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 are some articles and events that we have posted about or on behalf of other individuals, organisations, services, or support groups.
Some of these information are shared on behalf of Manchester’s SEND Local Offer. The Local Offer is a fantastic source of information for families of children and young people with SEND in Manchester. Please visit https://www.manchester.gov.uk/sendlocaloffer to learn more.
Please see below a letter from Angela Platt, the Statutory Lead for Manchester City Council's Home-to-School Transport team, regarding the new Travel to Access Education and Training Policy. This follows the engagement activities and consultation work that happened in the past year. Dear Parents
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Kidz to Adultz Exhibitions are inviting Manchester's parents and carers of people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) to join next week's Kidz to Adultz North event happening in the city centre. Here's a message from the organisers: The latest in the series
There is currently a public consultation ongoing about Manchester's travel support to access education and training policy, which follows the review of the home-to-school transport service earlier this year. Last Tuesday, 6 September, we hosted a face-to-face consultation that was attended by members of
Back in June 2020, Manchester City Council published an Anxiety-Based School Avoidance (ABSA) guidance for schools, recognising that increased awareness and understanding of anxiety and how it affects access to education is of paramount importance. The document was co-produced with parents and carers in Manchester
Digital Advantage, who for the past few years have been delivering their Digital Inc. programme to young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND), recently shared with us information about their Digital Independent Specialist College's (DISC) full and part-time supported internship offer. The
We are now accepting applications for the "Explore Manchester" summer information packs! This year's packs include an activity newsletter containing easy activities for young children, a summer-themed word search, a daily checklist for children and young people, self-care tips for parents, and plenty of
Manchester Day, the annual celebration of "everything great about the city," is back this year after two years of hiatus due to the Covid pandemic. As part of Manchester's Our Year programme, this year's celebration will focus on our city's children and young people.
Please see below a letter explaining some changes to the Social Communication Pathway (SCP) referral process. In summary, the changes are: For Early Years children (aged 3 to 5): The SCP will only accept referrals for those who have had exposure to community group
As part of the Our Year campaign, Manchester City Council, in partnership with Blachere Illumination, are running a competition for children and young people to design a new Christmas motif. The competition offers a fantastic creative art project capturing the imagination of Manchester’s children
