Skip to content

SEND Strategy Launch Events

Throughout the months of September and October, we will be hosting several events throughout the county to mark the launch of our new Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Strategy for Hertfordshire.

The 'SEND is Everybody’s Business' events are an opportunity to come and find out about services and organisations in your area that offer support and services to families with SEND.

There will be a wide range of organisations and people to speak to from across education, health and social care. We would also like to share with you the ambitions of the new SEND Strategy 2022 – 2025 and hear from you on how we can further support SEND families across Hertfordshire.

What is SEND Strategy?

The new SEND Strategy is a plan of action for developing and improving the SEND services for children and young people in Hertfordshire over the period 2022 - 2025.  This new strategy will replace the existing SEND Strategy.

Have your say on the draft SEND Strategy 2022 - 2025

Please email us with your thoughts, feedback and suggestions on the future of SEND services for Hertfordshire. Let us know if there are any events, groups or activities you would like to see in your local area.

sendstrategy@hertfordshire.gov.uk 

Who will be there? 

There will many SEND organisations and services from Hertfordshire represented at the launch events and you will have an opportunity to meet their representatives and chat with them about how the services could work for your family and how they could be improved.

To find out which organisations will be attending the event nearest to you, click on the links below:

Birchwood Community Centre, Hatfield

7 September 2021 10am - 2pm

Birchwood Community Centre, Longmead, Birchwood, Hatfield, AL10 0AN

Tea and Coffee will be available, plus cakes for sale, provided by Hertford-based charity, Mudlarks.

The Priory, Ware 

16 September 2021 - 10am - 2pm

The Priory, High Street, Ware, SG12 9AL

Niland Conference Centre, Bushey

22 September 2021 10am - 2pm

The Niland Centre - Rosary Priory, 93 Elstree Road, Bushey Heath, WD23 4EE

Tea and Coffee will be available, plus cakes for sale, provided by Hertford-based charity, Mudlarks.

Stevenage Football Club

1 October 2021 - 10am - 2pm

Stevenage Football Club, Broadhall Way, Stevenage, SG2 8RH

Tea and Coffee will be available, pus cakes for sale, provided by Hertford-based charity, Mudlarks.

SEND Strategy Webinars

If you are unable to attend any of the events but would like to hear more about the proposals for a new SEND Strategy, Herts Parent Carers Involvement will be running webinars, where you will be able to hear from Herts County Council about the new SEND Strategy, as well as access information about local services that may be available to you and your family.

Cookies

Like many other websites, we place small information files called 'cookies' on your computer.

Why do we use cookies?

To remember your settings, for example your language and location. This means you don’t have to keep entering these details when you visit a new page.

To find out how you use the site to help us update and improve it.

How do I change my cookie settings?

You can change the settings of your web browser so that it won’t accept cookies. For more information visit AboutCookies.org.

But, doing this may stop you from using some of the online features and services on this website. 

Cookies we use

Cookies do a lot of different jobs, and we use 2 types of cookies:

Required functionality cookies – these cookies are essential for the website to work.

Performance and feature cookies – these cookies help to improve the performance and feel of this website, for example providing you with personalised services.


Take a look at a list of cookies we use on our website:

NameTypeHow we use itHow long we use the information for

ASP.Net_Sessions

 

Required functionality

An automatic cookie set by our software. 

Just for the time you are on our website.

ServerID

 

Required functionality

An automatic cookie set by our software. 

Just for the time you are on our website.

_ga

Required functionality

To track the effectiveness of our website using Google Analytics. 

2 years

saved-pages

Performance and feature

To save the pages that you visit by clicking the heart at the top of the page. 

1 month

geoPostcode

Performance and feature

This stores your postcode (or partial postcode) when we ask you for your location.

Just for the time you are on our website or 30 days (you choose this).

geoCoordinates

Performance and feature

This stores your location as a pair of latitude / longitude coordinates.

Just for the time you are on our website or 30 days (you choose this).

reckonerName-history

Performance and feature

This keeps a history of all answers submitted to the ready reckoner.

This is set in the control for each ready reckoner. If you haven't interacted with the ready reckoner for the set amount of days, the cookies are deleted.

reckonerName-content

Performance and feature

This keeps a history of what content cards are clicked on when using the ready reckoner.

This is set in the control for each ready reckoner. If you haven't interacted with the ready reckoner for the set amount of days, the cookies are deleted.

SQ_SYSTEM_SESSION

Required functionality

This used to track user sessions on forms hosted on eservices.hertfordshire.gov.uk

Just for the time you are on our website.


Third party cookies

There are links and content from other sites and services on our website. These sites and services set their own cookies.

Below are a list of cookies that the other sites and services use:

Service namePurposeMore information

Google analytics (_utma/b/c/z)

These are used to compile reports for us on how people use this site.

Cookies of the same names are also used for the same purpose by other websites such as Building FuturesCountryside Management Service and Hertfordshire LIS.

Visit the Google Analytics website for more information about the cookies they use.

You can prevent data from being collected and used by Google Analytics by installing Google's Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Google Translation - googtrans

This cookie is used to remember which language to translate each page into if you have chosen to do so.

It expires at the end of your browser session.

Bing

We use a Bing cookie to track the success of our marketing campaigns and make them more efficient.

Visit Bing to find out more about their cookies.

Google

We use a Google cookie to track the success of our marketing campaigns and make them more efficient.

Visit Google to find out more about their cookies.

Facebook

We have a number of presences on Facebook, which we may link to. Facebook may set some of its own cookies if you follow these links.

Visit Facebook to find out more about their cookies.

Twitter

We have a number of presences and feeds on Twitter, which you may wish to follow or read from this website. Twitter may set some of its own cookies.

Visit Twitter to find out more about their cookies.

YouTube

We have a YouTube channel, which we may link to. YouTube may set some of its own cookies if you follow those links.

Visit YouTube to find out more about their cookies.

Netloan

This ASP.NET_Sessionid cookie is essential for the Netloan secure online payments website to work, and is set when you arrive to the site. This cookie is deleted when you close your browser.

 

HotJar

This session cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the sample which is used to generate funnels.

Visit HotJar to find out more about their cookies.

Siteimprove

These cookies are set to help us report on how people are using the site so we can improve it.

Visit Siteimprove to learn more about their cookies.