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The SEND Community Offer is part of the overall Short Breaks Offer and is available to all families of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) in Manchester.

The Community Offer is co-produced with families and includes a wide range of fun, accessible family activities. It runs across the year but mainly throughout the school holidays.

The SEND Community Offer enables families to meet other families and increase their support and networks. Often taking place in universal settings, it can be a way to increase families’ confidence in accessing these places beyond the SEND sessions available.

Please visit the SEND Local Offer website or subscribe to the Local Offer Newsletter to find out about the different activities available through the SEND Community Offer.

To learn more about Short Breaks, please visit the this info page or read the city council’s “Short Breaks Service Statement“.

Below are some articles and events that relate to Manchester’s SEND Community Offer:

Coming Soon: HAF SEND Community Offer

There's loads to do for families of children/ young with Special Educational Needs or Disabilities (SEND) in Manchester this summer! The HAF SEND Community Offer partnership, led by 4CT Limited, have lots of activity days, sports activities, outdoor fun, and family trips planned over

SEND Community Offer Film Club

We are pleased to announce the launch of the SEND Community Offer Film Club! As a club member, you will receive regular updates about the monthly SEND Community Offer relaxed cinema sessions, including when the poll to vote for the next film is launched

SEND Community Offer Relaxed Cinema Screening – “Elemental”

Join us and other families of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) for a FREE relaxed screening of "Elemental"! The movie is rated PG in the UK; please visit IMDb.com for a parental guide. Siblings without SEND and other

By |2024-06-08T15:59:37+01:00May 11th, 2024|Categories: , |Tags: , , , , |

SEND Community Offer Relaxed Cinema Screening – “Wonka”

Join us and other families of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) for a FREE relaxed screening of "Wonka"! The movie is rated PG in the UK; please visit IMDb.com for a parental guide. Siblings without SEND and other

By |2024-04-14T15:13:46+01:00April 28th, 2024|Categories: , |Tags: , , , , |

SEND Community Offer – Monthly Relaxed Cinema Sessions

Bookings for the July 2024 cinema session are now open but we will announce the chosen movie at 3pm on Wednesday, 3 July. Please book your family’s places through our Eventbrite page. In the meantime, you can vote for the movie that we will

By |2024-06-29T15:49:58+01:00April 8th, 2024|Categories: Events, Projects|Tags: , , , , |

Early Years Stay and Play + Easter Egg Hunt

Join us and Martenscroft Children's Centre for a morning of fun for families of children with SEND aged 0-5 years living in Manchester! There will be loads to do - outdoor play, art activities, bubbles, tactile and messy play, and a pop-up sensory room

Family Forest School and Easter Egg Hunt

Join us and Manchester Bees Forest School for an inclusive Forest School session and Easter Egg Hunt! There will be loads to do - outdoor play, sensory activities in the mud kitchen and sand pit, den building, fire lighting, and tool use and nature crafts.

SEND Community Offer Relaxed Cinema Screening – “Migration”

Join us and other families of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) for a FREE relaxed screening of "Migration"! The movie is rated U in the UK; please visit IMDb.com for a parental guide. Siblings without SEND and other

By |2024-03-08T18:19:04+00:00March 16th, 2024|Categories: , |Tags: , , , , |

SEND Community Offer Relaxed Cinema Screening – “Barbie”

Join us and other families of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) for a FREE relaxed screening of "Barbie"! Siblings without SEND and other family members are also welcome to join. Each guest will receive free popcorn. What makes

By |2024-02-18T14:03:29+00:00February 25th, 2024|Categories: , |Tags: , , , , |

Power UP at the Science and Industry Museum

Join us at the Science and Industry Museum for a family-friendly session in their "Power UP" interactive gaming exhibition. "Play the very best video games from the past five decades and try out over a hundred different consoles. There's something for everyone, from Pong