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Futures + Relaunch Event
Come and Meet the Team!
Tuesday 3 October 2023
10am - 3pm
Beverley Leisure Centre
For more information see attached document or for any questions regarding the event, please contact Cara Petch (Service Manager – Learning Disability, Autism and Preparing for Adulthood) via 07775812013 or cara.j.petch@eastriding.gov.uk.
Futures + Event Information
What’s New on the Local Offer?
- Local Offer Report 2023
- ERVAS is now Community Vision
- Wheelchair Services - New Page
- Learning for Life – New page
- Teach me too – New page
- Understanding Autism sessions for this year
- Plus much more!
To view any of the above items, please click here
There are also a number of parent carer support groups running across the East Riding and surrounding areas. To view information about these groups please click here.
To view National support organisations, please click here.
 East Yorkshire Parent Carer Forum Events & Coffee Mornings coming up October 2023 (For East Riding of Yorkshire families)
Event 1 – Volunteer Event
Event – Volunteer Coffee Morning – Are you interested in becoming more involved with the East Yorkshire Parent Carer Forum (PCF) ?
Date – 2 October 2023
Time – 9am – 12.30pm
Venue- Beverley Enterprise Centre, Beck View Road, Beverley HU17 0JT
Cost - FREE
Notes – The role of the PCF is to gather parents and carers views and experiences of SEND services, provide the LA and partners with that information and then report back to parents and carers the responses of the LA. If you have some spare time you could help with the organisation of coffee sessions and events or help in the office with consultations and information sharing or become a member of the forum Steering group which meets monthly and represents parent and carer views at meetings with the LA and partners. If you are interested in becoming involved, the PCF will send you a Volunteer pack of information to get you started. At the present time the PCF has 1,200 members across the East Riding and would like to reach more parents in isolated communities so come and join us to make that happen. If you can not attend the meeting then please email us Admin@eypcf.co.uk for more information or to be sent a Volunteer information pack.
Event 2 – Our NEXT Check in & Chat as follows:
Event – Check in & Chat
Date – 5 October 2023
Time – 9:00am – 12:30pm
Venue-EYPCF, Beverley Enterprise Centre, Beck View Road, Beverley HU17 0JT
Cost -FREE
Notes – The Check in & Chat pop in session is for all parents and carers of children and young people (0-25) with SEND.
It is a chance to meet the EYPCF team and a great opportunity to meet like minded parents and carers who understand what life is like as a SEND family to share experiences and offer peer to peer support.
Please send us an email to let us know that you will be joining us with your name and contact details.
Coffee, cake and refreshments provided. We can also provide expenses support (mileage or public transport) or any childcare costs although children are more than welcome. FREE onsite parking. Contact – Admin@eypcf.co.uk to let us know that you’re joining us.
East Riding Wide and Hull/York Catchment
East Riding successful in securing £1million for SEND provision
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has been successful in a bid for £1million from the Department for Education Better Value Grant to support children and young people with SEND.
The funding will be targeted to improve early intervention for children and young people in the East Riding, aiming to ensure needs are identified as early as possible – a key priority within the SEND development and improvement plan.
The Local Offer website will be improved to make it easier for families and young people to use and access the information and services they need. More support will be given to schools and early years settings, including three additional specialist teachers to support pupils with SEND across the East Riding, and additional training for school staff in supporting pupils with additional needs. A new digital system will also be implemented to give families access to information, step by step through the process of Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) assessment and review. It will also help improve multiagency involvement and improve efficiency.
Councillor Victoria Aitken, portfolio holder for children, families and education said: “In East Riding we receive less funding for SEND children than anywhere else in the country. I have been, and continue to lobby for more funding, so I am pleased that we have been successful for this much needed money.
“We have looked at the needs of children, young people and families and we are working to ensure the provision reflects the needs, for example increasing the support for schools around autism.
“The improvements we will make in early intervention will add to the recent developments such as our successful free school bid on the old St Anne’s site in Welton and the creation of new places in our enhanced resource provisions for children and young people with autism and social, emotional and mental health needs.
“Along with our partners, we remain dedicated to improving outcomes for children and young people with SEND. I hope this funding brings some confidence to our families.”
Hear from Councillor Aitken here: https://youtu.be/XrCMaEFX9tg
Parent Carer Peer Support in Children and Young People's Mental Health
Training and course information, please any help and support can be found in the attachment below.
Parent Carer Peer Support CYPMH parents and carer sessions
Barton Inclusive Football Club
Early Years Networking Groups - The Social and Emotional Well-being of the Family
On the 17 October 4pm-5:15pm, we’re hosting a wonderful event:
Early Years Networking Groups – The Social and Emotional Well-being of the Family
We’re inviting early years practitioners to attend and hear from experts in the field of deaf families’ social and emotional well-being. We have Karen Hopkins, Executive Director of the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf in the US. Karen is deaf herself, a former Teacher of the Deaf, and Director of the Maine ‘Earliest Interactions’ team. She will be supported by families of deaf children who have kindly volunteered their time to share their experiences.
Please find the link below:
https://www.ndcs.org.uk/our-services/services-for-professionals/early-years-networking-groups/
New Children's and Young People's website - NHS
We are planning a brand-new website that shares information about our Children’s and Learning Disability services. We need your help to make sure we design a website that is right for you and your family.
The services that will be included on the website are CAMHS, Children’s Therapies, Health Visiting & School Nursing, Mental Health Support Team, Children’s Neurodiversity, Sensory Processing, Learning Disability and many more.
If you would like to know more about the care we offer and the services that will be part of this new website, please click on the links below:
You can help us by completing the short survey below to share your thoughts, ideas and experiences. We really want to understand your views so together we can ensure this website is:
- is welcoming and friendly
- is easy to understand and navigate
- shares the right information for you and your family
- is accessible to all
New Childrens and disability service website survey (external website)
If you would like to get involved or know more information, you can email bethiadennis@nhs.net
Children and Young People's Mental Health and Neurodiversity Services
An A to Z list of services provided by Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council commission Endorphins Group Ltd to run eight youth groups for children and young people aged 8 to 25 years with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Endorphins run the SEND youth groups each week on Saturdays during term time and there are holiday clubs during the school holidays.
There are youth groups in Anlaby, Beverley, Bridlington, Cottingham, Goole, Hedon and Wilberfoss (near Pocklington).
The contract for this provision ends on the 31st March 2024, so legally East Riding of Yorkshire Council has to ask providers to bid for the new contract.
We would like to take this opportunity to find out if what is being delivered is effective and practical so any changes can be made based on feedback from families that use or could use the groups. Here are the links to the parent carer survey and the child and young person survey:
Parent/carer consultation:
https://consultation.eastriding.gov.uk/s/SENDYouthandHolidayGroupSurvey2023/
Child/young person consultation:
https://consultation.eastriding.gov.uk/s/ShortBreaksYouthGroupQuestionsCYP/
Thank you for taking the time to complete the survey. Your feedback is important to help us plan services for children and young people with SEND.
If you would to ask any questions, please contact the Children’s Commissioning and Quality Monitoring Team on childrens.commissioning.team@eastriding.gov.uk
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