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The SEND Community Offer is part of the overall Short Breaks Offer and is available to all families of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) in Manchester.

The Community Offer is co-produced with families and includes a wide range of fun, accessible family activities. It runs across the year but mainly throughout the school holidays.

The SEND Community Offer enables families to meet other families and increase their support and networks. Often taking place in universal settings, it can be a way to increase families’ confidence in accessing these places beyond the SEND sessions available.

Please visit the SEND Local Offer website or subscribe to the Local Offer Newsletter to find out about the different activities available through the SEND Community Offer.

To learn more about Short Breaks, please visit the this info page or read the city council’s “Short Breaks Service Statement“.

Below are some articles and events that relate to Manchester’s SEND Community Offer:

SEND Community Offer Relaxed Cinema Screening – Movie TBA

Join us and other families of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) for a FREE relaxed screening of “[Movie To Be Announced]“! Click this to vote for the movie that we will show this month. (The poll will open in

By |2025-11-06T00:49:03+00:00December 21st, 2025|Categories: , |Tags: , , , |

SEND Community Offer Relaxed Cinema Screening – Movie TBA

Join us and other families of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) for a FREE relaxed screening of “[Movie To Be Announced]“! Click this to vote for the movie that we will show this month. The movie is rated U

By |2025-11-06T00:33:49+00:00November 22nd, 2025|Categories: , |Tags: , , , |

SEND Community Offer Relaxed Cinema Screening – “Smurfs”

Join us and other families of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) for a FREE relaxed screening of “Smurfs“! The movie is rated PG in the UK; please visit IMDb.com for a parental guide. Siblings without SEND are welcome to join.

By |2025-10-25T19:08:49+01:00November 1st, 2025|Categories: , |Tags: , , , |

Inclusive Halloween Party

Grab a pillow, blanket, or your favourite squishy and join us at our inclusive Halloween movie party! We will be getting comfy with our families to watch a short Halloween-themed movie whilst we snack on yummy popcorn. After the movie, we will have more

Early Years Stay and Play (Martenscroft Children’s Centre)

Join us and Children's Centre staff for a morning of fun together with other families of children with SEND aged 0-5 years living in Manchester!

Inclusive Halloween Party

Grab a pillow, blanket, or your favourite squishy and join us at our inclusive Halloween movie party! We will be getting comfy with our families to watch a short Halloween-themed movie whilst we snack on yummy popcorn. After the movie, we will have more

SEND Community Offer Relaxed Cinema Screening – “Lilo and Stitch” (Live Action)

Join us and other families of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) for a FREE relaxed screening of “Lilo & Stitch“! The movie is rated U in the UK; please visit IMDb.com for a parental guide. Siblings without SEND are

By |2025-10-25T15:37:17+01:00October 27th, 2025|Categories: , |Tags: , , , |

SEND Community Offer Relaxed Cinema Screening – “Moana 2”

Join us and other families of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) for a FREE relaxed screening of "Moana 2 "! The movie is rated PG in the UK; please visit IMDb.com for a parental guide. Siblings without SEND

By |2025-09-12T14:52:45+01:00September 21st, 2025|Categories: , |Tags: , , , , |

Feedback Needed: Summer 2025 Family Events

We'd love to hear your feedback about the MPCF summer activity/ies that you attended. This will help us improve future offers as well as report outcomes to stakeholders. Please kindly send one survey response for each MPCF family event that you attended so that

By |2025-09-14T14:33:25+01:00September 14th, 2025|Categories: Get Involved, Parent-Carer Feedback|Tags: , , , |

SEND Community Offer Relaxed Cinema Screening – “Lilo & Stitch”

Join us and other families of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) for a FREE relaxed screening of "Lilo & Stitch"! The movie is rated U in the UK; please visit IMDb.com for a parental guide. Siblings without SEND

By |2025-08-16T10:50:42+01:00August 30th, 2025|Categories: , |Tags: , , , , , , |