Award of Inclusion Support Service for Short Breaks to SCOPE by Leeds City Council

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Leeds City Council awarded a contract to SCOPE for an inclusion support service, valued at £498,000.

The service supports the Council's duty to provide short breaks under the Children Act 1989 and its ambition to be an inclusive, child-friendly city for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.

The inclusion remit is to break down barriers to inclusion and support disabled children and their families to live happy and fulfilling lives as equal members of their communities.

The service offers advice, support, and challenge to activity settings to ensure groups are fully inclusive and able to offer equality of access to all children.

This model builds capacity in universal settings to include disabled children, reducing the likelihood of crisis and family breakdown and thereby reducing the need for more expensive specialist provision or social work intervention.