The Southend SEND Independent Forum (SSIF) is a group made up of parents and carers of young people with SEND (special educational needs and/or disabilities). They are funded by the Department for Education and aim to listen to your lived experience of education, health and social care services, to make sure they are fit for purpose and meet your needs.
If you have any lived experience you would like to share with them as feedback, or if you want to hear about local SEND system developments, join one of their events this November:
Monday 18 November: in-person event Jubilee Room, Southend Civic Centre. Drop-in between 9.30am to 11.30am. Find out more here.
Thursday 21 November: online event on MS Teams - 7pm to 8pm. Book your place here.
Complete their SEND lived experience survey. Complete it here.
If you have any feedback on health and social care, we also want to hear from you. You can let us know via our Have Your Say form on our website.
