Documents and information on this page are of general interest. PaCC is part of the National Network of Parent Carer Forums (NNPCF); some documents and information have been provided by one of the many parent carers forums active in England. If you need specific information and support around your child and your family’s needs please contact SENDIASS, Amaze’s advice line at [email protected] or call 01273 772289 (open Monday to Friday 9.30am to 2.30pm).
PaCC Awards and Amaze Balancing Act Event You are invited to a special event on Thursday 7th March, from 9.45am to 2pm at the Brighthelm Centre, North Road BN1 1YD combining two important opportunities to celebrate and reflect on how families with children and young people with SEND are supported. Annual PaCC Awards We know that[...] Read More
SEND and Alternative Provision (AP) Change Programme You may have heard discussions about the SEND and Alternative Provision (AP) Change Programme. Read the article written by Amaze, which provides information about the Change Programme and what its aim is. Brighton & Hove are part of the South-East partnership alongside Portsmouth (who are the lead local[...] Read More
PaCC and the newly opened Family Hubs During the past year PaCC has been facilitating opportunities for parent carers to contribute to the creation of Family Hubs across Brighton & Hove. Parent carers attending PaCC coffee mornings were able to have their say on what the hubs should offer and how. The Family Hubs are[...] Read More
Emotionally-Based School Avoidance (EBSA) Report PaCC has produced a report on the parent carer experience of Emotionally-Based School Avoidance (EBSA) which is something that can significantly affects the lives of many of our families. Parent carer views were obtained during our autumn termly education workshop and through a survey sent to PaCC members. This report[...] Read More
PaCC Awards 2023 A date for your diary – the PaCC Awards ceremony: Thursday 7th March Thank you to all the parent carers who nominated someone for a PaCC award, we had a record number of nominations for 2023! We look forward to recognising the individuals and organisations who went the extra mile to support[...] Read More
Early Years in Brighton & Hove PaCC wanted to consult with parent carers of children aged 0-5 to find out about their early years experience and identify what their families need, and what is working well. PaCC was also interested in establishing whether there is a current need for a new Early Years parent carer[...] Read More
Would you like your child to star in the Parent and Carers’ Council (PaCC) 2024 Calendar? The PaCC calendar is a great way to celebrate our children, bring their lives to life and bring the SEND community together. The PaCC Calendar 2024 theme is: “What helps me” – so we would love a photo and[...] Read More
Introducing PaCC Steering Group member, Simeon Name: I’m Sim (Simeon), a Brighton & Hove native. Role within PaCC: I’ve recently become a part of the PaCC Steering Group as the representative for fathers. Parent Carer Experience: I am the proud father of two incredible teenage daughters, one of whom has autism, ADHD, and dyslexia. I[...] Read More
PaCC Awards 2022 – a way to celebrate people and organisations who have supported SEND families in 2022 Every year, PaCC gather Brighton & Hove SEND communities to thank, celebrate and recognise some of the people and organisations who went that extra mile to be there for you, as a parent carer, and for your[...] Read More
Learning disability consultation outcomes As part of the Adult Learning Disability Strategy, Brighton & Hove City Council asked PaCC, The Carer’s Centre, and Speak Out to carry out a survey collecting information from families, individuals and carers. The aim of the survey was to investigate how activities, services and opportunities for training, voluntary work and[...] Read More
Introducing PaCC’s new Parent Carer Forum Support Worker Name: Stef Fallows Role within PaCC: I am the Parent Carer Forum (PCF) Support Worker for both PaCC and East Sussex Parent Carer Forum (ESPCF). My role is to support both forums with their back-office functions to enable a streamlined approach to data storage and reporting amongst[...] Read More
Inclusion Charter for Brighton & Hove – what does inclusion in schools look like for you and your child? For the last year, Brighton & Hove City Council have been working on the creation of a Brighton & Hove Inclusion Charter for schools. This includes a focus on children and young people who have special[...] Read More
Transitions Workshop On Wednesday 10 May, PaCC organised a parent carer online SEND family education workshop around transition – across the whole age range of education. The workshop focused on what we mean by transition across different ages, what does it mean for vulnerable groups and what good practice looks like. The workshop was facilitated[...] Read More
Brighton & Hove local area SEND inspection March 2023 Updates from PaCC to the parent carer community about the local area SEND inspection: PaCC response to the outcome report Ofsted outcome final report Pre-outcome letter update PaCC want to share with you information we sent to the inspectors during the inspection. The presentation contains parent[...] Read More
PaCConnects on the Brighton & Hove Home to School Transport service A few weeks ago PaCC held two PaCConnect events to look at Home to School Transport for children with special needs attending schools and colleges in the city. A PaCConnect is a meeting to discuss issues of interest and/or concern to parent-carers. Such meetings[...] Read More
PaCC focus group on the Dynamic Support Register. Back in December we were pleased to hold a focus group on the Dynamic Support Register (DSR) to help shape the website landing page and information leaflet being produced by NHS Sussex in the coming months. Some of our families have children on the DSR, which is[...] Read More
What is a Keyworker Service? The new Keyworker service is being developed as a response to the NHS England long term plan commitment that by 2023/24 children and young people with a learning disability and or who are autistic, who are in hospital or at significant risk of admission (psychiatric admission) have a designated Keyworker.[...] Read More
PaCC Awards Nominations are Open! As in previous years, PaCC is organising our annual awards – a way to recognise some of the great work that individuals and organisations do for SEND families in Brighton and Hove. We need to hear from you! Who was that special person who did that little bit extra for[...] Read More