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Welcome to PaCC’s January 2026 Round-Up PaCC continues to ensure your views, experience and suggestions are taken into account when services for your children and family are commissioned and delivered. Fiona (PaCC Interim Lead), Paolo, (Engagement Coordinator), Nikki, Leila and Gabi (PaCC Autism in Schools & PINS Engagement Workers) and the whole PaCC Steering Group[...] Read More
In November, Becky Robinson is stepping down from her PaCC Co-Chair role, having made the difficult decision to create more time to focus on her wellbeing and family. The PaCC steering group would like to thank Becky for her dedicated contributions over the past four years, during which she has served as Vice-Chair, Chair, and Co-Chair. Many of you[...] Read More
Welcome to PaCC’s May Round-Up This month’s update brings together important developments from across the SEND services in Brighton & Hove, including news from the SEND and Alternative Provision Change Programme, and the SEND Sufficiency Plan. We also share how PaCC is working to ensure that parent carer voices are influencing decisions at every level.[...] Read More
Welcome to PaCC’s February 2025 Round Up As we settle into the new year, we know that many parent carers continue to face ongoing challenges—whether that’s navigating the education system, struggling to access the right support, or coping with long waiting times for assessments and services. The pressures of daily life can feel overwhelming, especially for families[...] Read More
Welcome to PaCC’s September Round-up As the new season begins, we know that many of you will be navigating new challenges, whether that involves supporting your children as they return to their education or with the complexities of having no suitable education. We understand how difficult this time can be, especially with the demands of[...] Read More
welcome to pacc’s May round-up This round up brings together updates about key areas of work as well as other news. As we navigate through the late spring and early summer months, we acknowledge that this time of the year brings unique challenges for many of you. The end of the academic year is approaching,[...] Read More
Welcome to PaCC’s February round-up! It’s always such a difficult time of year, with January seeming to go on forever, but this year it feels even more so for parent carers and their families. PaCC continues to raise the many issues and difficulties families face with officers working in Brighton & Hove City Council and[...] Read More
pacc round up October 2023 Welcome to PaCC’s October round up. We know this time of year is incredibly difficult for parent carers, with children returning to education (or having no education to return to) and the burnout some parent carers may be feeling from the lack of respite they received over the summer holidays.[...] Read More
PaCC Round Up June 2023 Welcome to PaCC’s June round up. Last week, the outcome report following Brighton & Hove’s Local Area SEND inspection by OFSTED and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) was released. We want to communicate with you here the shock we felt on reading the report, which lacks detail and omits many[...] Read More
PaCC Round Up – March 2023 Welcome to PaCC’s first update of the year. PaCC continue to represent our members, ensuring that your feedback and experiences are central to all that we do. This includes working in co-production with services, providing challenge when needed and sharing examples of good practice. The work we do is[...] Read More
pacc round up December 2022 Welcome to PaCC’s winter update and my first as Chair of PaCC. PaCC continue to represent our members, ensuring that your feedback and experiences are central to all that we do. This includes working in co-production with services, providing challenge when needed and sharing examples of good practice. The work[...] Read More
pacc round up september 2022 The long hot summer is already starting to feel a distant memory, and autumn clouds are already upon us, both literally and figuratively. We have heard lots of feedback about lack of respite over the summer, difficulties for children transitioning back to school, as well as the impact of high[...] Read More
PaCC Round Up July 2022 The summer holidays are nearly here, and I’m sure many of you are desperately waiting for the break from school, while others are worried about how to care for your child or young person over the long summer break and how to juggle with work, other children and your own[...] Read More
I suspect most of you have, like me, been feeling that combination of excitement, nervousness and pressure of getting together more in person over the last couple of months. And on top of that, we have been dealing with the unpredictability of Covid isolation and staff absence, as well as the disease itself. I had[...] Read More
Welcome to PaCC’s February Round Up A big focus for PaCC recently has been mental health and wellbeing – more needed than ever with the latest disruptions caused by Omicron. Lots of children have been out of school again, as well as staff absences across services, all of which puts more pressure on our mental[...] Read More
It’s been another busy couple of months at PaCC. In this month’s round-up, we introduce PaCC Rep and steering group member Lucy Hughes who has been representing PaCC on the Mental Health Support Teams in Schools (MHSTs) steering group. As well as our usual coffee mornings with Paolo, we hosted two additional engagement events. Our first PaCConnect since the end[...] Read More
Welcome to PaCC’s first round up of the new academic year, and my first as Chair. Also a big welcome to Becky Robinson who has taken over as Vice-Chair. I slip into the very large boots of Fiona England, who stepped down from the role in July. She was a fantastic Chair, with an unstinting commitment to representing the[...] Read More
Welcome to our July 2021 round up As we fast approach the beginning of the summer holidays and the end of another academic year, it is impossible not to reflect on the challenges SEND families have faced throughout continued Covid restrictions. I am pleased to say that despite these immense difficulties, the PaCC steering group[...] Read More