Send News 28.10.21
Date Added: 28/10/2021
Our relaunched Local Offer website is here
New Local Offer website
Parents/carers, children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) can now browse and scroll through our newly improved Local Offer website.
The Local Offer website is a ‘one stop shop’ for all local SEND advice, guidance, and support services. It has been redesigned and co-produced with SNAP Parent Carer Forum (SNAP PCF), an independent forum of parents and carers of SEND children in Central Bedfordshire, as well as education, health and social care professionals, parents, carers, children and young people with SEND.
As part of the redesign process the Council listened to and incorporated feedback from families and young people to make it more engaging, easier to navigate and to ensure it contains more relevant information.
Website visitors will be signposted to important information including:
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Sources of support, advice and information for children, young people and families, including supporting groups and forums
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arrangements to identify and assess children and young people with SEND, including how an assessment can be requested
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other educational provision for example, leisure activities, sports and arts provision
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information about provision to assist in preparing children and young people for adulthood including post-16 education and training
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arrangements for travel to and from school, post-16 settings and early year providers
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childcare, including suitable provision for disabled children and those with SEND
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health and development needs of children from when they are born through to when they transition into adulthood
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support available to young people in higher education, particularly the Disabled Students Allowance (DSA) and the process and timescales for making an application for DSA.
Head over to https://localoffer.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/ to check it out.
Come along to one of our Local Offer launch events
We're celebrating the launch of the site with family events on Wednesday 3 November and Saturday 6 November. These events will have a magician, music and interactive sessions with health, community and voluntary services.
Local Offer event poster
To book, please click on your chosen venue, this will then open Eventbrite where you will be able to select a time :
Day One – Wednesday 3 November 2021
Leighton Buzzard Youth Centre 10:00 - 11:00 am, 11:00 - 12:00 pm
Sandy Baptist Church 2:00 - 3:00 pm, 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Houghton Regis Children's Centre 6:00 - 7:00 pm, 7:00 - 8:00 pm
Day Two – Saturday 6 November 2021
Flitwick Children's Centre 10:00 - 11:00 am, 11:00 - 12:00 pm
Biggleswade Youth Centre 2:00 - 3:00 pm, 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Arlesey Youth Centre 6:00 - 7:00 pm, 7:00 - 8:00 pm