Magazine Spring 2019
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An Information Service For Parents Of Children And Young People With Special Educational Needs And Disabilities in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire The IRIS Magazine Spring 2019 Inside this issue Spring Baking Recipes See page 7 NEW! Young People’s Zone See page 17 A Day with Crocus Fields See page 20 & 21 [email protected] 2 Contents Introduction 2 Introduction Welcome to Your Spring IRIS magazine! 2 The Ear Foundation We have three exciting bits of news to share with you this season. is 30 This Year Firstly, if you subscribe to our newsletter, you will already know that we have set up a Facebook group for parents and young people who 3 Share What You read and take part in The IRIS Project. In this group, we share news Know Theme Park items, local events and interesting titbits that might make life a bit Edition easier for all of us. If you want to join us, please search ‘IRIS Parents & Young People’ on Facebook and send a join request. 4 ASD Friendly Barber Secondly, this issue contains the first ever Young People’s Zone! These are pages specifically designed for young people aged 16-24. Once 5 Including again, we’re looking for your feedback on this, so please let us know Parents Conference what you like (or don’t like) and what you want to see in your Young May 2019 people’s Zone. Read more about this on page 17. Finally, we’re thrilled to announce that our new website is now live! 6 Positively We’ve combined the Ask Us and IRIS websites to make it easier to find Empowered Kids all the information you need about SEND services in Nottingham and Festival Nottinghamshire. Please keep your eyes on www.askusnotts.org.uk for all things Ask Us and IRIS. 7 Spring Baking Recipes The Ear Foundation 8-16 Events 17 Young People’s Zone is 30 This Year! The best 30th birthday present for The Ear Foundation but can’t 18 Sam’s Workplace we could ask for is for all our do it without your donations. supporters to take part in our Please dig deep and spread the 19 All About Future #30for30 challenge and donate word to help us ensure we keep Impact £30! supporting those with hearing loss and their families. If you have any The Ear Foundation was other ideas on how we, or you, established in 1989, and the 20-21 A Day At Crocus can raise funds, please contact advancements in hearing Fields [email protected] technology is beyond what we could have dreamed of! We look 22 Independent Living forward to what the future brings Spring A X M H S U N Q Wordsearch A X G N I R P S E D P I C N I C BIRD O Q U B I R D E DUCK W P P C N I C E FLOWER PICNIC K J Q L K W P V SPRING C F L O W E R L SUN J M C U E C C O 3 Share What You Know Theme Park Edition As the weather starts to warm up, you may be thinking about taking a family trip to one of England’s many great theme parks. We understand that finding accessibility information can be difficult, so we have put together this small guide to the services and facilities offered by the 5 of the most popular theme parks in the country. Alton Towers Thorpe Park • Ride Access Tickets • Free carer’s pass • Free carer’s pass • Accessible toilets • Additional carer’s pass at half price • Changing Places • Accessible toilets • Ride Access Pass • Changing Places room • Wheelchair hire (£50 returnable deposit) • Place to Change room Customer services phone number: 0871 663 • Ear Defender Hire 1673. *Calls to this number cost 13p per minute • Quiet Room plus your providers access charge. • Wheelchair hire (£20 refundable deposit) Customer services phone number: 0871 222 3330 Gulliver’s - Calls cost 13p per minute plus your network provider’s access charge (please note these are • Concessionary rates for carers significant if calling from a mobile telephone). • Access Passes • Adapted and accessible hotels • Wheelchair hire (£20 refundable deposit) Chessington World of Adventure • Accessible toilets • Free carer’s pass Gully’s Hotline: 01925 444 888 • Accessible toilets • Changing Places Drayton Manor • Ride Access Pass • Wheelchair hire (£10 per day + £50 returnable • Access Band deposit) • Carer card • Accessible toilets Customer services phone number: 0871 663 4477. • Hoist room (sling not provided) Calls cost 13p per minute plus your network • Wheelchair hire (£10 fee + £10 refundable providers access charge (please note these are deposit) significant if calling from a mobile telephone). Customer services phone number: 01827 287979. Eligibility Documents Most attractions require proof of eligibility for carer’s passes and Access Passes. Usually, the following documentation may be used as proof of eligibility and additional needs: • PIP, DLA or Attendance Allowance letters (issued within the past 12 months) • Letters from GP or consultants • Current, valid Blue Badge 4 ASD Friendly Barber Algie Williams, 40, is a mobile barber offering disability and ASD-accommodating services across Nottingham. Telling the story of how he got Algie was inspired to start offering “I try to cater for all services that started as a barber, Algie says he SEND-friendly services when he are needed but customers can began looking into barbering as a began cutting the hair of a cousin make any suggestions they want, job 12 years ago. with ADHD and ADD. if they believe will better my business and fulfil all needs of the “Since then, I have done “To get him out of the house clients.” courses and started to offer when he doesn’t want to go is other services, like ‘Free Trim hard enough. But to let a stranger Brushes and Blades is a friendly, Thursdays’ for the homeless or touch his hair in a place he didn’t welcoming team of people who my work with Walkers Notts and want to enter without persuasion always put customers’ needs first. S.A.F.E feeding and clothing the was a no-go. So, I started cutting They offer a punctual, attentive, homeless. his hair myself. “He loved it, and organised and focussed service, the fact that he could play his during which they aim to put a “I then decided to set up my console, tablet or phone while smile on everyone’s’ face. own business directed at SEND he was getting his haircut was an children and people with physical added bonus for him.” disabilities.” Brushes and Blades is not just Algie officially set up Brushes and for men and boys, either. The Contact Brushes and Blades: Blades Mobile Hair and Beauty company employs a female Instagram Services in June 2017, though he hairdresser, nail and eyebrow @brushes_n_blades_mhb had been cutting the hair of his technician and masseuse. This friends and family for three years means the company can offer a Facebook prior. full makeover or relaxation for @Brushes & Blades Mobile Hair n clients who want it. Beauty Services or Through Brushes and Blades, Algie @algiesbarbers. aims to save his clients time and Algie believes that conversation Appointments can be made money, as well as minimising the and finding a common ground through the Facebook page or stress that can come with getting between the client and employee by contacting Algie directly on a haircut – by carrying out his is the key to his business’ success. 07762 346 812. services in the comfort of your He is open to suggestions for own home. services his clients might be looking for; 5 Including Parents Conference May 2019 A free conference for parents and carers of At the end of the day there will be an opportunity children and young people up to the age of 19 to gather information, speak to workshop providers with additional needs on Wednesday 15 May 2019, and ask any outstanding questions you may have. 9:00am – 3:00pm at Bestwood Lodge Hotel NG5 8NE. Keynote speaker: Henry normal Workshops on the day will include: Born in St Ann’s, Nottingham in 1956. Henry now • Emotional Literacy lives in Brighton with his wife, the screenwriter • Sensory Sensitivities Angela Pell, and their son, Johnny. • Empowerment Henry is a writer, poet and TV and Film producer. • Behavioural Strategies: Coping with Risky Behaviour He has written and • Makaton: A Taster Session performed three BBC Radio 4 shows Information will also be available on a range of ‘A Normal Family’, services, support groups and leisure opportunities ‘A Normal Life’ and for children and young people with additional ‘A Normal Love’ needs and their families. combining comedy, poetry and stories Representatives from AskUs and the IRIS magazine about bringing up his will be available to provide signposting and autistic son. guidance on the day. Ask Us Nottinghamshire (formerly the Parent Our Helpline can offer support, information and advice Partnership Service) supports parents and carers of on all things relating to your child’s special educational children with special educational needs and disabilities needs or disability and the support available from the living in Nottingham City or anywhere within the county City and County Councils. We can point you in the of Nottinghamshire. You can also contact us if you are direction of an organisation who will help you to find the about to move into either of these areas. answers to whatever questions you might have. Morning Afternoon Ask Us Helpline: 0800 121 7772 Monday 09:00 13:00 Closed Closed Tuesday 09:00 13:00 Closed Closed If your initial contact is via email ([email protected]) or voicemail please tell Wednesday Closed Closed 13:00 16:00 us your child’s name, whether you live in Nottingham Thursday 09:00 13:00 Closed Closed City or Nottinghamshire, a contact number and a short Friday 09:00 13:00 Closed Closed message to let us know what you want to discuss.