Events

PATA Events


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Consultations

 

An invitation to inform the future direction of services

 

Have your Say events are being held during September 2011, to shape the future of children’s centres and early childhood services in Gloucestershire.  You will have already had an opportunity to complete a questionnaire on line at www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/ecsconsultation. These events will enable you to provide additional feedback about the future of Children’s Centres and Early Childhood Services.

 

The purpose of the events:

           

  • ·         To ensure funding for Children’s Centres and related Early Childhood Services is used to best effect
  • ·         For feedback from the consultation to inform the future direction of services
  • ·         To create a more joined up approach to meeting the needs of vulnerable children and families

           

District multi-agency events are shown below.  To reserve a place, please indicate your preferred choice and an alternative second choice on the attached booking form and return by e-mail to ecsconsultation@gloucestershire.gov.uk by Monday 12th September 2011.  The programme will be the same at each event.  Please note places are limited to two per setting/organisation initially.  Further places will be allocated depending on availability.

 

Who should attend:

 

Children’s Centres staff, Children’s Centre Managing Bodies and Partnership Boards, Schools, Childcare Providers, Councillors, GP’s, Health Visitors, Midwives and other Health Professionals who work with very young children, voluntary organisations, Locality Teams, Social Workers and any other early years/family service providers

 

District

Date

Time

 

Venue

 

 

Cotswolds

 

Thursday 15th September

10am – 11.30am

Fairford Library

 

Stroud

 

Friday 16th September

10am – 11.30am

Dursley Library

 

Forest of

Dean

 

Monday 19th September

10am – 11.30am

Lydney Library

 

Tewkesbury

 

Tuesday 27th September

3.30pm – 5.00pm

Bishops Cleeve Library

 

Gloucester

 

Thursday 29th September

10am – 11.30am

Gloucestershire County Council, Council Chamber, Shire Hall, Gloucester

 

Cheltenham

 

Friday 30th September

10am – 11.30am

Cheltenham Borough Council Offices, Cheltenham

 

If you have any queries, please contact Nina Verle on 01452 425773

Consultations

KIDS and Mencap Holiday Childcare Survey

We know that childcare is essential for families with disabled children and young people, to allow parents and carers to work, to give short breaks and to provide opportunities for children and young people to socialise and have fun with their peers.

 

Some parents have contacted both KIDS and Mencap over the summer holidays to talk about difficulties they have had accessing childcare for their disabled children. This is not OK. We hope that this survey will help us to find out what the picture is nationally for families with disabled children and young people in relation to their access to holiday play and childcare provision, and highlight any challenges that exist. We want families’ stories to be listened to and acted upon, and so once the results are collected, KIDS and Mencap will be producing and publicising a short briefing paper containing the main findings.

 

This survey contains a maximum of 25 questions, should take 5 -10 minutes to complete and can be accessed via the following methods:

 

Please complete the survey by October 7th

                                                                                               

If you have any questions, please contact coe@kids.org.uk

 

Many thanks in advance for your help.

              Anna Route             NDD Programme & Policy Officer             KIDS National Development Department             6 Aztec Row, Berners Road, London N1 0PW