 Sessions on our Local Offer
 Bi-weekly newsletter in association with our Local Offer
Happy New Year from our West Sussex Local Offer. Within this newsletter please find a range of events, workshops and sessions for children/young people, parent carers and professionals.
FIRST STEPS TO ADULTHOOD
West Sussex County Council with its partners, young people with SEND and their parent carers have created the West Sussex SEND Pathways to Adulthood Strategy. It is integral to the County’s wider SEND Strategy and will be closely aligned with the County’s Lifelong Services work (for children and adults with disabilities) as it develops.
View more about the SEND Pathways to Adulthood Strategy and get the next First Steps to Adulthood event into your diary.
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Activities to do with the family
Active Sussex:
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Parallel Youth Games: A multi-sport participation event for disabled children in Sussex. The 2018 Games is due to take place at K2, Crawley on Wednesday 23 May. 300+ children will take part in Boccia, New Age Kurling, Tennis, Cricket, Dance, Golf and Swimming. Find out more.
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Sussex School Games: A ‘mini-Olympics & Paralympics’, giving Sussex schoolchildren the chance to participate in competitive school sport at county level across multiple sport disciplines. Find out more.
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Sussex Sports Awards: The Sussex Sports Awards is one of the most prestigious sporting events in the Sussex sporting calendar. Individuals and organisations come together to celebrate their achievements over the last 12-months, at a sporting celebration like no other. Find out more.
Family Funday
Lazer World
Come along and have a blast! Second Tuesday of every month. View more here.
The Lion King: Autism Friendly Performance
Tickets are now on sale for the fifth dedicated autism-friendly performance of Disney’s The Lion King. Partnering with The National Autistic Society, the team at the Lyceum Theatre create a friendly and supportive environment to enjoy London’s landmark musical. These specially adapted performance are suitable for autistic people, with trained staff on hand and dedicated quiet and activity areas made available should anyone need to leave their seats. View more here.
Story Magic
Join a multi-sensory story time session specially for children and young people with additional needs. Vivid sensory stories particularly suited to children with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) or visual impairment. View more here.
Tine Aside Sensory Art Workshops
Time Aside 'Sensory Art' workshops provide creative fun for the whole family. Very suitable and fun for Children and Young People with Disabilities, Siblings and Parents/Carers alike. Find out more about sessions in Bognor and Crawley.
Sessions for Children/Young People
Little PACSO
Sessions for pre-schoolers with disabilities held at Chichester Nursery School and at Tree House Children and Families Centre in Bognor. Children play together & make friends. Parents can chat & receive support from a team of professionals. View more here.
Mad about football? Check out Albion in the Community regular sessions on Saturdays. The sessions are inclusive and open to anyone with a disability who wants to play regular football. Our qualified coaches make sure all the players are given the opportunity to experience the many benefits of taking part in regular sport. The sessions welcome all players including; Amputee, Autism (ASD), Partially sighted, Cerebral palsy (CP), Deaf and hearing impairments, Down’s Syndrome, Learning difficulty/disability (ADD/ADHD/Dyslexia/Dyspraxia/Others), Mental health and Speech and language disorders.
Reaching Higher Horsham
All our sports and art sessions are led by qualified and experienced sports coaches or arts practitioners, and supported by experienced support workers and volunteers trained in first aid, medication administration, disability awareness and personal care. We currently offer the following term time activities: Dance, Trampolining, Table Tennis, Badminton, Athletics, Rebound Therapy, Cricket, Wheelchair Basketball, Percussion, DJ'ing, Archery and Video Production. View all their and booking forms here.
Sessions for Parent Carers
ADHD Richmond
We’re a voluntary, independent, non-funded, parent/carer support group for the neuro-developmental condition Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder & all its comorbidities. We’re based in Richmond upon Thames, London, UK and support all families with ADHD concerns. Find out more about ADHD Richmond Talks evening and day sessions
FREE - Developing Resilience - a workshop for Parent Carers This session will focus on how to have those difficult conversations with children with SEND and their siblings. There is parking on campus. View more here.
Coffee, Cake Info and Networking (CCIN)
A drop in session which does not need to be booked for parent carers of children with additional needs and disabilities to receive advice, support and information from West Sussex Parent Carer Forum and other organisations. View more here.
Parent Carer Support Group Meetings
Autism Support Crawley Group Meeting(4th of January)
Umbrella parent support group with Reaching Families
East Grinstead Support Group for parents of adults with learning disabilities, or with an autistic spectrum condition
Open Morning at St Piers for young people 19 - 25 who have an EHCP
Reaching Families
Reaching Families is a parent-carer led charity established to "empower, inform and care for parents and families of children with special needs and disabilities in West Sussex." We achieve this by the delivery of information, training and support groups to parent-carers.
Browse all their training on their service summary card.
The Expert Parent Programme with West Sussex Parent Carer Forum
Are you the parent or family member of a child or young person with Special Needs, a long term health condition, or disability? Would you like to understand more about how the health system works, who does what, who commissions (pays for) what? Find out more here.
Training for parent carers who would like to become more involved with shaping and changing services within West Sussex
What will we cover and share with you?
- Understanding the role of WSPCF who we are, what we do and why? Being part of a bigger picture
- How to represent the wider parent carer voice
- Who we work with and how we work with them
- Top Tips
- Next steps for you
Sessions in Chichester and Worthing
Sessions for Parent Carers and Professionals
Coastal West Sussex MIND are an independent local mental health charity working in West Sussex. We aim to promote good mental health through providing high quality services and through campaigning to improve services, raise awareness and understanding. View all their SPRING courses and booking links here.
Parents for Autism - Anxiety and ASC
An interactive session looking at anxiety, how it manifests, how it can impact children and young people on the autistic spectrum and how we can support them. Find out more.
The Girl with the Curly Hair Project The UK’s only social enterprise dedicated to supporting women (and the boys!) with Asperger’s Syndrome and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and their neurotypical loved ones by offering strategy workshops locally in West Sussex. Written by the CHP’s founder Alis Rowe. View courses here.
PECS (the Picture Exchange Communication System) is a tried-and-tested approach that uses pictures to develop communication skills in children and adults with a wide range of learning difficulties. PECS has given over 100,000 people their voice. View courses and training here.
View all events here
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