SEND Families in the Know Greater Manchester

Event registration Stay & Play at Little Dreamers - Ince Sunday 22nd September 2024 - 10am till 12

🌈 We have a last minute stay and play TODAY, Space 2 at 2:45-3:45 open to babies and toddlers. Non special needs welcome. £5 per child £2 per adult. Please ring the centre on 01772 760403 as soon as you can as these go quickly ✨
Additionally same again tomorrow at Space 2- 12:15-1:15 ✨

Wednesday is the start of our sessions again !! First session is our NEET group ..

If you are struggling to attend school / education then this is the place for you ..

Computer games
Gross and fine motor skills activities
Sensory room
Construction
Arts and crafts
And board games

3 hours of fun for free for you your siblings and your parent/carer plus snacks on sale and opportunity to create friendships and your parent to chat to others

No need to book just turn up , No diagnosis needed
You can attend for half a hour or the full 3 hours completely upto you

All welcome

Our 2024 dates for Educational Psychologist Appointments are here! Appointments will take place from 1.00-3.00pm at the Family Hub at Formby Avenue, ring 01942 486 238 to make an appointment!

Our SEN sessions are back 🌴

Come along to our SEN sessions on a Tuesday 11.15-1.15 so your little ones can enjoy a calmer, quieter time in the playcentre with lots to keep them entertained.

Walk ins welcome and booking is available via the website.

Autism friendly screening of Harold & the Purple at Cineworld Leigh this weekend.

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A bit further away in Congleton but Castaway Play are now taking bookings for their SEND Halloween Party,

Halloween (SEN) - 28th Oct 2024 Castaway Play offers special SEN sessions for children who might get upset by loud noise … Halloween (SEN) Read More »

Our next SEN Session in partnership with A Team Hub is on Friday 27th September 6:00-8:00PM.
This session is for young people 11-18 with additional needs and disabilities who are currently unable to attend our Open Access sessions. They’ll be full of different activities like gaming, messy play, Lego, arts & crafts and have the use of our immersive room.

Booking is essential and on a first come first serve basis so get in touch via DM or email [email protected].

All young people will need to complete an All About Me form prior to booking being accepted and young people in need of 1:1 support must attend sessions with a PA.

Sessions will run one Friday a month and be advertised at the beginning of every month.

Don't be mad at us for mention of the C word but we know these things book up fast and Bolton Panto are amazing so we do not want you to miss out!

Relaxed performance of the fabulous Aladdin on Thu 2nd January 2025 at 11:00AM,

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Do you or someone you know experience hearing or vision impairment?
Are you a professional looking to find out more about the sensory services available?

Come along to St Peters Pavilion Ltd next week:
Date: Tuesday 10th September 2024
Time: 10 am to 3 pm
Venue: St Peter's Pavilion, Hurst Street, Hindley, WN2 3DN

Lots of support and services on offer.

There have been changes to the Bee Network disabled bus pass application process with the intention of making application easier, in particular for adults and children with neurological conditions but also more document acceptance for other disabilities.

Check out the information here

https://tfgm.com/tickets-and-passes/discounted-and-free-travel/disabled-people/travel-pass-for-disabled-people?fbclid=IwY2xjawFFHltleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHesfzK1Sxqf-6H2yJKszJZK9W6g8aL0f-w7kO02Q2VMTz8jg1eqA6e58Nw_aem_NA87orXspHik_iD135kXKQ

Travel pass for disabled people Travel pass for disabled people. Free and low-cost travel for disabled people.

Wigan Athletic Community Trust are very kindly donating match day tickets to our registered unpaid carers and their loved ones for their upcoming game against Exeter City on Saturday 28th September 3pm ko.

We will be looking for a suggested donation of £5-£10 for 2 tickets and £10 - £15 for 3-5 tickets with all monies raised donated to Wigan and Leigh Carers Centre. *Tickets will be collection only from the centre.

We are trying to gage interest from our carers. An email has been sent out to all registered carers.

If you are interested please reply to the email we have sent you with the amount of tickets you require (MAXIMUM of 5 TICKETS).

If you require a wheelchair accessible space or lower level seating please add this information to your reply.

If you have not received an email please comment below and we will send you further information.

Quick reminder about the next Sign and Play event, which is this Saturday 7th September.

We will be going to Manchester Central Library for BSL storytelling.

This event is suitable for all communication methods and is a great opportunity to have fun with your young child!

Places are limited, please use our Eventbrite link to book: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/977915600887?aff=oddtdtcreator

BSL video is on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/RhOrOUZpmGg

One for grown ups but this looks amazing!

We absolutely love our Campfire Cooking Session for Adults with Special Educational Needs so it just seems right for it to return this September 10th!

Every Tuesday 10.30-12pm - term time only.

Bookable via our online system- https://bookwhen.com/secretgardenhoylespark

Dad's morning is back this Friday! 10:00am - 12:00pm
We hope to see to there! 😀

How are we doing everyone?
Hoping everyone survived the holidays and that the correct support is in place to ease your little ones return or start to school!

📣 Have you booked to attend our SEND session? 📣

🎉 This SEND session is specially designed to create an inclusive environment where kids and adults of all abilities can enjoy the ultimate playtime experience! 💪

Book Online: https://partyandplayfunhouse.co.uk/booking/

👋 September!! It’s going to be a very busy month for us My.Sen.Den! We have our SEN session this Saturday and our Under 5’s Inclusive Playgroups starting next week Centenary Hall, Benja Fold Bramhall and ! Also we will be bring our amazing Sensory Toy and Craft Stall to Worker Bee Markets Bramhall on Saturday 14th September!! Please check out and book all our sessions and our shop online www.mysenden.co.uk

We still have places for our October half term sessions!

We will be having a bouncy castle on the family session plus gaming/ sensory activities /sensory room/ arts and crafts plus much more

Email us to book on
[email protected]

A incredible session this Saturday down at Adswood Youth Centre; as part of Make A Difference / SWAG network’s Violence Reduction work, we are bringing a self defence session specific to women and girls (aged 12+)

There will be self defence tactics, training, resources, free alarms and protein balls for all who attend.

!Please Note! Our next Carer's Lunch is on Tuesday 1st October. We look forward to seeing you all then :)