Parent Champions
Wednesday 14th December 2011
The Dyslexia-SpLD Trust is launching an exciting initiative to recruit 1,000 Parent Champions. We are looking for volunteers who are passionate about helping parents and carers with children with dyslexia and specific learning difficulties - and can give an hour a month to help families in their local community.
Tim Mungeam (CEO Springboard for Children and partner The Dyslexia-SpLD Trust) says "Our Parent Champions will play a vital role because they understand the challenges Mums and Dads are facing. We're not looking for experts. We're looking for people who care - who know what families are going through and can offer support at a time when many parents feel isolated.
We want our Parent Champions to be our voice in the local community - to spread the word about the latest information, expertise and resources available through The Trust. We want them to be our ears in the local community - to tell us about the issues that Mums and Dads are concerned about so that we make sure we're supporting families in the very best way possible. Most importantly, we want them to be our heart in the local community and to be someone that other parents can talk to so that they know they are not alone. This will help to give Mums and Dads the confidence to make the right choices for their children."
The Trust has already signed its first Parent Champion. "As a mum whose own child has difficulties, becoming a Parent Champion is not only a great way for me to keep up to date with things that could be relevant to him, but also to keep others in my community in the loop and get my views heard by the decision makers operating in this area"
(Abida, Parent Champion No 1!)
For more information call LorraineThomas on 020 8693 1231, email lthomas@springboard.org.uk or go to www.parentchampions.org.uk
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