Bristol City Council LGO Complaints Statistics for 2019-2020 Released This Week
Bristol City Council LGO Complaints Statistics Released This Week: The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGO) released its Review
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Send Crisis – Send in the City Bristol
Send Crisis: Send in the City by Jen Smith
Navigating the Special Education Needs and Disability (Send) provision in Bristol one disaster at a time
Bristol is one of many cities experiencing a Send Crisis in education. Funding and support for children with special educational needs and disabilities in the city is at crisis point. We look into this in more depth in this section.
Sunflower Lanyard for Hidden Disabilities Now Recognised Across Rail Network
A sunflower lanyard symbolising the wearer has a hidden disability, will now be recognised across all of Britain’s rail companies.
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Bristol Alternative Provision Costs Escalate Due to City Wide Send Failure
Bristol Alternative Provision Pressures High Needs Block ‘High demand’ due to ‘persistent high levels of fixed-term exclusions for pupils with
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Bristol Councillor Raises Send Top Up Funding Concerns
Top Up Funding Concerns Alarms Bristol Send Community Bubbling concern over Top Up provision for children with Special Educational Needs
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Bristol City Council Send Survey Finds Illegal Exclusions and Children Out Of Education
Bristol City Council Send Survey Uncovering Parent View Finds Illegal Exclusions and Children out of Education Children not accessing education
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#LeftInLockdown Report from Disabled Children’s Partnership Finds Parent Carers Struggling With Lockdown
A new report out this week finds the majority of parents caring for disabled children at home during lockdown are
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Local Authorities Fall Foul of New Face Mask Exemption Transport Laws
Bristol City Council along with other Local Authorities and public bodies pulled up for ableist messages New rules concerning the
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Bristol Send Survey Highlights Need for Better Communication from City Council
Poor communication from Bristol City Council and difficulties accessing education, continues to mire the experience of children and young people
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Carers Week Finds Life for Unpaid Carers Stressful with ‘Negative Impacts’ on Their Health
This week is Carers Week, an annual campaign aiming to raise awareness of caring as well as highlight the challenges
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Bristol City Council Claims Children and Young People With Send are ‘High Priority’ Though Parents Disagree
Children and young people with Send – Special Educational Needs and Disabilities – in Bristol, are ‘very high’ on the
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