pinpoint Blog
Welcome to the new pinpoint website!
Hi! Welcome to the new pinpoint website. I hope you are going to help us build it into something really special.
I never imagined how much work was going to be involved, and as you'll see there's still much more to do. But we wanted to get a structure in place and then ask you what information you wanted added. So please email in and let us know.
If any parent out there has experience in writing for websites and is willing to help us out, please get in touch. So much information, so little time...
Touch decisions should be made together
By all accounts, we will be seeing some savage cuts in services in the coming months. In recent years there has been much government rhetoric about the need to listen to service users when planning and developing services, so it will be interesting to see the extent to which the views of families inform local and national government's budget choices.
Are you busy on the 15th June?
If you're not busy on the 15th June, we would love to see you.
We're having an annual meeting for interested parties (I was tempted to say 'interesting parties' but that might lead us down a whole different path). With over 600 people (interested parties) on the pinpoint mailing list, it would be amazing if even a quarter of you turned up!
What's in a guarantee?
As parents it seems we may soon be guaranteed a certain quality of service from schools. In recent years, schools have been encouraged to become more like businesses who provide services to customers, so perhaps it was only a matter of time before someone suggested that schools should provide their customers - pupils and parents - with a guarantee.
Would you prefer a short break, or some respite?
It seems the government has decided that what parents of disabled children previously called 'respite' now has to be called a 'short break'. This came to light as part of Aiming High for Disabled Children (AHDC), the government's transformation programme for disabled children and young people.
