South Glos Parent Carers CIC

What South Glos Parent Carers CIC does

South Glos Parent Carers CIC is a Community Interest Company founded in 2009 that operates as the designated local parent carer forum for families of children and young people aged 0–25 with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in South Gloucestershire. Its core activities are peer support, workshops and drop-in sessions, information resources, and representation; the organisation explicitly positions itself as the 'Voice of the Parent Carer' and is staffed by parent carers themselves, providing lived-experience credibility in its co-production work with commissioners.

The organisation's service line now extends well beyond its original community forum remit. Since 2022 it has run the PINS Project directly in schools (launched May 2024, second-year cohort June 2025), partnered on the Neurodiversity Transformation Project Pilot with the BNSSG Integrated Care Board and Sirona Care & Health from November 2024, hosted a Lending Library hub in partnership with Gympanzees, and released a digital content product in the EBSA 'Can't not won't' video series in November 2025. Underlying technology is standard, off-the-shelf and unsophisticated: a Squarespace website, Mailchimp for email, SurveyMonkey for surveying, Lamplight as CRM and Stripe for payments; there is no proprietary platform or AI/ML capability.

The business model is grant-funded rather than commercial. The single largest disclosed anchor is a £275,000 National Lottery Community Fund award spanning five years from 2022, supplemented by donations and likely smaller statutory grants; the organisation does not appear to price services to families. Effective customer base is long-tail (a SEND caseload of 1,879 children referenced in its own survey work), but functional concentration risk sits with funders rather than end users, and revenue predictability is anchored to grant renewal cycles.

Name

South Glos Parent Carers CIC

Legal name

South Glos Parent Carers CIC

Website

https://sgpc.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

South Glos Parent Carers CIC is the designated parent carer forum for SEND families aged 0–25 in South Gloucestershire, delivering peer support, workshops, and school-based programmes while co-producing SEND services with the local council and NHS partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Family Support Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Child Care Services (6244)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Parent/Caregiver Training & Family Consultation (ABA) (EDAKAHAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Home Visiting & Parent Coaching Programs (EDACALAC), Family Coaching, Parent-Mediated & Home Visiting EI Services (EDACAFAJ), Parent’s Helper (Non-Infant) & Child Supervision (HSAAAGAA)

Keywords

• Parent carer support
• SEND family services
• Community drop-in support
• Disability advocacy forum
• Special needs workshops

Headquarters

HQ city

Yate

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Grant and Lottery Funding: Primary funding from National Lottery Community Fund and other grant sources. Received £275,000 over 5 years from Community Lottery Fund.
2. Donations: Voluntary donations accepted from community members. Sessions are free but donations gratefully received.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

South Glos Parent Carers CIC is a Community Interest Company operating the local parent carer forum for South Gloucestershire, providing free peer support, drop-in sessions, online workshops, and information resources to families of children and young people aged 0-25 with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). Services are delivered directly to parent carers through community bases, online workshops, and school partnerships, with all staff and peer supporters being parent carers themselves offering authentic lived experience.

Product overview

South Glos Parent Carers CIC is a community interest company providing a coordinated portfolio of support services for families of children and young people (0-25) with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in South Gloucestershire. The core offerings include a Parent Carer Forum for collective voice representation, drop-in support sessions at Community Base (Kingswood) and Early Years venues, online workshops on SEND topics, and the Little Treasures stay-and-play group for early years. Key supplementary resources include the 'Can't not won't' EBSA video series developed with Educational Psychology Services, the 360° Outreach Project for school-based support, the PINS neurodiversity inclusion project, and downloadable guides. These services work together to inform, empower, and support SEND families throughout their journey.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Parent Carer Forum The designated local parent carer forum representing and supporting parent carers of children and young people (aged 0-25) with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in South Gloucestershire, gathering collective voices to influence local service planning.
• Online Workshops Free online workshops covering SEND topics including sensory differences, masking, communication, anxiety, and behaviour, delivered via Zoom and presented by experts alongside peer supporters.
• Community Base Drop-in Support (Kingswood) Weekly drop-in support sessions on Tuesdays (10am-1:30pm, term time only) at the Kingswood Centre offering peer support, information, strategies, and signposting in a relaxed environment with toys and a sensory room.
• Early Years SEND Drop-in Support (Patchway Family Hub) Drop-in support sessions for parents of children aged 0-5 at Patchway Children's Centre on Wednesdays (10am-11:30am, term time only), providing peer support, strategies, and signposting.
• Little Treasures Stay and Play Group Weekly SEND-friendly stay and play sessions for children aged 0-5 at Cadbury Heath and Yate locations, offering accessible play and sensory activities with Early Years Team support.
• 360° Outreach Project School-based project supporting families and schools through coffee support sessions and online workshops, focusing on building understanding of children's needs across South Gloucestershire school clusters.
• PINS Project Partnerships for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools (PINS) project working with primary schools to strengthen neurodiversity inclusion, currently operating in its second year (entered second year in June 2025).
• Neurodiversity Transformation Project Pilot Six-month pilot project delivering neurodiversity profiling training to schools and nurseries across the BNSSG area.

Quantifiable outcome

• 180+ parent carers engaged in annual surveys to shape services
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• GympanzeescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022SGPC partnered with Gympanzees to become one of their Lending Library hubs - the first hub established. Provides accessible sensory and play equipment lending for disabled children and families.
• Sirona Care and Health CICcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Autism and ADHD support pathways, neurodiversity services, and changes to local support pathways. Joint fact sheets on Right to Choose and autism assessments.
• BNSSG Integrated Care Board (ICB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership for neurodiversity transformation project and co-chairing of parent carer forum engagement in BNSSG area planning.
• South Gloucestershire CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing co-production partnership for SEND strategic planning, EHCP processes, school clusters, short breaks steering group, and local SEND services development.
• National Network of Parent Carer Forums (NNPCF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational network membership providing connection to policy developments, SEND reform consultations, and peer support from other PCFs across England.
• Bristol Parent Carer ForummajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint working on BNSSG-wide initiatives including neurodiversity transformation project, joint surveys on autism/ADHD assessments, and shared resources.
• North Somerset Parent Carer ForummajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint working on BNSSG-wide initiatives including neurodiversity transformation project, joint surveys on autism/ADHD assessments, and shared resources.
• Educational Psychology Service (South Glos Council)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on EBSA toolkit development, Can't not Won't video series, and ongoing work raising profile of emotionally based school avoidance.
• Send & You (SAY)minorOthersVisits to Community Base for Q&A and information sessions, providing additional support resources for families.
• West of England Centre for Inclusive Living (WECIL)minorOthersVisits to Community Base for Q&A and information sessions providing advice on inclusive living and disability support.
• University of BristolminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative research on EBSA as part of evidence base for toolkit development.
• PINS Project (Partnerships for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner13 South Gloucestershire schools participating in national PINS project with parent carer engagement and evaluation built into the programme.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Bristol Parent Carer Forum: The neighbouring local authority parent carer forum covering Bristol, providing the same SEND peer-support, co-production with the Council and NHS, and parent voice representation functions across the same BNSSG region. Direct comparable in scope, model and funding structure.
• North Somerset Parent Carer Forum: Adjacent local authority parent carer forum serving North Somerset within the same BNSSG ICB footprint. Joint working partner on the neurodiversity transformation project and a directly comparable peer in remit, governance and funding mix.

Broad incumbents

• Contact (for families with disabled children): National charity providing information, peer support and family support to families with disabled children. Comparable in mission (SEND family support, parent empowerment) and operates in the same beneficiary overlap region, though at a much larger national scale.
• National Network of Parent Carer Forums (NNPCF): National umbrella body that represents all local parent carer forums in England. SGPC is a member; NNPCF is the closest industry-level peer because it operates the same co-production model at scale and is funded by Department for Education grants.
• Council for Disabled Children: National umbrella body for SEND and disability policy influencing DfE and NHS England. Comparable in co-production and SEND strategic voice function, but operating at national policy level rather than local authority delivery.
• National Autistic Society: Largest UK charity for autistic people, providing information, advocacy, education and services. SGPC collaborates with NAS partners on autism assessments and Right to Choose; comparable through the autism information/advocacy overlap.

Emerging players

• Ambitious about Autism: National charity focused on autism education, inclusion and youth services. Overlaps with SGPC's autism/ADHD and neurodiversity pathways work and the PINS inclusion project, though operating a school/academy model rather than a parent forum model.
• KIDS (disabled children and young people's charity): National charity running disability-specific services including short breaks, SEND information and inclusion support for disabled children. Overlaps with SGPC's short breaks steering group role and SEND family services.
• IPSEA (Independent Provider of Special Education Advice): Charity providing free legal-based advice and training on SEND law, EHCPs and school exclusions. Partially overlaps with SGPC's EHCP navigation and SEND information services but specialises more heavily in casework and tribunal support.

Regional players

• SEND Family Partnership (Gloucestershire): Adjacent county-level parent carer forum serving Gloucestershire families. Closely comparable SEND parent forum model serving a neighbouring local authority with similar statutory co-production role and grant-funded operations.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/sgpc.community
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/south-glos-parent-carers
• Instagraminstagram.com/southglos_parent_carers

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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