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What is the Greater Manchester FASD Network?

The Greater Manchester FASD Network was founded in 2019 and exists to provide a link across Greater Manchester for parents, carers, professionals, community, and voluntary organisations to facilitate information sharing and communication on how to promote better outcomes for individuals with FASD and prevent alcohol exposed pregnancies.

Network objectives:

Raise awareness about the risks of alcohol-exposed pregnancies and the importance of FASD diagnosis and support amongst professionals, voluntary and community organisations in Greater Manchester.
Gather views of individuals with lived experience and use this to improve services and practice.
Enable better support for families with FASD and providing information for communities about the risks of alcohol use during pregnancy in a non-judgemental and supportive way.
Support those with lived experience to be able to work in coproduction with their local area and remain an integral part of the Greater Manchester FASD network.
Facilitate meaningful co-production efforts to reduce alcohol-exposed pregnancies across Greater Manchester and to improve support for individuals with FASD.
Foster collaboration and partnership among stakeholders in Greater Manchester.
Create a space to share best practice around FASD and prevention of alcohol-exposed pregnancies.
Share resources across Greater Manchester that support the prevention of alcohol-exposed pregnancies.
Co-ordinate a GM wide awareness day response.
Support community groups and voluntary organisations to mark FASD awareness month in September by delivering events and awareness-raising initiatives.
Support the response in Greater Manchester to the NICE Quality Standard on FASD.

National FASD has been awarded a one-off 18-month contract for continued development of the Greater Manchester FASD Network. This is funded by the NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board (ICB).

The work over the next 18 months will include:

10 in person roadshows in each local borough of Greater Manchester.
10 virtual thematic roadshows.
Up to 75 one-on-one (or group sessions) consultations to discuss model FASD UK Alliance management plan.
Two half-day trainings on how using the FASD Ally booklet.
Children to receive FASD Passport/FASD Manifesto stickers to help them explain their needs in meetings.
200 groups/ service providers attending our roadshows will be subscribed to Me and My FASD Club/ Living FASD magazine.
Up to 100 children will receive a Me and My FASD Club subscription.
5 family fun days in half-terms.
3-day Brain Base for CYP and their families.
10,000 copies of our Alcohol and Pregnancy leaflet to maternity services – with Greater Manchester FASD Network contact.
Copies of alcohol & pregnancy posters to the 23 hospitals in GM - with Greater Manchester FASD Network contact.
Awareness month activities.

Key dates

Dates for your diary. Roadshows, events and much more.

Support

From support groups to support links, we’ve got you covered.

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Do you have lived experience of FASD as a parent or carer?