The Berkshire Adult Autism Support Service’s free face-to-face problem-solving and advice meet-ups are coming to Bracknell.
And for the first time, the service will be providing evening meet-ups, complementing existing daytime sessions in Reading and Slough.
Starting on Tuesday, November 11, the meet-ups in Bracknell will normally take place on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, from 6.30pm to 8pm, at Bracknell Open Learning Centre, in Rectory Lane.
Car parking is available at the venue, which is a 15-minute walk from Bracknell railway station and the town centre, and Thames Valley Buses services 108, 171 and 172 run along Rectory Lane past the centre.
All the service’s meet-ups offer an opportunity for autistic adults who are registered as patients at a GP surgery in Berkshire – and their parents/family carers – to get advice from the service’s adult autism support mentors about problems that are worrying them and information about how to find help.
Please note that the service is specifically funded to provide support to people who do not meet criteria for help from other NHS-funded specialist services, such as mental health and learning disability teams.
Autism Berkshire’s chief executive officer, Jane Stanford-Beale MBE, said: “We are delighted to be able to bring meet-ups to another community in Berkshire and to provide them in the evening to help people who are at work during the day.
“Wherever people live in Berkshire, they are welcome to attend whichever of the sessions in Bracknell, Reading and Slough is most convenient for them.”
Please register in advance to attend a meet-up if you can, so that we know who to expect, but you are welcome to just drop in on the day if you prefer.
Click here for dates of all forthcoming problem-solving and advice meet-ups in Bracknell, Reading and Slough and how to register for free places.
If you have any questions about these meet-ups or other help available from the Berkshire Adult Autism Support Service, please contact us by email at adult.support@autismberkshire.org.uk or call 01189 594 594 (option 2) and leave a voicemail message. An adult autism support mentor will get in touch with you.
Details of new problem-solving and advice meet-up sessions in Newbury will be available soon.
- The Berkshire Adult Autism Support Service provides a range of advice and support to autistic adults (aged 18+), whether or not they have a formal autism diagnosis, who do not meet the criteria for help from specialist NHS-funded services, such as mental health and learning disability teams. Help is also available for their parents and carers. The service is funded by the Frimley NHS Integrated Care System and the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire & Berkshire West NHS Integrated Care System.
