Making sure the voice and needs of Kingston SEND families are heard
Kingston SEND PCF is made up of local parents and carers who work to ensure children with special educational needs and disabilities and their needs are heard and understood by local services and decision makers.
We also make sure parents and carers have access to events and information that they might find useful as a SEND family.
Amazing Things
We love this introduction to autism by amazing things. It aims to raise awareness among young non-autistic audiences, to stimulate understanding and acceptance in future generations. It is intended to be viewed, discussed and shared widely by anyone but especially teachers and parents.
Read more on our News Page
Healthwatch Kingston have shared their report on Isolation and Physical Disability including asking for more training and understanding on transport which is something we have also heard from parent carers. This report and information on how to understand hidden, non-visible disability may be helpful to understand and share for our community.
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Looking to explore a museum this half term?
A number of places have free entry which may be helpful if your young person can only manage a short visit
www.museumsassociation.org/free-entry/list/england-london/
A great place to start in general is Autism in Museums for their comprehensive listings of events aimed at those who need more relaxed setting
autisminmuseums.com share.google/J6akICbWhWDyaonzK
Browsing the page, it looks like there National History Museum is running an relaxed viewing of Jurassic Oceans exhibition and still have tickets for Saturday 31st October
www.nhm.ac.uk/events/jurassic-oceans-relaxed-exhibition-viewing.html
We also had a recommendation for the Tate Modern’s Uniqlo Play Space invites the creation of otherworldly spaces. Relaxed session Thursday 29 October 10.30-11.30 www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/uniqlo-tate-play/uniqlo-tate-play-holiday-make-studio-the-jo… …
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This is some welcome news🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨
Carers will no longer lose their entire Carer’s Allowance award if they go over the weekly earnings limit 📣👏
Under the planned change, payments would reduce by £1 for every £1 earned above the limit, replacing the current rule that can leave carers losing their whole award for earning just 1p too much.
Contact, alongside our parent carer campaigners, have long called for this change to help families balance paid work with caring.
A huge win for our parent carer campaigners 👏 …
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