Autism Berkshire is looking for new volunteer trustees to help guide its work delivering a wide range of advice, support, training and leisure activities throughout the county. One key role that needs to be filled is that of Treasurer, so interest from people with financial management expertise would be particularly welcome, along with people who
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Autism Berkshire’s office and Helpline will be closed over the Christmas and New Year period. The office and Helpline will shut for the holiday at 1pm this Friday, December 22, so if you need any advice or want details of any of our services, please make sure to get in touch before then. The office in Richfield
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Autism Berkshire will be starting 2018 with a move to a new office, close to the centre of Reading. The charity has been based in Richfield Place, off Richfield Avenue, since 2011 but we have been given notice to leave by our landlord, so will be moving out in early January. Our new home will be
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More free Positive Thinking workshops for parents and carers of children with autism will be provided by Autism Berkshire in 2018. They focus on ways to enjoy the moment, see the positives in life and to set realistic goals for yourself or those you support. We will be running two workshops at RISC (Reading International Solidarity Centre) in London Street,
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Autism Berkshire is delighted to announce a series of new workshops about safeguarding autistic girls, led by Berkshire-based autism advocate Carly Jones. The workshops, for autistic girls living in Berkshire, their parents and carers and professionals who work with them, will draw on material from Carly’s autistic girls-specific online safeguarding course called Boundaries, Bodies, Abuse and Reporting
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The Autism Berkshire team visited the Henley Road Co-op shop in Caversham on Saturday to collect a donation of more than £2,100 for our Helpline service from the Co-operative Group’s Local Community Fund. In addition to the cheque for £2,133.49, we received another £102.75 in donations at our information stall outside the shop during the Community Fund
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Autism Berkshire’s Helpline funds are to receive a boost of more than £2,100 thanks to the Co-op Local Community Fund. Between April and mid-November, shoppers who are Co-operative Group members were able to choose Autism Berkshire to receive 1% of what they spent in shops and on other Co-op services. This was topped up with fundraising
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Autism Berkshire’s trampolining sessions for children and family swimming sessions are funded by the BBC’s Children in Need Appeal. In the build-up to Children in Need Day 2017 on Friday, the BBC is visiting projects that are supported by the appeal to find out how the money is spent. Reporter Bridgitte Tetteh, pictured above, and
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Members of three youth groups now know all about first aid thanks to a course hosted by Autism Berkshire. Thirteen children and teenagers who attend our Reading Games Club and Bracknell CAYP Youth Group were joined by children from the Wokingham ICE group last week for the course, held at Emmer Green Youth & Community
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Autistic adults living in the Bracknell Forest area are being invited to attend a free workshop about Staying Safe on the Internet next week. The evening workshop is on Wednesday, November 15, from 6.30pm to 9pm, at the Willows and Maples Children’s Centre, in Priestwood Court Road, Bracknell, where our adult social group meets. It will be an informal and interactive event,
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Online workshop: Autism & Mainstream Schools
Wednesday, 3rd June, 2026, 10:00 am - 11:30 am -
Online workshop for autistic adults: Sensory Differences
Wednesday, 3rd June, 2026, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm -
Online Workshop: Supporting Behaviour Part 1
Thursday, 4th June, 2026, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm -
Parents & carers can get advice at Reading Family Hubs drop-in sessions
Friday, 22nd May, 2026
Free places available at advice workshops for autistic adults
Wednesday, 20th May, 2026
Join us to celebrate Autism Acceptance Week at special activities
Monday, 23rd March, 2026
