Each forum has an assigned Parent Carer Participation Adviser who can support the forum and provide a sounding board for the forum steering group. The adviser will work with forums over a period of time and build a relationship with them. If you do not know who your adviser is you can contact [email protected] and someone will link you to them.
Advisers can help forums to ensure that they are working within the remit of the Department for Education grant. The review applications for the grant and the subsequent monitoring submitted by the forum.
They are a source of information on good practice and can link forums with resources to help them with co-production and running the forum. Advisers can be contacted directly by the forum and are able to offer virtual, telephone and email advice and support.
Advisers will also meet with forums at regional NNPCF meetings and at the annual Contact and NNPCF joint conference. Below you can find the list of advisers, or for an overview of the whole team click here.
North West and Yorkshire and Humber
Lisa Aldred
Parent Carer Participation Adviser
Areas covered: Bradford, Calderdale, East Riding of Yorkshire, Hull, Kirklees, Leeds, North Yorkshire, Wakefield, York. North West (all except Wigan) and Cumbria
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07421 451678
East Midlands and West Midlands
Cindy Bayliss
Parent Carer Participation Adviser
Areas covered: Barnsley, Doncaster, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, Rotherham, Sheffield and Wigan
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07920 655079
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