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Update to SEND Personal Budgets Policy
Surrey County Council is updating the SEND Personal Budgets policy. The attached updated policy will need to be in place by 1st September 2022 and is open for consultation until 22nd July. They welcome your feedback which can be provided via the link below: https://forms.office.com/r/7eigaWLCeE Please direct any queries to: [...]
Gro Wild activities
Please find attached a sample of our planned activities and feel free to share amongst your networks. If you have any question just get in touch Grow Wild
Parent Voices Matter
You may have seen this already – but for interest Surrey County Council is inviting parents and carers for children or young people with additional needs and disabilities to give their feedback on local services. The Parents' Voices Matter online survey is open until 31 July 2022. There is also [...]
Benedicte Symcox to step down as CEO.
It is with sadness that we share the news that Benedicte is stepping down as CEO of Family Voice Surrey. You can read the full message from our Chair, Sally Allen, below. I’m writing on behalf of the Trustees, to let you know that Benedicte Symcox has decided to resign [...]
Preparing for Adulthood with Surrey Choices
Next steps for young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities aged 16 - 24 Are you getting ready to leave college? Are you concerned about your future? Surrey Choices_Preparing_for_Adulthood (PDF) NEXT STEPS - Transition Guide booklet - Edition 3 (PDF)
SCC Inclusive Apprenticeships
It's never been more important to offer opportunities to local young people and Surrey County Council wants to be a trailblazer to showcase the opportunities and rewards that employing young people with additional needs can bring to employers. The Inclusive Apprentice Project has been set up and funded through Surrey [...]
FVS Monthly overview February March 2022
We are continuing with our monthly overview to ensure that you know what we do. You will no doubt have joined us in one of our many coffee mornings or speaker events that we tend to host via zoom, but it's likely that you're less aware of the work we [...]
SCC Safety Valve Agreement with the Department for Education
As you may know, Surrey County Council recently entered into a Safety Valve Agreement with the Department for Education. You can read the Surrey News press release regarding the additional funding here - SCC secures additional £100m for children, young people and families | Surrey News (surreycc.gov.uk) We were approached [...]