Plymouth Parent Carers Voice

PPCV is Plymouth’s official parent carer forum. We are a group of volunteer parents and carers of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Together we work in partnership with our local authority, to help shape and improve the range of services in education, health and social care for families in the Plymouth area.

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PLEASE NOTE THAT REGISTRATIONS FOR THIS EVENT ARE NOW CLOSED.


YOU CAN STILL ATTEND BUT YOU'LL NEED TO EMAIL US FOR THE WEBSITE LINK AND PASSWORD TO ACCESS THE TALK LINKS AND ORGANISATIONS VIRTUAL VIDEOS.


EMAIL - ADMIN@PLYMOUTHPCV.CO.UK


We are delighted to let you know that this years Preparing for Adulthood Conference is being held online and will run the week commencing the 24th of February.


Monday 24th of February is our first talk at 10am and Friday the 28th of February at 1pm is our last talk.


The talks will run for up to one and a half hours and this will include a Question and Answer session.

The session times each day are 10am, 1pm and 7pm.


Where possible and if appropriate we will record the talks for those of you who are unable to attend the sessions.

We will be inviting schools to attend with their young people were relevant to them.


We also have some fantastic virtual stall holders with videos available to watch on our dedicated Preparing For Adulthood Conference Page from the 24th February until 28th February.


Once you have registered for this event, you'll receive an email from us on 21st February with a weblink and password to access everything you need to watch the talks and take part in this annual conference.

Talks & Speakers

  • February 24, 2025

  • February 25, 2025

  • February 26, 2025

  • February 27, 2025

  • February 28, 2025

February 24, 2025

Main Schedule

10:00 - 11:30
Issues & Concerns
This session is for parent carers to voice any issues or concerns that they have round preparing for adulthood. As many of these concerns and questions will be answered on the Friday afternoon session from 1pm
13:00 - 14:30
Alex Partridge - 'Breaking down the negative ADHD stigma and unlocking the positives'.
Alex Partridge is one of the pioneers of social media content the way we know it today. At age 21, he founded UNILAD and LADBible, two of the most popular social news and entertainment Internet companies in the world with an astonishing following of 100 million people around the globe.

At 34 years old, Alex was diagnosed with ADHD and has quickly become a leading voice on social media around neurodiversity. His impassioned views on entrepreneurship and neurodiversity has quickly amassed him a following of over two million people.

Alex hosts the award winning podcast, ADHD Chatter. He will be sharing his personal lived experience with us as well as practical tips on how we can all better accommodate neurodiversity in the workplace.

Alex has spoken over 200 times for various brands, conferences and events including for Formula 1, BBC, Drapers, TED, Experian, The Business Show and British Airways.
19:00 - 20:30
Mark Ormrod
Mark is a former Royal Marines Commando who completed tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan. He was injured in Afghanistan on Christmas Eve 2007 and became the UKโ€™s first triple amputee from the conflict. Since then he has become a successful author, motivational speaker and Britainโ€™s most successful ever Invictus Games athlete winning 11 medals, four gold, and Spirit of the Games following which he won BBC South-Westโ€™s Sports Personality of the Year. Prince Harry dubbed him โ€œBritainโ€™s answer to Superman.โ€

The Amazon film #NoLimits โ€“ the Mark Ormrod documentary tells his story up to 2017. In 2020, he was awarded an MBE for services to the Armed Forces and Veteran Community before winning Pride of Britainโ€™s Fundraiser of the Year in 2021 after completing an ultratriathlon that raised over ยฃ600k. He is currently working on his second book and has an open water swimming world record. The father of three is married to Becky and does adaptive CrossFit and Brazilian jiu-jitsu in his spare time.

Virtual Stall Holders

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