🌟 Welcome from Gloucestershire Parent Carer Forum 🌟

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💬 Places we’ll be sharing your Voice this month:

Welcome to the new term!  We hope you’ve been able to enjoy time with family and friends over the summer and are feeling recharged.  September is already looking busy for the team.  Over the month we’ll continue to champion Parent Carer voice by attending key local and national meetings.

We will be contributing to:

•  The NNPCF Community of Practice for SEND Reform
•  The inaugural Local Offer and Children's Communication Group
• The Carers Partnership Board
• The launch of Gloucestershire's Best Start in Life Local Plan.

Through these opportunities, we will help ensure that Parent Carers' experiences and views inform service development and decision-making

If you would like to share your voice and experiences on any of these topics, please get in touch with us at info@glospcf.org.uk. We’d love to hear from you, your voice matters.

 👥 Meet the GPCF Team

Come along and meet the friendly GPCF team – Helen, Tamsin, Becky, Jovita and Sarah 👋

We’re all Parent Carers/Carers too, so we understand the journey and are here to listen, chat and support you in a relaxed, welcoming space. We’d love to meet you at one of our events! 💛

📍 Where you can find the GPCF team in September

📅 Listen to Me events in September

We host several ‘Listen to Me’ coffee mornings around the county.  They are informal drop-in sessions where Parent Carers can chat with us in a relaxed setting over a coffee. It’s your chance to share your experiences, raise concerns, and help shape local services — because your voice matters.

See our Facebook page or website for dates, times and venues.

 🤝 Other GPCF Events in September

We’ll also be hosting and attending a range of friendly, supportive sessions across the county. These include Stay and Plays suitable for children with additional needs and their siblings and peer support sessions including:

📍 Monday, 14th September
Gateway Peer Support Group
River Children and Family Centre, Naas Ln, Lydney, GL15 5AU
🕐 Drop in 1.00pm-2.30pm

Glosfamilies Directory | "Listen to Me" Meet-Ups - River Children & Family Centre

📍 Tuesday, 15th September
Gateway Peer Support Group
The Lighthouse Children's Centre, Valley Gardens, Gloucester, GL2 2AR
🕐 Drop in 9.30pm – 11.00pm

📍 Wednesday, 16th September
Gateway Peer Support Coffee Morning
Hilltop Children and Family Centre, Latimer Road, Cinderford, GL14 2QA
🕙 Drop in 10.00am – 11.30am

Glosfamilies Directory | "Listen to Me" Meet-Ups - Hilltop Childrens Centre

📍 Friday, 18th September
Listen to Me
Dobbies Garden Centre, Cirencester, GL7 6EU
🕙 Drop in 10.00am – 11.30am

📍 Monday 21st September
Listen to Me
Gloucester Garden Centre, Bath Road, Gloucester GL10 3DP
🕙 Drop in 09.30am-12.00noon

📍Friday 25th September
Under 5's Stay and Play
Noah's Ark Children and Family Centre, York Road, Tewkesbury, GL20 5HU
🕙 Drop in 10.00am-11:30am

📍Monday 28th September
Listen to Me
Costa Coffee, Tesco Stratford Rd, Stroud GL5 4AG
🕙 Drop in 10.00am-11:30am

📍Monday 28th September
Understanding and Recognising Behaviour Whispers Training
River Children and Family Centre, Lydney

11.00am-2.00pm

This month, we are also hosting a free training session for parent carers who would like to further understand their children's behaviour. The training will focus on looking at the arousal curve and RAG rating for your Child's arousal levels and behavioural indicators of where their levels of arousal are. You can book on to the training here: Understanding & Recognising Behaviour Whispers Training(Lydney Autumn Term) Tickets, Multiple dates | Eventbrite

💛 We’d love to see you!

Whether you pop along for a quick chat or stay for the whole session, you’ll always receive a warm welcome.  Joining the forum is completely free, and as a member, you’ll get our monthly newsletter. Plus, if you come along to one of our peer support sessions, your first cuppa is on us! You can sign up here: Become a Member | Gloucestershire Parent Carer Forum👍