The SEND local offer platform

Placid The Local Offer for the next ten years

So many Local Offers, so little time....

SEND Local Offer, Childcare, Adult services, Kinship, Looked after children, Voluntary sector, and more...

We use a single directory to power all your local offer websites. 

Each website reflects your local needs as we work with your stakeholders. We co-produce with the parent carer forum, young people, and practitioners to create something they're proud of.

 

The SEND local offer at the centre of a wheel, with the SEND partnership around it: council services, parent carers, schools and colleges, health services, children and young people, the voluntary sector and other stakeholders

Why Placid

  • Built with open source software, so you own your site with no vendor lock in
  • Individual websites with their own URL, content, and look and feel 
  • One directory can drive several services, SEND Local Offer, childcare, adult services and more, all kept up to date in one place
  • Weekly office hours included, ask about anything from tech to co-production
  • Full content migration, so your Local Offer stays fresh, not just moved

How it works

Transfer from your old platform

We'll work with you to plan your new site and move your content across properly, not just copy and paste.

That means

  • planning the site map
  • the hierarchy of your pages
  • choosing the right content type
    • for example, a guide, a step by step, a case study, or a publication.

Content updates

Email us the pages you want added or new services for the directory, and we'll get them uploaded.

An annual contract, designed to free up your time for the real work in your community.

Dependable training, fast support

We'll give you all the training you need to get going, and we're here when things go wrong.

With pop pop it's personal, we'll hop on a call every day for a week if that's what you need.

Case study

Home page of the Calderdale SEND Local Offer

Rebuilding the SEND Local Offer from the ground up

A SEND Local Offer for the next 10 years

Read the case study
Jonny Holden

Who you get

Me, Jonny Holden.

Every Placid site is built in co-production sessions with your local offer manager, your parent carer forum, and your young people. Calderdale's local offer was built that way, and we still have weekly meetings to talk about anything and everything related to making the SEND Local Offer work well for everyone. 

See Placid in action in the Calderdale SEND Local Offer (opens in a new tab).

Curious what it costs? Here's exactly what you'd pay.

Talk to Jonny about your local offer → See pricing How to buy The one page brief for directors