We want to share events and opportunities that you can get involved in as a parent/carer, young person or professional that could be beneficial for parent/carers with children with SEND.
Local Offer Live Event
We host an annual Local Offer Live Event, aimed to bring Wigan’s Local Offer to life in one space for young people with SEND and their families alongside inviting professionals to access information. We are joined by professionals from social care, education, health and community sectors so you can speak to them directly in one space.
To find out more information, visit the Local Offer Live Event webpage.
School White Paper Consultation
On Thursday 23rd February, the Department for Education released the Every child achieving and thriving policy paper (external link) to improve education for all children. You can find out more information via the SEND news and updates as well as links to supportive documentation to explain what this means for you and your family.
How to get involved and have your say?
As part of the reforms, the Department of Education are consulting on the proposals. Are you a parent and want to get involved? You can provide your comments via the SEND Reform Consultation (external link). This closes 18th May 2026.
Wigan Parent Carer Forum are hosting an Afternoon Tea and discussion around the SEND white paper.
When: 17th March 2026, 12pm to 2:30pm
Where: Ashland House, Dobson Park Way, WN2 2DX.
Don’t miss out and book your place via Eventbrite (external link).
The Council for Disabled Children are also running opportunities to gather voices of children and young people in the SEND reforms for young people (external link). If you are a professional and want your school/ setting involved and have an opportunity as part of this consultation, please click the link above. The focus group sessions will be starting across England in the first week of March and will run until April 30th 2026
Wigan Parent Carer Forum
The Parent Carer Forum is your opportunity to have your say and be part of the design, development and improvement services for disabled children in the local area. They do this by gathering the views of local families and then working in partnership with the local authority, education settings, health providers and other providers to highlight where local services, processes and commissioners are working well, or challenge when changes or improvements need to be made.
Want to get involved? Head over to the Wigan Parent Carer Forum (external link) website to find out more information and be part of the parent carer voices.
Greater Manchester Mental Health Art Exhibition
Wigan Greater Manchester Mental Health are doing an art exhibition on Window to my World. The project aims to celebrate the diverse identities across different ethnicities, cultures and recognises the challenges and contributions of those with SEND.
This project welcomes expressions shaped by neurodiversity, care-experienced young people, mental health, physical access needs, and the impact of caregiving roles.
Want to get involved? Get in touch by completing the Give us your feedback form and we can share more details.
Annual phased transfer events
The SEND service will host annual transition events for those with EHCPs which will provide you with important information that you will need to consider when preparing for your child’s phased transfer to primary, secondary school or post-16. We contact you via letter or email to invite you but do contact the SEND Team for more information. This year it will be held on Wednesday 17th June and will have sessions in- person during the day and online in the evening. This is part of the annual reviews and phased transfer’s process. They will be targeting:
- Early years to primary school
- Primary school to secondary school
- Secondary school or post-16 provider.
We will provide information on the process, but if you miss it you can still access this information via the annual reviews and phased transfer’s webpages, contact your EHCP Coordinator or contact the SEND Team.
Local Offer Live Event
We host an annual Local Offer Live Event, aimed to bring Wigan’s Local Offer to life in one space for children, young people, parent, carers and professionals to access information. We are joined by professionals from social care, education, health and community sectors so you can speak to them directly in one space.
We will share the details when plans for our next event have been confirmed.