Parents Forum

Welcome to the Lambeth Parents Forum web pages. Please use the links below to jump to the services you require.

Please call Denise Downie-Campbell on 0793 204 6897 or email DDownie-campbe@lambeth.gov.uk if you'd like to add items to our events web page or get involved in upcoming Parents Forum activities.

Have you arranged for your child to live with someone else?

Local authorities have certain legal duties and responsibilities to make sure that children who are privately fostered are protected. You therefore need to let us know if you have entered into such an arrangement so that we can provide support. Read more advice for parents on private fostering.

About us

The Lambeth Parents Forum aspires to:

  1. act as a focus group
  2. provide access to senior managers
  3. improve access to the full range of Lambeth services
  4. are advocates for parents
  5. provide an opportunity for parents to network and exchange information
  6. pull parents groups together
  7. allow parental viewpoints to be heard and acted upon
  8. provide training for parents around participation in meetings
  9. promote self-help groups for parents and carers.

All change at the Parent Forum

We have developed proposals to improve decision making at the Parent Forum and make the forum more representative. Find out about these proposals and how you can have your say.

Lambeth Parents Advocate

The Lambeth Parents Forum is run by Denise Downie-Campbell, the Parents Advocate for Lambeth Council.

Meetings

Information on our regular Parents Forum meetings, including dates, agendas and minutes.

Parents' groups and events

Events and groups for for parents to get involved with in Lambeth.

Under fives

photo of boy playing with toyInformation for parents of children under five including: children's centres, childcare, pre-school activities and pre-schools in Lambeth


Schools and training

photo of teacher and childInformation on all aspects of education and learning in Lambeth including: exclusions, family learning, school admissions, schools in Lambeth and training workshops for parents


Health, social care and support

photo of patient with nursesInformation on health, welfare and support for parents, including: benefits, child and teenage health, drugs and alcohol, looked after children, pregnancy, youth offending and police services


Community and support groups

photo of houses with a rainbowThis section contains information on: afterschool care, children's information service, interpreters, family support services, grants and housing


Play, leisure and sport

photo of group of kids in playgroundThis section contains information on: adventure playgrounds, holiday activities, leisure centres, libraries, museums and attractions, One O'clock clubs, socialising and travel


Special educational needs and disabilities

photo of a young girlThis section contains information on: community transport, respite care, Special Educational Needs (SEN), post 16 apprenticeships, special schools, statementing procedures


Teenage services

photo of teenage boyThis section contains information on: apprenticeships, careers, Connexions, fostering, leaving home, mentoring, youth clubs and youth services.