Explore this page to find various information relevant to SEND families in Manchester during this Covid-19 crisis.
This includes information coming from Gov.uk, NHS, Manchester City Council, Council for Disabled Children, Contact, and many other sources that we find useful for SEND families.
Please click one of the boxes below for relevant information, scroll further down to see related blog articles and events, or click the Questions / Comments box to send us a message.
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URGENT: Tablets for Socially Excluded (via Manchester City Council)
We have been informed by Manchester City Council's Local Offer/ Parental Engagement team about free devices for SEND families who have no access to a tablet and internet. Eligibility Criteria To be eligible for a device,
Yoga for Parents & Carers is Back!
We are very pleased to announce that our weekly yoga sessions for SEND parents and carers in Manchester are back! Please see the following message from Tammy, our lovely instructor from Yoga for All Manchester: So
Q&A from the July Virtual Local Offer Drop-in
We asked participating organisations/teams in the last Virtual SEND Local Offer Drop-in to collate questions that parents asked them so we can share the information to more parents & carers. Below are the questions that
Information, Advice and Support Manchester’s (IASM) Working Practice
Information, Advice and Support Manchester (IASM) wants to find out if their new way of working during the coronavirus pandemic is suitable to families. Please answer the quick survey below (2 minutes) to help improve our
Ministerial open letter to children and young people with SEND, their families and carers and those who work to support them
Vicky Ford, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families, wrote an open letter to children and young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND), their families and carers and those who work
Manchester City Council Letter to Parents Re: Return to School
Manchester City Council recently wrote a letter to all families of children and young people with Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCP). In it, Isobel Booler, the Head of Schools Quality Assurance and Strategic SEND, wrote
Boating At Heaton Park for SEND Families
This summer, Manchester's SEND families can have some boating fun at the Heaton Park lake every Monday morning in August. Sessions last 25 minutes and can be booked between 10am-12noon. There’s a choice of swans (four-seater
Free Laminated Reasonable Adjustments Cards
A fellow parent-carer recently reached out to us, saying that she printed and laminated a hundred Reasonable Adjustments Cards, which she is willing to send by post to SEND families in Manchester. We developed the cards
Groundwork Outdoor Sessions for SEND Families
These outdoor sessions from Groundwork will take an Emotional Wellbeing theme. It is a 4-week programme over the summer holidays that will engage young people aged 10 -14 in unique outdoor nature-based play activities. Activities will