SEND local offer websites and whole-school inclusion tools for councils
Built with the people who use them. Placid runs Calderdale's local offer. Belong came out of the DfE Change Programme, and runs whole-school support in Leeds and Calderdale.
Products and services
Belong Whole-school inclusion support for SENCOs and teachers
Universal expectations for all settings
Built from your Graduated approach and Ordinarily Available Provision documents. Needs-based, collaborative directory and whole school SEND audit.
Ask for a free demo with your content
Placid The SEND local offer platform
A new model for council local offers
A single, easy to maintain directory for SEND, children's services, adults, kinship, care leavers and more.
Individual websites with their own URL, content, and look and feel
Bearings Your SEND local offer, audited for you
An expert, done for you audit of your SEND Local Offer.
Covers content, readability, accessibility overview, analytics.
Chorus Websites for parent carer forums
An easy to use news and events website. Accessible, plain English, and a volunteer can keep it up to date.
Tools
Free, real tools you can use right now, no sales call needed.
Dawn
Check a page for plain English, structure and inclusive language. No reading-age score. Nothing leaves your browser.
Library
Search and read the real documents behind SEND policy and practice. Guidance, legislation, tribunal decisions and research, all in one place.
Ask Ai
Ask a real question about SEND policy and guidance. Every answer comes only from the real documents in the corpus, with a page level citation you can check yourself.
Every
Every English local authority's SEND local offer, every SEND podcast worth a listen, blogs worth reading and SEND sector jobs, all in one place.
Building an AI search interface
A step by step look at what an AI search could be, and the decisions behind making one.
AI experiments
Alongside our core products, we're building small tools to test what AI can genuinely do for the SEND sector. All of these are free to use and open to everyone at the moment. But they are experimental and will change. Your feedback is welcome.
An AI research assistant for SEND
AI powered
Ask a real question about SEND policy and practice. Every answer comes only from the real documents in our library, with a citation you can check.
Open Data for the SEND Local Offer
What if there was a single directory that local authorities could use to find relevant and up to date services for their own SEND Local Offer?
Your digital project
When we work with you, we're there for the whole life of the project.
1. Scope out the project
- Co-production of a prototype
- Within budget
- Within timeframe
2. Build the project
- Design with your audience
- Co-produce content
- LocalGov Drupal. Fast and accessible.
3. Support the project
- Tech support
- Content support
- Further development
Contact
Hey! I'm Jonny Holden
Get in touch if you're looking for a new web project for SEND or AP (or related... we can mix and match family and adults directories too)
We're currently working with Calderdale and Leeds Councils on their Mainstream Inclusion content, including an innovative database and Whole School SEND review.
PS. In the photo you can see my granddaughters on holiday with me. They call me Pop Pops so that's what I called the studio!