Elevating Parent Carers of Children & Adults with Special Learning Needs
Our organisation is called “Lifted” because our aim is to “elevate parent carers who have a child/adult with special needs”. We strive to make a positive difference and improve the health and well-being of those carers using the service.
Offering 1-1 support, guidance & advocacy and assistance with completing forms.
Hosting special calendar events, lunches, days out and craft sessions.
Meet the Team
She is a Psychology graduate who brings a wealth of experience to Lifted. She has a strong determination and commitment to develop successful projects that serve the local community.
Her background includes youth work, careers advice (with a specialism in special educational needs and disabilities) and project development and management.
A mum to twin boys herself, she is passionate about supporting others and refuses to be defeated.
She will always take the time to listen to others and isn’t afraid to challenge decisions in order to secure the correct outcomes for families.
My role in the centre is to provide support to parents and carers on a daily basis and to organise events for Lifted.
Aside from my work at the centre, I also take part in the Manchester Local Offer Parent Champion programme, which involves supporting parents and carers to get information from the Local Offer. I am also involved with various parent participation forums run by the Manchester City Council as well as various online forums.
Aside from being the centre’s ICT guy, I also chair school charity Buddies of The Birches (BOBS), participate in Manchester’s Local Offer Parent Champions programme, and volunteer in Manchester Parent Carer Forum.
Our Volunteers
I’ve been coming into the Carers Centre for several years now. I started coming
into Lifted to socialise with other people who are going through the same struggles as me. It’s nice to know you’re not alone.
Lifted provides a cosy warm and friendly environment for us to be able to help each other. I have a big sense of humour and enjoy getting people to laugh with each other. I also provide a listening ear for parent-carers to share their worries. By being part of Lifted, I’ve built up strong friendships with some really amazing people who, like me, sometimes need to feel they are not alone.
In my role as a trustee, I help to organise different events in the centre and also carers’ lunches and days out. I also attend network meetings with the staff.
Christine became a trustee in 2014, supporting parent-carers who come to the drop-ins. She also helps with events as well as with housekeeping and decorating the centre. Christine also gets involved in all fundraising activities for Lifted.
Christine is very good at making carers laugh and she makes everyone that comes into the centre to feel welcome.
Latest News
Free Gym Passes for Wythenshawe Forum
We are trialling a project with the NHS that could potentially allow us to provide free gym membership to a few carers in Manchester, courtesy of the NHS. As part of this, we are currently giving
Free Play Session at Slide and Seek (Hyde)
Cash for Kids charity shared with us an opportunity for a free play session at Slide and Seek, an indoor play centre in Hyde ("the biggest children’s play centre in Tameside") on the 13th of October.
Free Flu Vaccinations for People with Learning Disabilities and Their Carers
Public Health England recently shared information on a guidance they published about flu vaccinations for people with learning disabilities. In it, they cited studies showing that respiratory illnesses are a major cause of death among people