LEWISHAM PARENT AND CARER'S FORUM

Registered charity 1159533 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LPCF

Lewisham Parent and Carer's Forum is represented by a group of parent carers who have a child or young person with a disability or additional need, living in the borough of Lewisham.We encourage parents and carers to participate and engage to get the best services for their children, working with the local authority, education, health and social care, support groups and universal services.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AND/OR ADDITIONAL NEEDS AND THEIR PARENT AND FAMILIES IN LEWISHAM, LONDON; THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN SHAPING LOCAL SERVICES, THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION INFORMATION AND SUPPORT. IN ADVANCING THESE PURPOSES THE CHARITY SHALL WITHIN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM: A. DEVELOP STRATEGY AND REPRESENT FAMILIES OF "CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS"; B. TO ENSURE PARENT PARTICIPATION TO ENABLE PARENTS TO GET INVOLVED IN SERVICE PLANNING AND DECISION MAKING SO THAT SERVICES MEET THE NEEDS OF FAMILIES WITH DISABLED CHILDREN; C. PROVIDE A LIAISON POINT FOR STATUTORY AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES; D. RAISE AWARENESS OF ISSUES FACED BY "CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS" AND THEIR FAMILIES; E. SHARE EXPERIENCES, KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS WITH OTHER RELEVANT ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS; AND F. INFORM THE LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM OF ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL BREACHES OF CURRENT POLICY REGARDING "CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS".

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Disability · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £66,720 against expenditure of £53,658, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds total funds of £25,600, comprising £5,526 in unrestricted reserves and £20,074 in restricted funds, which trustees consider sufficient to continue operations.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Contact — “The work of the forum is supported by Contact” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Julie Tarquair
• Louise Alison Hill
• NALAN SALIH
• Paula Carolyn Snasdell

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Lewisham

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).