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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:

“Operation Ouch” at the Science and Industry Museum

Join us at the Science and Industry Museum for a family-friendly session in their "Operation Ouch! Brains, Bogies and You" interactive exhibition. "Journey through an ear canal covered in gooey wax, squeeze past sticky snot and plunge headfirst into the incredible world of our

SEND Community Offer – Monthly Relaxed Cinema Sessions

Bookings for the August 2025 cinema session is now open! Please vote for the film that we will be showing by answering this SurveyMonkey poll. (The survey closes at noontime on Sunday, 10th of August.) This month, we will be showing the film "Lilo

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SEND Community Offer Relaxed Cinema Screening – “Despicable Me 4”

Join us and other families of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) for a FREE relaxed screening of "Despicable Me 4"!The movie is rated U in the UK; please visit IMDb.com for a parental guide.Siblings without SEND are welcome to

By |2025-02-22T02:22:58+00:00March 1st, 2025|Categories: , |Tags: , , , , |

SEND Community Offer Relaxed Cinema Screening – The Wild Robot

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

By |2025-01-20T11:57:37+00:00February 9th, 2025|Categories: , |Tags: , , , , |

SEND Community Offer Relaxed Cinema Screening – Transformers One

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

By |2025-01-04T12:57:37+00:00January 11th, 2025|Categories: , |Tags: , , , , |

Relaxed Cinema Screening (Sonic 3) @ Cineworld Didsbury

As part of our Christmas Holiday Activity and Food programme (HAF), we are delighted to offer a relaxed showing of the film "Sonic 3" at Cineworld Didsbury.