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An interactive poster with top tips and advice to make your visit to blood clinic a little easier. Please contact our department on 01617783533 if you have any queries about visiting our clinic. If you need to cancel/rearrange your blood clinic appointment please contact 01617782233.

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Children's OPD are proud to have a dedicated children's sleep nurse specialist. The sleep service currently only accepts referrals from community paediatricians.

The sleep nurse works directly with you and your family to create a bespoke care plan to help get your child settled into a good sleep routine.

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This guideline covers support for disabled children and young people with severe complex needs, from birth to 25 years. It aims to encourage education, health and social care services to work together and provide more coordinated support to children and young people, and their families and carers.

Recommendations

The guideline includes recommendations on:

It also covers specialist support for disabled children and young people with particular needs:

Who is it for?

Education, health and social care practitioners and service providers

Local authorities and health commissioners

Disabled children and young people with severe complex needs, their families and carers

Guideline development process
How we develop NICE guidelines
This guideline was developed by the National Guideline Alliance, which is hosted by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG). The guideline was developed with complete independence from RCOG governance.

Your responsibility

The recommendations in this guideline represent the view of NICE, arrived at after careful consideration of the evidence available. When exercising their judgement, professionals and practitioners are expected to take this guideline fully into account, alongside the individual needs, preferences and values of their patients or the people using their service. It is not mandatory to apply the recommendations, and the guideline does not override the responsibility to make decisions appropriate to the circumstances of the individual, in consultation with them and their families and carers or guardian.

All problems (adverse events) related to a medicine or medical device used for treatment or in a procedure should be reported to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency using the Yellow Card Scheme.

Local commissioners and providers of healthcare have a responsibility to enable the guideline to be applied when individual professionals and people using services wish to use it. They should do so in the context of local and national priorities for funding and developing services, and in light of their duties to have due regard to the need to eliminate unlawful discrimination, to advance equality of opportunity and to reduce health inequalities. Nothing in this guideline should be interpreted in a way that would be inconsistent with complying with those duties.

Commissioners and providers have a responsibility to promote an environmentally sustainable health and care system and should assess and reduce the environmental impact of implementing NICE recommendations wherever possible.

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Disabled children and young people up to 25 with severe complex needs: integrated service delivery and organisation across health, social care and education

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G- V4 Melatonin information leaflet  October 2023

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Community Paediatrics and Child Health :: Northern Care Alliance

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Bury community paediatric medical team provides consultant lead services for children registered with Bury GPs.

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ADHD UK - Website for information and support

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A social story to give your child visual ideas of what to expect when they come to Children's OPD

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All children who have any kind of developmental delay have routine blood and urine tests taken to exclude any organic cause for these difficulties. This is done in the children's outpatient setting with expert nursing staff who are trained in working with children with additional needs. A hospital play specialist is present to provide distraction during the procedure.

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We provide play, recreation and activities to assist patient development, relieve boredom, aid recovery and create a child friendly environment – leading to a good patient experience.

Our play specialist assists medical and nursing staff by helping patients to prepare for procedures and treatments. We also offer distraction, to patients having blood tests and treatments.

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Botox is used in children to treat spasticity in cerebral palsy. It acts by preventing the transmission of signals and the nerve and its target muscle. Reducing the excessive stiffness and allowing muscles to grow more normally. Increasing the length of spastic muscles reduces the risk of constrictor and therefore surgery.

Botox injections relax the muscles and can enable greater stretching to take place during normal activity and physiotherapy. It is extremely important that regular physiotherapy takes place after the procedure for maximum results.

Children are offered an appointment in Botox Clinic once they have been assessed and referred by the physiotherapist.

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Your free, searchable online magazine library for parents and all kinds of carers of autistic children.

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How To Cope With Sleep Deprivation For Parents By The Sleep Charity

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The doctor may ask for some blood tests from you child for lots of reasons.

Before attending for a blood test, always give your child plenty to drink.

The nurses in clinic are experienced at taking blood from children. On arrival you will be asked if your child would like local anesthetic cream. This takes 30 minutes for the area to become numb. On older children a local anesthetic spray can be used. The spray works immediately, but is very cold and some children, particularly under 5 do not like the cold feeling. The nurses will talk to you about this when you attend for a blood test.

Often at this appointment, a urine sample is also collected. If you can bring a sample with you, this will be very helpful.

There is always a hospital play specialist present to provide distraction and comfort for your child throughout this procedure.

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To claim DLA for a child you need to be their parent or look after them as if you're their parent. This includes step-parents, guardians, grandparents, foster-parents or older brothers or sisters.

If your child currently lives in England or Wales you can apply by either:

printing off and filling in the DLA claim form

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"Supporting the whole family"

First Point Family Support Services are the contract leads for the Sensory Pilot in Bury. Rehabilitation for Independence are the specialist private company that are commissioned through the contract to deliver the sensory assessments and sensory seminars (see their webpage link below). As contract lead we report on the anonymous statistical data to contract leads and manage the bookings, provide the venues and refreshments for all the seminars.

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Home - Rehabilitation for Independence (rehabforindependence.co.uk)

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What We Offer:

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Lynsey Blears - Company Director

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"We passionately empower families and professionals to make informed choices. Built on our innovative and personable approach we aim to make life changing differences."

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Home - Kooth

Kooth, the online counselling and emotional well-being platform for children and young people aged 11 to 18 years has been available in Bolton, Manchester, Oldham, Trafford Rochdale and Wigan for some time. It's now available in Bury, Salford, Tameside and Stockport.

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Launch of Educational Psychology Service School/Parent Help Line

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Bury local authority have opened a help line for parents and carers who have children or young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disability.

The helpline that will be run by Bury Education Psychology Service and is available to provide advice to parents/carers and schools

It will run twice a week on

Mondays between 13.00 and 15.30

and

Wednesday between 9.30 and 12.00.

The number is 0161 253 6406.

(voicemail facility is available please leave a message and the team will get back to you)

The helpline is intended to provide EP advice and support for schools/parents of CYP with SEND in the context of the current situation that exists due to Covid-19.

Types of EP advice and support available could include:

* Anxiety, stress and related issues arising from being out of school/returning to school/COVID 19/missing friends etc.,

* Loss and bereavement - EPs provide Critical Incident support, but the helpline may identify where this support is needed.

* Transitions - particularly for those children starting reception/year 7.

* Advice on routines/behaviours because of changes to routine.

* Reassurance/advice on academic progress and expectations once children are back to school.

* Advice on EHC needs assessments and annual reviews.

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You may of course have other educational questions or concerns that are not included on this list, so please do not hesitate to call, no matter how small your question or concern is.

Please note that EPs may sign post to other services as part of the support but will not become involved beyond the advice and support of the phone call.

First Point Family Support - Upcoming Events

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or via email - admin@firstpointsupport.org.uk
Please ensure you book on as places are limited.

Please find our address and contact details below
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Phoenix house, 100 Brierley Street, Bury, Manchester, BL9 9HN

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Connecting people, communities, and local services throughout Bury.

We care about Bury and our communities and want to empower you and your family to live a happier and healthier life.

We aim to bring together everything you need to live a happier and healthier life in Bury, all in one place. You can find services, information, advice, events, activities, and support that is available for people living within the borough of Bury, including Whitefield, Radcliffe, Prestwich, Tottington and Ramsbottom.

You can find what you are looking for by browsing our main categories, Adult Social Care, Children, Young People & Families, and Health, Wellbeing & Lifestyle, or use our onsite search tool. You can also use the onsite navigation, located at the top of every page to explore other useful sections.

We also have areas of the website dedicated to support unpaid carers, children and families with special educational needs and disabilities, and care leavers living in Bury.

Why not take a look at our What's On in Bury section to find activities and events happening in and around Bury?

Did you know you can list your service or upcoming event with us here on The Bury Directory for free? If you have any questions or require further support, you can contact us today.

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OUR MISSION:

To create a world where autistic young people can reach their true potential!

OUR VISION:

Spectrum Gaming is an autistic-led UK based charity that supports autistic young people. We aim to create a world where every autistic young person knows that who they are is ok and they can be themselves, whilst still developing meaningful relationships and achieving their personal goals.

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We do this by providing spaces where they feel safe and accepted, amongst others with similar shared lived experiences, and opportunities to explore who they are.

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We want all autistic young people to have the strength and confidence to find their place in the world that works for them. In many cases this means influencing wider strategic changes to create an environment that is more understanding and equitable.

OUR VALUES:

OUR CURRENT SERVICES:

Online Services - We provide a safe space online supervised by trusted adults where young people can explore, connect and grow with others.

Advocacy - We work with our young people, parents and partners to identify the priorities of young people and create proactive projects/ resources that address these priorities. You can find out more about our advocacy projects here.

Training - We offer training and guidance to those who need it most, and build a community who share our passion and vision to create change. You can find more info about this service and see our current courses and webinars here.

Face-to-Face Services - We offer opportunities for young people to meet with others and undertake positive activities together.

We believe that young people's voices are the most important in deciding how services should be delivered and how they should be supported. Therefore, what we do, how we run and our transformation is driven by members of our community. We have autistic young people that are also part of our voluntary staff team, and they fulfil a variety of roles including Server Managers, Moderators, Minecraft Builders, Event Leads and more.

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They will all be here to help and support you throughout your time in our community!

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THE STORY BEHIND SPECTRUM GAMING

Just over 6 years ago I attempted suicide, as I had learnt that I was never going to live a happy life as an autistic person. This wasn't an emotional decision, but a logical one, as I saw no other way out of the miserable life I was living (I share more about what led to that moment in this video).

In 2017 I set up Autistic Life, a Facebook page that shared educational content about autism which has over 30,000 followers.

In 2018, I created an emotional video about what life is like for autistic young people, and worked with Pathways Associates CIC to do the UK's biggest consulation on the priorities of autistic young people.

In 2019 I started working full time at a local authority as the Inclusion Ambassador/ SEND Advocate, ensuring the views of SEND young people are heard strategically, in addition to becoming co-chair of the North West SEND Young People's Coproduction Network.

In 2020, I created Spectrum Gaming, an online community for autistic young people as a response to lockdown. We now have over 1,000 members and became a registered charity in March 2021.

Spectrum Gaming doesn't just focus on enabling friendships and connection, but on advocacy, and ensuring autistic young people heard.

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Hello and a very warm welcome to Millwood School. I am delighted to introduce myself as the Headteacher

Millwood is place where everybody matters. We pride our self by going the extra mile and making a difference to the pupils and families in our school community and beyond. We are a school where entitlement, opportunity and challenge are championed.

We believe in making your children world class learners' developing in them a confidence and thirst for knowledge enabling them to realise their talents and create their own future.

We do this by:

Providing a broad, balanced, enriched and creative curriculum that is ambitious and designed to give learners', the knowledge and cultural capital they need to succeed in life.

Providing a curriculum that will continue to evolve and be responsive to 21st century learning needs including sustainability and global awareness as well as ensuring it equips each learner with the essential skills for future success in their next steps.

Providing a myriad of memorable learning experiences and opportunities that thrill, inspire and promote a lifelong love of learning for learners' thus ensuring that they fulfil their unique potential.

Preparing learners' for life in modern Britain by: equipping them to be responsible, respectful, active citizens who contribute positively to society; developing their understanding of fundamental British values; developing their understanding and appreciation of diversity; celebrating what we have in common and promoting respect for the different protected characteristics as defined in law.

Focusing on the continuous professional development for our staff to enhance the teaching of the curriculum and the appropriate use of assessment. The practice and subject knowledge of staff are built up and improve over time. We recognise that by investing in their ongoing professional development we are also investing in the development of each learner.

Providing a safe, happy, calm and well-ordered environment for all learners' and staff, focused on safeguarding and risk management.

Our strong vision supports a curriculum that aims to;

' Open up the world for our school, family and community. Driven by our values we will ensure a magical journey and memorable discoveries through our aspirational, engaging curriculum. We will inspire confidence and a love of learning in a happy, safe and nurturing environment with respect for all.'

Our Curriculum is designed to enable learners' to access the Early Years or National Curriculum, developing their skills and knowledge using strategies and interventions that help to reduce the impact of their barriers to learning. We deliver our curriculum in two year topic cycles and a host of curriculum enrichment days and weeks. Our curriculum is organised into three pathways. 1, for learners' who need pre subject specific learning. 2, for learners' who need semi formal subject specific learning. 3, for learners' who need formal subject specific learning. All of our children have learning plans linked to their Education Health and Care Plan.

Our curriculum extends beyond the academic. It provides for learners' broader development, enabling them to discover and develop their interests and talents and supports learners' to develop their character, including their resilience, confidence and independence, and help them know how to keep physically and mentally healthy. We have achieved the Association for PE Quality Mark with Distinction, Health Schools Award, School Mental Health Award- Silver and the SMSC Gold Award. These awards represent the very ethos of Millwood where your children are at the heart of everything we do.

Further information about our curriculum is available on our website.

We have high expectations for all learners' in school and set challenging targets for them. We also have high expectations for learners' behaviour and conduct and apply these expectations consistently and fairly. We are a school that practises unconditional positive regard for all.

We are a school that values and actively promotes working in partnership with parent and carers. We have been awarded the Leading Parent Partnership Award. Parents and carers engage in the annual parental questionnaire each summer. 100% of parents and carers who responded to the summer 2023 questionnaire agree that: Millwood is a welcoming and inclusive school that promotes your child's independence and life skills, and their physical and emotional wellbeing, we keep your child safe, your child is happy at school, we celebrate their successes and achievements, we encourage good attendance, your child makes good progress, we keep you regularly informed of their progress, and that you made the right decision in choosing Millwood. Additional comments include:

Parents and carers receive a weekly newsletter, which is available on the school website, and receive weekly WOW moments via Seesaw. We have a number of key events in the school calendar that we invite you into school to be a part of: our Christmas performances, prize day and 3 times a year parent and carers evenings to name a few.

We work in partnership with other professionals in education, health, and social care. We meet on a regular basis with our colleagues in the SEN team and host half termly Health and Therapy meetings in school to ensure collaboration beyond school, further developing effective relationships with colleagues in other public sectors to improve outcomes for our children and families. These meetings facilitate liaison across services ensuring that barriers to learning are removed in a timely manner. Safeguarding brings everyone's information together to build a bigger picture for the child to improve their lived experience.

Safeguarding and child protection are at the centre of everything we do at Millwood, and we work hard with families and colleagues from Health and Social Care to enable learners' to have the best outcomes. We employ a safeguarding and attendance lead and child and family support worker who respond to requests for Early Help Support directly from families or from other professionals. We have frequent meetings with colleagues in the Children with Disabilities Team and participate in multi-agency meetings for learners' who are the subject of a multi-agency plan or who are Looked After. Where we have any concerns about the safety or wellbeing of learners' we will consult with the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub follow their advice.

Beckie Savage, deputy headteacher, is the designated safeguarding lead. Shai Lampert is the safeguarding and attendance lead and Catherine Lomax is the child and family support worker.

We are a Rights Respecting School and have been awarded the Gold Award- from UNICEF. Children's rights are embedded in our vision, values and ethos

At the core of Millwood School is the right of all learners' to an outstanding education and supported access to all articles in the United Nation Convention on the Rights of the Child.

We are an inclusive school and have achieved the Inclusion Quality Mark Inclusive School Award with Centre of Excellence status.

We have a skilled and committed governing body who understand their role and carry this out effectively. They ensure that we have a clear vision and strategy and that resources are managed well. Our chair of governors is Debi Walker and our vice chair is Eve Ryan. Please have a look at the governing body page on our website for further information.

I hope you enjoy looking around the website and find it useful in gaining a clear insight into what we have to offer at Millwood School.

Please feel free to contact school if you have any queries or require any additional information.

With very best wishes

Headteacher

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Goodies Uniform Deadline

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Drop Down Day - April

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It is an honour and a privilege to be able to welcome you to our amazing new special school Brookhaven. Everything we do at Brookhaven is underpinned by our vision, values and ethos: We believe that all children should have the opportunity to be successful, whatever their starting point. We pledge an unswerving commitment to improve, accelerate and enable ambitious life goals for all students. We aim “To be unique by design, and awesome by outcome”.

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Welcome to Spring Lane School, a Bury-based Pupil Referral Unit offering tailored education and support for young people.

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Overview | Digital technologies for assessing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) | Guidance | NICE

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Evidence-based recommendations on digital technologies for assessing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

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Games - The best free games online for kids

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Deciding if a game is appropriate

There are four main things that you can consider to help you decide if a game's appropriate for your child to play:

Check the content of the game and any chat function:
Content within games is regulated and rated into age groups based on elements within the game such as sex, violence, gambling, drugs, in-app purchases etc. There are lots of different age ratings around the world, such as PEGI used in the UK. Always check the age rating to help you decide to allow your child to download or play a game - this is normally visible next to the game title within gaming and app stores.

Consider who your child could have contact with whilst using the game:
Consider any communication channels and if there are settings to turn off or limit chat functions. There can be different types of communications, e.g. group chat or private chat.

Communication in a game can increase the risk of bullying (sometimes referred to as being 'griefed' within gaming), being contacted by people they don't know and potentially groomed or exploited. Many games have a means of communication which includes private messaging and private chat. Look out for:

words like 'whisper' or 'private' next to messages if your child is playing in multiplayer games (especially if they are playing with people they don't know offline)

and any suggestion of taking the conversation to other messaging platforms.

Does the game affect your child's behaviour?
The behaviour of your child could be affected by some games, it can include bullying or 'griefing' others, trolling or other inappropriate behaviour. Very intensive games can result in short-term bad behaviour such as poor temper or 'ragequitting', which is getting so upset they stop playing immediately. Ensuring a game's suitability can help, as can limiting playing time.

Does the game have in-app purchasing?
In-app purchases normally enhance the game or gameplay, for example skins (design of the character or weapon) or loot boxes (treasure chests, but you don't always know what is in them). There can often be considerable pressure on children to be unique within their games (new skins) or to be better than others (purchasing power-ups). You should consider settings to turn off in-app purchases, or set a spending limit on the device or app.

Children need to be aware of scams involving free in-game currency (e.g. V-Bucks in Fortnite, or Robux in Roblox). Scam text messages, forum posts and videos may have content advertising free in-game currency. But they're often scams, designed to coax the player into revealing their gamer tag (username) and password in return for currency. This is known as a 'phishing' scam.

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Advice for parents to understand the risks of online games, why children play them and how to help your child play safely.

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Having a mobile phone and going online is great for lots of reasons. But it's important to be aware of the dangers too. Learn how to stay safe online.

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Childline - Support for Children under 19

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Childline - Support for Children under 19

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It’s normal to feel a bit worried about exams, but sometimes they can make you feel anxious or depressed. Find out how you can deal with exam stress.

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Disability benefit for people over the age of 16yrs

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Personal Independence Payment ( PIP) can help with extra living costs if you have both:

You can get PIP even if you're working, have savings or are getting most other benefits.

You can also read about PIP in Welsh (Cymraeg).

How PIP works

There are 2 parts to PIP:

a daily living part - if you need help with everyday tasks

a mobility part - if you need help with getting around

Whether you get one or both parts and how much you get depends on how difficult you find everyday tasks and getting around.

Daily living part

You might get the daily living part of PIP if you need help with:

preparing food

eating and drinking

managing your medicines or treatments

washing and bathing

using the toilet

dressing and undressing

reading

managing your money

socialising and being around other people

talking, listening and understanding

Mobility part

You might get the mobility part of PIP if you need help with:

working out a route and following it

physically moving around

leaving your home

You do not have to have a physical disability to get the mobility part. You might also be eligible if you have difficulty getting around because of a cognitive or mental health condition, like anxiety.

How difficulty with tasks is assessed

The Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP) will assess how difficult you find daily living and mobility tasks. For each task they'll look at:

whether you can do it safely

how long it takes you

how often your condition affects this activity

whether you need help to do it, from a person or using extra equipment

Help with PIP

If you need help understanding or applying for PIP you can:

If you live in Scotland

You need to apply for Adult Disability Payment (ADP) instead of PIP.

If you currently get PIP, you'll be automatically moved to ADP by summer 2024.

When the move begins, you'll get letters from DWP and Social Security Scotland. Read more about the moving process.

If you move from Scotland to England or Wales

If you get ADP and move from Scotland to England or Wales, you must make a new claim for PIP instead.

Your ADP will stop 13 weeks after you move - apply for PIP as soon as possible after moving or your payments could be affected.

If you get Disability Living Allowance (DLA)

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is being replaced by PIP for most adults. You'll keep getting DLA if:

you're under 16

you were born on or before 8 April 1948

If you were born after 8 April 1948, DWP will invite you to apply for PIP. You do not need to do anything until DWP writes to you about your DLA unless your circumstances change.

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Personal Independence Payment (PIP) replaces Disability Living Allowance (DLA) - how and when to claim, rates, eligibility.

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Financial help is available through the Household Support Fund or the Bury Support Fund. These are intended to provide short term financial support for food and fuel. This could be because of some unforeseen event, or due to the pressures of the Cost of Living Crisis.

Support provided is based on a household's income and expenditure, and will range from between £100 and £300, depending on your circumstances and financial hardship. Payments of less than £100 will be paid in certain crisis situations.

When you apply, we will ask about your income and expenditure and to see proof of your bank statements. We will ask you to upload these with your application form.

Make a claim

Please complete the form below.

You will need to register and create an account to access the application form and provide all information requested to enable the council to make a decision.

If you need to pause during the application process the form will still be available for you to complete when you log back into your account.

Please complete and submit your original application and do not attempt to start a new application as you may end up with multiple incomplete claims.

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Financial help is available through the Household Support Fund or the Bury Support Fund. These are intended to provide short term financial support for food and fuel.

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All children in reception, year 1 and year 2 get a free meal at lunchtime, under the government's Infant Free School Meals scheme. These are provided at all Bury Council maintained schools, academies, free schools, and pupil referral units.

You do not have to apply for these. But if your child is in a key stage 1 year group and you get one of the qualifying incomes shown below it will help the school if you make a claim for free school meals, as they can get extra funding.

From year 3 onwards free school meals are only available if you get one of the following:

Universal Credit - and your earned income is less than £7,400 a year, after tax and not including any benefits

Income Support

Income-based Job Seekers Allowance

Income-related Employment Support Allowance

Child Tax Credit, providing you are do not get Working Tax Credit, and your annual gross income is less than £16,190

Guarantee element of State Pension Credit

Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999

If you get Working Tax Credits you will not be eligible unless you are receiving the four week 'run on' payment after stopping work.

Free school meals are available for pupils at local authority maintained primary and secondary schools, including academies. They are not available for children at private or independent schools.

They are also available for eligible households with:

Children at local authority maintained nurseries, providing they receive education before and after lunch

Students aged between 16 and 19 who go to Elms Bank Specialist Arts College sixth form

Students who receive Income Support or Income-based Jobseekers Allowance in their own right

If your income changes

If you get free school meals and your income increases above the qualifying limits your children will still get free meals until at least 31 March 2025.

If they are still at school on 31 March 2025, free school meals will continue until the end of year 6 if they are at primary school, or the end of year 11 if they are at secondary school.

This protection only covers children included in the original claim. Any younger siblings who start school after your income exceeds the thresholds will not get free school meals.

Apply for free school meals

Please use the form below to apply if you live:

In Bury Council's area and your child attends a school either in or outside the borough

In Manchester Council's area and your child attends a school in Bury

You will need yours and your partner's National Insurance numbers or National Asylum Support Service numbers.

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Help with school meals if you have a low income and Infant Free School Meals for all children in reception to year 2 classes.

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Free education & childcare for 2 year olds

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Free education & childcare for 2 year olds

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Free education and childcare for 2-year-olds

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How to access free nursery education, also known as Early Education and Childcare (EEC) for 2 year olds who meet certain criteria.

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Application for travel assistance between home and college

Bury Council has a duty to facilitate the attendance of all persons of sixth form age, 16 to 18 and those continuing learners who started their programme of learning before their nineteenth birthday, receiving education or training to ensure that:

learners of sixth form age are able to access the education and training of their choice

if support for access is required, this will be assessed and provided where necessary

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Information about whose eligible and how to apply for school and college travel assistance.

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If you do not get the Guarantee Credit element of Pension Credit, you may still be eligible for the Warm Home Discount.

You may be eligible if on 13 August 2023 all of the following applied:

your energy supplier is part of the scheme

you (or your partner) get certain means-tested benefits or tax credits

your property has a high energy cost score based on its characteristics

your name (or your partner's) is on the electricity bill

This is known as being in the 'core group 2'.

Qualifying benefits and tax credits

The qualifying means-tested benefits are:

Housing Benefit

income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)

income-based Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA)

Income Support

the 'Savings Credit' part of Pension Credit

Universal Credit

You could also qualify if your household income falls below a certain threshold and you get either:

Child Tax Credit

Working Tax Credit

Check if you're eligible for the discount online.

Your energy cost score

Your property must have a high energy cost score to be eligible for the scheme.

This is not based on the actual energy costs in your energy bill. It's calculated based on your property's type, age and floor area.

Check if you're eligible for the discount online.

How to get the discount

You'll get a letter between October 2023 and early January 2024 if:

you're eligible for the scheme

you might be eligible for the scheme, but you need to give more information

If you're eligible for the scheme, your letter will confirm you do not need to do anything. You'll receive the discount automatically.

If you need to give more information, your letter will tell you to call the helpline by 29 February 2024 to confirm your details.

If you're eligible, your electricity supplier will apply the discount to your bill by 31 March 2024.

If you do not get a letter

Contact the Warm Home Discount Scheme if you do not get the letter by early January 2024 and you think you're eligible.

You must contact them before 29 February 2024.

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Universal Credit is a payment to help with your living costs. It's paid monthly - or twice a month for some people in Scotland.

You may be able to get it if you're on a low income, out of work or you cannot work.

If you live in Northern Ireland, go to Universal Credit in Northern Ireland.

Sign in

Sign in to your Universal Credit account if you already have one.

If you already get other benefits

Universal Credit is replacing the following benefits and tax credits:

Child Tax Credit

Housing Benefit

Income Support

income-based Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA)

income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)

Working Tax Credit

If you're getting any of these benefits or tax credits, you do not need to do anything unless either:

your circumstances change

you get a letter called a 'Migration Notice' telling you that you must claim Universal Credit

You'll stop getting these benefits and tax credits when you or your partner claims Universal Credit. If you or your partner gets Pension Credit, this will also stop if one of you claims Universal Credit.

This will not affect any other benefits you're getting, such as Personal Independence Payment (PIP) or Carer's Allowance.

You can read more about how tax credits and Universal Credit affect each other.

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You get Child Benefit if you're responsible for bringing up a child who is:

Only one person can get Child Benefit for a child.

There's no limit to how many children you can claim for.

By claiming Child Benefit, you can get:

an allowance paid to you for each child - you'll usually get it every 4 weeks

National Insurance credits which count towards your State Pension

a National Insurance number for your child without them having to apply for one - they'll usually get the number shortly before they turn 16 years old

If you choose not to get Child Benefit payments, you should still make a claim to get the other advantages.

If your circumstances change

You must report any change of circumstances to the Child Benefit Office.

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Child Benefit - child benefit rates, eligibility, how to claim, child benefit claim form CH2.

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Welcome to the RMCH CEW Padlet, we aim to provide you with helpful resources for healthy living. There may be resources within this resource that is not related to you and your young person, however we hope that you find it helpful.

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Children and Young People's Emotional and Mental Wellbeing Support Padlets'

In Bury we recognise the effects of the recent pandemic on the emotional wellbeing of our children and young people and are working hard to ensure they get the support they need, when they need it.

We have developed this resource for children and young people, their parents and carers and professionals, so that our mental health support offer is easy to understand and access.

If you, or someone you know needs support, you can find out more about the support available by clicking on the resources below.

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Thriving in Bury for Children and Young People Emotional Wellbeing Support

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Thriving in Bury for Children and Young People Emotional Wellbeing Support | The Bury Directory

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Help to find the right educaiton for your child

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Find out more about our JR Initiative, The PAP Project!

SOS!SEN is an independent registered charity started in 2002 by a small group who had spent much of their lives in education or related services. We help parents secure the right educational support for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

We now have a team of over 70 volunteers advising parents, many of whom have been in your shoes, seeking to get the right provision for their children.

We are able to fund the important lifeline we provide to parents through your donations for our services and our Surrey-based charity shop.

We provide a range of information, advice and support to help parents find their way through the daunting legal and bureaucratic maze of securing SEN support for their children.

Parents are not always aware of their children's entitlement to SEN provision; we help them navigate the process, with advice underpinned by current legislation and best practice.

I would like to say thank you to everyone at SOS!SEN for their direction and invaluable expertise, which helped me work through an appeal... Your workshops [webinars] on appealing against the contents of EHCP and SEND Tribunal video hearings gave me the confidence to represent myself, and succeed at a SEND Tribunal hearing, to secure needed provisions for my son...

I just wanted to write a huge and heartfelt thank you to SOSSEN. I attended the walk in session in Thornton Heath...and spoke to Sarah who was truly wonderful! I have been feeling very overwhelmed...and my head has felt like a tangled ball of wool. Sarah calmly untangled it all and gave me lots of brilliant advice and next steps to work towards...

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Find out more about our JR Initiative, The PAP Project! SOS!SEN is an independent registered charity started in 2002 by a small group who had spent much of their lives in education or related services. We help parents secure the right educational support for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

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Inclusion Team SEND offer overview 24-25 final

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SEND helpline referral process for schools final

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Contact Details - SEND Local Offer (Bury)

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Contact Details - SEND Local Offer (Bury)

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A list of contact details for all involved within SEND Local Offer for Bury