Support for Families - Help For Lone Parents & Families by Pathway Group in ...The Pathway Group
Help For Lone Parents & Families by Pathway Group in Walsall - This programme is designed to help our clients overcome a wide range of social and domestic issues that may have prevented them from seeking employment or are impacting on their chances of obtaining sustainable work.
The Pathway2Work team offer confidential, unbiased advice to assist in our clients make sense of their own unique situation, help them explore practical issues such as childcare options, benefit entitlements and social welfare, as well as putting them on courses to learn new skills and job search as well as interview techniques. The remit we have is to help lone parents and families discover that elusive work/life balance by making job opportunities more accessible, more achievable and more real.
What will senior living look like in 2013? Have your predictions from 2006 come true? This “future forum discussion" was extremely popular at ALFA’s 2006 Conference and the results appeared on the ALFA Web site; “creating a shared vision and roadmap to the future.” Together, you will envision scenarios for our future, share ideas and fresh perspectives. – Judd Harper, COO, The Arbor Company; Jayne Sallerson, Senior Vice President of Marketing, Emeritus Senior Living
Support for Families - Help For Lone Parents & Families by Pathway Group in ...The Pathway Group
Help For Lone Parents & Families by Pathway Group in Walsall - This programme is designed to help our clients overcome a wide range of social and domestic issues that may have prevented them from seeking employment or are impacting on their chances of obtaining sustainable work.
The Pathway2Work team offer confidential, unbiased advice to assist in our clients make sense of their own unique situation, help them explore practical issues such as childcare options, benefit entitlements and social welfare, as well as putting them on courses to learn new skills and job search as well as interview techniques. The remit we have is to help lone parents and families discover that elusive work/life balance by making job opportunities more accessible, more achievable and more real.
What will senior living look like in 2013? Have your predictions from 2006 come true? This “future forum discussion" was extremely popular at ALFA’s 2006 Conference and the results appeared on the ALFA Web site; “creating a shared vision and roadmap to the future.” Together, you will envision scenarios for our future, share ideas and fresh perspectives. – Judd Harper, COO, The Arbor Company; Jayne Sallerson, Senior Vice President of Marketing, Emeritus Senior Living
Practice Exchange Workshop: Pre-birth planning, Assessment and “Getting it ri...CELCIS
The PACE (Permanence and Care Excellence) team at CELCIS hosted a Practice Echange Workshop on 15 November 2018 in Glasgow, with almost 70 delegates attending from local authorities and organisations throughout Scotland. The workshop theme was “Pre-birth planning, Assessment and “Getting it right from the start”, and included a keynote presentation by Alan Sinclair, author of 'Right from the Start', as well as talks by Linda Davidson, examples from practice from Shona Irvine, Helen Runciman and Julia Donaldson and group discussion sessions.
The basis of this event was the Early Years Framework, which was published in 2008 as a ten year plan. Ten years on, we consider what the current landscape looks like in Scotland and reflect on the ambitions of the Early Years Framework, what has been achieved, what best practice might look like and how we can work towards this.
East Renfrewshire End Year Performance Report 2016-17EastRen
Our vision is to be a modern, ambitious council creating a fairer future with all. We strive to be the best council we can be and are committed to making people’s lives better. This report presents a summary of the Council and Community Planning Partnership performance for 2016-17.
On December 4, 2014 CERIS hosted a panel discussion to explore the unique settlement experiences of newcomer children and the services, programs, and practices that best address their needs.
Heather Krause of Peel Children and Youth Initiative presented her statistical research on newcomer parents' usage of early childhood services.
This presentation was made to the South Carolina First Steps Board of Trustees in October 2008. It gives summary highlights of the Vision 2013 Regional Early Childhood Summits, which gathered input for the Vision 2013 Strategic Plan.
Overview of the current and future direction of the Family & Intercultural Resource Center (FIRC)'s mission and programs. Gain a better understanding of the Community Support and Families United services offered to Summit County, Colorado.
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
Practice Exchange Workshop: Pre-birth planning, Assessment and “Getting it ri...CELCIS
The PACE (Permanence and Care Excellence) team at CELCIS hosted a Practice Echange Workshop on 15 November 2018 in Glasgow, with almost 70 delegates attending from local authorities and organisations throughout Scotland. The workshop theme was “Pre-birth planning, Assessment and “Getting it right from the start”, and included a keynote presentation by Alan Sinclair, author of 'Right from the Start', as well as talks by Linda Davidson, examples from practice from Shona Irvine, Helen Runciman and Julia Donaldson and group discussion sessions.
The basis of this event was the Early Years Framework, which was published in 2008 as a ten year plan. Ten years on, we consider what the current landscape looks like in Scotland and reflect on the ambitions of the Early Years Framework, what has been achieved, what best practice might look like and how we can work towards this.
East Renfrewshire End Year Performance Report 2016-17EastRen
Our vision is to be a modern, ambitious council creating a fairer future with all. We strive to be the best council we can be and are committed to making people’s lives better. This report presents a summary of the Council and Community Planning Partnership performance for 2016-17.
On December 4, 2014 CERIS hosted a panel discussion to explore the unique settlement experiences of newcomer children and the services, programs, and practices that best address their needs.
Heather Krause of Peel Children and Youth Initiative presented her statistical research on newcomer parents' usage of early childhood services.
This presentation was made to the South Carolina First Steps Board of Trustees in October 2008. It gives summary highlights of the Vision 2013 Regional Early Childhood Summits, which gathered input for the Vision 2013 Strategic Plan.
Overview of the current and future direction of the Family & Intercultural Resource Center (FIRC)'s mission and programs. Gain a better understanding of the Community Support and Families United services offered to Summit County, Colorado.
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
A process server is a authorized person for delivering legal documents, such as summons, complaints, subpoenas, and other court papers, to peoples involved in legal proceedings.
Understanding the Challenges of Street ChildrenSERUDS INDIA
By raising awareness, providing support, advocating for change, and offering assistance to children in need, individuals can play a crucial role in improving the lives of street children and helping them realize their full potential
Donate Us
https://serudsindia.org/how-individuals-can-support-street-children-in-india/
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Many ways to support street children.pptxSERUDS INDIA
By raising awareness, providing support, advocating for change, and offering assistance to children in need, individuals can play a crucial role in improving the lives of street children and helping them realize their full potential
Donate Us
https://serudsindia.org/how-individuals-can-support-street-children-in-india/
#donatefororphan, #donateforhomelesschildren, #childeducation, #ngochildeducation, #donateforeducation, #donationforchildeducation, #sponsorforpoorchild, #sponsororphanage #sponsororphanchild, #donation, #education, #charity, #educationforchild, #seruds, #kurnool, #joyhome
Russian anarchist and anti-war movement in the third year of full-scale warAntti Rautiainen
Anarchist group ANA Regensburg hosted my online-presentation on 16th of May 2024, in which I discussed tactics of anti-war activism in Russia, and reasons why the anti-war movement has not been able to make an impact to change the course of events yet. Cases of anarchists repressed for anti-war activities are presented, as well as strategies of support for political prisoners, and modest successes in supporting their struggles.
Thumbnail picture is by MediaZona, you may read their report on anti-war arson attacks in Russia here: https://en.zona.media/article/2022/10/13/burn-map
Links:
Autonomous Action
http://Avtonom.org
Anarchist Black Cross Moscow
http://Avtonom.org/abc
Solidarity Zone
https://t.me/solidarity_zone
Memorial
https://memopzk.org/, https://t.me/pzk_memorial
OVD-Info
https://en.ovdinfo.org/antiwar-ovd-info-guide
RosUznik
https://rosuznik.org/
Uznik Online
http://uznikonline.tilda.ws/
Russian Reader
https://therussianreader.com/
ABC Irkutsk
https://abc38.noblogs.org/
Send mail to prisoners from abroad:
http://Prisonmail.online
YouTube: https://youtu.be/c5nSOdU48O8
Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/libertarianlifecoach/episodes/Russian-anarchist-and-anti-war-movement-in-the-third-year-of-full-scale-war-e2k8ai4
2. Purpose of presentation
To demonstrate what we have achieved in
2014-2015
To recognise the challenges we face today
To consider our aims for 2015-2016 & the ways
in which our supporters can help us
To ask for your feedback
4. We represent 0-25yrs, pan-disability, Surrey-wide
We work to connect families and decision-makers,
improve services, gain an overview across LA/Health
We don’t advocate for individual families or
campaign/lobby
Our remit
8. Surrey
11
boroughs
81
wards
6
Clinical Commissioning
Groups (CCGs)
11th
(out of 86) county by
population
4th
(out of 151)
Local Authorities in terms of
number of Statements, and a
relatively high % of all pupils
6th
(out of 151)
Local Authorities in terms of pupils
with SEND but no Statement, but a
relatively low % of all pupils
16. Membership up by
338% since October
2014, and counting!
Increasing our membership
parents
49%
parent in an
organisation
3%
parent in a school
1%
schools
18%
organisations
14%
LA
3%
unknown
12%
22. Relationships with families
Social care &
respite
18%
health and
therapies
16%
support in
school
16%
camhs
16%
post 16
14%
out of school
10%
tribunals
6%
transport
4%
social
care/respite
21%
health
10%
support in
school
27%
CAMHS
16%
post 16
19%
out of school
5%
tribunals
2%
All issues that apply Most important issues
30. Requests
On average
- 7-10 meetings a week, around Surrey
- 10-20 hours pw each in addition, dealing
with emails, preparing for meetings,
responding to requests, ensuring Family
Voice Surrey runs smoothly!
33. Accessible meetings
More accessible meetings that allow us
to contribute:
- sufficient briefing/background info
- minutes & agendas in good time
- between 9.30am & 2.00pm
- minimal jargon/acronyms
35. Honesty & transparency
“In West Sussex the impact is that some children’s and
young people’s plans will not be completed in the
timescale set down by the new legislation….
It also has a knock-on effect on the timing of new
assessments so that some of them will also not be
completed within the timescale we usually work to….
We appreciate that this may cause upset and anxiety
to families and apologise for any delays.”
38. Four main aspirations
1. Better services within current funding
2. True co-production
3. A flagship LA & PCF partnership
4. Increase satisfaction amongst SEND families
40. How can you help?
Spread the word and encourage families to sign
up and get more involved
Encourage organisations to become Associates
Help us demonstrate what true co-production
looks like
Suggest funding opportunities and ideas
Editor's Notes
Thanks for coming today. Helen has already referred to some of the things we are going to show you in this presentation. It’s based on a presentation we gave to Nick Wilson a week ago.
We’re hoping that this presentation will give you a flavour of what we have been up to this last year, the challenges we are currently facing, and our plans for next year. We’re also keen to hear your feedback, so please feel free to ask questions as we go along.
We are not new to Surrey, but we thought it might be useful to recap on the remit of a Parent Carer Forum like Family Voice Surrey.
We are part of the National Network of Parent Carer Forums. There are 150+ in total around the country, supported by a Central Government grant of £15,000 (via Contact A Family, who also provide training/other support). Prior to 2014, Parent Carer Forums were involved in helping to shape local policies relating to the SEND reforms. Since 1 September 2014 Parent Carer Forums have been involved in local implementation. Part of our role at Family Voice Surrey is to liaise with and learn from best practice within other Parent Carer Forums.
We deliberately offer families lots of different ways to get involved: from basic membership (receive newsletter, take part in surveys), to becoming a parent rep (possibly attending meetings, an ‘on-the-ground’ networking role, or a skills-based role such as training).
Associates are partner organisations (eg. Challengers, Barnardo’s). For those who want to be more involved in the running of FVS, there is also the Steering Committee.
This is our current Steering Committee of 5 (all parents of children with additional needs, and volunteers). Our cumulative skills/experience include a detective, 5 languages, branding/marketing/design expertise and finance/admin skills.
As well as our two existing reps, Della and Jackie, who were previously Steering Committee members, we have recently recruited additional parents reps: Abby and Benedicte are here today, Nicky is supporting another Mum and Mandy and Chris both have appts.
So that’s our current small but growing network, and we need to grow it much bigger. Here are just a few statistics about Surrey: 11 boroughs, 81 wards, 6 CCGs, the 11th largest county by number of people, and perhaps most interestingly the 4th out of 151 LAs in terms of Statemented pupils, and 6th in terms of pupils with SEN but no Statement.
Not the biggest geographical county by any means (probably in top third) but 640 sq miles nevertheless which is a key factor for us in terms of how we engage with more families. More about this later….
Looking back at this last financial year….
In terms of funding, we receive a statutory £15K grant from central Government via Contact A Family. This has been topped up this year by Surrey CC to the tune of £30K. Without this top up we would not have been able to get involved in local policies and implementation. Roughly speaking, requests from the LA/Health are funded by the SEND grant, whilst our parent participation is funded by the CAF grant. Both grants took 4 months to reach the bank, hence our need for a cashflow buffer which we’ll come to later on.
This shows how the grants have been used over the last year. It includes the cashflow buffer already mentioned. We ran one major annual event (in March) and took on an office at the beginning of December. We have started gathering parent stories on film (more later).
We were grateful for Surrey CC’s financial support last year; without which we would have been unable to respond to the many and varied requests that come into us. This is a quick snapshot of what we have achieved from 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015.
What have achieved with this money? We updated our identity as part of a wider plan to raise our profile…..
…created a new, more user-friendly website and brochure (with pre-paid reply card to encourage to families to sign up). These are our key marketing tools. We are not complacent – we have sent out 5,000 brochures and are about to reprint so we are using this as an opportunity to ask families what would work better. We also want to develop the website to be more interactive.
We produced a set of new banners that would speak to different audiences, make our remit clear and offer different levels of membership
We also produced a set of marketing tools: badges, stickers, trolley keyrings to help us spread the word
Our Facebook page has really taken off this year…
Our database membership has increased from 247 (Oct 2014) to 834 (today) by 332%: 49% parents, 18% schools, 14% associates/partner organisations. We are getting several new memberships every week and we expect this to grow at an increasing rate as we do more outreach (more on that later).
We have strengthened our relationships with schools through the SENCO training workshops, SEND annual conference (where Helen was a speaker) and the Home-School Link Worker conference. We also have growing relationships with colleges.
We have strengthened our relationships with partner organisations: NAS, Barnardo’s, Challengers, White Lodge, The Children’s Trust, YMCA, Carer Support groups around Surrey, Voluntary Action groups around Surrey, SPP, Core Assets (it’s great to see some of you here today)
We held our annual event on 5 March, with 37 stallholders, 180 attended, 6 speakers, 10 speed-daters/ 47 speed-dating sessions with practitioners and a Coping with Stress workshop
Two part-time staff: Candy (finances) and Claire (admin/co-ordination)
Our recent parent survey was completed by 240 families.
We are in the process of summarising the key findings to present to decision-makers and share with the families that took part. Key issues are: social care & respite, health & therapies, support in school & CAMHS, closed followed by post 16 transition and then out of school (surprisingly high). When you look at most important issues skew changes slightly with emphasis on Support in school, social care & respite and post 16 transition, closely followed by CAMHS.
We have started to film some parent stories and are finding these a very direct and valuable way to help parents get their voices heard – quite literally! This is a 5 min mash up of some of the stories we have edited already.
We are on the SEND Governance Board and the SEND Operational Group, and are currently involved in 15 other workstreams/consultations. Some of these are large projects
We are on the SEND Governance Board and the SEND Operational Group, and are currently involved in 12 ongoing workstreams/consultations.
Whilst we are delighted…..the workload for a small team of volunteer parents presents a real challenge.
Requests, meetings, hours worked
This is a busy, but not untypical week. Meeting requests have risen dramatically (because there’s more going on? Because our profile is raised? Because our input is more valued?)
Requests, meetings, hours worked
The idea of a ‘kitemark’ was raised at a National Network meeting. It is fraught with problems about how judgements are made but the spirit of a kitemark seems a good one to aspire towards
Contact A Family have produced a brilliant film showing what Co-production should look like
Senior management can help us by encouraging others to:
Make meetings more accessible to us
Promote coproduction not a tick-box exercise
Sharing iformation
Financial stability beyond 2016
This was part of an SEN Processes meeting recently. It was too brief to those who had not attended the meeting. There was no explanation of the terms being used.
One of the biggest and most regular criticisms of the authorities is a lack of transparency: about eligibility criteria, process, decision-making – just about everything. We would like to see the barriers start to come down when we are working together in coproduction. We recognise that this requires absolute trust, but it also seems an essential component. Remember that it’s increasingly harder to hide information, so better to share and manage it.
Senior management can help us by encouraging others to:
Make meetings more accessible to us
Promote coproduction not a tick-box exercise
Sharing iformation
Financial stability beyond 2016
We have BIG plans for the coming year! We want to help Surrey regain credibility with the parents of SEND children.
We want to help create better services for less money!
Resolve the NMI overspend problem
Be a flagship partnership for other LAs and their PCFs
help Surrey regain credibility with the parents of SEND children
We are on the SEND Governance Board and the SEND Operational Group, are actively involved in several consultations and asked to attend XX ongoing workstreams…
We are on the SEND Governance Board and the SEND Operational Group, are actively involved in several consultations and asked to attend XX ongoing workstreams…
We are on the SEND Governance Board and the SEND Operational Group, are actively involved in several consultations and asked to attend XX ongoing workstreams…
We are on the SEND Governance Board and the SEND Operational Group, are actively involved in several consultations and asked to attend XX ongoing workstreams…
We are on the SEND Governance Board and the SEND Operational Group, are actively involved in several consultations and asked to attend XX ongoing workstreams…
This shows the budget we need to continue with our work, and the way this has been calculated. Based on total spend of 47K (split between XAF, SEND and any other?)
Senior management can help us by encouraging others to:
Make meetings more accessible to us
Promote coproduction not a tick-box exercise
Sharing iformation
Financial stability beyond 2016
