Children and Families

The web based multi-agency Greater Manchester Safeguarding Procedures have recently been updated. A summary of the latest updates can be found attached.
 

Anna Coates, a Research Assistant, at the University of Manchester is currently working on the UK's largest bilingual project and is recruiting children who are 18-24 months old and who hear English and an additional language.

Parents of these children simply need to sign up to the study online and complete 3 short questionnaires when their child is approaching 2 years old.

The data collected will inform new measurements of language development in bilingual children and each child that participates will be sent a lovely book in the post.

Manchester City Council have  published their Market Position Statement for Care and Support 2015/16 and anyone with an interest in the future of care and support in Manchester should read it. Manchester's aim is "to forge a new relationship with its partners to benefit all who need care". The Market Position Statement describes the commissioning approach, the context for commissioning and some of the key issues that Manchester needs to address.

Manchester City Council have released the following update in March 2015 on the Manchester Common Assessment (MCAF) for Children and Young People:

‘Manchester common assessment framework (MCAF) is still a vital part of our early help offer to support children and families effectively.

Work is currently taking place to refresh the early help assessment tools that we will use in the future, but until this work is completed it is vital that the MCAF continues to be used.

Investigations into abuse in children’s homes and schools from the Department for Education
This is a statement regarding investigations relating to Jimmy Savile and a number of children’s homes and schools in England. Click here to read the report

‘If it’s not better, it’s not the end’ Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)
in Gangs and Groups: one year on report by the Office of the Children’s Commissioner is a follow up to the ‘If only someone had listened’ inquiry into CSE in groups and gangs, in which the OCC recommended the implementation of the See Me, Hear Me framework.

This report documents the progress made by government, LSCBs and police forces in tackling CSE in the last year.
 

The M9 ADHD Parent Support Group are a volunteer parent run Support Group for Families that live with ADHD in the North of Manchester. The group runs:

Coffee mornings on Thursdays, 9.30am-11.30am
19 March, 2 April, 16 April, 30 April, 14 May, 28 May, 11 June, 25 June, 9 July, 23 July, 6 August, 20 August, 3 September, 17 September

Coffee evenings on Thursdays, 6pm-7.30pm
26 February, 26 March, 23 April, 21 May, 18 June, 16 July, 13 August, 24 September

Manchester Safeguarding Children Board (MSCB) is seeking to appoint two Lay Members who will be volunteer members of MSCB’s strategic partnership Board. MSCB coordinate what is done by each person or body represented on the Board for the purposes of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in the area; and to ensure the effectiveness of what is done by each such person or body for those purposes.

The Woodward Charitable Trust Grants are provided by the Woodward Charitable Trust and administered by the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts.

The scheme is intended to support small scale organisations that provide children's summer playschemes.

The Woodward Charitable Trust award Children's summer playscheme grants of between £500-£1,000.

Charities that apply should have an annual income under £100,000.