SEND Butterflies South Coast

14/06/2026

This week is Carers Week.

To every parent sitting in meetings, writing emails, fighting for support, calming meltdowns, surviving sleepless nights, and carrying worries nobody else sees...

We see you.

Behind every attendance figure, behaviour report, or school refusal statistic is a family trying their best.

Many parents aren’t refusing to engage with the system.

They’re trying to keep their child safe while navigating a system that often doesn’t understand what their child is experiencing.

If nobody has told you recently:

You’re doing better than you think.

Happy Carers Week.

– AskEllie.co.uk 💜

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12/06/2026

🏵️ Hampshire Junior Club - Spaces Available! 🏵️

We have opened up spaces to our Hampshire Junior Club (HJC)- a fun and supportive group for children aged 7-12 with mild to moderate physical and/or learning disabilities.

The club usually meets on Sunday mornings and gives children the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of activities, including:

⚽ Sports
🎨 Arts and crafts
👩‍🍳 Cookery
🚌 Community outings and trips further afield

To access this service, your child must:

💜 Be aged 7-12
💚 Hold a Hampshire Gateway+ Card
💜 Live in the PO7-PO17 postcode areas

If your child would enjoy making friends, building confidence and taking part in exciting activities, we’d love to hear from you!

📩 For more information or to enquire about a place, please contact Carrie-Anne or [email protected]

11/06/2026

Just seen this advertised

Looking to connect with other neurodivergent people in a welcoming, understanding space?

Join us for relaxed meetups where autistic, ADHD, neurodivergent adults can socialise, share experiences, meet others and build community.

There's no pressure to talk, participate in activities, or mask who you are. Whether you're newly diagnosed, self-identified, or have known you're neurodivergent for years, you're welcome here.

✨ Friendly and inclusive

✨ Judgment-free environment

✨ Make connections at your own pace

✨ Open to all neurodivergent adults

📍 Spark Community Space, Unit 12, The Pompey Centre PO4 8SL

📅 Wednesday 1st July

09/06/2026

This coming Saturday 1-430 we will be at Picnic on the Green 2026 it’s free to attend with lots for all the family including entertainment, stalls and a dog show. The weather is looking good too so 🤞

04/06/2026

Tomorrow Claire Mason, ND Team Manager, joins us for our coffee morning. Come along if you’d like to know more about the ND Team or have specific questions. The usual chat and support will be available as well.

04/06/2026

At our evening drop-in tonight Sharon Court from HDRC joins us - she helped with the workshop we ran mapping our experiences of services for our ND children. If you couldn’t attend the workshop last month, you will be able to participate tonight, if you want to. We are still available for the usual support and chat as well..

02/06/2026

***URGENT*** National Media appeal. We need to hear from you today.

Measure what Matters is supporting an urgent, active and high-profile investigation by a national media partner into maladministration and serious local authority failures in SEND.

‼️ We urgently need a family who can speak today and MUST be available for filming tomorrow ‼️
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We are looking for cases involving all three of the following:

1. Repeated, significant and ongoing delays to securing support including assessment and issuing of an EHC Plan,

2. Spurious refusal to assess — where the decision was unsupported by evidence, the school, and subsequently overturned,

3. A child or young person *currently* being impacted — out of school, on a significantly reduced timetable, or in mental health crisis as a direct result of those delays to support
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This work is being undertaken by a national media outlet- the media team will be able to provide support throughout.

If this is your situation, please contact us immediately via direct message providing a brief outline summary of your current circumstances and the Local Authority this relates to.

Please note: We will do our best to respond to everyone who contacts us, but given the urgency of this opportunity we may need to prioritise cases that most closely match the criteria above. Getting in touch does not guarantee participation, but rest assured that this work forms part of a wider ongoing national investigative journalism program and your testimony will remain extremely valuable to our wider work.

28/05/2026

Portsmouth Parent Voice are running an informative and supportive session providing an overview of EBSA. The workshop will also explore practical strategies to help identify triggers, build supportive routines and develop approaches that could promote wellbeing and positive school experiences for children and young people. To book your space visit https://us.list-manage.com/1Cqce6ZoDjj?e=a4270c2603&c2id=5749d5c192468e536001e8ef35fe2da9

27/05/2026

Very useful info re suspensions

Guidance on the suspension and permanent exclusion of pupils from local-authority-maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units.

22/05/2026

Thankyou to everyone who came along and supported our Bingo fundraiser last night, so far we have raised £550 for new sensory equipment at the Vista campus of The Harbour School 💙🩵