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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 – “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: , , , , , , |

Relaxed Cinema Screening of “Elio”

This Relaxed Cinema Screening of "Elio" includes cinema tickets to Cineworld Didsbury and munch boxes (popcorn, drink, sweet). The movie is about a boy who got mistakenly identified as Earth's intergalactic ambassador. He forms new bonds with eccentric aliens on the way to discovering who

By |2025-08-16T21:05:27+01:00August 27th, 2025|Categories: , |Tags: , , , , |

Inclusive Family Bowling (North Manchester)

IMPORTANT NOTES: The first release of tickets are exclusively for families who have NOT YET accessed any of our bowling sessions this summer. They will be available for booking from 12 noon on Thursday, 21st of August!If any tickets remain after Thursday, we will open

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 Family Bowling (North Manchester)

UPDATE: Tickets are now fully booked. Please watch out for upcoming announcements about more summer events and check out the latest SEND Local Offer newsletter for other inclusive events happening across the city. The second batch of tickets will be released tomorrow, from 10am!

Family Fun Day with Z-Arts

Join us and Z-Arts for an afternoon of creative activities this summer! We have a fun-filled schedule including: A visit inside Z-Arts' Adventures in Wonderland interactive play experience! Fall down the rabbit hole and have your very own magical adventure! (Ideal for children aged 1-8

By |2025-08-11T14:13:20+01:00August 19th, 2025|Categories: , , |Tags: , , , , , |

Family Fun Day @ Manchester Police Museum

Join us at Greater Manchester Police Museum (GMP Museum) for a relaxed interactive & creative session exclusively for families of deaf, disabled and neurodivergent children and young people living in the city of Manchester! Children will explore the different areas of the museum including

By |2025-08-01T13:41:47+01:00August 8th, 2025|Categories: , , |Tags: , , , |