Together achieving better decisions and brighter futures for Manchester families of children and young people aged 0-25 with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
Below is a message from the co-chairs of Greater Manchester (GM) Parent/Carer Workstream for the GM Health and Social Care Partnership (GMHSCP): Hello, Parents and carers of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) are an often overlooked group of
We recently received the following message from Sarah Maunder, who is the Fundraising Officer for Stockdales: Hello I work for Stockdales in Sale, we are a Charity who support Adults & Children with Learning Disabilities and we are re-launching our Dream Days Project. Dream
Over the past few months, there has been an effort in Manchester to reform services for children with disabilities (CWD) and their families. As part of this wider reform, it has been proposed that the specialist social work services for CWD will be de-centralised from
Back in October 2019, a group of parents and carers got together to form an EHCP moderation panel that looks at the quality of Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) in Manchester. We received training from Manchester City Council and have since met a couple
This week, we received an email saying that MPCF has been shortlisted as one of the finalists for the 2022 Be Proud Awards' "Community Response to COVID19 - Working Effectively Together" category."Your group received a nomination for the 2022 Be Proud Awards and I am
Hello, wonderful parents and carers of Manchester! The pandemic has brought additional challenges to our families over the past year. Some of us feel more isolated; many of us find that we are not able to make time to do something for ourselves. As
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 done in terms of meeting the needs of our children and young people aged 0-25
Over the past few months, we have been working with multi-agency teams from Manchester City Council (e.g., Workforce Learning & Development, Social Care, Local Offer) to develop a training programme for social workers, with the hope that it will help them be better able to
Yesterday, we received the following letter from Julie Hicklin, Manchester City Council's SEND Lead, wishing all parents & carers of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) the very best for the Christmas holidays and the coming year. The local authority
This festive season, we are again looking to develop a virtual card-sending feature on our website, so that our SEND community can send free virtual Christmas cards to family and friends. Can You Help? To be able to do this, we want YOUR help
