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Childcare Survey for Parents of School-Aged Children with SEND

As part of the Manchester City Council’s childcare sufficiency assessment, we hope to find out more about access to childcare outside of the core school day for children with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND). If you are a parent/carer of a school-aged child

By |2023-10-09T12:47:34+01:00September 26th, 2023|Categories: Get Involved, Parent-Carer Feedback|Tags: , |

Post-16 Education – What’s Important to You and Your Young Person?

We recently hosted two focus group sessions for Manchester City Council's post-16 commissioning team to listen to the views of parents and carers around post-16 education and training, including their journey beyond college: Preparing for Adulthood. We are very grateful to all the parents

Chance to Win an “Inclusion Matters” Conference Ticket

Hello, everyone! :) We have luckily been gifted a free ticket to Catalyst Psychology's "Inclusion Matters" conference, which will be happening on the 23rd of June, 9am to 5pm, at The Monastery Manchester. The "Inclusion Matters" conference is an annual opportunity for school staff,

My Introduction to the Movement for Inclusive Practices in the Early Years

A few months ago, I joined Manchester Parent Carer Forum as a parent representative for what I thought is an innovative and very worthwhile movement for inclusive practices for ALL CHILDREN, particularly those with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND), in the Early Years.

Get Involved: Parent/Carer Workshop to Develop Training for a Residential Care Service

Hello everyone! I am a Clinical Psychologist who previously worked for the Clinical Service for Children with Disabilities in Manchester. I now work independently and would like to create some training for a residential care service for children with learning disabilities and/or autism. I

By |2023-02-10T14:28:59+00:00February 5th, 2023|Categories: Events, Get Involved|Tags: , , , , |

Manchester SEND Survey 2022

We have just published this year's SEND Survey, with the aim of getting parents' & carers' views on how Manchester City Council, Education, Health, and Social Care settings/services have performed in terms of meeting the needs of our children and young people aged 0-25 with

By |2023-03-02T01:36:15+00:00January 31st, 2023|Categories: Get Involved, Parent-Carer Feedback|Tags: , , , , , |

How to Get Involved with the Early Years Inclusion Project

Transforming Early Education for Children with SEND By Building Inclusion We are happy to announce that Manchester is one of the 30 local areas that are participating in the Dingley's Promise Early Years Inclusion programme. With the support of Comic Relief funding, Dingley’s Promise

Explore Manchester – Summer 2022

Back in July, we and 4CT Limited accepted applications for the "Explore Manchester" summer information packs, which our friends from 4CT wonderfully produced and delivered to families who ordered one. This year's packs included the Explore Manchester passport as well as an activity newsletter

Christmas has come early – design a light-up motif to be displayed in Manchester!

As part of the Our Year campaign, Manchester City Council, in partnership with Blachere Illumination, are running a competition for children and young people to design a new Christmas motif. The competition offers a fantastic creative art project capturing the imagination of Manchester’s children

Service Review of Talbot House Support Centre

Manchester City Council is undertaking a service review of Talbot House Support Centre and they would like to hear from families who have accessed service. If you have accessed or have been supported by Talbot House within the past 3 years, please either book for