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...
Happy 2012
Happy 2012 to you and yours! The pinpoint office is busier than ever as we prepare to deliver our first 'Opening minds, opening doors' inclusion training course (which will be delivered by a team of parents of disabled children), our first sexual health workshops with specialist trainer Dionne, and our parent groups event, parent representatives session and termly network meetings. Phew! A huge thanks from me to all the pinpoint team and to all our supporters. It's great to start the year knowing we have funding to keep us going until March 2013. Bring it on...
And then it was winter...
Well, finally the frost has arrived and the car drivers amongst us realise we don't know where the scraper is and have run out of de-icer.
Putting parents in control?
There's a lot of talk about putting parents in control these days. That might sound good on the surface of it, after all parents know their children best don't they. But do we all want more control, or are our lives busy enough thank you very much? And will this new-found control give us more choice and better support? I'm looking forward to a lively debate on this at our first-ever parent conference on 20 October - which we've called 'Putting parents in control?'. Please come and join in.
Goodbye 2010
Well, it's certainly been a busy and eventful year. And as we approach the end of 2010, the change of government, Comprehensive Spending Review and proposed budget cuts have left many organisations, services, staff and families uncertain of what 2011 will bring.
pinpoint has grown considerably during the past year and we were able to present a positive report at our 2010 annual meeting.
What a difference a year makes
What a difference a year makes. Well, actually a year and a half...
A big thank you from me to all of you who came to support pinpoint at our annual meeting on 30 September. If you couldn't make the meeting, you can read about our achievements during the past 18 months and our plans for the future in the annual report.
