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New Year Competitions for Children, Young People & Schools in Leeds

Don’t Miss Out! Exciting Competitions for Children, Young People & Schools in Leeds

Young LIFI 2025: Free resource available for schools

Leeds Young LIFI: How do young people acquire bouncebackability. In conversation with featured Jamie Jones Buchanan, Dr Radha Modgil, Matthew Akpan, and Ami Charlize.

Wish 10 – Training offer to schools and settings

Develop a need-led service model within the One SEND Service

Playing our part in making the city more inclusive – Thackray Museum of Medicine

May 2021 saw the Thackray Museum of Medicine reopen after the COVID19 pandemic and also a £4.1 million redevelopment courtesy of the National Heritage Lottery Fund. Being housed in a beautiful building built in 1861 poses challenges, but a vital part of our redevelopment was to ensure our galleries were as inclusive as possible… A…
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SEND Next Choices: getting ready for adult life

SEND Next Choices – Getting ready for adult life returned for the third year at Leeds First Direct Arena on Tuesday 25th June 2024. The event contributes to The Best City plan, Inclusive Growth and building a Child Friendly City. Asked for by young people… In November 2021; students from West SILC, East SILC and…
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Pop-up Christmas Shop – Open in Leeds this week

For many people, Christmas is about spending time with the people they love and giving gifts to one another, a tradition which has its origins in the Christmas story or nativity. We wanted to share with you, a rather special Christmas giving opportunity … Students with special educational need and disabilities (SEND) from West, East…
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The Children and Families Act – a young person’s view

Recently we have been using this blog to talk about changes to services for children and young people with SEN and disabilities under the Children and Families Act 2014. We have started to make these changes happen in Leeds. As part of this we have launched our new Leeds Local Offer website which we’ll be developing over the months…
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The Children and Families Act Part 4 – working together to make it happen (continued)

The new Leeds Local Offer website launches today (1 September 2014). You can use the website to find out what services and support you can expect to access locally. You can also use it to share your views of services in Leeds and how they should develop… In our last entry we talked about how the Children and…
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The Children and Families Act Part 3 – working together to make it happen

The new Leeds Local Offer website launches on 1 September 2014. You can use the website to find out what services and support you can expect to access locally. You can also use it to share your views of services in Leeds and how they should develop… One of the key messages in the Children and…
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The Children and Families Act explained – part 2, the Leeds local offer …

My name is Val Waite and I’m the manager of the best practice team in the complex needs service. Our team is working on the Leeds local offer. The Leeds local offer is all about making it easier for people in our city to find information about services and support for children and young people…
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The Children and Families Act explained – part 1 …

New laws to improve services for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities From September 2014, there will be a number of changes to improve services for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The changes are a result of the Children and Families Act 2014 which became…
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