Autism Berkshire will be closing its Benefits Service for autistic people and their families at the end of July. With the focus of the charity’s work now on support services for families of autistic children and young people in the west of Berkshire and autistic adults throughout the county, the trustees have decided that the
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The disability employment charity GRAFT Thames Valley and Autism Berkshire are working together on a project to help autistic adults in the county who want to find work. As part of this, we are running a free workshop in Newbury next week focusing on the cost of living. GRAFT trustee Anna Aprea will talk about
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We are delighted to announce that we can again able to offer an enhanced free benefits advice service to autistic people and their families in Slough. We are able to provide this level of support thanks to a #OneSlough grant from Slough Council for Voluntary Service, supported by Slough Borough Council. Help will also be
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Free places can now be booked two more Understanding Your Benefits Rights online advice workshops with Autism Berkshire’s expert advisers. These workshops help autistic young people and adults (aged 16+) who live in the Reading, Wokingham and West Berkshire council areas, and their parents and carers, to understand their entitlement to benefits, how to make
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Free places can now be booked for a series of Understanding Your Benefits Rights online advice workshops with Autism Berkshire’s expert advisers after Easter. These workshops help parents and carers and autistic young people and adults (aged 16+) who live in the Reading, Wokingham and West Berkshire council areas to understand their entitlement to benefits,
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Free places can now be booked for the first of our Understanding Your Benefits Rights online advice workshops taking place in 2021. These workshops help parents and carers and autistic young people and adults (aged 16+) who live in Berkshire to understand their entitlement to benefits, how to make an application and the appeals process.
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To help parents and carers and autistic adults understand their entitlement to benefits and how to make an application while the coronavirus outbreak disrupts our normal services, we are launching some free online advice workshops in June. We strongly recommend that you get in touch with us and take part in a workshop before starting any application for benefits, to
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Our Benefits Service is advising anyone who receives forms in the post about a benefit reassessment during the coronavirus lockdown to contact the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) straight away. Although reassessments for Disability Living Allowance (DLA), Personal Independence Payment (PIP, Employment & Support Allowance (ESA) and heath checks for Universal Credit have been
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Our Benefits Service advisers Kevin Jackson and Carrie Steers are still available to help autistic people and their families with applications and appeals during the coronavirus shutdown. As they cannot meet clients face-to-face at our office in Reading or at Shelter’s office in Slough for the time being, they are offering advice by phone and
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Due to increasing demand for help from Autism Berkshire’s Benefits Service, we have a job vacancy for a part-time Benefits Service Caseworker to assist our Benefits Manager Kevin Jackson. Since the expansion of the service since 2017 to include advice appointments for Slough residents as part of the SPACE project and offering representation at benefits
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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
Walk & Talk group – visit to the Stanley Spencer Gallery Winter Exhibition
Tuesday, 17th December, 2024, 10:00 amStanley Spencer Gallery, Cookham - 16 High St Cookham SL6 9SJ
Problem-solving & advice meet-up for autistic adults and their parents/carers – Reading
Tuesday, 17th December, 2024, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pmAtrium coffee shop, Greyfriars Church, Reading - Friar Street Reading Berkshire RG1 1EH
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
