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)
Levenshulme High School's SENCo, Debbie Jefferies, has recently been awarded with the "Partnership Project Award" for her work with Healthy Schools’ Kelly O’Brien on the "Embracing Your Unique Self" booklet. This is a resource Kelly has put together for neurodivergent students, to help them
As National Supported Internships Day (27 March) approaches, Manchester City Council asked us to share some wonderful news and events happening in Greater Manchester and nationally. Please click the toggles below to learn more. There are 2 new supported internships available in Greater
This Christmas season, we are again developing a virtual card app on our website, which people can use to send free virtual festive cards created by the SEND community to family and friends. Can You Help? To be able to do this, we want
It is never too late to celebrate amazing co-production work! We recently received an article from Carrie Mooney (Manchester City Council's Lead for Early Years Access & Sufficiency) who, with some input from Ann Van Dyke MBE (consultant working with Dingley's Promise charity on
We are pleased to share this short article from fellow parent-carer Carla Scaife, who is also the Programme Delivery Lead for Autism in Schools and the Partnership for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools (PINS) in Greater Manchester. Here, she talks about the role that
Dr Michelle Hacking, founder and clinical psychologist at Kingfisher Psychology, recently sent us this writeup with her thoughts about co-production and the value of lived experience. We are pleased to have such a staunch supporter of the forum and we hope that this encourages further
In celebration of Co-production Week, we are pleased to share with you a few words from Maureen Howell (Manchester City Council's SEND Engagement & Young Carers Lead) and Maria Simpkin (Manchester City Council's Engagement Manager & Local Offer Coordinator), who wanted to express their
Hi, my name is Kemi Omoboye and I'm a Project Manager at Manchester City Council currently leading on the Department for Education's Special Educational Needs Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision (AP) Change Programme Partnership for the North West. This means I work with lots of
Today is Father's Day and, to celebrate, we would like to highlight SEND Dads Society, a male social club for parents/carers of children and young people with Special Educational Needs or Disabilities (SEND) in Greater Manchester (GM). Here's a message from Chris, who founded
We have now opened this activity to all families of autistic children and young people, plus we extended the deadline to 9pm on Sunday, 14 April. If you are autistic yourself or you have an autistic child/ young person in the family, please feel
