As part of National School Diversity Week (22 June – 26 June 2020) we engaged in a range of activities with our students and staff at our three educational schools.

As part of the Disabled Children’s Partnership (DCP) we are launching research which finds that's disabled children and their families have had vital care and support withdrawn during the coronavirus pandemic. Over 4000 families with disabled children and young people told us that they were being #LeftInLockdown.

Jacob Milward is a student at Inscape House School, the Together Trust school that breaks down barriers to learning for children and young people with autism. When Jacob realised that there was a gap in accessibility in transport at the school he was determined to help solve the matter. So, here’s Jacob’s story, and it’s a good one.     

“I really love driving. I’ve got my own car at home but at school I noticed that the cars we had weren’t accessible for all our staff to drive.

Students at specialist schools and colleges across the North West have a chance to show off their photography skills and win a tablet device, to help them develop their creative and photographic skills. The competition is being run by the Together Trust’s Bridge College and is being judged by Paul Coates, the Print Editor at the Manchester Evening News.

This week saw the Together Trust celebrating National Thank a Teacher Day in all sorts of fun ways across our three schools, and here’s a round-up of what went on!     

Bridge College have extended their photo competition until 6th July. If you're a student at a specialist school or college across the North West, why not use your extra time at home to get creative and share your best shots with us? The theme is 'this is me' and there are two categories that you can enter:

Last month we asked the children and young people we support to get creative for carers in response to the call from the Greater Manchester Health & Social Care Partnership for art to brighten the walls of the new NHS Nightingale Hospital North West, at Manchester’s G-Mex Centre. 

The Greater Manchester Health & Social Care Partnership has asked for art to brighten the walls of the new NHS Nightingale Hospital North West, at Manchester’s G-Mex Centre. And we at the Together Trust are responding.

The children and young people in our schools and care settings, who in many cases have learning disabilities, complex needs, communications difficulties and autism, have been busy creating art in all shapes and sizes.