NEWS

A Visit From The Local MP

Whilst it was all cold and rainy in Hazel Grove yesterday afternoon, it wasn’t all doom and gloom for us as we had  Mark Hunter, Member of Parliament  for Cheadle, visit us here at The Pines. After hearing about growing concerns regarding budget cuts around care, we hosted an afternoon between Mark and some of the… Read more »

The Care Quality Commission Inspection Results

 As some of you may know, we are regulated by the Care Quality Commission. The CQC’s aim is to make sure that all care-providing establishments are clean, safe and effective, and they do this by setting standards of quality and safety, and then monitoring, inspecting and regulating these within care services. We had our latest… Read more »

An update from our CEO

So it’s a new year, and like so many others around the world, here at Independent Options (North West) we are looking forward to a new start. I’m all settled back into my routine here at our head office at The Pines, on Chester Road, and now able to share a quick update with you… Read more »

Children and Family Centre Newsletter

INDEPENDENT OPTIONS CHILDREN AND FAMILY CENTRE NEWSLETTER – April 2013Hello everyone, As always a warm welcome to our new families who have recently started coming to our centre. We hope you are enjoying the group you are coming to. Please let us know if there is anything we can help you with. Our staff office… Read more »

10k Run

Katy Priest our Play worker run the 10k run in the amazing time of 1 hour and 15 minutes and raised more than £250 for our Children and Family Centre.Also 17 year old Chris Edwards completed the run in a fast time!  Only 46 minutes and,  with his father, raised over £200 for Independent Options.

10k Run

Katy Priest our Play worker run the 10k run in the amazing time of 1 hour and 15 minutes and raised more than £250 for our Children and Family Centre. Also 17 year old Chris Edwards completed the run in a fast time!  Only 46 minutes and,  with his father, raised over £200 for Independent Options.

Information on Benefits for parents

Dear parents/carers, Over the last year and a half many families have lost financial support from various places because of the economic crisis we are currently living in. There are many changes taking place and lots of you are being given different information as to what you may be entitled to apply for within Stockport. … Read more »

Our New CEO

We are pleased to announce that Steve Hyde has joined the organisation as CEO.Steve is very proud to have been working in social care for almost 38 years. Initially qualifying in the Care of Children and Young People in 1978 he has since worked in a very wide range of services both in the Stockport… Read more »

Isla's Story

Isla is three and a half years old and has been coming to the Children and Family Centre for around two years with her family.

At first Isla had no diagnosis, but it was clear to her parents that something was different from an early age as she had a short attention span and would have regular crises if other children came near her. Her speech was also delayed and she didn’t speak or make any verbal noises until the age of three.

By coming to The Centre, play around other children was normalised for Isla as she began to get used to other children being around and she loves coming to The Centre now. She enjoys the freedom to play in the garden or inside with the toys and crafts. Isla responds well to the staff and volunteers at The Centre and is confident to ask for help.

“Isla has speech and language delay but one of the first words Isla spoke was when she shouted “Messy Play!”, so we knew then how vital it was for her to come here.”

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