Derbyshire Parent Carer Voice (DPCV) is a registered charity run by volunteers who are parent carers for children and young people who are disabled and /or have special educational needs.
The members are all deeply passionate about what they do. We are independent of the Local Authority, but work together with services across, health, education and social care to ensure the parent carer voice is heard.
- We do this to improve services to ensure all young people get to have an equitable opportunity to realise their potential.
- Our aim is to empower parent carers, by networking and sharing knowledge
- We do this so parent carers do not feel they are alone.
To contact DPCV, please email: info@derbyshireparentcarervoice.org or take part in one of the events.
Events
To find out more and book your place for the following events, please visit the Derbyshire Parent Carer Voice (DPCV) Forum Dates webpage.
Supporting Siblings and Sibling Rivalry
- Thursday 13 November, 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Explore Your Child’s Future – Free Online Higher Education Information Sessions
- Friday 14 November, 10am to 11:30am
Parent Information Session on Understanding the Derbyshire Early Years SEN Service
- Friday 28 November, 1:30pm
- Monday 1 December, 10am
Local Support Group Survey
One of DPCV's current initiatives is to build a comprehensive network of support groups available to parents and carers across Derbyshire. As you may know, DPCV's new website is under construction, and they plan to feature an interactive map highlighting the various support groups in the region.
To make this happen, they need your help! They've created a short survey and would appreciate it if you could take a few moments to complete it. By sharing details about any support groups you are aware of, whether it's a local coffee meet-up, or something more structured, you'll be helping us connect parents and carers in need of vital peer support.
Complete the Survey
Newsletters
View the latest DPCV Newsletters or download a copy to share with friends and relatives.
Information
We provide support and information which we share with you via the DPCV website, face-to-face meetings, our newsletter which we distribute to parent and carers school's and other partners, and via social media.
Peer-to-Peer Support
Some of the best support and ideas come from talking with others in a similar situation who can empathise and share what works for them.