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📢 Important SEND Update for Surrey Families
📢 Important SEND Update for Surrey Families Surrey County Council has announced changes to its SEND Service that will come into effect from 1 June 2026. These changes are intended to improve communication, consistency, and responsiveness for children and young people with SEND and their families. What is changing? ✅ [...]
Family Voice Surrey Collective Response to the DfE consultation: SEND Reform – Putting Children and Young People First
We would like to extend a huge thank you to all parents and carers who supported the development of our collective consultation response to the Department for Education (DfE). Your time, insight, honesty, challenge, and lived experience have been invaluable throughout this process. Whether you contributed through our engagement sessions, [...]
IMPORTANT UPDATE: SCC’s proposals for Play and Leisure Short Breaks
IMPORTANT UPDATE: SCC's proposals for Play and Leisure Short Breaks We want to update you following Surrey County Council’s Play and Leisure Short Breaks consultation process, which ran from 8 December 2025 to 4 March 2026. The Play & Leisure Short Breaks re-commissioning process included proposals linked to budget [...]
Have your say on the upcoming SEND Reforms
If you were unable to join our recent engagement event on the SEND Reforms, don’t worry, you can still share your views and help us shape our response on the proposals. We received a great deal of valuable feedback during the engagement session, and we would like to thank everyone [...]
SEND White Paper – What It Means for Parent Carers – by Solicitor Rob Price
Dear Parent Carers, We’re pleased to share a helpful new resource with you regarding the Government’s SEND White Paper proposals. We have been working with Rob Price, Director at HCB Solicitors, who has kindly prepared a clear and accessible fact sheet for our parent carer members. This briefing outlines the [...]
Surrey Short Breaks Re-commissioning – Family Voice Surrey Position Statement
Update on Surrey Short Breaks Re-commissioning - Family Voice Surrey Position We know many families are feeling concerned about the current Short Breaks re-commissioning process in Surrey. We want to share an update on where things stand and clearly set out Family Voice Surrey’s position. Short Breaks Are a Lifeline [...]
Surrey County Council Home to School Travel Assistance Consultation
We wanted to inform you of the Surrey County Council Home to School Travel Assistance Consultation Surrey CC have opened a public consultation on the home to school travel assistance policy. The consultation runs until midnight on the 17th February. Full details of the proposed changes and how to share [...]
FVS AGM update
Following the '24 AGM held last week, the Trustees undertook a review of the meeting record in order to finalise the minutes. This review identified that the meeting did not meet the quorum requirements set out in the CIO’s constitution, as a number of attendees could not be verified with [...]
Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) Position Statement
Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) Position Statement We are very pleased to be able to share with you the recently published position statement on PDA. Family Voice Surrey have been actively involved in the development of this along with some parent carers with lived experience. We would like to thank [...]
📣 Member Communication – AGM Invitation
📣 Member Communication – AGM Invitation Invite to Family Voice Surrey AGM – 9th December 2025 Dear Members, You are warmly invited to attend the Family Voice Surrey Annual General Meeting (AGM) for 2024, which will be held online on: 📅 Tuesday, 9th December 2025 🕧 12:30 PM – [...]
Updated School Uniform Guidance
Updated School Uniform Guidance The new guidance on school uniform policy is a positive step toward better inclusion of pupils with SEND. It reminds governing boards to consider their duties under the Human Rights Act 1998 and the Equality Act 2010. Schools are encouraged to review how their uniform policies [...]
Alternative Provision Guidance
Alternative Provision Guidance Earlier this year parent carers met with the Alternative Provision team at Surrey CC to share their views and give feedback on new guidance that has been developed with the aim of making the process easier to navigate. We are now able to share the [...]