Contact & NNPCF Conference 2024-25 Contact & NNPCF Joint in-person Conference 4th February 2025. Highlights film now available! The Contact & NNPCF Joint in-person Conference took place on Tuesday 4th February 2025 at the Mercure Northampton. This event was really well attended and we are pleased to be able to share the Highlights film from the day and the following presentations from the Conference. View the presentation from the ‘NNPCF and Contact update’ with NNPCF Co-Chairs & Olivia Newbolt of Contact. View the presentation from the ‘What Works in SEND: Holding onto hope’ presented by Amanda Allard, Director, Council for Disabled Children. View the presentation from the SEND System reform: How can we build consensus and trust? presented by Ben Bryant, Director, ISOS Partnership. View the presentation from the ‘National developments, what’s next? Current developments in SEND thinking and policy – session’ led by Dame Christine Lenehan, Strategic Advisor on SEND, Tom Rees, Chair of Expert Advisory Group (EAG) for Inclusion & Professor Karen Guldberg, Chair of the Neurodivergence Task and Finish Group. View the presentation from the ‘LDA and SEND update’ presented by Phil Brayshaw, Head of Children and Young People National Learning Disability and Autism Programme, NHS England. November 2024 Contact & NNPCF Joint Virtual Conference Recordings Contact and NNPCF Joint Virtual Conference took place on Wednesday 20th November 2024 The Virtual Conference was made up of 4 sessions and those sessions that were recorded can be viewed below. NNPCF AGM & NNPCF & Contact Planning for the year ahead Update from the NNPCF and Contact – this was an opportunity to talk about the year ahead. View the recording and download the presentation from the session. Change Programme Partnership Alasdaire Duerden, Head of SEND and AP Local Implementation Unit, presented on the Change Programme Partnership (CPP) with a recap on what the CPP is, a reflection on what has been learnt so far and what potentially is going to happen next. View the recording and download the presentation from the session. Dingley’s Promise support SEND Children with Catherine McLeod MBE, Chief Executive Catherine talked about their work supporting SEND children and how some of the children are then able to move onto mainstream settings, the training courses that Dingle’s offer and the impact on SEND EY placements, and an update on the national EY toolkit and module 8 training. View the recording and download the presentation from the session. NNPCF Drop in This was an open session for PCFs to come and speak to the NNPCF and Contact about any issues that they would like to raise. Contact also joined for a short time to say hello and answer any questions. This session was not recorded. As ever if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us at [email protected].