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November 2025 : we will be recruiting parents in Wales who have children between the ages of 11-15.5 years with a NHS diagnosis of ADHD for a two year research programme.

This will form part of a bigger piece of work to coproduce a digital therapy platform for families across Wales.

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56 Lynch, Kalaitzake, and Crean, ‘Care and Affective Relations’, 58. 57 Engster, The Heart of Justice, 14. 58 Nancy Fraser, ‘Contradictions of Capital and Care’, New Left Review 110, no. 59 Robinson, ‘Care Ethics, Political Theory, and the Future of Feminism’, 308. 60 Fiona Robinson provides a cogent summary of the backlash against difference feminism and its care ‘morals’ in ‘Care Ethics,’ 302–8.

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61 MacGregor, ‘Gender and Environment: An Introduction’, in MacGregor, ed., Routledge Handbook of Gender and Environment, 1st ed. See also Gaard, ‘Feminism and Environmental Justice’, The Routledge Handbook of Environmental Justice, 1st ed., ed. Ryan Holifield, Ryan, Jayajit Chakraborty, and Gordon Walker (London: Routledge, 2017), 74–88, and Julie Sze, ‘Gender and Environmental Justice’, Routledge Handbook of Gender and Environment, 1st ed., ed. 62 Gaard, ‘Feminism and Environmental Justice’, 74. 63 Sze, ‘Gender and Environmental Justice’, 166. September 2025 : Saying a big thank you to our Gwent families as we come to a close of the Term 3 Coproduction of ND Services. PV recruited and facilitated coproduction with this group of amazing humans and the Gwent ND Service for nearly 3 years and we now look forward to starting a new journey with families entering the early help pathway #NESH later this year.

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Many congratulations to the Gwent team under the leadership of Dr Kavitha Pasunuru for leading the way in Wales in the Neurodivergence Improvement Programme. July 2025 : QB Tech Interview in London on ADHD – : 10th World Congress on ADHD ; Ceri Reed will be speaking at the Congress on 8 May 2025 in Prague sharing the experiences of families in Wales on ND waiting lists and how Wales is undergoing a transformation in an early help needs led approaches through a whole system approach to Neurodiversity.

Senedd Petitions Committee : use of smartphones in schools. Parents Voices was delighted to be a stakeholder in Committee’s 2025 debate on smartphones in schools. We support Welsh Government’s outcomes statement that ‘an outright ban is not clear cut’.

Ongoing : Neurodiversity and Inclusion Awareness Training and ADHD Awareness training provided by Ceri Reed as an Associate Trainer for Children in Wales. Training sessions are flexible to meet the needs of schools and services. WISERD Presentation on School Exclusion : University of South Wales 2025 Don’t miss the WLGA National Neurodivergence Team webinar with Ceri Reed from PV and Phillipa Cotterill from the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.

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However, one owner singled out the pithead baths as an important line item: ‘Mr. Williams agreed that the pithead baths are in themselves desirable and that they are a purpose to which money from the Miners’ Welfare Fund should be devoted. In fact they are the most desirable object for expenditure.’ ‘Deputation from the Mining Association of Great Britain to the Secretary for Mines on March 22nd,’ (1933), 2. 51 H.M. Vernon and T.

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Bedford, ‘The Atmospheric Conditions in the Pithead Baths’ (London, 1930), 1. 53 See Daniel Engster, ‘Introduction’, in The Heart of Justice: Care Ethics and Political Theory (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009), 1–20. 54 Lynch, Kalaitzake, and Crean, ‘Care and Affective Relations: Social Justice and Sociology’, The Sociological Review 69, no. 55 Robinson, ‘Care Ethics, Political Theory, and the Future of Feminism’, in Care Ethics and Political Theory, ed. Daniel Engster and Maurice Hamington (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015), 307. PowerPoint Slides for the Wales National Neurodivergence Team Parent & Carer Online Events Neurodivergence and Advocating for your Child & Young Person April 2024.

Recording of the above event for Wales Neurodivergence Team Podcast with Theo Smith : thoroughly enjoyed this podcast with Theo discussing all things Neurodiversity, Additional Learning Needs and Families.

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8 December 2025 : Adult ADHD Task and Finish Group : today was the first Welsh Government meeting to discuss the ambitions and plan of action for Adult ADHD in Wales. So great to see the commitment at all levels in Wales. Delighted to be advocating and representing lived experience. Welsh Government National ALN Improvement Board – PV is delighted to be invited onto the new Ministerial led Board. It’s an opportunity to ensure best practice and inclusion in developed across Wales for ALN and Neurodivergent learners.

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November 2025 ; Whole System Whole Heart : delighted to be holding a workshop for the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Regional Partnership Board for the whole system on parent and carer wellbeing Delighted to present PV’s experiences of coproduction with Dr Kavitha Pasunuru for the NHS Wales Performance and Improvement : Ceri Reed was invited to do a Podcast with Nikki Giant ‘The Spark Changemakers’. If you would like to sign up to their episodes click the link here – if you want to hear Ceri’s journey within the Neurodiversity Movement in Wales you can find the link here. October to December 2025 : Families in Carmarthen – delighted to have invited Natalie Parnell-Jones from ADHD+ Newport to join our training for families within Carmarthen Council through Children in Wales. Ceri Reed is an Associate Trainer for the Child Right’s Charity. October 2025 : Mentor for the this year’s Equal Power Equal Voice programme. Neurodiversity & Inclusion Training : Ceri Reed has provided awareness training to Public Health Wales, Calon Cymru Fostering, Family Information Serviced, schools and school consortia. The training is bespoke to meet the needs of the client. For schools the training supports the ALN Reform and Whole School Approach in Wales. Please see testimonials on this website and contact Ceri for further information ceri.reed@outlook.com 07590218273 ADHD or Neurodiversity Awareness Training (2022 & ongoing) – Ceri Reed is an Associate Trainer for Children in Wales supporting statutory services on Neurodiversity and ADHD Awareness.

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• [Currently managing twice as many active campaigns as in its first five years.]
• [Plans to develop a youth wing to ensure long-term sustainability and fresh ideas.]

Cwm Taf Morgannwg Regional Partnership Board Ceri Reed is supporting the NDIP in the whole system approach for Neurodivergence across the age spectrum.

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We need the voices of parents and young people. Check out the flyers below and get in touch! See the video by Emma and Lily for Young People’s Group Great to be facilitating parent and carer coproduction within Powys Teaching Health Board for the ND Improvement Programme. Delighted we will be starting on the Single Point of Access and will be recording a webinar with parents for ND Celebration Week 2026. Parent Support Group in Cardiff : PV Sponsors a Cardiff parent cheapest ed pills peer mentoring group.

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Please see flyer below for dates and information. Delighted to be working within Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board for the ND Improvement Programme. We had a really empowering six week programme for families in Carmarthen for Children in Wales. How coregulated relationships start at home and the benefit of positive relationships in solution focused advocacy. If your Local Authority would like to families please email Kelly Mason of Children in Wales Training, who can arrange a booking. Supporting the amazing work of the RPB team who work tirelessly in building relationships across the region to meet the ambitions of the programme in needs led approaches, waiting well and self management peer support.

Agreement to the revised Substance Misuse Delivery Plan 2019-22

Championing diversity and inclusion across Welsh Government and whole system. If you would like to know more please click on the link here October 2025 : Ceri Reed will be speaking at the Global ADHD Conference sharing the good work of Wales from policy development to service improvement. You can join the conference by registering here Current : we are delighted to be a stakeholder in the WLGA’s National Neurodivergence Team’s resource and information development. We are completing a video/podcast where Ceri Reed shares to school professionals the journey of parents and carers and how relationships are fundamental to meeting the needs of learners. Check out the WLGA website for new and future resources. Seeing the amazing work in the communities with groups such as Valleys Kids and the Behaviour Support Hub shines the light on the importance of community relationships.

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64 Katharine Bruce Glasier, ‘To the Specialist Fellowship of the Railway Clerks’, May 1935. 65 The Daily Herald, June 15, 1950. Parents Voices is a social enterprise company. We work across sector acting as a consultancy, conduit for research, neurodiversity training and are the lead facilitators for Parent & Carer Coproduction with statutory services across Wales. You can view testimonials on this website.

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If you would like to join our network please connect via linkedIn : or across social media @pcamhs Please get in touch for further information. Ceri.Reed@Outlook.com or telephone 07590218273 Neurodoversity Celebration Week 2026 : we were delighted to share our parent/carer recording for Powys Teaching Health Board and Powys Local Authority to showcase our coproduction work. Ceri Reed and Natalie Parnell-Jones asking families in Powys what value and difference the Tyfu Platform and developing Single Point of Access makes for them. PV is working in partnership with NIHR, Cardiff University and National Centre for Mental Health. We are coproducing a digital platform that will hold ADHD Therapeutic Support. Keeping the memory of Manon Jones in the centre of our values and work, we are facilitating coproduction with young people and families with lived experience of the inpatient service, to support service provision and improve the experience for young people and their families. The coproduction group are incredible and the commitment from Lloyd Griffiths as Service Representative is admirable.

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