BDCFT Children's Learning Disability Team - Craven

17/03/2026

📣Last chance to book on to our Parent/ Carer workshop - Accessing health services.
Please get in touch to book your place 📧

06/03/2026

📣 Parent/ Carer Workshop – Accessing Health Services

Are you a parent or carer who would like more information, about how to support your child or young person to access health services?

🗓 Date: 20th March 2026
🕒 Time: 12:30pm – 2:30pm
📍 Location: Fisher Medical Centre, Community Hub Room, Skipton, BD23 1EU
💻 Virtual option available

Places are limited, so please contact us to book your place.
We look forward to supporting you 💬

02/02/2026

🌱 Parent & Carer Workshop: Puberty 🌱
Supporting a child through puberty can feel challenging — and even more so for children and young people with SEND. Join us for a supportive, informative workshop designed especially for parents and carers.
📅 Date: Friday 20th February 2026
⏰ Time: 12:30 – 14:30
📍 Location: Fisher Medical Centre, Community Hub Room, Coach Street, Skipton, BD23 1EU
💻 Virtual option available

This session will offer practical guidance, understanding and a space to ask questions in a safe and supportive environment.
📧 To book: please email ChildrensLearningDisabilities@bdct.nhs.uk

06/01/2026

👥Toilet Training Workshop 👥

The Children’s Learning Disability Team is hosting a toileting workshop for parents and carers of children with SEND.

You’ll receive specialist toileting advice, practical tips, and guidance in a supportive environment.

📍Location: Fisher Medical Centre – Community Hub
📅 Date: 16th January 2026
⏰ Time: 12:30pm – 2:30pm

📩 To book a place, please email us using the email address shown on the poster.

23/12/2025

With just one day to go before our services close for Christmas and all our staff get a well-deserved break, I wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone in
the School Nursing Special Needs Team, SEND Team, and Children’s Learning Disabilities Team for the amazing difference you make for children and families 🫶

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a happy, restful New Year. 🎅

04/12/2025

🚨Flu is Spreading 🤧😷 here are some useful tips to stop the spread !!!!

Children can catch and spread flu easily. Vaccinating them also protects others who are vulnerable to flu, such as babies and older people. 🤒

The School Immunisation Team offer two types of FLU vaccinations to all school- Aged children on Rec-Yr11

-The flu nasal spray is quick and pain free. 😍 or
-The flu injection which is free from porcine (pork gelatine) .

For Further information or to give Consent / refuse the flu vaccination please contact the team on 01274 221269 , and a member of staff will be happy to help 😄

19/11/2025

🌟 Feeling anxious or want to support someone who is?

Join the 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 webinar this 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟐𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫, 𝟒–𝟓𝐩𝐦 to learn about anxiety, different types of thoughts, and practical ways to manage them — including breathing and grounding techniques.

Parents and young people welcome! 💙
📲 Scan the QR code or join via Microsoft Teams
𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐃: 367 112 853 219 | 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞 673Uw3ej

Questions? Email:
tewv.wimtwsa@nhs.net

03/11/2025

📣Join us for a our next Parent Workshop on Sleep.
Offering advice and strategies to improve and manage sleep challenges.

📅 Date: 21 November 2025
📍 Location: Fisher Medical Centre, Community Hub Room, Coach Street, BD23 1EU
⏰ Time: 12.30 to 14.30

👉 Register now! Using the email address included in the poster

08/10/2025

📣 Last Few Places Remaining!

Join us for our Parent/Carer Workshop on Behaviour Strategies & Support – a practical and supportive session designed to help you feel more confident in managing behaviour challenges.

🗓 Friday 17th October
🕧 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM
📍 Fisher Medical Centre, Skipton

Don't miss out – this is a great opportunity to share experiences, gain advice and connect with others.

📧 Email us now to book your spot!

07/10/2025

🎉✨ We are excited to share the SENDiVERSE Festival 2025 programme of events which is now live! ✨🎉 The Leap

Get involved in a week-long celebration of imagination, creativity, and joy led by children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) across the Bradford district! 💛🌈

🗓️ Monday 27th October – Friday 31st October

🎪 Over 50+ activities happening across the district, from pumpkin carving to silent discos, circus skills, Bollywood dance, sensory storytelling, and creative food fun!

🎆 And don’t miss the BIG BANG celebration on Saturday 1st November (11am–4pm)
FREE family day full of interactive performances, workshops, face painting, sensory play, stalls, and outdoor adventures.

🎨 PLUS: Enter the Design a Sculpture Competition!
🧠 Open to ages 4–25 with SEND
📅 Deadline: 18th October

👉 Start planning your SENDiVERSE week now (link to website in comments below 👇 )

Let’s celebrate fun, creativity and togetherness — see you there! 🎉💫



Parents' Forum for Bradford & Airedale Airedale & Wharfedale Autism Resource Thinking BIG Shipley SEN Parenting Network Bradford Sendiass LS29 Special Needs Support Group West Yorkshire CANN for Parent/Carers SNOOP, Special Needs Objective Outreach Project Bradford Phab Club ASpire supporting the autism community SEND Salaam Bradford West Family Hub Bradford South Family Hub Keighley and Shipley Family Hub Bradford East Family Hub Bradford People First People First Keighley and Craven yorkshire ADHD group

06/10/2025

🍂 Pumpkin Olympics coming to Farcliffe Family Hub! Bradford West Family Hub

📅 31 October
📍 Farcliffe Family Hub, 56 Toller Lane, BD8 8QH
🪙 FREE
Book your places now! Phone 01274 436700.

Join the team for relaxed autumn games and crafts – take home a medal and a free nature kit!

This event is for families with learning disabled and/or autistic children of all ages. It is an inclusive event - brothers and sisters also welcome, to involve the whole family. Parents and carers please stay for the full session.

This is a SENDiVERSE Festival event with Mind the Gap and Bradford West’s Our Patch team (part of the Bradford 2025 City of Culture).

More SENDiVERSE events are in planning in Family Hubs across the Bradford district. Follow Bradford East Family Hub Bradford South Family Hub Keighley and Shipley Family Hub

You can also follow SENDiVERSE Festival organisers

03/09/2025

Puberty can be a confusing and challenging time - especially for children and young people with Learning Disabilities.
NSPCC Learning has created some easy to navigate resources, offering guidance and practical tips on how to support children and young people through puberty. 👧👦 Included are some useful visual resources to support discussions. 💬

Resources for parents and carers with advice, guidance and practical tips on how to support children and young people who have learning disabilities through puberty.