PARENT FORUM GUIDES
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NEWS
SEND Reform Update: Consultation Closes and Next Steps for Waltham Forest
The Government's SEND consultation has now closed. Thank you to everyone who attended our workshops, completed our surveys and shared their views.
You can now read Waltham Forest Parent Forum's full response, our summary response, the London Parent Carer Forum Network response and the National Network of Parent Carer Forums response.
Find out what happens next, including Local Inclusion Plans, discussions around Experts at Hand and how these proposals could affect children and young people with SEND in Waltham Forest.
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PARENT/CARER MEMBERS
By joining The Parent Forum you will be able to add your voice and become part of a large parent group which is able to feedback parent carer views to key policy makers in the borough and to national organisations and bodies.
Membership of The Forum is free and we do not ask anything of you unless you want to become involved in forum activities and consultations. Participation opportunities are published on our website.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERS
You can join Waltham Forest Parent Forum as a professional member. By joining our network, you will receive information about events, consultations and activities which you can then forward to families who may benefit from our support.
FORUM SNAPSHOTS
Awarded WF Volunteers of the Year!!(2023)
Awarded Community Residency at WM Gallery for a 2nd year- Oct 2025
OUR REACH
MEMBERS
3182 members(Feb 26)
Hours given to WFPF by members - 570 (April '24 to March 25) from 190 meetings
WEBSITE HITS
(Feb 9th '25-9th Feb '26)
4375 hits
1625 unique visitors
mainly visiting the shop and Events pages
SOCIAL MEDIA STATS
Facebook - 2.6K followers
Closed Chat Page - 1500+ members
9 closed Facebook chat pages
6 WhatsApp Groups
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POWER IN NUMBERS
This very short animation shows how parents and carers working together have a stronger voice and how taking part in planning and decision-making can help to ensure that families get the services they need.
ISSUES LOG
Is there an issue that you think we should know about?
Are you experiencing any problems with statutory services, Education, Health, Social Care?
If yes, please tell us about it. We will use the issues you tell us about anonymously in our parent representation work with the Local Authority, ICB and partners.
Please avoid including any personal details, and try to keep the information you share with us of a more general nature.
Unfortunately, we are unable to raise issues individually and we always recommend that you follow the appropriate contact/complaint route which should be on the 'providers' website, or we can help signpost you to the appropriate route.
Please also tell us about any positive experiences you would like to share.
Thank you