Autumn Half-Term Activities in Manchester and Trafford 2013

Posted on 25/10/2013 by

Like autumn leaves, the weeks of this half term have tumbled away and landed in a pile marked ‘done’. In other words, it’s time for a short break. So what’s fun and family friendly in the Manchester and Trafford areas during autumn half term 2013?

Autumn leaves inspire creativity.


Creative and Crafty Half Term Activities in Manchester and Trafford 2013

 

Carving a squash or a pumpkin is satisfyingly crafty.

Carving a squash or a pumpkin is satisfyingly crafty.

Autumn is such a beautiful time of year: fallen leaves drape our pavements in glamorous shades of brown, red and orange; huge amber pumpkins and shiny apples of emerald green and brightest ruby vie for our attention alongside golden squash and parsnips of palest ivory.  It’s not hard to find inspiration for DIY half term craft projects.  Den building, leaf paintings and pumpkin carvings offer good old-fashioned fun whilst the crafting of a Hallowe’en costume is a not-to-be-forgotten experience.

Draw the future this half-term.

Draw the future this half-term.

It’s time for the Big Draw, the Campaign for Drawing‘s annual festival which aims to encourage more drawing.  This year’s theme is Draw Tomorrow.  The People’s History Museum is offering an artist-led session in which to draw ‘tomorrow’s Manchester’ – an inspiring proposition.  This event takes place on Wednesday, 30th October from 1:30 – 3:00pm.  Find more Big Draw events in Manchester and Trafford here.

Dick and Dom are coming to Urmston Bookshop.

CBBC’s Dick and Dom have been playing fast and loose with the Queen’s English and have come up with a whole book of crazy, imaginative words such as Musty Troutwarbler.  They’ll be signing the books and entertaining throngs of their fans at Urmston Bookshop on 1st November.  Booking is essential (as are ear plugs). 

Quirky Half Term Activities in Manchester and Trafford 2013

If solar-powered cinema, guided tours and waterfront markets ignite your interest, visit the Quays Open Day at Salford Quays on Saturday, 26th October.  You can combine it with a trip to the Lowry cinema and a big box of popcorn.  Read more about the open day on the Creative Tourist website.

Still in Salford, the monthly Urban Market at Greengate Square is running on Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th October, promising autumnal foodie, gourmet, creative, quirky and artistic treats.  Read more about the Urban Market on their website.

Salford Museum and Art Gallery is free and fabulous all year round.  Within the museum, Lark Hill Place offers and atmospheric recreation of a Victorian street, complete with shops, houses and the sounds of the day.

Manchester Science Festival

Manchester Science Festival is running until 3rd November 2013.

The increasingly vast Manchester Science Festival is running until 3rd November.  There are too many events to list on this page, so please find a full programme of events here.

You might like to try your hand at starting a drip or intubating a patient at the University of Bolton on Monday 28th October (free, but places must be booked).  Manchester Museum’s Science Spectacular on Saturday 2nd November promises the chance to take part in some great science challenges. You can go on a journey through the hidden body, take a closer look at the Moon and snuggle up to some unusual creepy crawlies. Pop-up scientists will deliver Manchester Minute Microlectures and roving science buskers will perform amazing science tricks on the go.

Mad Science and Alstom will be coming to Urmston Library on Monday, 28th October from 11:00am – 1:00pm for some spectacular, free-of-charge science suitable for the whole family.

Adults, if you love maths then MathsJam at Odder is a must. Meet other maths fans and enthuse about quadratics to infinity and beyond.

Hallowe’en Half Term Activities in Manchester and Trafford 2013

Hallowe’en is approaching.

We love Hallowe’en.  It’s a festival that is rich with educational possibilities – from creating spooky tales to carving crazy pumpkins and making mildly magical potions.

Learning is magic at Better Tuition!

Learning is magic at Better Tuition!

The Hallowe’en Ghost Train is running from Bury and is packed with ghouls and monsters to terrify and delight.  At the time of writing the train was fully booked except for Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th, so speedy clicking is essential.

Dare you read our pick of half term Hallowe’en activities?

There are Ghosts in the Garden at Tatton Park in Knutsford until 3rd November.  There will be spooky story telling in the eerie TowerGarden as well as ghost hunting for the brave.

Visit Z-arts in Hulme for Spooky Tales – a promenade theatre experience just right for 31st October.  Join Edward and Martha Creep as they tell terrifying tales as only a true Creep can! Gasp, gawp and grin at this collection of putridly performed short stories.

Half Term Fireworks in Manchester and Trafford 2013

Bad news for cats: there’s barely a corner of Manchester or Trafford that doesn’t have an organised firework display this year.  Check out this map of Mancunian bonfires from the Manchester Evening News.

Urmston’s annual community bonfire is held every year at AbbotsfieldPark, Flixton, with gates opening at 5:30pm. There will be entertainment from Pyroscope at 7:30pm and the firework spectacular will commence at 8:00pm. Tickets are available from The local leisure centres, Urmston Book Shop, Bernard Matthews Quality foods and Pat’s Florist.

If you can’t wait that long for some firework-focused fun, Levenshulme Festival is hosting a funfair and fireworks display on Sunday, 27th October at Cringle Fields.  The funfair runs from 12:30pm till late, with the fireworks display scheduled to begin at 7:30pm.

Whatever you are doing, we wish you a great half term break.  Better Tuition, Urmston’s independent tuition centre, is closed from Saturday, 26th October until Monday 4th November.  Feel free to contact us in the meantime to arrange tuition or a free assessment

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Choosing a tutor: some dos and don’ts

Posted on 21/10/2013 by

Choosing a tutor 

If the year-on-year increase in our student numbers are anything to go by, more and more parents are choosing to engage a tutor.  Whether you need someone to help your child catch up, to achieve an academic goal such as passing GCSE examinations or simply to support them in reaching their full potential, choosing a tutor presents a dilemma because there are so many tutors around, offering widely varying services.  So how do you sort the wheat from the chaff and select a tutor who will devote themselves to increasing your child’s confidence and academic attainment?

Better Tuition: celebrating five fantastic years of tuition on the corner of Crofts Bank Rd.
Better Tuition: celebrating five fantastic years of tuition on the corner of Crofts Bank Rd.

1.  Is it all about the money?

Unfortunately, because the market for tuition has grown so much over the past few years, there are more than a few charlatans for whom education is no more than a money-making scheme.  They may talk themselves up with their endless marketing budgets but when all is said and done you need a tutor who will understand your child’s individual needs and recognise their unique qualities.  Don’t sign up for online or DVD-led tuition: in our opinion these services cannot hope to respond to your child in the same way as a live tutor.  Some tuition services ask parents to sign up for long periods of time (even years) and you do have to question why they do this if their service is worthwhile.

The best tutors seldom advertise because, like Better Tuition, they receive nearly all their business through word-of-mouth recommendation.  Yes, we charge money for our services – but at £25* per 75 minute session we are not the priciest and you receive a great return on this investment in your child’s future.  You are not signed up for a set period and you don’t pay in advance (unless you want to).  We ask for a deposit of £25* which you can use at any time to pay for your final lesson.

*Update January 2015: these figures should now read £26.

Beware of tutors who seem extraordinarily low-priced and be wary of those who seem to offer very little for a very high price.  Try to find a tutor through word-of-mouth in the right price-range for you, but do bear in mind that not all parents are good at evaluating tutors, so personal recommendations are not the only thing to take into account.

2.  Learning environment

Some tutors will come to your home; others may ask you to come to their home, but most families choose to send their children to a professional tuition centre such as Better Tuition.  Always check whether your chosen tuition centre is a member of The Association of Professional Tuition Centres – the only body in the country that exclusively groups together independent tuition centres staffed by fully qualified teachers.  Association members work together to develop resources and enrich the learning experience of their students.  You can visit their website to find your nearest independent tuition centre.

Better Tuition offers a free assessment for your child, giving you the opportunity to look around our beautiful tuition centre and meet one or both Directors of Teaching and Learning – Paul Syrett and Christine McLaughlin.  It’s a lovely introduction to our service and you are under no obligation whatsoever to sign up for lessons afterwards.

Most tuition centres do offer a free assessment and you might like to book a couple, for the sake of comparison.  A sterile environment suggests a dry approach to learning, so Better Tuition offers a bright and inspiring environment that ignites enthusiasm for learning from the outset.

Better Tuition offers a bright and inspiring learning environment.
Better Tuition offers a bright and inspiring learning environment.

 3.  Regulation, qualification and verification

Better Tuition is a founding member of the APTC.

Better Tuition is an independent tuition centre whose teaching team are completely dedicated to helping your child succeed.  Our teachers are top-notch and each and every one of them is fully qualified.  Not all tutors are fully qualified teachers.  There are some great tutors who do not have Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) – but QTS is a good indicator of a tutor’s commitment to education.  When we helped found the Association of Professional Tuition Centres we were all firmly united in deciding to make QTS a minimum requirement of membership.

Standards of education vary – even among teachers.  Paul Syrett and Christine McLaughlin – Better Tuition’s Directors of Teaching and Learning – are graduates of elite, Russell Group universities.  We regularly hear horror stories of tutors who struggle to understand fractions or cannot employ basic punctuation and spelling rules.  Study their website or advertisements closely – if you spot grammatical errors or a propensity to add Unnecessary Punctuation(!!!), they are unlikely to come up to scratch as a tutor for your child.

There is no legal requirement for your child’s tutor to have a DBS (previously CRB) check, but it is the very least you should expect from them.  The whole teaching team at Better Tuition is CRB/ DBS checked and many of us, including the Centre Directors, are first aid trained.  We are Ofsted registered, which means you can use childcare vouchers or working families tax credits to pay towards lessons.

4.  How to evaluate your child’s progress with a tutor

At Better Tuition, assessment is constant and reflective.

Firstly, we offer a free, initial assessment.  We don’t send you away during the assessment (although you are welcome to pop out if your child is comfortable with this) and we give you detailed feedback afterwards.

Next, our teachers ensure that ongoing assessment is embedded in each and every lesson and you will see real, measurable progress every week.

We will assess your child formally every twelve weeks and you will receive a written report which will comment on their progress and compare their current scores with their previous scores as well as providing new targets to work towards.

 

The Better Tuition Centre is Urmston and Stretford's most prolific provider of entrance exam tuition.
The Better Tuition Centre has helped hundreds of children in Urmston and Stretford achieve their educational goals.

 

5.  Dedication

At Better Tuition we work as a team with parents: we give verbal feedback after every single lesson.  Parents are shown the lesson plan for their child, as well as their child’s completed work, and each activity is explained.  Equally importantly, we listen to parents and value their input.  You can call Directors of Teaching and Learning, Paul Syrett and Christine McLaughlin at any time on 0161 748 3912 to discuss your child’s progress.  We are celebrating five years* in business and we offer unrivalled expertise, commitment and dedication to helping your child achieve their academic and personal goals.
*Update, January 2015 – we are now in our seventh year of business.

For more details about our tuition service you can call in to our Urmston tuition centre or ring Paul Syrett or Christine McLaughlin on 0161 748 3912 any time.

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Simple strategies to make spelling homework easy

Posted on 18/10/2013 by

Does your child struggle with spelling homework or sail through the weekly test without ever needing to learn the words?  Our simple strategies will make your life easier and ensure your child is working to their full potential.

Simple strategies can make spelling homework a breeze.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why spelling lists are good for your child

Not all schools give spelling homework; indeed, many educators argue that research shows a to-be-learned list does not help children retain spellings in the long term.  There is truth in this: spelling needs to be taught in lots of different ways.  Good spellers tend to read a lot.  However, spelling lists help get children into the habit of regular study.  Furthermore, if you help your child using our strategies, s/he will retain far more of the spellings.

The Leap

Spelling homework tends to become an issue in Year 2.  During Year 1,  children normally have a small list of perhaps six spellings, simple words of one syllable such as ‘cat’ or sit’.  If your child is at this stage, you can support them in reading and writing by reading our previous post.  In Year 2, spelling homework may become more complex with ten-word lists.  Year 2 spellings often feature multiple-syllable words and more complexity as well as homophones such as there and their.  When your child comes home with a list of words such as ‘escape’, ‘people’ and ‘amazement’ it becomes clear that expectations, in this important year, are a great deal higher than previously.

Simple strategies for spelling homework 

1.  Don’t put off learning the spellings – your child may not then retain them.

2.  Don’t learn the spelling list immediately then fail to practise before the test – your child may not retain them without reinforcement and further practice.  See your child’s spelling homework as a learning activity to spread over a few days.

3.  Before you do anything else, ensure your child can read their spelling list without too much difficulty.  If they struggle to do this, it could be an indication that their spellings are too difficult.  If this is the case you can speak to your child’s teacher about setting some more appropriate spellings.  Our post on parents’ evenings gives some tips on bringing up concerns with teachers.

4.  Give your child a little test to find out which words they can already spell.  You can then concentrate on the others.  Sit them down at a table or desk with a piece of paper and a pencil.  Read each word aloud twice (or more if necessary).  Whatever the result, be positive.  If they can already spell every word, you may want to have a word with their teacher about setting some more stretching homework.

5.  Ask him/ her to write out initial spelling corrections three times each, but don’t allow this to become a point of stress.  Take it easy and don’t turn spelling homework into an awful chore.  Learning should be enjoyable.

6.  Ask your child to write one sentence for each word.  This will help you check they understand the meaning of the words and support them in developing their writing.  By Year 2 children should be using capital letters and full stops (but many need to be reminded).

7.  Write the spellings out for your child in lower case letters with the vowels (a, e, i, o, u) extracted.  Filling in the vowels will help them think about and understand how words are formed.

8.  Make spelling cards which you cut in half and ask your child to piece them together (see below).  Notice that I have cut the cards out to follow the shape of the words.  This helps your child retain the shape of the word in their visual memory, so that if they misspell, they will easily detect that something is wrong and hopefully correct it.

Use simple strategies to support your child with spelling homework. 

Use simple strategies to support your child with spelling homework.

 

9.  Try the Simultaneous Oral Spelling technique (read how to use this in ten easy steps at home).  This harness your child’s audio, visual and kinaesthetic memories.

10.  Keep testing your child every so often throughout the week, but don’t get carried away and fritter your life away on this.When your child brings his or her spelling result home you can then evaluate the strategies you have used.  How does their score compare to the one achieved in the initial test you gave them?  If they have achieved a much better score, your strategies are working.  If not, you need to re-evaluate and try something different.

How Better Tuition can help with spelling

Better Tuition is Urmston’s independent tuition centre and we help children from all over Greater Manchester improve and succeed in spellings (amongst other areas of the curriculum).  With over 300 individual text books, 5,000 worksheets, bespoke computer software and specialist learning tools such as Stile Learning and the Literacy Toolbox, we offer an unbeatable range of techniques and expertise to help your child improve their spelling.  We use technology as a supplementary learning tool, but your child will never be plonked in front of a computer screen and left to get on with a one-size-fits-all ‘learning program’ that doesn’t meet their individual needs, nor the demands of the UK curriculum.  Our fully qualified teachers focus on your child’s weak areas and devise expert lesson plans that will raise your child’s attainment beyond all your expectations.  Call Paul Syrett or Christine McLaughlin now on 0161 748 3912 to book your FREE, no obligation assessment.

Other useful links from Better Tuition: 

http://bettertuition.co.uk/year-1-reading-writing/

http://bettertuition.co.uk/literacy/

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How do I get my child to start the day with a healthy breakfast?

Posted on 25/09/2013 by

Education and health professionals agree: a balanced, healthy breakfast is the best way to start the day.  The impact of missed breakfast on our children’s educational performance is quite remarkable.  Breakfast provides the fuel needed for concentration throughout the school day as well as essential energy needed for playground adventuring and the walk to school.   If breakfast is a battleground, read on …

Better Tuition's team of expert teachers can help your child with all aspects of English.

Better Tuition’s team of expert teachers can help your child with all aspects of English.


Choice makes a difference

Offer a variety of healthy breakfasts (NEVER sugar-based – see our previous post on morning routines), so that your child can have a degree of choice.  If the mornings are too rushed for choosing, ask them to choose the night before.  

Portability helps

If your child often runs out of time for breakfast make it portable.  Wholegrain toast or oatcakes, nut butter (cashew, almond or peanut butter are all great) and a banana should keep them going and provide vital nutrients (but don’t let them take nut butter into school, in case other children are allergic – they should also wash their hands when they get there).

Smoothly does it

If your child is very resistant to eating in the mornings, make a fresh fruit smoothie.  Pop some bananas, berries (frozen is fine), peaches, plums or any other soft fruit into the blender and whizz it up in seconds.  It’s not a completely adequate breakfast but it is very nourishing and will keep them hydrated.  Do add a handful of oats if you can get away with it.  You can buy smoothies ready made but freshly made smoothies retain more nutrients and is far cheaper.

Better Tuition's team of expert teachers can help your child with all aspects of Maths.

Better Tuition’s team of expert teachers can help your child with all aspects of Maths.

Explain

Make sure your child understands why it’s important to eat breakfast.  Even a very young child can understand that eating breakfast helps them to concentrate and learn in class and gives them energy to play with their friends.  Most children will make an effort to eat breakfast once they understand why they should.

Recycling with benefits

If your child is a mini-eco warrior, show them www.lovefoodhatewaste.com.  Up to 1/3 of the food we buy is wasted with serious consequences for the environment.  It is thought that if all of us in the UK stopped wasting food that could have been eaten it would have the same environmental advantage as taking 1 in 4 cars off the road.  Help your child to see eating breakfast as recycling with benefits and they’ll cheerfully shovel porridge in no time!

Reward success

When all else fails, a star chart works wonders!  Give them a time limit of, say 15  minutes in which to eat all (or most of) their breakfast.  Offer an appropriate reward for a full school week of finished breakfasts, but don’t be tempted to undo all your good work by taking them to a fast food outlet for some deep fried stuff.  Home made pancakes with maple syrup as a weekend breakfast is a brilliant treat, but if time is an issue why not offer a non-food reward?

Better Tuition's team of expert teachers can prepare your child for entrance exams.

Better Tuition’s team of expert teachers can prepare your child for entrance exams.

For further reading,  this government study looks at several studies across the world on the effect of breakfast and other nutritional factors on education performance.  If you have ever questioned how a healthy breakfast can boost school performance, read this article to find out how children who eat porridge for breakfast get better results.

We are all so rushed in the morning that we don’t have time to focus on breakfast but any educator will tell you the difference a healthy breakfast makes to academic capacity is vast, so please try it for a month and see how your child improves.

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Better Tuition Term Dates 2013/ 2014

Posted on 29/08/2013 by

Better Tuition Term Dates 2013/ 2014

The Better Tuition Centre is Urmston and Stretford's most prolific provider of entrance exam tuition.

The Better Tuition Centre is Urmston and Stretford’s most prolific provider of entrance exam tuition.

Summer Term 

Lessons begin: Monday 02 June 2014
Final lessons: Saturday 25th July 2014

Summer School 2014

Our popular summer school runs on Tuesdays and Wednesdays throughout the summer.  Session times are:

10:00am – 11.15am
11.30am – 12.45pm
4.00pm – 5.15pm
5.30pm – 6.45pm

Summer school will run on the following dates:

Week  
1 Tuesday 29th
and Wednesday 30th July 2014
2 Tuesday 5th
and Wednesday 6th August 2014
3 Tuesday 12th
and Wednesday 13th August 2014
4 Tuesday 19th
and Wednesday 20th August 2014
5 Tuesday 26th
and Wednesday 27th August 2014

Autumn Term 2014

Normal lessons resume on Monday, 1st September.

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Entrance Exams Summer Break Toolkit and Advice

Posted on 12/08/2013 by

 

We can help prepare your child for grammar school entrance exams.

We can help prepare your child for grammar school entrance exams.


Preparing for Trafford’s grammar school entrance exams can get quite stressful for parents and children alike. We are now midway through the summer break and while it is important to keep working hard, you must be careful not to overwork your child. You might find you are beginning to flounder: don’t panic – just follow our advice and you will get the best out of your child.

Practice makes perfect:

You can download some free papers from our website.  You should also to take a look at our useful links for entrance exams.  These provide a cornucopia of activities focused on preparing your child for Trafford’s grammar school entrance exams.

Refining technique:

You will find some useful advice on our website, such as:

The importance of answering every question and the art of guessing

Working with strict time limits

Why your child should sit more than one exam

Helping your child cope:

How to deal with exam nerves

How to motivate your child and help him/ her deal with nerves

If you would like to book into popular summer school, please do not hesitate to contact us and we shall do our very best to accommodate you.  Click to find more details about this, and about our final practice entrance exam for Trafford’s grammar schools.  

 

 

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Independents’ Day 2013 in Urmston: our special offer

Posted on 04/07/2013 by

The lovely people at the Messenger are running an Independents’ Day promotion this week that sees many of Urmston‘s favourite businesses offering special deals and discounts.

Independents' Day logo 2013
Better Tuition is offering your child a free, first lesson if you book your free assessment on Saturday, 6th July.  You can do this by calling in to our office before 12.30pm, calling 0161 748 3912 or emailing bettertuition@bethere.co.uk at any time on the day.

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Summer School at Better Tuition, Urmston

Posted on 03/06/2013 by
Book your place on Better Tuition's Summer School.
Book your place on Better Tuition’s Summer School.
[UPDATE – 26th June 2018: this is an archive post. To find out about Summer School 2018, please follow this link. Summer beckons and, as schools begin to wind down and enjoy less academic pursuits such as sports and drama and craft, many parents are concerned to ensure their children keep on top of their achievements. Learning loss can occur when children have a prolonged period of downtime in academic pursuits.  It is particularly marked when children have struggled to keep on top of school work during term time: concepts and skills which they have battled to grasp and develop can slip away over the long summer holidays.  Their confidence can take a knock and motivation begins to slide.  For some current Year 5 students, entrance exams loom in autumn.  For those students it is essential that they remain focused on entrance exam preparation over the summer break.

Enter Better Tuition …

Don’t slave away over a hot text book every day: book your child’s place on Better Tuition’s flexible summer school and in just 75 minutes per week, we will ensure that s/he avoids learning loss and goes back to school raring to go.  This leaves plenty of time for your child to have fun in the park, take a trip to the beach or just mess about at home.

How it works

Better Tuition’s Summer School runs every Tuesday and Wednesday during the school summer break in our Urmston tuition centre.  Our bespoke lessons are tailored to your child’s individual areas of weakness and are aimed at preparing your child for the year ahead, whether s/he is beginning a new key stage, starting on the GCSE syllabus or preparing for entrance exams for Trafford’s grammar schools.  Read more about our highly successful lesson format.  Sessions run for 75 minutes and cost £26.

Flexible bookings

You can book for some or all sessions.  You do not need to come at the same time every week.  Before 31st July you can book a FREE assessment before attending summer school.  More details about booking and payment here.

How to book

Call Paul Syrett or Christine McLaughlin on 0161 748 3912 to book your child’s place on Better Tuition’s Summer School.  Alternatively, you can call in to our Urmston tuition centre at 1 Crofts Bank Road, Urmston, M41 0TZ and book in with our receptionist.  Please, please book early to avoid disappointment: places are limited, so do not delay if you want your child to attend.

Better Tuition’s Summer School focuses on targeting and correcting weak areas; helping your child shine and succeed in school; plugging any gaps in maths or English so that s/he can go back to school in September with renewed confidence and a head start.

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Urmston Independents: celebrating our independent traders

Posted on 30/05/2013 by

As regular readers of this blog will know, the Better Tuition team are celebrating five years of fantastic tuition on the corner of Crofts Bank Road.  It’s a significant milestone and one which has led us to reflect on how grateful we are to our customers, past and present, without whom we wouldn’t still be here.

Better Tuition is celebrating!

Better Tuition is celebrating!

We are great believers in shopping local to keep the money you give us within the community.  When choosing a new kitche, a cake baker or a stationary supplier, we generally look no further than our own customers.  There are so many independent traders in Urmston and we firmly believe that small, independent traders keep our towns and neighbourhood centres interesting, and yet there is so little in the way of concrete support for them.

Urmston needs independent traders.

Urmston needs independent traders.

Having a bit of down time over half term, we have launched a new project, Urmston Independents, which aims to celebrate and promote independent traders in Urmston.  Independents Urmston is a website with an A-Z of independent Urmston traders, a virtual suggestion box and a blog that will cover issues affecting independent traders in Urmston and beyond.  The A-Z does not yet cover all of Urmston’s independent traders (an overwhelming task), so we are encouraging website users to add their suggestions.  We want to include as many independent Urmston traders as we can, so please take a look and get involved.  The website is free and always will be: it’s our gift to the community and we hope it helps encourage people to use independent shops and services.

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How Employing People on the Autistic Spectrum Can Boost Your Business: FREE Breakfast Seminar

Posted on 29/05/2013 by

Businesses are beginning to wake up to the benefits of employing people on the autistic spectrum; German software giant SAP recently announced that it plans to recruit more people with autism because of their ability to ‘think differently and spark innovation’.  Then there is the successful digital design and programming startup, Hao2,run exclusively by people on the autistic spectrum.  There are many thousands more businesses benefiting from the input of neuro-untypical employees.  Inspired?  Two FREE Breakfast Seminars are being run to spread the word to employers about how people on the autism spectrum can be a great asset to your business. The events are being organised by The Greater Manchester Autism Consortium and the National Autistic Society.

FREE Autism in the Workplace Seminar

FREE Autism in the Workplace Seminar

There are two dates and locations to choose from; The Imperial War Museum (Trafford) on 14th June and De Vere Cheadle House (Stockport) on 5th July.

If you are interested in attending, or would like to nominate a colleague, you are encouraged to book early by emailing Mari Saeki at the National Autistic Society, confirming names of colleagues who would like to attend. You will then be contacted with further details. Places are limited, so don’t delay!

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