Find your local parent carer forum

Parent carer forums are groups run by parents and carers of disabled children from a local area in England. Their aim is to make sure that services in their area meet the needs of disabled children and their families.

On this page is a list of parent carer forums, listed by region, which includes contact details. If you are unable to find the contact details that you require, please contact the named parent carer participation adviser for the region.

If you would like to notify us of a change to your forum contact details, please email [email protected]

East Midlands

Derby, City of

Derby Send Voice
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.derbysendvoice.co.uk

Derbyshire

Derbyshire Parent Carer Voice
Phone: 01629 533666
Email: [email protected]
Website: derbyshireparentcarervoice.org

Leicester, City of

Leicester City Parent and Carers Forum
Phone: 0745 5745344
Email: [email protected]
Website: lcpcf.net

Leicestershire

Leicestershire SEND Hub
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: facebook.com/groups/leicestershiresendhub

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire Parent Carer Forum
Phone: 07925 232 466
Email: [email protected]
Website: lincspcf.org.uk

Northamptonshire North

North Northants Parent Carer Voice
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.npcv.co.uk

Northamptonshire West

West Northants Voices in Partnership
Phone: 07933 801392
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.wnvp.co.uk

Nottingham, City of

Rainbow Parents Carers Forum
Phone: 0115 7860211
Email: [email protected]
Website: rainbowpcf.org.uk

Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire Parent Carer Forum
Phone: 07751 776481
Email: [email protected]
Website: nottspcf.org

Rutland

Rutland Parent Carer Voice
Phone: 07562 121508
Email: [email protected]
Website: rutlandpcv.org.uk

East of England

Bedford borough

Bedford Borough Parent Carer Forum
Phone: 07943 524553
Email: [email protected]
Website: bbpcf.co.uk

Cambridgeshire

Pinpoint
Phone: 01480 877333
Email: [email protected]
Website: pinpoint-cambs.org.uk

Central Bedfordshire

Special Needs Action Panel Central Bedfordshire Parent Carer Forum
Phone: 07984 545044
Email: [email protected]
Website: snappcf.org.uk

Essex

Essex Family Forum
Email: [email protected]
Website: essexfamilyforum.org

Hertfordshire

Herts Parent Carer Involvement
Phone: 07840 360245
Email: [email protected]
Website: hertsparentcarers.org.uk

Luton

EPIC Luton
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: www.facebook.com/epiclutonpcf

Norfolk

Family Voice Norfolk
Phone: 07950 302937
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Website: familyvoice.org.uk

Peterborough, City of

Family Voice Peterborough
Phone: 01733 685510
Email: [email protected]
Website: familyvoice.org

Southend on Sea

Southend SEND Independent Forum
Phone: 07955 067588
Email: s [email protected]
Website: southendsendindependentforum.co.uk

Suffolk

Suffolk Parent Carer Forum
Phone: 01473 760933
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.suffolkpcf.co.uk

Thurrock

Thurrock Parent Carer Forum
Phone: 07751 549638
Email: [email protected]
Website: facebook.com/ThurrockParentCarer

London

Barking and Dagenham

Just Say Parent Carer Forum
Email: [email protected]

Barnet

Barnet Parent Carer Forum
Phone: 07468 029 705
Email: [email protected]
Website: barnetpcf.org.uk

Bexley

Bexley Voice
Phone: 07512 409936
Email: [email protected]
Website: bexleyvoice.org.uk

Brent

Brent Parent Carer Forum
Phone: 020 8968 2694
Email: [email protected]
Website: brentpcf.org

Bromley

Email: [email protected]

Camden

Kids – Camden
Email: [email protected]

Phone: 07711 767 528
Website: kids.org.uk

Croydon

Croydon Active Voices
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.croydonactivevoices.co.uk

Ealing

Ealing Parent Carer Forum
Phone: 07740 461 551
Email: [email protected]
Website: epcf.org.uk

Enfield

Our Voice
Phone: 07516 662315
Email: [email protected]
Website: ourvoiceenfield.org.uk

Greenwich

Email: [email protected]

Hackney

Email: [email protected]
Website: www.hspcf.org

Hammersmith and Fulham

Parentsactive
Phone: 07507 628474 or 07572 138245 (term time only)
Email: [email protected]
Website: parentsactive.org.uk

Haringey

SEND Power in Haringey
Phone: 07549 023657/ 07871 729863
Email: [email protected]
Website: bridgerenewaltrust.org.uk/haringey-send-parent-carer-forum

Harrow

Harrow Parent Forum
Phone: 07928 577689
Email: [email protected]
Website: harrowparentforum.org

Havering

Positive Parents
Phone: 01708 524627 – 07858 406933
Email: [email protected]
Website: positiveparentshavering.org.uk

Hillingdon

Hillingdon Parent Carers Forum
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.hillingdonpcf.com

Hounslow

Hounslow Parent Carers Forum
Phone: 0208 5704671
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.hounslowpcf.co.uk/

Islington

Centre 404 Islington Parent Carer Forum
Phone: 020 7607 8762
Email: [email protected]
Website: centre404.org.uk

Kensington and Chelsea

Full of Life
Phone: 020 8962 9994
Email: [email protected]
Website: fulloflifekc.com

Kingston upon Thames

Kingston Parent Carer Forum

Phone: 020 8962 9994
Email: [email protected]
Website: kingstonpcf.co.uk

Lambeth

Lambeth Parent Forum
Phone: 07903 248077
Email: [email protected]
Website: lambethparentforum.com

Lewisham

Lewisham Parent and Carers Forum
Phone: 020 8297 8056
Email: [email protected]
Website: lewishamparentcarer.org.uk

London, City of

Email: [email protected]
Website: www.cityparentcarers.org/

Merton

Kids First
Phone: 0020 3963 0598 / 07518 903260
Email: [email protected]
Website: mertonmencap.org.uk/services/kids-first-forum

Newham

Newham Parent Carer Forum
Phone: 07528 562 902
Email: [email protected]
Website: newhamparentforum.co.uk

Redbridge

Empowering Parents Together
Phone: 07486 880799 / 07486 880646
Email: [email protected]
Website: empoweringparentstogether.org.uk

Richmond upon Thames

Richmond Parent Carer Forum
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.richmondpcf.org.uk

Southwark

Southwark Independent Voice (SIV)
Email: [email protected]

Sutton

Email: [email protected]

Tower Hamlets

Tower Hamlets SEND Forum
Phone: 07498 573872
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.thsendforum.co.uk/

Waltham Forest

Waltham Forest Parent Forum
Phone: 07528 433 640
Email: [email protected]
Website: walthamforestparentforum.com

Wandsworth

SEND Parent Carers in Wandsworth
Phone: 07421 451870
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.sendpcwandsworth.org.uk

Westminster, City of

Make it Happen
Phone: 020 7641 2314
Email: [email protected]
Website: wppg.org.uk

North East

Cumbria

Cumbria Parent Carer Forum
Phone: 07544 858267
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.sendac.org/

Darlington

Darlington Parent Carer Forum
Phone: 01325 254848
Email: [email protected]
Website: darlingtonpcf.co.uk

Durham

MCT Durham PCF
Email: [email protected]
Website: mctdurham.co.uk

Gateshead

Gateshead Parent Carer Forum
Phone: 07865354162
Email: [email protected]
Website: gatesheadparentcarerforum.co.uk

Hartlepool

1 Hart 1 Mind 1 Future Parent Forum
Phone: 01429 863766
Email: [email protected]
Website: 1hart1mind1future.co.uk

Middlesbrough

Email: [email protected]

Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle Parent Carer Forum
Phone: 0191 2840480
Email: [email protected]
Website: newcastlepcf.co.uk

North Tyneside

NTPCF (North Tyneside Parent Carer Forum)
Phone: 0191 4060018
Email: [email protected]
Website: ntpcf.co.uk

Northumberland

Northumberland Parent Carer Forum
Phone: 0191 2840480
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.npcf.co.uk

Redcar and Cleveland

SEND Family Voice Redcar & Cleveland
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.sendfamilyvoicerc.co.uk

South Tyneside

South Tyneside Parent Carer Forum
Phone: 07575 611667
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.stpcf.org

Stockton on Tees

Stockton Parent Carer Forum
Phone: 07985 245668
Email: [email protected]
Website: stocktonparentcarerforum.co.uk

Sunderland

Sunderland Parent Carer Forum
Phone: 07393 129858
Email: [email protected]
Website: sunderlandpcf.co.uk

North West

Blackburn with Darwen

Blackburn with Darwen Parents in Partnership
Phone: 07923 252483
Email: [email protected]
Website: bwdpip.org.uk

Blackpool

Blackpool Parent Forum
Phone: 07889 156310
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.blackpoolparentforum.co.uk

Bolton

Bolton Parent Carers
Phone: 07715 201798
Email: [email protected]
Website: boltonparents.org.uk

Bury

Bury2gether
Email: [email protected]
Website: bury2gether.co.uk

Cheshire East

Cheshire East Parent Carer Forum
Phone: 07794 431768
Email: [email protected]
Website: cepcf.co.uk

Cheshire West and Chester

Cheshire West & Chester Parent Carer Forum
Phone: 07522 249938
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.pcfcheshirewest.org

Cumbria

Cumbria Parent Carer Forum
Phone: 07544 858267
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.sendac.org/

Halton

Halton SEND Parent Carers Forum
Phone: 07889 721234
Email: [email protected]
Website: haltonsendcarersforum.org.uk

Knowsley

Knowsley Parent Carers Voice
Phone: 07376 233141 / 07368 117415
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.kpcv.co.uk

Lancashire

Lancashire Parent Carers Forum
Email: [email protected]

Liverpool

LivPac
Phone: 07504 544638
Email: [email protected]
Website: livpac.org.uk

Manchester

Manchester Parent Carer Forum
Email: [email protected]
Website: manchesterparentcarerforum.org.uk

Oldham

POINT Forum
Phone: 0161 5031555
Email: [email protected]
Website: point-send.co.uk

Rochdale

Rochdale Parent Carers Voice
Phone: 07901 854741
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: facebook.com/theparentforum

Salford

Salford Parent Carer Forum
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: www.salfordpcf.com

Sefton

Sefton Parent Carer Forum
Phone: 07541 326860
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.seftonpcf.org

St Helens

Listen 4 Change
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.listen4change.uk/

Stockport

Parents and Carers Together Stockport (PACTS)
Phone: 07786 101 072
Email: [email protected]
Website: pactstockport.co.uk

Tameside

Tameside Umbrella Parent Carer Forum
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: TUPCF Face b ook

Trafford

Trafford Parents Forum
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.traffordparentsforum.com

Warrington

Warrington Parents and Carers
Phone: 07581 302 172
Email: [email protected]
Website: warrpac.org

Wigan

Wigan Parent Carer Forum
Phone: 07719 330602
Email: [email protected]
Website: wiganpcf.org.uk

Wirral

Parent Carer Participation Wirral
Phone: 0151 670 0777
Email: [email protected]

South East

Bracknell Forest

Bracknell Parent Carer Forum
Phone: 07748 310155
Email: [email protected]
Website: bracknellpcf.com

Brighton and Hove

Parent Carers’ Council
Phone: 01273 234862
Email: [email protected]
Website: paccbrighton.org.uk

Buckinghamshire

FACTBucks
Email: [email protected]
Website: factbucks.org.uk

East Sussex

ESPCF (East Sussex Parent Carer Forum)
Phone: 0300 770 1367
Email: [email protected]
Website: espcf.org.uk

Hampshire

Hampshire Parent Carer Network
Phone: 0300 303 4330
Email: [email protected]
Website: hpcn.org.uk

Isle of Wight

TBC – New Forum in development
Phone: TBC
Email: [email protected]
Website: TBC

Kent

Parents and Carers Together Kent
Phone: 07947 563123
Email: [email protected]
Website: kentpact.org.uk

Medway

Medway Parents and Carers Forum
Phone: 07813 123984
Email: [email protected]
Website: medwaypcf.org.uk

Milton Keynes

Parents and Carers Alliance
Phone: 07852 526057
Email: [email protected]
Website: pacamk.org

Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire Parent Carers Forum
Phone: 07394 735666
Email: [email protected]
Website: oxpcf.org.uk

Portsmouth

Portsmouth Parent Voice
Phone: 02394 350257
Email: [email protected]
Website: portsmouthparentvoice.org

Reading

Reading Families’ Forum
Phone: 07516 185 380
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.readingfamiliesforum.co.uk/

Slough

New forum in development
Phone: TBC
Email: [email protected]
Website: TBC

Southampton

Southampton Parent Carer Forum
Phone: 07907 777053
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.sotonpcf.org.uk

Surrey

Family Voice Surrey
Phone: 01372 705708
Email: [email protected]
Website: familyvoicesurrey.org

West Berkshire

Email: [email protected]

West Sussex

West Sussex Parents Forum
Phone: 01903 726188
Email: [email protected]
Website: wspcf.org.uk

Windsor and Maidenhead

SEND Voices RBWM
Email: [email protected]

Wokingham

SEND Voices Wokingham
Email: [email protected]
Website: sendvoiceswokingham.org.uk

South West

Bath and North East Somerset

Email: [email protected]

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Parent Carers Together
Phone: 07852 422089
Email: [email protected]
Website: parentcarerstogether.org.uk

Bristol, City of

Bristol Parent Carers
Phone: 0117 939 6645 Ext 202
Email: [email protected]
Website: bristolparentcarers.org.uk

Cornwall

Email: [email protected]

Devon

Parent Carer Forum Devon
Phone: 07307 237720
Email: [email protected]
Website: parentcarerforumdevon.org

Dorset

Dorset Parent-Carer Council
Phone: 07827 793244
Email: [email protected]
Website: dorsetparentcarercouncil.co.uk

Gloucestershire

Active Impact
Phone: 07494 704564
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.glosparentcarerforum.org.uk

Isles os Scilly

Email: [email protected]

North Somerset

North Somerset Parent Carers Working Together
Phone: 01934 440844
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: facebook.com/nspcwt/
Website: www.nspcwt.org

Plymouth, City of

Plymouth Parent Carer Voice
Phone: 07954 048017
Email: [email protected]
Website: plymouthpcv.co.uk

Somerset

Somerset Parent Carer Forum
Phone: 01458 259384
Email: [email protected]
Website: somersetparentcarerforum.org.uk

South Gloucestershire

South Glos Parents and Carers
Phone: 01454 501009
Email: [email protected]
Website: sglospc.org.uk

Swindon

Swindon SEND Families Voice
Phone: 07486 873405
Email: [email protected]
Website: swindonsendfamiliesvoice.org.uk

Torbay

SEND Family Voice Torbay
Phone: 07554 040107
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.familyvoicetorbay.org

Wiltshire

Wiltshire Parent Carer Council (WPCC)
Phone: 01225 764647
Email: [email protected]
Website: wiltshireparentcarercouncil.co.uk

West Midlands

Birmingham

Birmingham Parent Carer Forum
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.birminghampcf.org/

Coventry

Coventry Parent Carer Forum
Phone: 07735 650019
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.coventrypcf.com/

Dudley

Dudley Parent Carer Forum
Phone: 07944 895124
Email: [email protected].uk

Website: www.facebook.com/DudleyPCF

Herefordshire

Parent Carer Voice Herefordshire
Phone: 01432 340072
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: www.pcvh.co.uk/

Sandwell

Sandwell Parents Voices United
Phone: 07306 364106
Email: [email protected]

Shropshire

Parents and Carers Council Shropshire (PACC)
Phone: 01939 291238
Email: [email protected]
Website: paccshropshire.org.uk

Solihull

Solihull Parent Carer Voice
Email: solihullpcv@outloo k.com
Website: spcv.org.uk

Staffordshire

Staffordshire Parent Carer Forum
Email: [email protected]

Website: www.staffspcf.co.uk

Stoke on Trent

Stoke Parent Carers Champions for Change
Phone:01782 683030
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.stokeparentcarers.org.uk

Telford and Wrekin

PODS (Parents Opening Doors)
Phone: 01952 271532
Email: [email protected]
Website: podstelford.org

Walsall

FACE Walsall
Phone: 07856 314596
Email: [email protected]
Website: facewalsall.wordpress.com

Warwickshire

Warwickshire Parent Carer Voice

Email: [email protected]
Website: www.warwickshireparentcarervoice.org

Wolverhampton

Voice 4 Parents Wolverhampton
Phone: 07786 903649
Email: [email protected]
Website: voice4parents.co.uk

Worcestershire

Families in Partnership Worcestershire
Phone: 0300 0124272
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: facebook.com/familiesinpartnershipworcestershire/

Yorkshire and Humber

Barnsley

Email: [email protected]

Bradford

The Parent Forum for Bradford & Airedale
Phone 01274 397396
Email: [email protected]
Website: pfba.org.uk

Calderdale

Family Voice Calderdale
Phone: 01422 343 090
Email: www.uniqueways.org.uk/family-voice-calderdale/

Doncaster

Doncaster Parent Voice
Phone: 07864 075610
Email: [email protected]
Website: doncasterparentsvoice.co.uk

East Riding of Yorkshire

East Riding Voices in Partnership (ERVIP)
Phone: 01262 678283
Email: [email protected]
Website: eypcf.co.uk

Kingston upon Hull, City of

Hull Parent Carer Forum CIC
Phone: 01482 230017
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.hullparentcarerforum.co.uk

Kirklees

PCAN – Parents of Children with Additional Needs
Phone: 07754 102336
Email: [email protected]
Website: pcankirklees.org

Leeds

Leeds Parent Carer Forum
Phone: 07423 436813
Email: info@leedsparentcare rforum.co.uk
Website: www.leedsparentcarerforum.co.uk

North East Lincolnshire

North East Lincolnshire Parent Forum
Phone: 01472 326363
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.nelpcf.org.uk

North Lincolnshire

North Lincs PIP Forum
Phone: 01724 277766
Email: [email protected]
Website: northlincspipforum.co.uk

North Yorkshire

Parent Carer Voice North Yorkshire
Phone: 07511 928448
Email: [email protected]
Website: parentcarervoiceuk.org

Rotherham

RPFL
Phone: 07552 452810
Email: [email protected]
Website: rpcf.co.uk

Sheffield

Sheffield Parent Carer Forum
Phone: 0300 3214721
Email: [email protected]
Website: sheffieldparentcarerforum.org.uk

Wakefield

Wakefield Parent Carer Forum
Phone: 07462 103057
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.wakefieldparentcarers.co.uk

York, City of

York Parent Carer Forum
Phone: TBC
Email: [email protected]
Website: TBC

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East Midlands

Derby, City of

Derbyshire

Leicester, City of

Leicestershire

Lincolnshire

Northamptonshire North

Northamptonshire West

Nottingham, City of

Nottinghamshire

Rutland

East of England

Bedford borough

Cambridgeshire

Central Bedfordshire

Essex

Hertfordshire

Luton

Norfolk

Peterborough, City of

Southend on Sea

Suffolk

Thurrock

London

Barking and Dagenham

Barnet

Bexley

Brent

Bromley

Camden

Croydon

Ealing

Enfield

Greenwich

Hackney

Hammersmith and Fulham

Haringey

Harrow

Havering

Hillingdon

Hounslow

Islington

Kensington and Chelsea

Kingston upon Thames

Lambeth

Lewisham

London, City of

Merton

Newham

Redbridge

Richmond upon Thames

Southwark

Sutton

Tower Hamlets

Waltham Forest

Wandsworth

Westminster, City of

North East

Cumbria

Darlington

Durham

Gateshead

Hartlepool

Middlesbrough

Newcastle upon Tyne

North Tyneside

Northumberland

Redcar and Cleveland

South Tyneside

Stockton on Tees

Sunderland

North West

Blackburn with Darwen

Blackpool

Bolton

Bury

Cheshire East

Cheshire West and Chester