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Building an Accessible Future: Our Experience at the Natspec Conference
Posted by Ezra Rushen What a brilliant couple of days we had at the Natspec conference, meeting with the heads of England’s specialist colleges! We were thrilled to be there, taking a stand alongside our new partners, Nexer Digital. Together, we launched our collaboration by offering colleges a free website health check. This report, based…
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SENDCode Powers Up the Manchester Local Offer with a New Regular Podcast!
Exciting news! The Manchester Local Offer is now more than just a website—it’s a podcast too! Created by the digital team at SENDCode Agency and supported by interns from DISC, the Local Offer Podcast is here to bring you real stories, inclusive activities, and interviews with local SEND services across Manchester. Whether you’re a young…
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Accessibility in Action: Ryan’s Role at Nexer Digital
Written by Hollie Glossop, Job Coach, DISC From Work Placement to Digital Impact: Ryan’s Journey with Nexer Digital Ryan first joined SENDCode’s partner Nexer Digital on a work placement in September 2024 after graduating from DISC, a close partner of SENDCode. From the very start, he showed a strong eagerness to develop his technical skills…
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SENDCode’s brand new office space!
Exciting times for SENDCode as we have recently moved into a shiny new office. For those who have visited us you will know that we had quickly outgrown our previous space so this new space will allow us to expand as well as giving us the ability to house multiple DISC interns on work experience. …

GM Skills Awards Branding
SENDCode were recently asked to create the branding for the new GM Skills Awards which is a collaboration between GMLPN (Greater Manchester Learning Partnership Network) and Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce to celebrate excellence in the Further Education and skills sector in Greater Manchester. Jenn led the design on this project and produced cohesive branding,…

Manchester Histories Festival
We were recently asked to create a promotional video for Manchester Histories Festival which took place 6th-9th June 2024. This offered a great opportunity for Dillon to work on something a little bit different to what he was used to. Manchester Histories aims to share and explore Manchester’s diverse history and heritage. The intention of…

BUZZ AWARDS 2024
Many of you will already know Caprice Dipple, who is currently producing content for Manchester’s Local Offer Team to increase engagement amongst young people. Well, they recently received “Outstanding Achievement by a Young Person” at the Youth Buzz Awards 2024. Caprice reflected on the event expressing “What a lovely night and lovely surprise! I’m so…

Get Autism campaign
If you are an employer who wants to know more about how you can get involved with the Get Autism campaign, here’s an example of how one employer has supported us through a long term partnership. Pledge 1Manchester City Council’s Local Offer team first approached us with a job brief for some interns from DISC…

Meet Michael…
Meet Michael, SENDCode’s web developer, who has been with us since 2022. Before joining SENDCode, Michael graduated from Bolton University with a degree in computing and website development. Michael has built websites for Get Autism, AFC Autism, JS Maths tutoring, KC’s Curiosity Box as well as creating the new SENDCode website. Michael spoke about his…

Meet Caprice…
Many of you probably already know a little about Caprice Dipple, SENDCode’s newest employee. They have been working with us since 2021, first as a part-time Pre-Intern at SENDCode, then as a Supported Intern at DISC and now again with SENDCode as an employee, on behalf of the Manchester City Council Local Offer team, and…
