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IAS is Manchester’s Information, Advice and Support Service (IASS) for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).

They have gone through a number of name changes over the years and some of us may be used to calling them Parent Partnership or IASM or SENDIASS. They are now officially called IAS Manchester (IASM).

They can provide:

– Information on school admissions and appeals
– Information on school exclusion
– Information on disability discrimination
– Support meetings in relation to SEN and disability issues
– Advocacy in meetings
– Informal disagreement resolution and mediation between parents, schools and the Local Authority
– Information on formal disagreement resolution and mediation services
– Information on other avenues of support to the voluntary and community sector
– Information on Health and Social care and the SEND Local Offer
– Help to make parents’ voices heard to influence change and development of services

You can also find information about them at: www.iasmanchester.org

Below are some events and articles relating to Information, Advice and Support Manchester:

Information, Advice and Support Service Timetable During Lockdown

Information, Advice and Support Manchester (IASM) has changed their timetable in light of Covid-19 developments and calls to their service. Please see below a message from the IAS team: Dear parents/carers/young people/professionals, While everyone is still in lockdown please contact us for advice/support using our

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IAS Manchester Working Hours (Carl)

Between 8:30am to 4pm this day, Carl McGlone from the Information, Advice and Support (IAS) Manchester team is IASM's named person on duty who will answer calls and pass messages over to their other team members as appropriate. You can ring Carl at 07908 259

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IAS Manchester Working Hours (Jill)

Between 8:30am to 4pm this day, Jill Carr from the Information, Advice and Support (IAS) Manchester team is IASM's named person on duty who will answer calls and pass messages over to their other team members as appropriate. You can ring Jill at 07908 260

By |2020-04-14T17:04:52+01:00April 30th, 2020|Categories: , |Tags: , , , , , |

Virtual SEND Parent Drop-in

In place of the April SEND Drop-in, which has been cancelled due to the Covid-19 crisis, we have decided to run a Virtual Drop-in from 10am-12pm on the same day. This is for the benefit of parents and carers of children or young people with

SEND Local Offer Drop-in @ Central Manchester (Cancelled)

ANNOUNCEMENT: Please note that, due to the Covid-19 situation, this event has been cancelled. Here is the message from Manchester City Council's Local Offer Team: We need to work in different ways at the moment, so our Local Offer Drop Ins will be virtual for

IAS Manchester Working Hours (Andy)

Between 8:30am to 4pm this day, Andy Lomax from the Information, Advice and Support (IAS) Manchester team is IASM's named person on duty who will answer calls and pass messages over to their other team members as appropriate. You can ring Andy at 07508 032

By |2020-04-14T17:24:17+01:00April 29th, 2020|Categories: , |Tags: , , , , , |

IAS Manchester Working Hours (Carl)

Between 8:30am to 4pm this day, Carl McGlone from the Information, Advice and Support (IAS) Manchester team is IASM's named person on duty who will answer calls and pass messages over to their other team members as appropriate. You can ring Carl at 07908 259

By |2020-04-14T17:17:12+01:00April 28th, 2020|Categories: , |Tags: , , , , , |

IAS Manchester Working Hours (Andy)

Between 8:30am to 4pm this day, Andy Lomax from the Information, Advice and Support (IAS) Manchester team is IASM's named person on duty who will answer calls and pass messages over to their other team members as appropriate. You can ring Andy at 07508 032

By |2020-04-14T17:22:48+01:00April 27th, 2020|Categories: , |Tags: , , , , , |

IAS Manchester Working Hours (Carl)

Between 8:30am to 4pm this day, Carl McGlone from the Information, Advice and Support (IAS) Manchester team is IASM's named person on duty who will answer calls and pass messages over to their other team members as appropriate. You can ring Carl at 07908 259

By |2020-04-14T17:22:29+01:00April 24th, 2020|Categories: , |Tags: , , , , , |

IAS Manchester Working Hours (Jill)

Between 8:30am to 4pm this day, Jill Carr from the Information, Advice and Support (IAS) Manchester team is IASM's named person on duty who will answer calls and pass messages over to their other team members as appropriate. You can ring Jill at 07908 260

By |2020-04-14T17:02:26+01:00April 23rd, 2020|Categories: , |Tags: , , , , , |