SEND Family Voice, Redcar and Cleveland

29/10/2025

Santa is Coming to Daisy Chain! ✨

Make this Christmas truly magical with an interactive, 1-hour experience with Santa and his elves on Sunday 16th November, alongside our Winter Wonderland event!

Step into the North Pole for a magical experience with Santa and his elves with personalised moments that make every child feel truly special. 🎅✨

Your Santa Experience includes:
✨ Meet Santa in his magical grotto
📖 Enjoy a festive story-time with Santa
🐾 Join the Chief Elf on a magical walk around the farm
🧸 Build your very own cuddly friend with Santa’s elves, complete with a warming hot chocolate
🎁 Take home a gift and personalised letter

It’s the perfect way to make your Winter Wonderland visit even more magical 🎄

👇 Book your spot now!
https://daisychainproject.co.uk/product/santa-experience/

29/10/2025

A new course which may be beneficial to parents and older children

🧘‍♀️✨ Journalling for Joy – Mindfulness Course ✨🧘‍♀️

We’re excited to welcome Redcar and Cleveland Adult Learning to Tees Valley Women's Centre for a brand new course designed to help you slow down, reflect, and boost your wellbeing through the power of writing. 🖊💭

Join our calm and supportive sessions where you’ll:
🌿 Learn the difference between writing and journalling
🌿 Explore the mind–body connection and how to begin your day positively
🌿 Practise journalling with affirmations and daily intentions

📅 Mondays | 12.30pm – 2.30pm
🗓 17th November – 8th December
📍 Tees Valley Women’s Centre
📞 01642 296166

✨ Open to anyone aged 19+ and living in Tees Valley.

Learn how journalling can help you understand your thoughts, improve your mood, and start each day with positivity. 🌸

👉 Call us on 01642 296166 or message to book your place now!

*Tees Valley Women’s Centre is a women only safe space, we fully support the protection of single s*x spaces and services for all women. As such, all our female only groups, services and spaces strictly apply the single s*x exemption under Schedule 3, part 7 of the Equality Act 2010 (1) meaning they are open to females only.

28/10/2025

Hi everyone

How’s your half term going? Anyone got anything planned? We have one down with the start of a cold but it’s not stopping him making his Christmas list 😂

27/10/2025

It's the week of Halloween! So we thought we'd reshare a little Halloween info. Here's how we can make our homes a little less spooky (if that's more your thing) and much more accessible for disabled children.

- Offer non-food item alternatives like small party-favour like toys or stickers
- Ensure your front pathway/garden is well-lit and safe for a child with mobility issues to access it
- Be patient, it might take some children more time to take their sweets for a number of reasons, give them time.
- Don’t assume every child is verbal/able to speak, some disabled children may communicate in other ways or have someone with them to help.
- Avoid having strobe lighting or loud sound effects, to keep children with epilepsy and sensory issues safe.

Have we missed anything? What are some Halloween accomodations we could all be making this year? 🎃

25/10/2025

Throughly enjoyed training to become a licensed facilitator for the Time out for Parenting Courses. I’ve also got the next one lined up.

I will be offering the children with additional needs course in the new year and links will be sent out mid November to sign up for this.

24/10/2025

Weekly update. Hope everyone has a lovely half term whatever you are doing ☺️. We are still around on line for any support or guidance you may need.

24/10/2025

Do you know someone who may need a wheelchair grant? Variety the Children's Charity of Great Britain, funds manual, powered, sports, and specialist wheelchairs for disabled and disadvantaged children under 19 across the UK.

Find out more and take their online eligibility quiz today: https://bit.ly/3L5frHC

24/10/2025

Please take a moment to complete your views on transport for those aged 16-19. Thank you ☺️

New transport survey for 16-19 year olds has launched! 📝

Transport to school and college is a hot topic – and under HUGE scrutiny, with the National Audit Office releasing a report at the end of October and the Public Accounts Committee (a body of MP’s tasked with scrutiny of public spending) carrying out an Inquiry now.

We’ve launched a short survey to find out more about transport for 16-19 year olds in England so that we can represent families’ experiences in our submission to the Inquiry, giving robust and up to date evidence.

Complete the survey here 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/bmsglptgwt

Read more here 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/dmesuebcwb

24/10/2025

Just a reminder to complete our survey for Anna Turley for her SEND Roundtable event

24/10/2025

Halloween event from StrHive

Hey guys, in an effort to learn how to start asking for support more !!! We’d really appreciate any support for our Halloween event on Thursday next. Donations, decorations or foodie bits very much appreciated, thank you xx

Well, that wasn’t too difficult!!

23/10/2025

Stay and play sessions over half term

There are some places available on the stay and play sessions at Senses Wellbeing Centre CIC next week. For these sessions, there will be a bouncy castle as well as the usual sensory equipment.

Session 1 - Tuesday 28th October 2025 12:15pm – 1:45pm – 12 places available
Session 2 – Tuesday 28th October 2025 1:50pm – 3:20pm – 8 places available

To book a place, please email shortbreaks@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk