If your child has additional needs, please talk to your Health Visitor, School Nurse, GP or Paediatrician and ask for an assessment as they approach three years of age. Your child may be prescribed free nappies or pull ups from 3 years. Herefordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) are continuing to review the...
Mencap has produced Easy Read guides for voters, as well as a supporter’s pack including flashcards to help people understand how to vote. Download our Easy Read guide to voting Download our guide for supporters Download our Easy Read guide about engaging with your local...
A new report from Age UK has concluded that we are living on borrowed time to save the social care system for older people. Statistics in the report highlight the immense challenges facing older people needing support, with 1 in 8 over 65s now living...
Carers Toolkit campaign aims to get Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) to do more to identify carers, by using the Toolkit provided to them by NHS England in 2016. Not enough people in an unpaid caring role are identified as carers. This means carers go without: the support...
BBC Radio 4 is making a documentary about school exclusions and alternative provision, sometimes known as pupil referral units – schools for kids who have been removed from mainstream. During our research, a number of issues have cropped up. We want to get in touch with any...
The highlights report of the 8th Department for Education SEND survey of parent carer forums and local authorities have been published on 31 January 2017. 123 of the 150 parent carer forums responded, the highest rate yet, and 70% of all local areas reported that the...
Some of you who are very eagle-eyed may have seen a notice that the Council put on their website on Thursday 18 January (with no prior warning to anyone affected) that they are making major cuts to services for Carers for the 2017/2018 year that...
Department for Education funding announcement Department for Education has announced a further £15 million for the Independent Supporters programme in 2017-18 to be run by the Council for Disabled Children. The DfE announcement can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/funding-for-special-educational-needs-support-confirmed Our CDC statement by Dame Christine Lenehan can be...
We know that families need services to be better co-ordinated and for practitioners and understand the overall needs of a child and their family. A link worker can: Co-ordinate all...
Marches Family Network is now based at: 11 Corn Square, Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 8YP. The telephone number (01568 614908) will remain unchanged. Herefordshire Council are in the process of re-commissioning for short breaks for 2017-20 (starting April 1st 2017) and will no longer give block contracts to providers such as Marches...
