Freeing Loneliness Offering Community.
Supporting parents and carers raising children with additional needs, sensitivities or disabilities.
Peer Group Facilitator - Wincanton
Practical details
Volunteering • Project role (Temporary)
Contact person
Amelia Donald
Provided
Requirements
#123566
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This is an opportunity for anyone with lived experience of raising children with any additional need, disability or sensitivity to facilitate a monthly meet-up.
FLOC exists to end isolation for parents and carers of children with SEND. FLOC is built on lived experience: parents who know what it’s like to navigate long diagnosis waits, complex systems, and emotional exhaustion. Our mission is simple — connection changes everything. By bringing families together, FLOC helps them strengthen wellbeing, feel empowered, and support their children’s development with clarity and hope.
Our meet‑up facilitators are trained parents or carers who help create a warm, safe, and inclusive space where SEND families can connect. Facilitators guide the flow of the session, welcome attendees, encourage balanced participation, and help everyone feel heard — without pressure to share. They model empathy, neutrality, and lived experience, making sure the group stays supportive, calm, and grounded. Their role is to hold the space, not to “fix” or advise, and to help parents feel less alone by fostering genuine connection and shared understanding.
What volunteer facilitators gain:
- Community‑based training — skills in peer support, holding safe spaces, active listening and gentle facilitation.
- Confidence in supporting others — learning how to guide conversations, manage group dynamics and stay calm under pressure.
- A strong sense of belonging — joining a warm, lived‑experience community of SEND parents and carers who truly “get it.”
- Personal growth — developing emotional resilience, self‑awareness and reflective practice.
- Purpose and impact — knowing you’re helping families feel less isolated and more supported.
- Ongoing support — regular check‑ins, supervision, and connection with the wider FLOC team.
- Recognition of lived experience — your own journey becomes a strength that helps others.
- Opportunities to grow — chances to develop into senior facilitator roles or contribute to wider FLOC projects.
Contact us for a job description and application form.
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Freeing Loneliness Offering Community.
Supporting parents and carers raising children with additional needs, sensitivities or disabilities.
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