In the South West of England, our local services are provided through a team of home-based family workers and volunteer parent representatives.
Family workers
Our family workers offer parents one-to-one help and support through times of need.
Volunteer parent representatives
Our volunteer parent representatives are all parents of disabled children and offer peer support and local signposting.
- Cornwall, Anna Walker, Tel: 01209 315661, e-mail: anna.walker@cafamily.org.uk
- Devon, East & South East, Margaret Ladbury, Tel: 01392 459720, e-mail: margaret.ladbury@cafamily.org.uk
- Devon, North, Julia Forrester, Tel: 01237 429253, e-mail: julia.forrester@cafamily.org.uk
- North Somerset, Jan Seamer, Tel: 01275 461096, e-mail: jan.seamer@cafamily.org.uk
Parent Carer Council for Cornwall
Formed in 2005, Parent Carer Council for Cornwall the Parent Carers works with service providers to use the unique experiences parent carers have in raising their disabled children to help inform and develop services.
The Parent Carer Council provides a united voice and creates a forum for parent carers views.
The range of opportunities for volunteering include:
- Representing parent carers on a steering group
- Attending specific consultation events
- Being involved in an interview panel to interview professionals
- Taking part in a telephone or postal questionnaire
- Joining the management committee of the Parent Carer Council
- Speaking at a conference
If you are a parent carer and are interested in finding out about how you can get involved please contact us.
Parent Partnership Service Cornwall
The Parent Partnership Service gives independent, impartial and confidential support to Parents and Carers of Children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) in Cornwall to assist them with making choices about their children's education.
Advice is given around choosing schools, the Code of practice and Statementing procedures and support can be given before, during and after meetings with schools and other SEN professionals.
Our Parent Partnership Officers also work with schools to develop good working practices with parents. A free accreditated course to parents is ran on a regular basis called 'Parents and carers guide to SEN'
We hope to develop an Independent Supporter Service within the next year to increase the capacity of the service and ensure that parents can be provided with further ongoing support should they require it. If you are interested in volunteering please contact us to find out more.
Other ways we can help
Helpline
If we don’t have a local contact in your area, our freephone helpline can give you information, support and advice.
Information for families
We also hold lots of useful local information for families, including details of your nearest:
- Children’s centre – a centre offering a range of information, support and activities for children under 5 and their families.
- Family information service – free and impartial information on childcare and family services for parents of children and young people aged 0-19.
- Parent partnership service – free and impartial information, advice and support for parents of children and young people with special educational needs (SEN).
- Parent support group – a group of parents meeting regularly to offer each other mutual support and information.
These are just some of the services offering support to families of disabled children – for more information about the full range of services in your area, contact our helpline.
Information for professionals
If you are a professional worker and would like to make an enquiry please contact our library and information team.
Information on starting a local group
If you are interested in starting a local parents group, we are happy to advise and help. See our supporting groups section for details of how we can help.
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