Supporting families with additional needs

Supporting families with additional needs Benedict Symcox is CEO of charity, Family Voice Surrey, which is a parent carer forum.We learn how they engage with parents of children with additional needs, of which there are over 30,000 families in Surrey. They use the lived experiences of real people to help inform the council's policy making and services.By listening to parents and carers they are able to create mini communities for them to feel supported, as well as offering training.Organisati...

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The Sunflower Conversations are where we explore hidden disabilities through the prism of the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower.In a world where it can be hard to feel like your story matters, we want to give you a space to share your experience. Whether you or someone you care about wears the Sunflower lanyard, we hope that by giving voice to these experiences, we can empower others and encourage more people to support people with invisible disabilities.