# Parent Carer Forum Grants \(SEND: Universal\)

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department for Education](/buyers/department-for-education/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Various Local Authorities
- Award value: £2,300,000
- Tender value: £2,300,000
- Award date: 9 March 2020
- Published: 5 October 2020
- Contract start: 1 April 2020
- Contract end: 31 March 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: b7c255bc-2a6b-4eb3-bdaf-d11be2f0e441-385126
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-b369af26-2bda-4afe-ae35-f578dcfbca71

## Description

Award notice for the Parent Carer Forum Grants - Parent carer forums are volunteer run groups of local parents of children and young people with SEND\. Our grant supports activities which generates additional membership of the PCF, so as to demonstrate greater reach and improved validity of the PCF's\. The more parents they represent, the greater their impact and influence on local SEND decision-making, which is a key aim of the SEND reforms\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b7c255bc-2a6b-4eb3-bdaf-d11be2f0e441-385126)