Welcome to Working Together for Change 

“Working for change – Dudley parent carer’s forum is committed to engaging and empowering parents and carers of children with disabilities or additional needs so that they can influence decisions and improve changes to services delivery.”

Members of the forum will work together as individuals, organisations and partners with the aim of ensuring that the voices of parent and carers are heard. They will ensure that all parents and carers in our borough are equipped with the knowledge and skills to influence change working within a framework of agreed values and principles

Latest from the DWTFC blog

 

Launch Video!

Care & Share is a website and online community portal that aims to keep the SEND community up to date with legal, accurate information regarding the Educational Health Care Plan (EHCP) Process, information about what services are available locally as well as offering a members area and forum where you can read, discuss, celebrate, seek support and share in a trusted, secure place ...
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Important notice!

We recently completed some performance updates on the Care & Share website and as a result the Login/Out and Signup buttons are not working as they should on the Dudley WTFC members area. As a result we have temporarily removed these but should have this issue fixed shortly ...
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It Starts with Me!

A massive ThankYou! to everyone that attended the 'It Starts With Me' (SEND inspection feedback event) on Friday. We are pleased to say that over 85 people attended including Parent/Carers, professionals, young people, senior decision makers, National Network for Parent Carer Forum Representative and elected members. We came together to start a conversation around the recent Offsted/CQC Inspection and are offering you an opportunity to continue this discussion here. Parents asked to share the questions that were put to the ...
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Information sent on behalf of the Department for Education: Information about current Department for Education consultations on restraint and school transport and about a range of issues over support for pupils with medical conditions.

"We set out below a range of information about current Department for Education consultations on restraint and school transport and about a range of issues over support for pupils with medical conditions. Please share this information widely, including with schools." 1. Government consultations on restraint and school transport There are two current DfE consultations that may be of particular interest to SEND stakeholders, one on restraint and one on school transport (for pupils aged up to 16). We are keen ...
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