2. Parents Action Group Jointly working with Commissioner for Children’s Services to link with adult services. Parent opportunities event organised 12 th June.

3. Ashford Speaking up Group Has started up again by people volunteering their time.

4. They had a big meeting to decide what they were going to focus on this year. They discussed each area that the National Forum are going to prioritise. Voice 4 Kent Big Meeting

5. Decided advocacy is the most important issue out of the three areas. There was a lot of talk on what advocacy means to them and people came up with different ideas and felt that a meaning should be decided. Voice 4 Kent have made advocacy the issue they are going to concentrate on this year and develop a working group on advocacy.