Free places are available for autistic and ADHD children who attend mainstream schools in Years 4 to 8 (ages 8 to 13) to take part in the next Social Interaction Group course from the Berkshire West Autism & ADHD Support Service. The course will take place at Tilehurst Community Centre, in The Triangle, following the
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Autism Berkshire’s CEO, Jane Stanford-Beale, will be joining Graft Thames Valley, the Community Mental Health Team for West Berkshire and Sport in Mind at their monthly outreach advice session at Broadway House in Newbury this Friday, January 19. Jane will be available from noon to 1.30pm to advise autistic adults about how the Berkshire Adult
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Autistic adults can get advice about aspects of autism and navigating daily life and social situations at a series of free workshops from the Berkshire Adult Autism Support Service starting later this month. The aim of these sessions is to help autistic participants to increase their understanding of autism and increase their confidence. Please note
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An appeal has been launched to help pay for more art workshops for autistic adults in Berkshire. In the summer of 2023, we ran a successful series of workshops at Beech Lodge School, just outside Maidenhead, funded by a donation in memory of Nancy England, a former assistant tutor on our community education courses and
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Autism Berkshire is working with the Royal Berkshire Maternity & Neonatal Voices Partnership to increase understanding of the experiences of maternity services of autistic mothers and those from minority communities, to improve care and support. The partnership is a parent-led NHS working group that aims to improve neonatal and maternity services provided by the Royal Berkshire Hospital
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Tickets for the fantastic 2023 Big Charity Draw raffle, to support Berkshire charities, are now on sale. The top prize is £1,000 of vouchers to be spent at John Lewis or Waitrose stores or on their websites. The second prize is a toy hamper and the third prize is a festive hamper. You can buy
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Young pianist Jonah Cohen is hoping that his musical skills can raise funds for Autism Berkshire to help other autistic people in the county. The 10-year-old has recorded videos playing Waltz in B Minor, by Frédéric Chopin, and The Herdboy’s Song, by Tan Dun, and is asking people who enjoy them to make a donation
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The Berkshire Adult Autism Support Service is running another series of free autism advice workshops for autistic adults in November. The aim of these sessions is to help autistic participants to increase their understanding of aspects of autism and increase their confidence navigating daily life and social situations. Please note that you must be aged
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The return to school or college after the summer holidays can be daunting for autistic children and young people and those with other additional needs, including ADHD – our Family Support & Training Lead Julia Cox has some tips to help. Children and teenagers may be excited to see their friends again next week and
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Autism Berkshire is delighted to announce that we are reopening applications for the Thames Valley Autism Alert Card. And we are also pleased to be able to announce that the alert card scheme’s running costs are now being funded by a donation from Reading-based Omnia, a company that provides payroll, human resources and employee engagement
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Bear With Me adult social group – Maidenhead
Wednesday, 11th December, 2024, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pmThe Bear pub - 8-10 High Street, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 1QJ
Online workshop: Autism & Mainstream Secondary Schools
Thursday, 12th December, 2024, 10:00 am - 11:30 am -
197 Club – Christmas meal at The Outlook
Monday, 16th December, 2024, 6:30 pm - 9:30 pmThe Outlook - 74 King's Road, Reading RG1 3BJ
Free workshops provide advice for autistic adults
Friday, 25th October, 2024
Find out about what we do in our Annual Review
Wednesday, 2nd October, 2024
Chop & Chat course has recipe to support autistic adults
Tuesday, 20th August, 2024
