Summer SEND events
West Sussex Libraries SEND events
Events across West Sussex, including regular, multi-sensory story sessions ‘Story Magic’
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The Library SEND team and Joe the Dungeon Master are joining forces to bring Dungeons and Dragons sessions to Horsham library until March 2027.
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Use your imagination to design and build, using Lego and other great construction materials.
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Free, regular multi-sensory storytimes, especially for children and young people with additional needs, in some of our libraries. You can also watch our videos from home.
Story Magic session locations and times (external link)
West Sussex Parent Carer Forum (WSPCF) events
WSPCF is an independent charity for the parent carers of children and young people aged 0-25 with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND).
Reaching Families parent support groups
Reaching Families is a West Sussex charity with the mission ‘to empower, inform and support parent-carers and families of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities in West Sussex’.
They hold parent support groups called Umbrellas across the county.
Group learning events from Autism Central
Autism Central is the 'National Peer Education Programme' for families and support networks of autistic people in England of all ages.
The programme is delivered by Anna Freud and commissioned by NHS England. You can access free resources, one-to-one coaching and group online learning.
Free online disability benefits webinars with the Citizens Advice Bureau
Understanding the benefits system can be confusing, especially when you're supporting a young person with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
Citizens Advice, working with The Aldingbourne Trust in West Sussex, runs regular online advice sessions to help parents and carers. These webinars explain how to apply for Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for children under 16, and Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for those aged 16 and over.
You’ll learn who can get these benefits, how to fill in the forms and what other support might be available.
Each session takes place on Zoom and is limited to 20 people.
Visit the Citizens Advice website to find out more and book your place.