Latest Articles

• • 9th April 2025

  • SEND inspectors visit Sheffield

  • Inspectors from Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission have visited Sheffield. They came to assess how well the city’s education, health and social care services support children and young people with SEND.
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• • 9th April 2025

  • Concerns about proposed changes to SEN Transport

  • Sheffield City Council is proposing to replace SEN transport by minibus or taxi with personal transport budgets for most post-16 students. Parents have raised concerns about these plans.
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• • 9th April 2025

  • Autism and ADHD training videos now on YouTube

  • Our Autism and ADHD training package is now available as videos on YouTube. The videos are aimed at professionals and practitioners who work with children aged 0-12 years.
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• • 9th April 2025

  • What’s next for the Autism in Schools project?

  • The Autism in Schools programme aimed to improve support for autistic pupils in mainstream schools. Funding for continuing it in primary schools has been secured.
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• • 9th April 2025

  • PA Champion Project launched in Sheffield

  • The PA Champion project wants to encourage more people to work as personal assistants. It also provides free information, advice, support and networking opportunities for existing PAs.
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• • 9th April 2025

  • Sensory group for teens and parents wins award

  • A joint initiative by the Sheffield Sensory Service, national charity KIDS and Sheffield Parent Carer Forum has won an award for its outstanding impact on families.
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• • 7th April 2025

  • Changes to speech and language therapy delivery

  • The Sheffield Speech and Language Therapy Service is trialling a new approach. This is based on coaching parents to deliver interventions for their pre-school children.
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• • 7th March 2025

  • Information day to improve family finances

  • Over 60 parents attended our event at Niagara. 77% said they had learnt something that would improve their family's finances. This article contains links to download presentations from the day.
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• • 17th February 2025

  • We are recruiting a Peer Support Service Manager!

  • Due to our current manager retiring, we are looking to recruit a part-time manager for our busy Peer Support Service for parent carers.
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• • 27th January 2025

  • Award for a “pocket cheerleader”

  • Helen Bolt is the sixth recipient of our annual David Woodhouse Community Award. She was nominated for her amazing work with Sheffield Young Carers.
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• • 22nd January 2025

  • Neurodiversity Sheffield offers ADHD and ASD drop-in sessions

  • NeurodiverCity is a service run by Family Action. It offers drop-in sessions for parents of neurodivergent children and young people.
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• • 22nd January 2025

  • Consultation on post-16 transport changes

  • Sheffield City Council is consulting on a proposal to replace SEN transport by minibus or taxi with personal transport budgets for most post-16 students.
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