Years Specialist Teachers also target their support for Children who are looked after, Vulnerable children on a plan who are behind age related attainment, Children at risk of exclusion, Transition support.

Early Years Specialist teachers are based under the Early Help Locality Teams so can link with Health and Social care.

Dingleys Promise
Using their experience of working with SEND children over the last 40 years, Dingley’s Promise have created training and resources to enhance skills, improve confidence and inspire, to cultivate an inclusive environment for all children. The training is designed for everyone and has supported thousands to enhance their ability to include and support children with SEND. Each course has been designed to enable flexible remote learning and includes webinars and resources.

“Dingley’s Promise Training is a very useful tool, It was easy to follow and understand and the short quizzes really helped "

During the session participants will discover how to access the training for free, and be given an overview of each module and the resources included.

Presentation by - Heather & Katie
Lincolnshire Cloth Nappy Library is a volunteer led group operated by NCT. They provide access to free and low cost reusable nappy hire across all of Lincolnshire, from premature to older children.

Presentation by - Kate
Help and advice available in Lincolnshire for everyone during pregnancy, when giving birth and during the first two years of a child's life.
Lincolnshire’s 48 children's centres are core to our Start for Life offer. The centres offer free stay-and-play drop-in sessions and universal programmes for all families from antenatal to age five. Further support is also available for children and young people 5 to 19 (25 SEND).

Presentation by - Ione
Tourettes Action is the UK’s only national charity dedicated to supporting individuals with Tourette syndrome and their families.
Staff, volunteers and supporters are engaged and energised in driving forward their mission.
Everything they do is grounded in their community’s needs and informed by both the voices of their community and research-based evidence.