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Send Local Offer

Lincolnshire's Local Offer - find everything you need to know about SEND in one place.  The Local Offer brings together information for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities and their families. 

Family Hubs

Lincolnshire County Council has been selected as one of 75 local authorities to benefit from the government’s Family Hubs programme.

Hosted by the Department for Education and Department for Health and Social Care, the programme aims to make a positive difference to families by providing high-quality, joined-up support services from pregnancy, through a child’s early years and up until they are 19 (or 25 for young people with special educational needs and disabilities). 

Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF)

HAF is a government funded programme that provides free holiday clubs for reception to year 11 pupils in receipt of benefits-related free school meals in Lincolnshire over the summer, Christmas and Easter holidays.

The HAF programme is designed to ensure a high-quality experience for children that will result in receiving healthy and nutritious meals and maintaining a healthy level of physical activity. 

Before and after school (wraparound) childcare

In Spring 2023, the government announced that it would support working families to access before and after-school childcare. This available from 8am to 6pm, in their local area or school site. Wraparound childcare is childcare that ‘wraps around’ the school day, for example, before and after school. 

Start for life

Lincolnshire’s 48 children's centres are core to our Start for Life offer. The centres offer free stay-and-play drop-in sessions and universal programmes for all families from antenatal to age five. Further support is also available for children and young people 5-19 (25 SEND). Visit your local children’s centre to find out more or visit the website

Early support care co-ordination (ESCO)

ESCO aims to raise the standards of care for children and young people, aged 0-18 who have significant and complex needs and require targeted coordination of services

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