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The SEND Partnership is made up of the Education, Care and Health commissioners and providers who provide services for children and young people with SEND, as well as SENDAC, the statutory Parent/Carer forum.
The Westmorland and Furness and Cumberland SEND partnership are now the two new local area partnerships for Cumbria, replacing the Cumbria SEND Partnership, continuing its work, but with a focus on their local area.
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I am delighted to have joined Westmorland and Furness Council as the SEND Partnership and Improvement Manager, after 18 years experience in Primary Schools in North Lancashire and Cumbria.
I look forward to working with you as parents and carers to shape our new Westmorland and Furness SEND Partnership, to drive continuous improvement, ensuring we provide the best possible provision to our children & young people with SEND across the authority.
We have also appointed Lorna Jones as our new Parental Engagement and Development Officer, and Lorna begins her role with us on 1st July. Lorna is looking forward to meeting and engaging with parents and carers, hearing their views and helping to shape and improve our service and partnership offer.
In June, we are hosting our drop in coffee mornings for parents and carers (more details below) and I look forward to meeting some of you at these events and hearing your views and ideas. If your organisation would like to be featured in this newsletter please email me.
Catherine
Catherine Prince SEND Partnership & Improvement Manager
catherine.prince@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk
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Carer support Furness offer free, confidential support for all carers in the Furness area.
Are you a Carer?
Carers look after family, partners or friends in need of help because they are ill, frail or have disability. The care they provide is unpaid.
How can we help?
We can provide free and confidential information and support to Carers of all ages on all issues related to the caring role.
We recognise the responsibilities of being a Carer can change Carers' lives. We aim to hepk Carers' maintain their own health and wellbeing, finances, employment, education, training,leisure and social life.
Care Support Furness is aware of the physical, mental and emotional demands involved in caring.
Our Free Support Services include:
- A friendly 'listening ear'
- Individual support
- Carers Groups
- Drop-in Facilities
- Carers Cafes
- Social/Leisure Activities
- Carers Emergency Card
- Carers Assessment
To find out more about their services and support, read their latest newsletter here, or visit their website www.carersupportfurness.co.uk
Come and meet staff from Westmorland and Furness Council and your local providers to find out more about what we do, share your ideas about how we can improve things, and enjoy a free cuppa with us.
Friday 14th June 10:00 – 12:00 at Penrith Methodist Church, Wordsworth St, Penrith, CA11 7QY
Tuesday 18th June 11:00 – 13:00 at Barrow Library, Ramsden Sq, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 1LL
Thursday 20th June 11:00 – 13:00 at Castle St. Community Centre, Castle St, Kendal, LA9 7AD
We look forward to meeting you!
We are delighted that we have heard that our application for a new Special Free School in Westmorland and Furness has been successful.
The DfE have confirmed that our application has been successful, and this will be one of 16 new Special Schools and will offer provision for children aged 4-19 with autism and speech, communication and language difficulties.
The design and exact location of the new school are still to be confirmed, but the aim is for it to be situated within the Eden area.
The council will now work with the government, partners and SENDAC parent and carer forum to deliver this new school. We will keep you posted with developments.
This is great news and will continue to improve our work around SEND sufficiency.
Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board
Asthma is a common medical condition, affecting over 300 million people worldwide, including 11.6% of children aged 6 and 7. In the UK, over 8 million people have an asthma diagnosis, with over 5 million people requiring regular asthma medication.
As the summer months approach, asthma can often be triggered by increased pollen counts, causing symptoms such as tight chests, wheezing and breathlessness.
World Asthma Day happens each year in May, check out the leaflet for some helpful information.
SENDAC Parent and Carer forum continue to work to share the views of parents and carers of children with SEND across Westmorland and Furness.
Recently, we have attended Primary and Secondary school SENDCo network meetings and delivered a workshop to school staff, held our ‘Let’s do lunch’ sessions and continue to offer our half termly ‘Let’s Chat’ coffee mornings.
For more information on what we’ve been up to, or how to get involved please read our newsletter Newsletter - spring term (sendac.org) , visit our website www.sendac.org or like us on Facebook (SendAC-Cumbria parent carer forum)
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We are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted into the final 4 nominees for ‘BBC Cumbria Make a Difference’ award.
This is a huge honour to have our work recognised and we look forward to attending the finals for this award in September.
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Please take a few moments to feed back any thoughts or comments: all your answers remain anonymous.
This survey is for parents, carers or families of children or young people with SEND, who live in the Westmorland and Furness area. We intend to review and publish key action areas every few months, on this and other newsletters.
If you know any other families with SEND children or young people in Westmorland and Furness who would benefit from receiving our newsletter, please forward this to them or share the information below:
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