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The photo shows various families enjoying our joint event with the Manchester Parent Champions at Manchester Museum in August 2025.

Family Fun Day with Manchester Parent Champions @ Manchester Museum

August 13 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

| Free

Join us and the Manchester Parent Champions at Manchester Museum for a family fun day exclusively for families of deaf, disabled and neurodivergent children and young people living in the city of Manchester!

We will have various animal-themed craft activities and clay modelling, as well as a fact-finding treasure hunt (with prizes to be given away)! We will also bring snacks and refreshments for everyone to share.

Booking is required but families can drop in anytime between 1 to 4pm. We will be at the Top Floor so please come and meet us when you arrive but families will be welcome to pop out to explore the museum’s galleries and exhibitions any time.

Siblings without Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) are also welcome to join.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

  • You will remain responsible for your family’s safety and well-being during the event. Please ensure that your children are supervised by a responsible adult at all times during the day.
  • Manchester Museum has a quiet room on Floor 1, next to the Egypt and Sudan gallery. It is a quieter space for anyone who needs time away from the galleries for rest, reflection or other reasons. Ear defenders are available in the room and at the reception desk. The museum has a hearing loop fitted at the reception desk. Please visit https://www.museum.manchester.ac.uk/accessibility for more information about accessibility in the museum, including an Easy Read guide.
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Need Help with the Online Booking?

For those who will be at one of our summer events, we can help with bookings there (subject to ticket availability) if you need support with navigating the Eventbrite booking system.

Alternatively, please ring the Local Offer team (0161 219 2125) or the Manchester Parent Champions (0730 506 4229) for help with booking if needed.

Please contact the Parent Champions for any other queries about this event.

  • This Tanya Finn from the Manchester Parent Champions posing with the giant cat exhibition at Manchester Museum in August 2025.
  • The photo shows some men and boys enjoying our joint event with the Manchester Parent Champions at Manchester Museum in August 2025.
  • The photo shows two boys enjoying the cookie decorating activity at our joint event with the Manchester Parent Champions at Manchester Museum in August 2025.
  • The photo shows Emily posing with her cat drawing at our joint event with the Manchester Parent Champions at Manchester Museum in August 2025.
  • The photo shows families marvelling at The Cat That Slept a Thousand Years exhibition at Manchester Museum in August 2025.

Click or tap the images on the carousel above to look at photos from our joint event with the Manchester Parent Champions in August 2025.

Click or tap the images on the carousel above to look at screenshots of various info pages taken from the Manchester Museum website.

Image is the logo for the Manchester Parent ChampionsACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

Huge thanks to the Manchester Parent Champions and Manchester Museum for making this possible.

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This family event is part of Manchester’s SEND Community Offer.

To find out more about the SEND Community Offer, including the other free activities available to Manchester families of children and young people with SEND during the summer break, please visit and/or subscribe to the Local Offer newsletter.

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Manchester Parent Carer Forum is a group of parents and carers of disabled children who work with Manchester Local Authorities, Education Settings, Health Providers and other providers to make sure the services they plan and deliver meet the needs of disabled children and young people (0-25 years), as well as their families, in Manchester.

We have a steering group of parent and carer volunteers who lead this work and listen to the views of other parents and carers in the local area to make sure they know what is important to them.

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