Parents and carers within North Somerset are welcome to join us for a chat and some hot tea/coffee ☕

Your child/young person does not need a diagnosis in order to access our support. If you have any concerns about your child's development then please do join us.

😀 If you fancy a catch up with like minded peers or someone to just listen then we are here 💙

⭐Joining us are SEND and You - SAY. They are the SENDIAS (Special Educational Needs & Disability Information, Advice and Support) service and can offer help with all kinds of SEND issues at every stage of your child’s education, including SEN support at school, exclusions, Educational Health Care Plans (EHCP's), complaints and appeals. This is a good chance to ask any questions face to face with supportive advice from SAY!

Rolling tea, coffee, cakes and biscuits for all 🍪

At The Firs, Drove Rd, Weston-Super-Mare, BS23 3NX

#SENDIAS #SENDandYou #SAY #parentcarers #parentcarersupport #NorthSomerset #ASD #ADHD

✨NSPCWT Coffee with SEND and You - SAY✨

🙋‍♀️Are you a parent or carer to a young person with an additional need, disability or an emerging concern regarding their development and attend Winterstoke Hundred Academy?

If so, come and join us for a coffee and a chat😀

We are North Somerset Parent Carers Working Together (NSPCWT) and are here to ensure the collective parent carer voice is heard. We signpost to relevant organisations and listen to your experiences. We run regular coffee mornings, training sessions and events plus we recently organised free wellbeing days out to enjoy 🌳

⭐SEND and You - SAY are the SENDIAS (Special Educational Needs & Disability Information, Advice and Support) service and can offer help with Educational Health Care Plans (EHCP's), other legal processes, plus can offer information, advice and support on all kinds of SEND issues at every stage of your child’s education.

Share your experiences plus meet other parents & carers!

🌸Please remember that no diagnosis is needed and you are welcome to our coffee if you have concerns regarding your young person’s development in any way 🌸

There is no sign up- please just drop by to see us😀

Address

1 Beaufighter Road, Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 8EE

Come along to our Fostering/SGO, Kin'ship and Adoptive Parent Carers Coffee

An informal chance to chat over hot drinks & biscuits whilst you meet others on a similar path to yourselves. 

We will also be joined by SEND and You - SAY are the SENDIAS (Special Educational Needs & Disability Information, Advice and Support) service and can offer help with Educational Health Care Plans (EHCP's), other legal processes, plus can offer information, advice and support on all kinds of SEND issues at every stage of your child’s education

Children are welcome to come with you - hope to see you there...

at

The Firs, Drove Rd, Weston

BS23 3NX

North Somerset Parent Carers would like to invite parent carers, their families and professionals to join us with Nickie Sutton for training on Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) and Sleep.

For parents, Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) can make bedtime and sleep a very anxiety provoking time of day. Normal strategies often don’t work. Join Nickie Sutton, experienced sleep practitioner and trainer, for a session which looks at how PDA affects sleep and effective strategies to help.

This session is specially written for parents of children with additional needs / disabilities and is interactive so that your specific questions and needs are answered.

Nickie Sutton has been a sleep practitioner for 6 years and developed the successful and effective sleep courses for Space4Autism which have been running for over 3 years. Prior to this Nickie was a nurse for 34 years, most recently working as a Specialist Community Public Health School Nurse, and ADHD Nurse Specialist. She is currently one of small team of experienced sleep practitioners running the National Sleep Helpline.

This is a free training event for parent carers of children with additional needs and/or disabilities within North Somerset. This event is also open to professionals who work with children/young people with additional needs and/or disabilities in North Somerset. Priority on place allocation will be given based on the criteria above.

North Somerset Parent Carers Working Together are incredibly excited to extend our training offer with more diverse topics to benefit you and your families.

On Zoom

North Somerset Parent Carers would like to invite parent carers, their families and professionals to join us with Bev Robson on an Introduction to Attachment And Childhood Trauma.

Bev is a parent carer herself, with years of experience in attachment disorder and childhood trauma and has ample training that gives her the confidence in training parents to give them the guidance and strategies to support their child or young person.

Attachment disorders are conditions that can develop in young children who have issues establishing a deep emotional connection—known as the attachment bond—with their parent or primary caregiver. Since the quality of the attachment bond profoundly impacts your child’s development, experiencing attachment issues can affect their ability to express emotions, develop trust and security, and build meaningful relationships later in life.

This is a free training event for parent carers of children with additional needs and/or disabilities within North Somerset. This event is also open to professionals who work with children/young people with additional needs and/or disabilities in North Somerset. Priority on place allocation will be given based on the criteria above.

North Somerset Parent Carers Working Together are incredibly excited to extend our training offer with more diverse topics to benefit you and your families.

On Zoom

✨NSPCWT Coffee with SEND and You - SAY✨

🙋‍♀️Are you a parent or carer to a young person with an additional need, disability or an emerging concern regarding their development and attend Parklands Educate Together Primary School?

If so, come and join us for a coffee and a chat😀

We are North Somerset Parent Carers Working Together (NSPCWT) and are here to ensure the collective parent carer voice is heard. We signpost to relevant organisations and listen to your experiences. We run regular coffee mornings, training sessions and events plus we recently organised free wellbeing days out to enjoy 🌳

⭐SEND and You - SAY are the SENDIAS (Special Educational Needs & Disability Information, Advice and Support) service and can offer help with Educational Health Care Plans (EHCP's), other legal processes, plus can offer information, advice and support on all kinds of SEND issues at every stage of your child’s education.

Share your experiences plus meet other parents & carers!

🌸Please remember that no diagnosis is needed and you are welcome to our coffee if you have concerns regarding your young person’s development in any way 🌸

There is no sign up- please just drop by to see us😀

Address

1 Russell Road, Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 7NH

North Somerset Parent Carers would like to invite parent carers, their families and professionals to join us with Nickie Sutton for training on Sensory Processing and Sleep.

For parents, Sensory processing can make bedtime and sleep a very anxiety provoking time of day. Normal strategies often don’t work. Join Nickie Sutton, experienced sleep practitioner and trainer, for a session which looks at how sensory affects sleep and effective strategies to help.

This session is specially written for parents of children with additional needs / disabilities and is interactive so that your specific questions and needs are answered.

Nickie Sutton has been a sleep practitioner for 6 years and developed the successful and effective sleep courses for Space4Autism which have been running for over 3 years. Prior to this Nickie was a nurse for 34 years, most recently working as a Specialist Community Public Health School Nurse, and ADHD Nurse Specialist. She is currently one of small team of experienced sleep practitioners running the National Sleep Helpline.

This is a free training event for parent carers of children with additional needs and/or disabilities within North Somerset. This event is also open to professionals who work with children/young people with additional needs and/or disabilities in North Somerset. Priority on place allocation will be given based on the criteria above.

North Somerset Parent Carers Working Together are incredibly excited to extend our training offer with more diverse topics to benefit you and your families.

On Zoom

NSPCWT would like to invite parent carers to a fully funded online training session with Catrina Lowri from Neuroteachers for training on Anxiety and additional needs.

We are aware that parent carers are looking for support with their child/young persons anxiety that effects them daily. We are proud to present this brand new tailor made training from Catrina to offer the support on how to help them with their anxiety, tips and strategies you can use, and how to unpick and get to the route of the causes.

Catrina supports the North Somerset, Bristol and South Glos forums with the ASD training we provide on the 4 following subjects related to autism: sensory, anxiety, behaviour and communication. She has ample experience teaching about neurodivergent conditions, and is prepared for all questions asked.

North Somerset Parent Carers Working Together are incredibly excited to extend our training offer with more diverse topics to benefit you and your families.

On Zoom

NSPCWT would like to invite parent carers from North Somerset to a fully funded zoom training session with Bev Robson and Danielle Vincent from our team on a how to guide on DLA.

Did you know that disability living allowance is not effected by your income? And you do not require a diagnosis to apply for the benefit?

This session will go into detail about how you may be entitled, the way in which the benefit works and the details in applying. We will also give you support on how to apply and fill out the form.

North Somerset Parent Carers Working Together are incredibly excited to extend our training offer with more diverse topics to benefit you and your families.

On Zoom

Forty primary schools across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire are part of a new Project called “Partnerships for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools” or PINS for short.

Read more about it here: https://www.nspcwt.org/pins-2

We're hosting information sessions at the 13 North Somerset schools and are excited to invite parents & carers of Crockerne Primary School along to this Coffee Afternoon

This is all about boosting support for neurodivergent learners and it's so important to have your partnership....

We are North Somerset Parent Carers Working Together (NSPCWT) and are here to ensure the collective parent carer voice is heard. We signpost to relevant organisations and listen to your experiences. We run regular coffee mornings, training sessions and events plus we recently organised free wellbeing days out to enjoy.

Come along and see us

Address

Westward Drive, Bristol, BS20 0JP

If you have a child or work with children with additional needs or disabilities, and they have dyspraxia or you have concerns that they may have dyslexia, join us for training with Sue Willis with act4send.

Dyspraxia, also known as developmental co-ordination disorder (DCD), is a common disorder that affects movement and co-ordination. Dyspraxia does not affect your intelligence. It can affect your co-ordination skills – such as tasks requiring balance, playing sports or learning to drive a car.

Throughout this training, we will support you to identify and support your child with dyspraxia and will give practical advice on ways to support children with a variety of difficulties.

You will have the opportunity to try out some of the ideas and ask questions to address specific concerns.

The trainer, Sue Willis from Act4SEND, has a vast wealth of experience in the field of inclusion. She has worked as an Advisory Teacher since 2013. Previously she taught in schools for 14 years and was a Special Needs Co-Ordinator for 8 years. Sue has studied Specific Learning Difficulties through a Postgraduate Diploma and is a qualified dyslexia and dyscalculia assessor. She also has experience of tutoring as a dyslexia specialist teacher.

Refreshments will be available at the training.

North Somerset Parent Carers Working Together are incredibly excited to extend our training offer with more diverse topics to benefit you and your families.

At

The Firs

Parent Carer Resource Hub

89a Drove Rd

Weston-super-Mare

North Somerset

BS23 3NX

✨NSPCWT Coffee with SEND and You - SAY✨

🙋‍♀️Are you a parent or carer to a young person with an additional need, disability or an emerging concern regarding their development and attend Castle Batch Primary School?

If so, come and join us for a coffee and a chat😀

We are North Somerset Parent Carers Working Together (NSPCWT) and are here to ensure the collective parent carer voice is heard. We signpost to relevant organisations and listen to your experiences. We run regular coffee mornings, training sessions and events plus we recently organised free wellbeing days out to enjoy 🌳

⭐SEND and You - SAY are the SENDIAS (Special Educational Needs & Disability Information, Advice and Support) service and can offer help with Educational Health Care Plans (EHCP's), other legal processes, plus can offer information, advice and support on all kinds of SEND issues at every stage of your child’s education.

Share your experiences plus meet other parents & carers!

🌸Please remember that no diagnosis is needed and you are welcome to our coffee if you have concerns regarding your young person’s development in any way 🌸

There is no sign up- please just drop by to see us😀

Address

Rawlins Avenue, Weston-Super-Mare, BS22 7FN

Hot coffee, like minded people, listening ears, support & signposting!!

Your child/young person does not need a diagnosis in order for you to access our support 💞
Drop in for a cuppa with our lovely peer support team and….

⭐Joining us are SEND and You - SAY. They are the SENDIAS (Special Educational Needs & Disability Information, Advice and Support) service and can offer help with all kinds of SEND issues at every stage of your child’s education, including SEN support at school, exclusions, Educational Health Care Plans (EHCP's), complaints and appeals. This is a good chance to ask any questions face to face with supportive advice from SAY!

⭐We are also joined by Weston College who are coming to explain about internships and what they can offer 

At The Firs, Drove Rd, Weston

BS23 3NX

Forty primary schools across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire are part of a new Project called “Partnerships for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools” or PINS for short.

Read more about it here: https://www.nspcwt.org/pins-2

We're hosting information sessions at the 13 North Somerset schools and are excited to invite parents & carers of Kingshill Primary School along to this Coffee Morning

This is all about boosting support for neurodivergent learners and it's so important to have your partnership....

We are North Somerset Parent Carers Working Together (NSPCWT) and are here to ensure the collective parent carer voice is heard. We signpost to relevant organisations and listen to your experiences. We run regular coffee mornings, training sessions and events plus we recently organised free wellbeing days out to enjoy.

Come along and see us

Address

Pound Lane, Bristol, BS48 2NP

💫NSPCWT Coffee with SEND and You - SAY💫

❓Are you a parent or carer to a child/young person with an additional need, disability or an emerging concern regarding their development and attend Winford Primary School?
If so, come and join us for a coffee morning and a chat🍪

👉We are North Somerset Parent Carers Working Together (NSPCWT) and are here to ensure the collective parent carer voice is heard. We signpost to relevant organisations and listen to your experiences. We run regular coffee mornings, training sessions and events plus we recently organised free wellbeing days out to enjoy

⭐SEND and You - SAY are the SENDIAS (Special Educational Needs & Disability Information, Advice and Support) service and can offer help with all kinds of SEND issues at every stage of your child’s education, including SEN support at school, exclusions, Educational Health Care Plans (EHCP's), complaints and appeals. This is a good chance to ask any questions face to face with supportive advice from SAY!

Share your experiences plus meet other parents & carers!

Please remember that no diagnosis is needed and you are welcome to our coffee if you have concerns regarding your child's development in any way😀

💜There is no sign up- please just drop by to see us

Address

Felton Lane, Bristol BS40 8AD

⭐Get more actively involved⭐

Our steering group is for parents and carers who want to do and say more in our community. By joining, you can help steer the direction of our forum.

As part of our steering group you will:

🖋️Shape priorities for the forum

🖋️Meet face to face six times a year

🖋️Engage with feedback from the wider community

🖋️Discuss EHCP, transport provision, key priorities, diagnosis and respite

🖋️Bring together the collective voice of parents and carers in North Somerset

🖋️Help make our parent/carer community supportive and inclusive

Our forum will facilitate a termly meeting, creating an environment where you and everyone else feels they can contribute equally. We will ask you to accept our Code of Conduct policy to help us achieve this.

Parents and carers are always welcome to visit these meetings without commitment

Head Here to learn more:

https://www.nspcwt.org/get-involved#

or email: laura@nspcwt.org

On Zoom

Come along for an informal catch up over a hot cup of tea 🍵

We have Super Culture joining us! They run some great inclusive clubs…

‘Super Culture was launched in August 2023 – bringing together two of North Somerset’s arts flagships – award winning organisation Theatre Orchard and Culture Weston. The two have come together with the shared vision to grow an ambitious, playful and inclusive creative culture in North Somerset.’

⭐We are also joined by SEND and You - SAY are the SENDIAS (Special Educational Needs & Disability Information, Advice and Support) service and can offer help with all kinds of SEND issues at every stage of your child’s education, including SEN support at school, exclusions, Educational Health Care Plans (EHCP's), complaints and appeals. This is a good chance to ask any questions face to face with supportive advice from SAY! See you there 😀

At The Firs, Drove Road, WSM, BS23 3NX

Forty primary schools across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire are part of a new Project called “Partnerships for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools” or PINS for short.

Read more about it here: https://www.nspcwt.org/pins-2

We're hosting information sessions at the 13 North Somerset schools and are excited to invite parents & carers of St Anne’s Primary School (West Wick) along to this Coffee Afternoon

This is all about boosting support for neurodivergent learners and it's so important to have your partnership....

We are North Somerset Parent Carers Working Together (NSPCWT) and are here to ensure the collective parent carer voice is heard. We signpost to relevant organisations and listen to your experiences. We run regular coffee mornings, training sessions and events plus we recently organised free wellbeing days out to enjoy.

Come along and see us

Address

1 Scot Elm Drive, West Wick, Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, BS24 7JU

NSPCWT would like to invite parent carers to a fully funded training session with Catrina Lowri from Neuroteachers for training on Allyship for you neurodivergent, LGBTQ child.

If someone is neurodiverse, they are more likely to also identify as LGBTQ+, so we wanted to make a training that can support parent carers and professionals to understand this, and gain a better understanding of LGBTQ and how to offer the appropriate support to their child or young person.

Catrina supports the North Somerset, Bristol and South Glos forums with the ASD training we provide on the 4 following subjects related to autism: sensory, anxiety, behaviour and communication. She has ample experience teaching about neurodivergent conditions, and is prepared for all questions asked.

North Somerset Parent Carers Working Together are incredibly excited to extend our training offer with more diverse topics to benefit you and your families.

On Zoom

Is your child awaiting an Autism assessment? Or are they showing signs of Autistic traits and you would like to learn more to help you understand how better to support them? Are you a professional looking to support a child / children in your care?

Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) Parent Carer forums have teamed together to deliver a variety of workshops to provide information, support and practical guidance to help you on your journey. This workshop is a face-to-face session focusing on Anxiety.

To book a funded place on this workshop you MUST live in North Somerset.

North Somerset Parent Carers Working Together

This workshop gives a broad overview of anxiety.

• What is it?

Anxiety is a powerful mixture of emotions and physical responses, which can feel overwhelming. There is a difference between fear of an immediate event, and worry, which typically focusses on a future (or past) event.

• How does it present?

Everyone will experience anxiety differently.

It is being able to recognise it in ourselves but also what that might look like for your child. Anxiety becomes a problem when it gets in the way of everyday routines, prevents social connection and affects overall well-being.

• What is the connection with executive functioning?

Anxiety can have a major impact on executive functioning skills. They may have trouble with certain skills like planning, staying organized, sequencing information, and self-regulating emotions. The more anxious a person is the more difficult it will be to be able to access these skills.

• How can we best support our children with anxiety?

The workshop will give you strategies and the opportunity to share knowledge of supporting anxiety. We will present resources and strategies that can be practically used for you and your child, whilst underpinning some of the things that may be causing anxiety.

This workshop will be delivered by an SEND professional and an experienced SEND parent carer.

At Nailsea Baptist Church, 79 Silver St, Nailsea, BS48 2DS

This is an informal meet up for Parent Carers who consider themselves Neurodiverse - no diagnosis necessary.

Come along, have a cuppa and meet others 😀

NSPCWT will be there too for signposting & a listening ear 💖

At The Firs, Drove Road, WSM, BS23 3NX

Talking about concerns can lighten stress & anxiety…. come along to an informal coffee with us🫖

Our team consists of parent carers so we understand, we can offer signposting and support whilst you have the opportunity to also meet others that are going through a similar time 💖

We have Super Culture joining us! They run some great inclusive clubs…

‘Super Culture was launched in August 2023 – bringing together two of North Somerset’s arts flagships – award winning organisation Theatre Orchard and Culture Weston. The two have come together with the shared vision to grow an ambitious, playful and inclusive creative culture in North Somerset.’

⭐We are also joined by SEND and You - SAY are the SENDIAS (Special Educational Needs & Disability Information, Advice and Support) service and can offer help with all kinds of SEND issues at every stage of your child’s education, including SEN support at school, exclusions, Educational Health Care Plans (EHCP's), complaints and appeals. This is a good chance to ask any questions face to face with supportive advice from SAY!See you there 😀

At North Weston Village hall, Portishead, BS20 6TB

Forty primary schools across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire are part of a new Project called “Partnerships for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools” or PINS for short.

Read more about it here: https://www.nspcwt.org/pins-2

We're hosting information sessions at the 13 North Somerset schools and are excited to invite parents & carers of Walliscote Primary School along to this Coffee Afternoon

This is all about boosting support for neurodivergent learners and it's so important to have your partnership....

We are North Somerset Parent Carers Working Together (NSPCWT) and are here to ensure the collective parent carer voice is heard. We signpost to relevant organisations and listen to your experiences. We run regular coffee mornings, training sessions and events plus we recently organised free wellbeing days out to enjoy.

Come along and see us

✨NSPCWT Coffee with SEND and You - SAY✨

🙋‍♀️Are you a parent or carer to a young person with an additional need, disability or an emerging concern regarding their development and attend Chestnut Park Primary School?

If so, come and join us for a coffee and a chat😀

We are North Somerset Parent Carers Working Together (NSPCWT) and are here to ensure the collective parent carer voice is heard. We signpost to relevant organisations and listen to your experiences. We run regular coffee mornings, training sessions and events plus we recently organised free wellbeing days out to enjoy 🌳

⭐SEND and You - SAY are the SENDIAS (Special Educational Needs & Disability Information, Advice and Support) service and can offer help with Educational Health Care Plans (EHCP's), other legal processes, plus can offer information, advice and support on all kinds of SEND issues at every stage of your child’s education.

Share your experiences plus meet other parents & carers!

🌸Please remember that no diagnosis is needed and you are welcome to our coffee if you have concerns regarding your young person’s development in any way 🌸

There is no sign up- please just drop by to see us😀

Address

Chestnut Park Primary School
Wheatear Road,
Yatton,
BS49 4FW

Our spooky popular stay and play is back!

You must have a reserved space in order to attend.

This event is fully booked…..

North Somerset Parent Carers Working Together are facilitating an informal coffee morning full of tea, coffee and cake for current parent carers with children / young people attending Ravenswood school.

NSPCWT are the local parent carer forum offering signposting, free training, support and representation of the parent carer voice.

If you are considering Ravenswood school for your child or young person, please do also come along!

This is a relaxed chance to meet other people in a similar situation and access support if required
We hope to see you there...

At Pound Lane, Nailsea BS48 2NN

Forty primary schools across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire are part of a new Project called “Partnerships for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools” or PINS for short.

Read more about it here: https://www.nspcwt.org/pins-2

We're hosting information sessions at the 13 North Somerset schools and are excited to invite parents & carers of Mary Elton Primary School along to this Coffee Morning 🍵

🗨️This is all about boosting support for neurodivergent learners and it's so important to have your partnership....

🙋‍♂️We are North Somerset Parent Carers Working Together (NSPCWT) and are here to ensure the collective parent carer voice is heard. We signpost to relevant organisations and listen to your experiences. We run regular coffee mornings, training sessions and events plus we recently organised free wellbeing days out to enjoy.

🌞 Come along and see us 😀

Do you Home Educate your child / young person?

Have you reduced their school time and have them with you at home for reasons linked to their needs or maybe you’ve deregistered them from their setting….

Then this coffee is for you! We understand your child/young person may need to attend with you

We understand that many parent carers can be very isolated especially when their young person/child's care is at home throughout weekdays. We have created this coffee to try and bring together a community of support for each other.

We will bring the tea, coffee and cake -:)

For any parent carers who have children with emerging needs, additional needs and/or disabilities. NO Diagnosis needed

At Yatton Youth Club, Yatton, BS49 4JE