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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:

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 |2025-07-31T18:24:07+01:00August 8th, 2025|Categories: , , |Tags: , , , |

Inclusive Family Bowling (South 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!

Relaxed Cinema Screening of “The Fantastic Four: First Steps”

This Relaxed Cinema Screening of "The Fantastic Four: First Steps" includes cinema tickets to Cineworld Didsbury and munch boxes (popcorn, drink, sweet).The movie is about a family of heroes, the Fantastic Four, who must defend earth from a ravenous space being called Galactus and his

By |2025-07-19T16:45:52+01:00August 5th, 2025|Categories: , |Tags: , , , , |

“Explore Manchester” – Multi-museum Family Day

Join us and the Manchester Parent Champions for a fun filled day of arts and crafts, football, history and illusions! Families can choose to join Group A at Manchester Art Gallery or Group B at The National Football Museum, with both groups then making

Early Years Stay and Play (Rusholme 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!

SEND Community Offer Relaxed Cinema Screening – “A Minecraft Movie”

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

By |2025-07-13T13:45:07+01:00July 20th, 2025|Categories: , |Tags: , , , , |

SEND Community Offer Relaxed Cinema Screening – “Wicked”

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

By |2025-06-14T16:45:52+01:00June 21st, 2025|Categories: , |Tags: , , , , |

SEND Community Offer Relaxed Cinema Screening – “Mufasa: The Lion King”

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

By |2025-04-27T09:46:45+01:00May 18th, 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 are welcome to

By |2025-03-31T14:58:35+01:00April 12th, 2025|Categories: , |Tags: , , , , |