Blackburn with Darwen Parent Carer Forum

26/05/2026

Up coming event :)

SEND Family Quiz Night 🌟

Join us for an evening of fun, laughter, and family-friendly quiz games! 🧠✨

Bring the whole family along to enjoy:
🎉 Fun quiz rounds for all ages
🥧Pie and Pea super
🏆 Prizes to be won
💙 A relaxed and welcoming environment for SEND families

📅 Date: 24th June
⏰ Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm
📍 Location: Darwen Youth Zone Darwen BB3 2RD

Come together, make new friends, and enjoy a brilliant night out with our SEND community.

Spaces may be limited, so please book early!

To Book please use the QR Code on poster or click on the link ...

https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/U8rFmrbs9j

19/05/2026

Are you aware of this for your nursery aged child 👀

14/05/2026

Blackburn with Darwen early years send support service are putting on a song and sign course for parents of children 0-5 why not email them to find out more :)

Next course starts soon 🎵😁

13/05/2026

Hi all, we've received the following update from the ICB regarding the referral / assessment pathways for ADHD/ Autism.
This only affects ADHD assessments for children and young people over 11 years in our area. If you have any questions or queries about what is happening with these assessments, please feel free to comment or email us at: [email protected] as we're continuing to raise questions with the ICB and to stress the importance of resolving this for young people and their families.

UPDATE:
Update on service plans for children and young people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with no additional mental health diagnoses

Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) continue to work together to identify new arrangements for the un-commissioned children and young people's ADHD and ASD service for those with no additional mental health diagnosis. We remain committed to providing the most suitable future sustainable model for our children and young people and their families. During this time, the current referral arrangements will remain in place. Given the complexity of the work required, it will take some time to work through the model of care and the development of the commissioned pathway. We anticipate that we will be in a position to provide an update within the next few weeks.


We recognise the long waits that young people are currently experiencing. Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB are commissioning additional capacity to increase appointments for assessments, and we are working to safely manage the transfer of the waiting lists. All those affected will be notified in due course. Where urgent or deteriorating needs have been identified, professionals who are active within the child or young person’s care, will escalate these through standard urgent response care pathways.

12/05/2026

National SEND Reform Survey please have your say to the national plans !!!!

12/05/2026

Today is the last day to have YOUR say on the local SEND reforms 🧡💛💚🩵

Earlier this year, the government asked all councils in England to create a Local SEND Reform Plan This plan will set out the steps Blackburn with Darwen will take to put the national SEND reforms into practice locally. To keep things simple, we’ll refer to this plan as the LSRP throughout this su...

10/05/2026

Just 2 days left to have your say locally - please respond to this survey to have your voice heard locally :)

Earlier this year, the government asked all councils in England to create a Local SEND Reform Plan This plan will set out the steps Blackburn with Darwen will take to put the national SEND reforms into practice locally. To keep things simple, we’ll refer to this plan as the LSRP throughout this su...

07/05/2026

LOCAL SEND REFORMS

HAVE YOUR SAY- if you haven’t already please take a look and fill in the questionnaire below 🙂

Blackburn with Darwen’s Local SEND Reform Plan
Earlier this year, the government asked all councils in England to create a Local SEND Reform Plan. This plan will set out the steps all Councils will take to put the national SEND reforms into practice locally here in BwD for you and your children and young people with SEND.

Getting this right locally is really important, and we hope you will help us as your local PCF to shape and infrom the SEND landscape. You can help shape our plan by completing this short survey, which should take around 10/15 minutes to complete. This survey will close on 12 May 2026. To access the survey please click this link

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=4z_73MnpOkKh2hSKSzouYMm51IJU1_JBjZ3rkl7gEbJUMzNLVzhGUDBNQjlHTFZTUE0wSVMyMFUwSC4u&fbclid=IwdGRjcARpRdxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe-CbuVinSbyiz7ry2xwPX71I6oacdNgm5BTHlJykz-makM2ukJwsf1LmH30M_aem_n2hmorQHwGXBrY_u34IdMg

Earlier this year, the government asked all councils in England to create a Local SEND Reform Plan This plan will set out the steps Blackburn with Darwen will take to put the national SEND reforms into practice locally. To keep things simple, we’ll refer to this plan as the LSRP throughout this su...

17/04/2026

Darwen Youth Zone Launch
Tomorrow !!!
Please see flyer for details :)

Family Fun Day for all… 👀🧡

Join us as we celebrate the launch of our brand new Darwen Youth Zone with a Family Fun Day! 🥳

📅 Saturday 18th April
⏰ 11AM – 3PM
📍 1 Gary Aspden Way, BB3 3BU

Expect FREE activities, food, laughter, and something for all ages 🍔🍦

Bring your friends, bring your family—let’s make it a day to remember 🙌

15/04/2026

Blackburn with Darwen’s Local SEND Reform Plan
Earlier this year, the government asked all councils in England to create a Local SEND Reform Plan. This plan will set out the steps all Councils will take to put the national SEND reforms into practice locally here in BwD for you and your children and young people with SEND.

Getting this right locally is really important, and we hope you will help us as your local PCF to shape and infrom the SEND landscape. You can help shape our plan by completing this short survey, which should take around 10/15 minutes to complete. This survey will close on 12 May 2026. To access the survey please click this link