Mental Health Awareness Week 2023: How public transport affects disabled people's mental health
15 May 2023 - 10:00am
In light of Mental Health Awareness Week, we want to shed some light on how people's mental health is affected by their experiences with public transport.
Mental Health Awareness Week is vital in increasing understanding of mental health and how mental health problems can be prevented. This year's theme is anxiety. Here we share useful resources for young people and children experiencing anxiety. As well, as useful links for parents/carers and adults struggling with mental health issues.
Ashcroft School celebrates the Coronation of King Charles III
10 May 2023 - 10:00am
On Friday, 5 May, the Together Trust’s Ashcroft School, which supports children and young people with social, emotional, and mental health needs, was decked out in red, white and blue as students and staff commemorated the Coronation of King Charles III.
Among Us, Billionaire Boy and Gangsta Granny characters turn up at Inscape House School
28 April 2023 - 10:00am
Last month, pupils and staff at Inscape House School had a special guest and dressed up as their favourite fictional characters to celebrate one of the most exciting events in the school calendar - World Book Day.
Our Bridge Gives Back curriculum gives students a fantastic opportunity to benefit the local area. This half term, some learners decided for their Bridge Gives Back sessions, they would like to help and support homeless people.
The Together Trust teams up with a restaurant chain to provide work experience for autistic students
10 April 2023 - 10:00am
Inscape House School, one of the Together Trust's specialist education settings, which looks after young people with autism, has teamed up with the premium restaurant chain Gusto in Cheadle Hulme to offer our students an 8-week work placement in the hospitality industry.
White noise, pink noise, brown noise – what's the difference?
3 April 2023 - 10:00am
You may have heard of white noise already. Many people use it to soothe themselves to sleep or help them focus on tasks. But did you know there are multiple colours of noise out there.
On 20 March we responded to the Transport Select Committee’s inquiry on accessible transport, which was set up to find ways to make different modes of transport, public and private, more accessible to disabled people and those with access needs.
“Often it feels really frustrating because I want to speak verbally, but I physically can’t” – Inscape House students interviewed on BBC Radio Manchester
21 March 2023 - 11:15am
Students from Inscape House were featured on BBC Radio Manchester after recording a segment on selective mutism for Chris Packham’s Inside Our Autistic Minds on BBC Two.
World Sleep Day 2023: Sleep is essential for health
16 March 2023 - 5:00pm
Sleep is a biological necessity for humans. We all do it, although some more than others, and we spend around a third of our lives asleep, which highlights just how important it must be. However, it’s not something that we all protect in the same way that we ringfence time for exercise or socialising.
Students get trip of a lifetime on the Flying Scotsman
15 March 2023 - 2:00pm
Students from the Together Trust’s specialist education settings were given a fantastic opportunity last week with a very special train journey from Bury Bolton Street station. The wonderful opportunity to take a trip on the Flying Scotsman came as the iconic train celebrated it’s 100th birthday.
Bridge College students dance their way through Independent Women's Day
14 March 2023 - 10:45am
Independent Woman’s Day was on 8 March. This year the theme was #EmbraceEquity. Bridge College wants a world where diversity, equity, and inclusivity are celebrated. A world where difference is valued. Independent Woman's Day is a wonderful opportunity to learn and foster an environment where together, we can forge women's equality.
Mythbusting common fostering concerns for LGBTQ+ people
8 March 2023 - 11:30am
Here at the Together Trust, we are proud to support LGBTQ+ individuals and couples wanting to foster. We are a New Family Social member and take pride in making sure every individual or family going through the fostering process with us is treated equally and with respect.
A talented autistic pupil shines at Disability Gymnastics competitions
27 February 2023 - 11:00am
A superstar student from Inscape House School, a specialist school supporting children and young people with autism, came second in the National SEN Gymnastics virtual competitions run by Authority Sports UK.
Lee's story: "it’s a great feeling to help someone and set them up for their life ahead"
21 February 2023 - 1:00pm
We speak to a couple who have fostered children with the Together Trust for the last two years to hear about their experience of fostering as a same-sex couple.
In the fast lane: Inscape students take a tour of Mercedes
17 February 2023 - 4:30pm
On 15 February, students from Inscape House School, one of our specialist learning environments, were invited to Mercedes in Stockport for a tour of their showroom and to learn about jobs at the company