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archive-title Archives: Events Pro

Archives: Events Pro

10
Jul

Webinar for parents of brain injured children

Webinar

Irwin Mitchell are holding a live webinar for families to provide coping strategies during lockdown and the upcoming summer holidays for parents of disabled children on 10th July 2020 at 1.00pm. Schools are closed, therapists and carers aren’t able to visit and assist vulnerable children with complex needs, many of whom are shielding, and carer parents are isolated with children demonstrating progressively more challenging behaviour. How do you structure your day? How do you encourage physical activity? How can you involve the whole family? How do you make it fun? We’re hosting a webinar panel discussion with experts in education, […]

Barnsley Doncaster Rotherham Sheffield

10
Sep

Webinars on Supporting Your Child at Home: Medical and Therapy Needs

Educational Webinar

During July to September 2020 we’ll be running a series of short webinars aimed specifically at all parents and carers supporting children with additional needs at home. We recognise that in the current environment there have been many changes to the ways in which services are accessed and delivered. In our first webinar, we take a closer look at how to get the most out of each contact with medical and therapeutic appointments. We’ll discuss practical ways of preparing your child for the changes and support you to feel more confident when asking questions and raising concerns and help you […]

Barnsley Doncaster Rotherham Sheffield

04
Aug

Webinar: Assistive Technology – Everyday Technology V Specialist Technology

Webinar

Technology plays a day to day role in our lives and mobile phones, tablets, Alexa and Siri are common place. Imagine the impact on your life if you were no longer able to interact with a touch screen or keyboard or give voice commands. Join us for a virtual event in which assistive technology expert, Andy Fell, will give practical demonstrations of how everyday technology and specialist technology can be used to help give independence to those who need it most and why specialist technology may be needed. Case managers, ancillary medical professionals, as well as interested members in healthcare, […]

Barnsley Doncaster Rotherham Sheffield

26
Aug

Virtual Event: Sensory Support – Preparing For A Return To School

Educational Webinar

With the new academic year fast approaching, this session will help parents and carers prepare their child for a return to school. The disruptions to education, extended time away from school, and the measures in place to protect people from the spread of COVID have left many children feeling unprepared and anxious about returning to the classroom. Expert practitioner and occupational therapist Shelley Williams will go through the steps you can take to help children transition back to school, including: ·   How to get back into school uniform ·   What to expect in the new classroom environment ·   Re-establishing school […]

Barnsley Doncaster Rotherham Sheffield

25
Aug

Drawing competition for children with learning or physical disabilities.

Webinar

The team from Irwin Mitchell are running a brand new drawing competition for children with learning or physical disabilities. The competition will be split into 3 age categories: – under 5, – 5 – 10 – 11 – 16. The aim of the competition is to ask our young artists to describe their perfect day through their drawing. That could be a drawing of the people that make a day perfect like mum and dad, their favourite pet or anything around the way they would spend this day like playing a game or going to the zoo. The competition opened on the […]

Barnsley Doncaster Rotherham Sheffield

26
Jan

Supporting Young Adults With Health, Welfare And Financial Deputyships Webinar

Educational Webinar

If you care for or support a child who has a degenerative, physical or mental illness, they may require additional support as they transition in to adulthood. In this live webinar, our Court of Protection experts Kirsty Stuart and Victoria Ward explain health, welfare and financial deputyships, and how a family member or a professional may wish to consider becoming a Deputy. Deputyships allow someone in a trusted position to be responsible for a vulnerable person’s decisions, and we understand that many people find the process of applying to be a Deputy confusing and stressful. Our experts will also explain […]

Barnsley Doncaster Rotherham Sheffield

15
Mar

Planning For You And Your Child: A Series Of Bite-Size Webinars

Educational Webinar

Our upcoming bite-size webinar series will look at child protection issues, including as a child transitions to adulthood. The sessions are tailored to parents who have children with additional needs but will also benefit you if you support these families.

Barnsley Doncaster Rotherham Sheffield

18
Feb

Webinar: Getting the Support You Need with EHCPs, Benefits, Finance and Family Fund Grants

Educational Webinar

Start: 18th February, 2021 at 10:00am End: 18th February, 2021 at 11:30am Location: Online Family Fund is hosting a webinar to provide information and answer questions about the grants and support available to children, young people and families. There will also be workshops hosted by Irwin Mitchell on the following topics: EHCPs Access to benefits/financial support for families Financial tips for families to help with debt issues Lasting Powers of Attorney We invite you to join us at 10am on Thursday 18 February for this free 90 minute webinar. Background information Family Fund is the UK’s largest charity providing grants for families on low incomes raising disabled or […]

Barnsley Doncaster Rotherham Sheffield

21
Oct

Supporting your child’s education: what parents and carers need to know

Educational Public Speaking Event Webinar

In this exclusive two-hour session, you’ll learn everything you need to know about the provision available to children with additional educational needs.

Barnsley Doncaster Rotherham Sheffield

24
Nov

Rehabilitation In The Real World: An Exploration Of Meaningful Community Interventions For Young People With Acquired Brain Injury

Educational Webinar

About the event In 2019, DJ Mark One and Dr Penny Trayner pooled their expertise to deliver the first DJ’ing for rehabilitation programme, as part of a 4-day non-residential brain camp that aimed to impart key cognitive rehabilitation strategies to camp participants alongside real-world application of the skills in learning how to DJ. From there the BPM (Brain’s Powered by Music) programme was born: https://www.bpm.rehab/ In this webinar, Dr Trayner and DJ Mark One will discuss how the programme is delivered in practice, how it has been received so far and outcomes for participants which include procuring DJ slots at festivals. […]

Barnsley Doncaster Rotherham Sheffield

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Some West Yorkshire CANN Organisations

Grimm & Co

Grimm & Co is a registered charity and our core purpose is to change lives one story at a time, using creative writing as a vehicle to help families build sociocultural literacies. We support under-resourced children and young people aged 0 to 18 with their confidence and skills around self-expression, creativity and writing.

Unit 20/21, The Old Town Hall, Rotherham S60 1QX

Grimm & Co

Outreach Youth Clubs
Sheffield Association Spins Bifida and hydrocephalus (SHASBaH)

The Sheffield Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus (SHASBaH) is a local registered charity helping those affected by Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus and other related conditions.

57 Burton Street Foundation Sheffield S6 2HH

Sheffield Association Spins Bifida and hydrocephalus (SHASBaH)

Additional Needs Advice Befriending Service Family Fun Days Grants Outreach Short Breaks
Sheffield Mencap and Gateway

Supporting adults and children with learning disabilities and/or autism and their families. We deliver day services, evening and weekend provision to adults and Kids services Thursday and Friday evenings and all day Saturday. We also run a health service supporting adults to attend Annual Health Checks in their GP practices.In addition we also consult with our members and support other organisations to engage and consult with members and their families on wider Sheffield service provision.

Norfolk Lodge, Park Grange Rd, Sheffield S2 3QF

Sheffield Mencap and Gateway

Additional Needs Advice Holiday Playschemes Short Breaks Speech and Language Therapy Sport Youth Clubs
Sheffield Volunteering

Sheffield Volunteering, as part of the University of Sheffield Students’ Union, encourages and enables University of Sheffield students to engage with local communities. We work closely with local voluntary, charitable and social organisations in Sheffield and South Yorkshire to increase the involvement of student volunteers in the city and region, and strengthen their connection with communities. If you are a local charitable organisation and would like to recruit student volunteers, please get in touch. We can help you to promote regular volunteering opportunities or one-off activities. We also have student-led projects (including sports and educational) who deliver outreach activities in schools and community groups. Get in touch if this is something you would be interested in.

Sheffield Students’ Union, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TG

Sheffield Volunteering

Additional Needs Outreach Sport Stay n Play

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'CANN' stands for 'Children Additional Needs Network'. Its a network for third sector, voluntary community and statutory organisations working with families and carers with children and young people with additional needs in the South Yorkshire area.

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