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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:

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 |2020-03-31T18:16:26+01:00April 6th, 2020|Categories: , |Tags: , , , , , |
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FAQs from the March Virtual Local Offer Drop-in

In the lead up to last month's Virtual SEND Local Offer Drop-in, we asked Manchester City Council to collate questions that have been asked to the various providers so we can produce an FAQ to share to parents & carers.They kindly obliged and sent us

By |2020-04-14T16:45:38+01:00April 3rd, 2020|Categories: Information Sharing|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |
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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

By |2020-03-31T18:21:36+01:00April 3rd, 2020|Categories: , |Tags: , , , , , |
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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

By |2020-03-31T18:20:19+01:00April 2nd, 2020|Categories: , |Tags: , , , , , |
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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 |2020-03-31T18:14:47+01:00April 1st, 2020|Categories: , |Tags: , , , , , |
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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 |2020-03-26T16:12:54+00:00March 31st, 2020|Categories: , |Tags: , , , , , |
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IAS Manchester Working Hours (Laura)

Between 8:30am to 4pm this day, Laura Nardella 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 Laura at 07717 340

By |2020-03-26T16:34:29+00:00March 30th, 2020|Categories: , |Tags: , , , , , |
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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 |2020-03-26T16:15:29+00:00March 27th, 2020|Categories: , |Tags: , , , , , |
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SEND Local Offer Drop-in @ South Manchester

ANNOUNCEMENT: Please note that, due to the Covid-19 situation, this event has been cancelled. Here is the message from Manchester City Council's Parental Engagement Officer: Dear all We have taken the decision to cancel our next Send Drop In on the 25th of March and

By |2020-03-18T12:57:09+00:00March 25th, 2020|Categories: , , |Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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Virtual SEND Parent Drop-in

In place of the March 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

By |2020-03-20T15:21:20+00:00March 25th, 2020|Categories: , |Tags: , , , , , , , |
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Manchester Parent Carer Forum is a group of parents and carers of disabled children who work with Manchester Local Authorities, Education Settings, Health Providers and other providers to make sure the services they plan and deliver meet the needs of disabled children and young people (0-25 years), as well as their families, in Manchester.

We have a steering group of parent and carer volunteers who lead this work and listen to the views of other parents and carers in the local area to make sure they know what is important to them.

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