The North Yorkshire Coast needs school holiday support for children with Special Educational needs according to one local councillor.
Local Councillor - John Ritchie - has praised the expansion of general school holiday provision in the area, but wants to see it expanded to enable all children to take part.
Local councillors have been told how North Yorkshire's Holiday Activity and Food programme, called FEAST, has continued to develop and improve its reach.
A report presented to North Yorkshire Council's Scarborough and Whitby councillors said:
"The Holiday Activities and Food Coordinator has been working with North Yorkshire Together (NYT) partners, and colleagues in Children and Young People’s Service (CYPS), Stronger Communities and Public Health to develop the programme further with a particular emphasis on providing a wraparound service for families.
In order to develop strong local delivery providers across the county, NYT are developing their training offer to ensure that children and young people can be well supported emotionally, as well as access a diverse range of activities. Topics that have been identified by providers in previous phases of delivery as potential areas that they would welcome additional support with include trauma-based practice and supporting those with special educational needs and disability, autism and neurodiversity.
Our programme leaders have also been reinforcing the importance of FEAST activities to schools and encouraging them to explore how they could be involved in hosting sessions, as well as promoting activities to their children and young people. Through the work that has been done with the Active Leaders programme via secondary schools it is also hoped to develop a young leader’s pathway"
Scarborough Councillor John Ritchie who represents the Woodlands division has praised the expansion of general holiday clubs in the county but says support for SEN students is lacking.
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