Latest News for Parents & Carers

Singer-songwriter Kizzy Crawford has been finding out more about Autism, after having recently been diagnosed herself. In her show on BBC Radio Wales, she talks specifically about how it can affect women and girls, and how music has helped her cope with the ups and downs she has experienced so far.

Since lockdown has begun to ease, we’ve started going out more than we have been for months and it’s important that we all remember to social distance. For many of us, keeping a social distance is a visual process, but for those who are visually impaired or blind, it can be a very stressful and confusing experience. To help, the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has been working with the Cabinet Office to develop a “social distancing tool” which is free to print out and use.

This short animated film explains how people who use NHS services can give feedback on their experience of care and treatment by using the NHS Friends and Family Test:

Does your child already have an Educational Health Care Plan (EHCP)? The Council want to know how you found the process in this EHCP Feedback survey.

An Alvaston mum-of-five has opened a new baby shop despite the odds being stacked against her because of chronic pain and bipolar. Kiana Carrington-Roberts opened the doors of Cariad Babi, in Castleward Boulevard, to the public four weeks ago.