Wraparound

Making sense of special needs, one family at a time. Joining the dots around children & young people with #SEND #socent ©️♿️

[Disability Rights UK @DisRightsUK]

📣Want to take action?

Join the movement this #GeneralElection by:
✔️Registering to vote
✔️Applying for Voter ID and/or for a postal or proxy vote if needed
Asking your candidates to commit to supporting the #DisabledPeoplesManifesto

More info 👇
https://t.co/PWKTmQsmxH

[Wraparound @WraparoundP]

@ChangeGMSystems @vivslack @DebutterflyCIC @SelvaMustafa1 @SupportSawn @ObadoManchester @WMADEWOMAN @elevate_young @GlobalArtsMcr @MiddCooperating @gfscstudio @ElephantsTrail @42ndStreetmcr Superb post, thank you, so privileged to be a small part of this.

[GMSystemsChangers @ChangeGMSystems]

In early 2023, partners within GM SC were invited to participate in designing and deciding how a £400K fund would be spent. In the blog post and report below we share what unfolded and what we learned through this process.

#ParticipatoryGrantMaking

https://t.co/CJODJMGGpc

[GMSystemsChangers @ChangeGMSystems]

thank you to @vivslack for writing this blog post, @DebutterflyCIC for the report, @SelvaMustafa1 for the visuals and all the partners who have taken part in this work 🙏🏿

[OBADO @ObadoManchester]

Save the date 👇🏽👇🏽

[GMSystemsChangers @ChangeGMSystems]

You can find details and how to get involved in our May's newsletter!

https://t.co/u2f1rWWBqq

[GMSystemsChangers @ChangeGMSystems]

- GMSC’s Emergent Strategy,

- Our current timeline,

- Our network map and how to add your organisation to it,

- and the most important part: how to get involved in our research to find out if we, as a network, want to become a self-reliant, organised, and governing collective.

[GMSystemsChangers @ChangeGMSystems]

Last week we held 2 community drop-ins for partners in the GM SC network.

During these drop-ins we discussed:

[Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People @GMCDP]

Great news, the government has dropped the DWP bank spying powers bill, we'll call that a victory! @BigBrotherWatch @NSUNnews @DisRightsUK @johnpringdns
https://t.co/lGswMKtcP4

[Steve Broach KC @SteveBroach]

Very pleased to be part of the team that have produced this guide to help SEND parents make an informed choice as to Tribunal representation

[Caring and Sharing Rochdale @CAS_rochdale]

In today's session, we explored the therapeutic process of colour selection that is relatable with people from diverse backgrounds.

Every session at CAS has an intelligent level of thoughtfulness that goes into it. Never attended? Let's make it a date!

#creativeconnections

[E-ACT Venturers' Academy @VenturersAc]

@Johnmuirawards Pupils have been exploring and investigating different landscapes of the Mendip Hills recently.  During our last visit we were at Velvet Bottom searching for lizards and reptiles, sadly we didn’t find any but the search continues! @VenturersAc

[Ceebee Gold Foundation @CeebeeI]

Join us for African Day celebrations in Manchester on June 8th, 2024, in Moston. Save the date in your calendar! This event is a great opportunity to learn more about African heritage.

[BBC Newsnight @BBCNewsnight]

"The Carer's Allowance is almost like a trap - it's so complicated."

Elizabeth Tait says she never intended to wrongly claim £1,623 of benefits while caring for her partner and child.

#Newsnight

[Jessie Hewitson @jessiehewitson]

Saw Laughing Boy last night and felt some of the powerlessness and horror of what it's like to see your child trapped in a unit that is meant to be caring for him, but is doing anything but. I loved Connor @sarasiobhan, and congrats @SamAhern3 on a powerful and moving play.

[Special Needs Jungle @SpcialNdsJungle]

This is very concerning—people join, memories falter, notes at a briefing can be misinterpreted. If the briefing was, say, a PowerPoint, then that is still data that should be disclosed. If just given orally, that needs to be investigated and decisions re-visited.

[Will Hutton @williamnhutton]

I hope everyone under 30 will show their disgust at this blank refusal by both major parties to give our youth the joy of mobility in Europe. Craven surrender to a minority of ageing Europhobes.Sunak rejects offer of youth mobility scheme between EU and UK https://t.co/UA3xCCzBbn

[Hugh Grant @HackedOffHugh]

The destruction of the human experience. Courtesy of Silicon Valley.

[Springfield & Beech Hill CommUnity @SFBHCommUnity]

Thanks to the lads too who helped us get organised today. 🙏🏾
Two of whom pitched at the last community cash event to grow a gardening business. They’d just come from a local job

The young people are so enterprising round here 😍

[Sam Carlisle @samcarlisle]

Carers threatened with prosecution over minor breaches of UK benefit rules https://t.co/5SP2A0xDif