Recent Updates:
- Addition of the Health & Welfare section, Update to the Education section

7th July 2009 - Youth Club shall be a swimming session at Larkfield Leisure Centre
10th July 2009 - Due to unforseen circumstances, Coffee Morning has has to be cancelled for this session

The Cinema Exhibitors' Association Card is a national card that can be used to verify that the holder is entitled to one free ticket for a person accompanying them to the cinema. To qualify, you must be in receipt of DLA or Attendance Allowance, or be a registered blind person.

Whilst trawling through the Autistic world of The Internet, why not visit the web site of Ellen Notbohm, author of Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew.

NAS - New campaign calls for accessible toilets across the UK
[From the site]New research published by Mencap on 22 June has revealed that nearly a quarter of a million disabled people in the UK are being denied access to public toilet facilities that meet their needs.

Autism Conference 2009 : 23 - 25th October
This is a major 3 day conference on a groundbreaking combination of educational and biomedical interventions into autism and related disorders.
Renowned speakers, practical workshops, useful resources to take away & exhibition stands. Fun informative, challenging and potentially life-changing.

The Lamb Inquiry was established as part of the Government’s response to the House of Commons Education and Skills Committee Report Special Educational Needs: Assessment and Funding. The Lamb Inquiry, under the chairmanship of Brian Lamb, the Chair of the Special Educational Consortium, will investigate a range of ways in which parental confidence in the SEN assessment process might be improved.
To advise him, Brian Lamb has brought together a diverse group of expert advisers and a broader reference group of professionals and parents. These two groups represent extensive networks and bring a wide range of experience to the process of evidence gathering.

Information and a standard letter regarding your childs statement can be found here.

Please help and support Up For Reading during Down Syndrome Awareness Week - 8th -14th June 2009

Booking Details for this years REACH - an activity day for young people aged 8 to 16 who have special or additional needs.

Medway Children’s Trust and Medway Young Commissioners invite you to their launch party. Here are application forms for each of the parties:
8 - 11 year olds - 23rd June 2009
12 - 15 year olds - 25th June 2009
16 - 19 year olds - 30th June 2009

Exemplary Cards are offering a series of workshops that crafters may be interested in. The workshops are being held on 18th July, 26th September and 28th November, are run at The Mount in Bearsted and are in support of MAGIC.

Hall Refrigeration

Hall Refrigeration are proud sponsors of MAGIC, and have our logo splashed over the front of their vans to prove it.

Please visit their web site, which can be found here.

Also, they would like to offer a 5% discount off of their invoices to all members using their services, as well as donating a further 5% of the invoice total to MAGIC. Please note that this is only for Commercial sites as they do not service domestic appliances.