Our forum joins together parents and carers who look after disabled children and young people to bring positive change from our lived experiences. We listen to families to find out what is important to them and determine whether services across Rochdale, Heywood, Pennines and Middleton meet their needs.
We work in partnership with local authorities, education settings and health providers to highlight where local services, processes and commissioners are working well, or challenge when changes or improvements need to be made.
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Everyone involved in running the forum is a parent carer to a disabled child/children or young person/people. Many of our staff are volunteers who feel passionately about bringing their knowledge and experience to the table when decisions are being made.
If you feel passionate about improving services for disabled children and young people across Rochdale Borough, why not fill out a membership form and join us.
Watch a video from our previous Co-Chair, Kath Bromfield explaining more about the benefits of parent carer forums:
Parents, carers and professionals can sign up for free to become a member. It’s up to you how involved you want to be in our work. You can also train to become one of our representatives and attend strategic meetings. As a member, you will occasionally receive useful information and we’ll let you know about events, training sessions or groups.
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