Leeds Community Healthcare Speech and Language Therapy

Dear Parent Carers We have been asked by the Leeds Community Speech and Language Therapy Team to share some information about how you can help them make their services as accessible as possible. Please see below for details: Help Us Improve Our Speech and Language Therapy Website! Parents & Carers – We’d love your input! We’re working […]

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Strengthening Connections: Charity Network Meeting at Pontefract Castle

Date: 11 June 2025Location: Pontefract Castle, West Yorkshire Yesterday, we had the pleasure of gathering at the stunning Pontefract Castle for a vibrant and inspiring network meeting of local charities and community organisations. A heartfelt thank you to the team at Pontefract Castle for not only hosting us in such a beautiful and historic setting, […]

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June 2025 Communication

List of events and activities for June. To have an event or information added for July 2025, please email info@westyorkshirecann.org WYCANN June 2025 Communication

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Professionals training and knowledge of SEND services – share your views

The Leeds Parent Carer Forum and Voice, Influence and Change Team (LCC) work in partnership to raise the issues and challenges faced by parents and carers of children with SEND in Leeds across education, health and care. Families have told us that they feel professionals they work with require further SEND training and knowledge of […]

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May 2025 Communciation

List of events and activities for May. To have an event or information added for June 2025, please email info@westyorkshirecann.org WYCANN May 2025 Communication

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April 2025 Communciation

List of events and activities for April. To have an event or information added for May 2025, please email info@westyorkshirecann.org WYCANN April Communication (PDF)

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March 2025 Communication

List of events and activities for March. To have an event or information added for April 2025, please email info@westyorkshirecann.org WYCANN March Communication (PDF)

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A Great Start to Our Hybrid Meetings!

This morning, we had an amazing hybrid meeting with some fantastic presentations. Despite a few hiccups, we managed to pull it off and learned a lot for our future events. Our Wonderful Presenters: We’ll be sending out all the presentations to our mailing list soon. A huge thank you to everyone who presented and attended, […]

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February 2025 Communication

List of events and activities for February. To have an event or information added for March 2025, please email info@westyorkshirecann.org WYCANN February Communication (PDF)

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Inclusion in Mainstream Education Research – participants needed

Shaunna McLean is conducting a research project for her Doctorate in Educational Psychology at University of East Anglia. This research project will look at the experiences of inclusion, for children and young people, aged 9-16, with Down Syndrome in mainstream education. The study will involve speaking to children and young people with Down Syndrome, about […]

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