Hello, and welcome to the Southwark PCC website – the site for parents and carers of children and young people with disabilities or additional needs in Southwark.
PCC MEETINGS
Remember, as parent/carers, you are welcome to attend any of our
PCC meetings, which take place around every six weeks.
You can also READ OUR LATEST NEWSLETTER.
PCC EVENTS
The PCC recently organised two successful events for parent/carers and professionals:
The Future of Education for Our Children (click to read more) on 29 February 2012 .
and PCC Information and Networking Event around personalisation and preparation for independence (click to read more) on 23 March 2012.
LATEST NEWS
Parent Carers' views given to Scrutiny Committee
Cllr David Hubber, Chair of Southwark's Education and Children's Services Scrutiny Committee, invited parent/carers to share views and experiences as a parent carer of a child/young person with disabilities and/or additional needs. Two members of the PCC attended the Scrutiny Committee Meeting on 19 October to give evidence on behalf of parent carers in the borough. Read more here.
Southwark Parent Carers' Council: Who are we?
We are a growing group of parents and carers of children and young people with learning difficulties, disabilities or additional needs and are currently known as the Parent/Carers’ Council or PCC.
Our main aim is to represent the views of parents and carers in discussions with the local authority and PCT and, through this, to influence the way local services are delivered to our children.
We also are building up a more active part in service design and development by having representation on council boards and ensuring that the needs and wishes of our children and families are heard, and placed at the centre of these processes.
The development of the PCC was supported by a part-time Parent/Carer Council Development Officer Alison Miles until April 2011. Funding expired in April 2011, but we are currently applying for a new parent forum grant from the Department of Education.
Charitable Status:
The PCC has been working to establish a constitution with a view to becoming a Charitable company. Our objectives are to positively change and enhance the lives of disabled children, young people and their families by working collaboratively with partners in Health, Education and Social Care, and to ensure parent carers participation, amongst others. Our aim is to continue to give its individual members a voice, supported in growing numbers to get the message across.
In the hope to becoming a Charity, we have identified Trustees to ensure continued Parent/Carer participation with this borough. The Trustees are:
Antoinette Harris - Chair
Heather Tarbuck - Vice Chair,
Lendell Morrison and Ann-Marie Eastman - Co Secretaries
Alison Miles - Treasurer
Annika Jaramillo, Dora Naisubi, Teresa Kahn and Nadia Crichlow.
Congratulations to our Vice-Chair, Heather, who has just been recruited to Contact a Family's Strengthening Parent Participation Team as Parent Participation Advisor for London.
We also continue to have the support of a group of active forum members who attend meetings, consultations and other events. They also help put together our newsletter and this website. Support from forum members is always welcomed.
We have established contacts with Health, Social Care and voluntary service providers and the Children's Services Scrutiny Committee - David Hubber (current Chair) and Rosie Shimell.
For more on the PCC, go to About Us.