Half-term week, secondary applications close Sat 31 Oct, Halloween and Bonfire Night listings, SEND swims in Sale and Altrincham

This weekend 23

Sat 24 Oct and Sun 25 Oct, with weekly sessions on those days. Weekly sessions can change in the holidays.

In Trafford 9

Additional Needs Sessions, Emma's Sensory Room, move Urmston Urmston · move (Trafford Leisure) Every day, Several 50-minute sessions a day

Powerchair football, BeActive Urmston Urmston · Manchester United Foundation Every Thursday and Saturday, Thu 16:00–18:00; Sat 10:00–12:00

Saturday Challenge youth club, Gorse Hill Studios, Stretford Stretford · Gorse Hill Studios Every Saturday, 10:00–12:30

SEN Sessions, Inflata Nation Manchester, Trafford Park Trafford Park · Inflata Nation Manchester Every Sunday, 09:00–10:00

SEND Family Swim, Sale Leisure Centre Sale · Trafford Council: Best Start Family Hub Central Every Sunday, 12:30–13:15

SEND gymnastics drop-in, move Altrincham Altrincham · move (Trafford Leisure) Every Friday and Sunday, Fri 12:30, Sun 14:30; 16+: Fri 13:30

SEND swims, move Altrincham Altrincham · move (Trafford Leisure) Every Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, About an hour; times vary by day

Simply Cycling all-ability cycling, Altrincham & District Athletics Track, Timperley Timperley · Simply Cycling Every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 45-minute sessions, on the hour

Simply Cycling all-ability cycling, Longford Park, Stretford Stretford · Simply Cycling Every Monday, Friday and Sunday, 45-minute sessions, on the hour

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SEND Inflatable Swim, Life Leisure Avondale, Stockport Life Leisure · Life Leisure Avondale, Stockport Sat 24 Oct

Henshaws Sunday Club at HideOut Youth Zone, Gorton Henshaws (Children, Young People and Families) · HideOut Youth Zone, 1 Queens Avenue, Manchester M12 5PX, Gorton Sun 25 Oct

Relaxed screening: Monster Mia, The Light Stockport The Light Stockport · The Light, Redrock, Bridgefield Street, Stockport Sun 25 Oct

Sensory friendly screening: Wish, Oldham Library Oldham Libraries · Oldham Library & Lifelong Learning Centre, Greaves Street, Oldham Sat 24 Oct

T-shirt decorating for neurodivergent young people, My:ND Space, Leigh My:ND Space CIC · My:ND Space, 196 Chapel Street, Leigh Sat 24 Oct

Relaxed family screening: Hocus Pocus, The Light Bolton The Light Bolton · The Light, Market Place Shopping Centre, Bolton Sun 25 Oct

SEN Monster Mayhem Ball, Charlie Park, Atherton Charlie Park Atherton · Charlie Park, Victoria Mill, 144 Bolton Old Road, Atherton Sun 25 Oct

Within easy reach 5

ASD & Disability Session, Flip Out Manchester Manchester · Flip Out Manchester Every Sunday and Tuesday, Sun 10:00, Tue 18:00

Saturday morning quiet time, Manchester Museum Manchester · Manchester Museum Every Saturday, 08:00–10:00

SEND Family Swim, Worsley Leisure Centre Worsley · Salford Community Leisure Every Sunday, 14:00–15:00

Wheelers accessible cycling, Woodbank Park, Stockport Stockport · Supportability Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Thu and Fri 10:30–13:00, Sat 13:00–15:30

Wheels for All Salford inclusive cycling, Cleavley Athletics Track, Eccles Eccles · Wheels for All Every Friday and Saturday, Fri 10:00–13:00, Sat 10:00–12:00

Worth a trip 2

Aiming High drama group, The Met, Bury Bury · The Met, Bury Every Saturday, 09:30–14:45 (three age groups)

Tameside Wheels for All adapted cycling, Tameside Cycle Circuit Ashton-under-Lyne · Tameside Wheels for All Every Monday, Thursday and Saturday, Mon and Thu 17:00–19:00, Sat 13:00–15:00

Book now 4

What the booking pages said when we checked: booking opening soon, selling fast or sold out.

Autumn Sensory Story Circle and craft, Stockroom, Stockport Stockroom · Stockroom, Merseyway, Stockport Thu 29 Oct

Sat 31 Oct

Sensory screening: Room on the Broom, Ashton Library Ashton-under-Lyne · Tameside Libraries Sat 31 Oct, 13:00–13:45 Sold out

Sun 13 Dec

Relaxed performance: Jack and the Beanstalk, The Met, Bury Bury · The Met, Bury Sun 13 Dec, 11:00 Selling fast

Fri 18 Dec

BSL-interpreted performance: Jack and the Beanstalk, The Met, Bury Bury · The Met, Bury Fri 18 Dec, 18:30 Selling fast

Dates and deadlines

Closing dates in the next six weeks, as the people responsible publish them.

School calendar

October half-term 2026: Sat 24 Oct to Sun 1 Nov. Trafford Council's dates for community schools; academies and independent schools can differ.