Lincolnshire’s Local Offer is a public facing information service, hosted by Lincolnshire County Council on behalf of the Local Area Partnership, providing clear, comprehensive, accessible, and up to date information about the available provision for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in the local area and how to access it.
The Local Offer is not simply a directory of existing services. Its success depends as much upon full engagement with the users as it does on the information it contains.
The aim is to meet the information needs of families living in Lincolnshire, as well as supporting professionals who may be directly working with families across the county.
Key features of the SEND Local Offer
Lincolnshire’s Local Offer brings together information for children and young people with SEND and their families. It has a wide range of information for families, including eligibility for childcare, where to start with special educational needs and disabilities, wellbeing advice, support with education, preparing for adulthood and upcoming events with the Lincolnshire Parent Carer Forum.
Alongside the Local Offer is the Family Services Directory, which provides information about available services in your local area such as childcare, support groups, charities, education providers, Children’s Centre activities and other leisure opportunities.
Lincolnshire’s Local Offer and the Family Services Directory are both maintained and developed by Lincolnshire County Council on behalf of the Local Area Partnership and sit co-adjacent on the council’s website for ease of access.
Co-production
The Local Offer also ensures provision is responsive to local needs and aspirations by directly involving young people with special educational needs and their parents and carers, and service providers in its development and review.
Our directory offers useful support services, groups and activities in Lincolnshire.
School support
Every school has a Local Offer, also known as the SEN information report, which you can find on their website.
Outside Lincolnshire
Depending on where you live, you can use help and services in neighbouring counties. You can find information about help and services in their Local Offers:
- Norfolk
- Cambridgeshire
- Rutland
- Leicestershire
- Northamptonshire
- Nottinghamshire
- South Yorkshire
- North Lincolnshire
- North East Lincolnshire
Other ways to find help and services
Contact is a national organisation that supports families with disabled children.
