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Family Voice Surrey Summer Competition
Family Voice Surrey Summer Competition Enter for a chance to win a £100 Amazon Voucher! with 2 runners up prizes of £25 Your entry needs to be a response to the statement.... ‘What do you think is important to feel like part of a community and to be included?’ Your [...]
Short Breaks Activities for those on waiting lists
As you will be aware, over the last few months Short Breaks have been working with parent carers in Surrey to explore ways to develop and improve the Short Breaks service. There are of course waiting lists for many Short Breaks services and parent carers often told them that being [...]
NEW PARENT CARER TRAVEL ASSISTANCE GUIDE FOR UNDER 16’S
NEW PARENT CARER TRAVEL ASSISTANCE GUIDE FOR UNDER 16’S Family Voice Surrey are pleased to share the new parent carer guide that has been co-produced with the Surrey home to school transport team and is now available on the Local Offer. This comprehensive guide is designed to clarify the processes [...]
User Voice Surveys for Neurodivergent Secondary School aged Young People
*** User Voice Surveys for Neurodivergent Secondary School aged Young People *** In Our Own Words is a peer-led programme which supports young people in becoming researchers to understand other young people's experiences of mental health and wellbeing, as well as mental health services. The youth researchers aim to use [...]
Surrey County Council’s Work Wise programme
We would like to draw your attention to Surrey County Council's Work Wise programme, across Surrey and North East Hampshire. This programme is intended to support people with disabilities or long-term health conditions into paid employment. No formal diagnosis is required and open to anyone from the ages of 16+. [...]
Have a look at these Summer Activities
See below for some exciting Summer Activities to join in with this year!
POST 16 TRANSPORT UPDATE
POST 16 TRANSPORT Surrey, in line with other councils nationally, are implementing more robust statutory measures to the processing of applications for post 16 travel assistance. Here is a link to some more information regarding post 16 transport. https://contact.org.uk/help-for-families/information-advice-services/education-start/education-learning/transport-to-school-and-college/transport-for-young-people-over-16-in-england/ Family Voice Surrey are aware of the impact that this more [...]
Mindworks EBSNA Project Update
EBSNA Group Session Friday 3rd May 2024 Mindworks EBSNA Project Attendees: Dr Dave Damon – Mindworks, Jeremy Webster – SCC Councilor and Vice Chair of the Children, Families, Lifelong Learning and Culture Select Committee, Lucy Young and Gretta Schifano – Family Voice Surrey and 28 parent carers This session was [...]
On the Cliff Edge – report from Kids
Kids’ report On The Cliff Edge, authored by Will Bibby and Laurie Blair of Anthill Collective, documents the experience of young people with special educational needs and disabilities as they move from childhood into adulthood, and makes recommendations for urgent improvements to an entirely broken support system. The existing challenges [...]
Neurodevelopmental Pathways
On the 10th May 2024 the Adults and Health Select Committee are meeting. On the agenda they will be discussing the Neurodevelopmental Pathways. A report has been submitted in preparation for this meeting and has just been published. There is an opportunity to ask questions but there is a very [...]
NAVIGATING THE MAZE
ONLINE WORKSHOPS FOR PARENT CARERS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH NEURODIVERSITY Mindworks Surrey has produced video resources for its online workshop, Navigating the Maze. This is a tool, designed to support parent carers of children who have needs that may be associated with Autism and/or ADHD. The workshop has [...]