Islington parent carer forum

14/04/2026

☕️This Friday Come along and find out more about Short Breaks☕️

13/02/2026

11/02/2026

Details of our March coffee morning

11/02/2026

Sign up on www.islingtonparentcarerforum.com for FREE tickets for your young person with SEN to play at Babylon Park.

Winners will be notified via email if successful

18/05/2025

Islington Parent Carer Forum is made up of 10 volunteers, these 10 volunteers make up our steering group, all members of the steering group live in Islington and are a parent/career of a young person with SEND (special educational need and disabilities).

 
Our role is to listen families in Islington, we do this by hosting events, running our own coffee mornings, attending school coffee mornings and working closely with other SEND organisations across the borough, making sure we listen to parents/carers experiences so we can help shape local services.

As part of this work, we also feed into the National Network of Parent Carer Forums (NNPCF), which brings together all 152 forums across England. The NNPCF works at a national level to ensure that parent carer voices are part of key conversations with the Department for Education, NHS England, and others involved in SEND policy and reform.

 
In fact, much of our role is to challenge decisions and proposals that don’t reflect the realities families face — and to do that from within the system, working in partnership is not easy to do so on a local and national level, it comes with incredible challenges and frustrations. That said, we are very proud of all the parent volunteers locally and nationally that give up their time to do so. 

We invite parent volunteers to get involved by attending our events and coffee mornings, but it’s just as important for parents/carers to sign up to be part of our mailing list, this is so we can send out invites for events, local SEND policy information but more importantly questionnaires about your families SEND journey

We don’t claim to speak for every parent, it’s impossible, but we are committed to reflecting a wide range of voices, and reaching as many as possible, which is another reason for joining the friends of the forum mailing list.

  https://www.islingtonparentcarerforum.com/membership-sign-up

Please feel free to message us or get involved. Every voice matters.

17/04/2025

Islington Parent Carer Forum is a voluntary group of dedicated parents and carers of children/young people with SEND, working with local services to ensure their voices are heard.

Your voice matters📣
If you would like to know more please contact us 😊

03/04/2025

📢 Exciting News! We’re Now Running Islington SENDIASS 🎉

We’re delighted to share that we are now delivering the Islington Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information, Advice, and Support Service (SENDIASS)! 🌟

This free, impartial, and confidential service is here to support young people with SEND, as well as their parents and carers, by providing essential information, advice, and guidance. 💙

We’d like to take a moment to thank Family Action for their dedication and hard work in running this service previously. 🙌 Their efforts have made a huge difference in the lives of so many families, and we look forward to building on this incredible foundation.

Stay tuned for more updates, and if you need support, don’t hesitate to reach out! 💬

26/03/2025

Islington Parent Carer Forum is offering parents/carers with SEND children/young people in Islington an opportunity to come and unwind with us ❤️

*welcoming atmosphere 🥰

*Meet other SEND parents/carers 🫶

*refreshments 🍵🍰

*5 minute massage 💆‍♀️ 

*free raffle 🎁

*free goodie bag 🛍

All subject to availability

26/03/2025

What is Islington Parent Carer Forum and what we have achieved since November 2024!

20/03/2025

Islington Parent Carer Forum is offering parents/carers with SEND children/young people in Islington an opportunity to come and unwind with us ❤️

*welcoming atmosphere 🥰

*Meet other SEND parents/carers 🫶

*refreshments 🍵🍰

*5 minute massage 💆‍♀️ 

*free raffle 🎁

*free goodie bag 🛍

All subject to availability 

Let us know if you can make it!
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