Getting Involved

Find out more about how you can get involved and help shape local services and provision.

For children and young people:

Cumberland Youth Voice:

Cumberland Youth Voice is a network of participation and engagement groups for young people in Cumberland. They aim to help:

  • promote your voice and be heard
  • represent your views and campaign on the issues that matter to you
  • you understand your rights and the choices available to you
Unique Voices:

Unique Voices is a group for young people aged 11 to 15 years who have Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in Cumberland. You can find out more on their pages on the Family Hubs website.

Check out the Lived Experience animation created by the Unique Voices group!

For parents and carers

SEND Alliance Cumbria (SENDAC) - the Statutory Parent/ Carer for Cumberland

SEND Alliance Cumbria (SENDAC) is the official Parent Carer forum for parents and carers of children and young people with additional needs and disabilities in the Cumberland area. Their role is to reach out to families and listen to your concerns and opinions about all SEND services in Cumbria, from EHCP issues, to diagnostic processes, to education and schools and anything else you can think of!

They are always looking for new parents and carers to become members and representatives. This could mean joining work streams within the Cumberland SEND and Alternative Provision Partnership, to ensure parent/ carer voices are heard and shape decision-making and processes.