Newsletter May 2023
On Friday 28th April at Down Syndrome Cheshire the PCF held their first informal coffee morning where parents and carers were able to catch up with other parents and speak to local organisations.
Thank you to Little Lungs, Cheshire Buddies, Mathew Southall (Children's Therapies-Health, OT, Physio, SALT), Disability Positive and Carers Trust.
At each of our events through the year we will have people from education, health and charities.
Pop along so you can ask them any questions about accessing their services.
We also attended SPACE coffee morning on Friday 19th May, with Kola North West, IASS, Live Cheshire and Steamtistic. It was great to meet new families.
PCF Wednesday 24th May Forum
At our 'Mediation Services & Transition to Adulthood' forum we had presentations from a range of professionals. We had Suzie Franklin talking about mediation and how to access their services, we also had presentations from Annual Health Checks with Gill Tyler and Sean Donnelly, Paul Arista about Transition and Teresa King talking to us all about the Care Act. There was also time for the parents and carers who attended to speak to them during the coffee and lunch breaks and there was a lot of great sharing of experiences and information. Throughout the day, everyone got to attend the Market Place, which was a great opportunity for parents/carers to find out what they could access locally. We had Live! Cheshire, Livewell, Vivo, Derwen college, Pettypool college, Rooted & Booted, Danielle Ashley Activities Ltd IASS, CarersTrust.
As always, the forum was a great opportunity for parent and carers to meet and share experiences and we thoroughly enjoyed seeing everyone who came along.
Thank you to everyone who attended for all your feedback.
PCF reps continue to organise forums and focus groups to share your views and opinions. This month we had two successful online Transport Focus group were feedback was gathered from parents and carers about the issues they have had with transport over the past academic year. We would like to thank everyone who attended and for your feedback and we would like to invite you all to our online AGM meeting on Wednesday 5th July 10:30-12pm, where you can come along and discuss what you would like us to focus on for the next academic year.
Go to our
EVENTS PAGE to book on our upcoming PCF events.
Monthly Meetings
Our reps continued to attend our monthly meetings, these range from meeting with Information, Advice and Support Services to attending Special School heads meetings.
If there is anything you would like to raise with us about any issues or concerns, then please get in touch:
contact.pcfcwac@gmail.com
For an update on Short breaks with Angela Lewis - Please CLICK HERE.
After a successful Forum in May the PCF and School representatives will be meeting in person to discuss future planning and events for the next academic year.
Our next upcoming event is our AGM. See
What's On page.
Dates For Your Diary
All our Forum events are listed on the What's On page, with lots of information about each event.
You can book online.
As we are now approaching the end of the academic year, schools and colleges are preparing for their 2024 intake. Here is a list of some of the planned college open days.
For further information and to book a place, please contact
Yvonne Johnson 01606 606694/0777322617
or email Cheshirewestcarersupport@makingspace.co.uk
USEFUL CONTACTS....
Live Well Cheshire West - www.livewell.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
Information Advice and Support Service (IASS) - Tel 0300 123 7001
www.livewell.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/Services/1279
SEN Team - Tel 0151 337 6505
senteam@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
Starting Well - www.startingwell.org.uk/
West Cheshire 0-16 CAMHS Tel - 01244 393200
www.cwp.nhs.uk/services-and-locations/services/west-cheshire-0-16-camhs/
IPSEA- Call-in Helpline Tel- 0300 22 5899
https://www.ipsea.org.uk/Pages/Category/service-overview
CONTACT Advice Line -Tel-0808 808 3555
https://contact.org.uk/
Get Involved with the PCF....
We are always looking for new parents and carers to join us. You can attend meetings, give feedback to influence the services your child or young person uses or help us to identify the gaps in services. Also, a chance to meet other parents and learn about what's on offer in Cheshire West & Chester.
email contact.pcfcwac@gmail.com
or join us for one of our meetings. We hope to see you soon!
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contact.pcfcwac@gmail.com
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