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@bt_uk we have now been waiting since November for you to complete an order with a half completed job due to high demand and staff pressure. Maybe high amounts of the staff not have long breakfasts and larking around might help. #dobetter

We are delighted to announce we have been awarded a grant of £386k by @TNLComFund. Thank you #nationallotteyplayers.

@arkategwood @Justin_SCF Totally agree. It may not seem like a lot of money to large organisations but it make such a massive impact on smaller ones. We would not have been able to respond quickly to the needs of our community without them. Thank you.

@Justin_SCF Many organisations or groups would not survive or undertake the great work they do without these grants, so with every penny and thank you 😀

I am sometimes asked whether its efficient to award so many small grants to small organisations as we do Somerset Community Foundation when it would be easier and cheaper to award fewer larger grants. The final paragraphs of this…lnkd.in/eRAtGvns lnkd.in/etKd8siw

Keynote speak from Claire Coutinho at the nnpcf conference. #letsparticipate23

Contact and NNPCF conference in Bristol just starting. Looking forward to a full day. #LetsParticipate23

@SEN_advice @AutisticGirls_ Thank you so much we can then get it sorted.

@SomersetPForum @AutisticGirls_ I’ll dig it out again on Monday and send it over

Always good to see a totally unlawful policy in print A good hallmark of an unlawful policy is when a threshold is set out with the starting words “ In …”. Might as well just say ‘we have set our own rules’ #sen #send

@BristolSEND @AutisticGirls_ @SEN_advice All documents should be on branding. This is the current one (available on the local offer) and it states they will apply the legal test. The graduated response is a should not a must and it states each case is looked at individually.

@BristolSEND @AutisticGirls_ @SEN_advice @BristolSEND is there any chance you can email a copy of the document to admin@somersetparentcarerforum.org.uk so we can follow this up. This is not something we would support and does not fit with the conversations we have had with the la

@SEN_advice @rgshart @AutisticGirls_ We will investigate @SEN_advice and do our best to locate any old copies which may be around. I am sure you agree it’s important to get any removed and not cause any stress. Thank you for trying to help clear it up and giving your time to help clarify.

@SEN_advice @rgshart @AutisticGirls_ Okay no problem thanks anyway

@SEN_advice @rgshart @AutisticGirls_ Thanks for responding. Any chance of a pic of front page and we will ask for sites to be double checked.

@rgshart @SomersetPForum @AutisticGirls_ I took the photo today. From a disclosure received two days ago. It may be an old document, but still circulating

Congratulations to our friends over @young_somerset on their anniversary

@AutisticGirls_ @SEN_advice @rgshart do you recognise this. I think it’s an old document

@SEN_advice What's the date updated in the corner?

@AutisticGirls_ @SEN_advice Several very old documents have surfaced on social media recently and we need to make sure people have the correct information.

@AutisticGirls_ @SEN_advice Please can we see the front page and the date. This is not a document we recognise and we would challenge guidance that is illegal. Happy for it to emailed if easier admin@somersetparentcarerforum.org.uk and we will investigate.

See our latest update for upcoming events - mailchi.mp/87509f911506/u…

🎉We are delighted to be able to offer this 10 week Life Skills Program for young people 14-25 with additional needs living in Somerset. We are grateful to Discovery and Somerset Community Foundation for funding this trial. To book a place👇 forms.office.com/r/GvzB2sR5CU

Join us for our next discussion groups on 14 November when we will be joined by the acting Director of Childrens services. These will be open discussions based around the four areas of the draft SEND strategy. To book a place click link below. forms.office.com/r/etX2mWQ0k4

Coffee session tomorrow in Chard. All parent carers welcome