Parent Voice
Ensuring your views and experiences are heard
…working together
for positive change
What is Parent Carer Participation?
This is a collaboration between Parent Carers and Professionals – working together in co-production to design, shape, and improve local services for SEND children.
Should I Participate?
Your contributions are so important. As a Parent Carer, you can help pinpoint problems frequently experienced by families with SEND children. This knowledge can be used to shape services and ensure they are fit for purpose.
But don’t just take our word for it – hear from some Parent Carers who have already participated…
What is a Parent Carer Forum
and what do they do
Making a Difference
Why should I join my local Parent Carer Forum
How Can I Participate?
Parent Carers of South Gloucestershire can participate by joining our forum – South Glos Parent Carers (SGPC).
SGPC’s community members are all Parent Carers of SEND children whose aim is to make sure the services in our area meet the needs of SEND children and their families – and you can participate by simply sharing your views with us.
You can share your experiences and raise your voice in the following ways,
through our engagement events and activities
completing surveys we conduct
volunteering to help share our collective voice
by providing feedback at any of our events and training that you attend.
By sharing your lived experiences and feeding them back through SGPC to the service providers and stakeholders, you are participating and helping to raise the collective voice of our community in order to form and shape the services of the future.
What is Co-production
Co-production is about working together right from the start to shape and create services that meet the needs of the families using them.
It is the process of gathering the views of local families and then working together with local authorities, education settings, health providers and other service providers to highlight what’s working well, or challenge when and where changes or improvements can be made and problem solve together.
Engage With Us
We need to reach as many families as possible so that you all have the opportunity to add your views about how SEND services in our area are shaped.
Our goal is to make sure that the voices of all our Parent Carers are heard, so we can fully represent the collective voice of our community.
We provide lots of ways you can give us your views by:
Completing online surveys or Polls
Attending Engagement & Empowerment events
Online via Facebook and email
Through our support sessions
Becoming a volunteer supporter and representing our collective voice at meetings
and we welcome your comments, feedback, and participation.
Participate today
Helping to shape services is what we’ve been doing since 2009 – but we can’t do it without you!
By joining with our community, you can:
hear about all the developments that may affect your family
participate in our support, engagement and empowerment activities
hear about informative bookable training events
help us collaborate and shape services to ensure they are fit for purpose
receive our quarterly informative newsletter, SGPC NEWS