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This summer, we will be running a number of inclusive family events, with thanks to Manchester City Council’s #SENDCommunityOffer and to a partnership with regen.me.uk & the Parent Champions for their Holiday Activity and Food (HAF) programme.

The activities include a BMX session, bowling, cinema, creative workshops, early years stay and play, and museum visits. Destinations include Greater Manchester Police Museum, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester Jewish Museum, Museum of Illusions, and the National Cycling Centre; we have partnerships with Autism for the Arts, Martenscroft Children’s Centre, and Z-Arts.

They are all free to book and are open to the whole family – exclusively for city of Manchester residents of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND).

Booking required – Please click individual events listed below for details.

We will also be sharing other groups’ / organisations’ accessible events whenever we can. Additionally, please subscribe to the Local Offer newsletter for more information about the many wonderful activities happening across Manchester this summer.

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

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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

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“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!

Northwest Summer Holiday from Newman Holiday Trust

Great news from Newman Holiday Trust, a voluntary organisation that provides respite breaks for deaf, disabled and neurodivergent children and young people! They have opened applications for this year's summer holiday at Stonyhurst College in Clitheroe, which will be held for a week