The annual United Nations World Autism Awareness Day, on Tuesday, April 2, falls during the school Easter holidays.As we know that this means that families and carers may have other commitments during Autism Acceptance Week, we will be running a number of activities in late March and April to help make them accessible for as
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Next week is Autism Acceptance Week 2023 and we have an exciting programme of events lined up at The Oracle shopping centre in Reading, with speakers, autism advice workshops and more. Thanks to Connect Reading and The Oracle, we will be using an empty shop on Level 1 at the centre, next to the Zara
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The Berkshire Adult Autism Support Service is launching free meet-ups to give autistic adults – and their parents & carers – the opportunity to talk through issues and get advice and information. The first sessions will take place in Maidenhead from mid-February, with meet-ups in Reading starting in early March. Separate sessions will be held
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Autism Berkshire’s 2022 AGM will be held in conjunction with a Family Fun Day for our members at Prospect Park Pavilion in Reading on Sunday, November 20. The Annual General Meeting will take place at 2pm in the cafe area of the new play activity centre, while a range of activities for children will be
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The John Sykes Foundation has named Autism Berkshire as the latest recipient of a grant from its Covid Relief Fund to fund family fun day parties during school holidays at Prospect Park Pavilion, using its new play and activity facilities. John Sykes, the founder and chair of trustees of the Foundation, visited us at No
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A gallery of photographs from our Let’s Create Jubilee Art Day, held at Prospect Park Pavilion in Reading in June, is now available online. Click here to view the gallery. Keep an eye out for updates about the mural that is being created using the artworks that children made during the event in June, which
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Reading Borough Council has published its draft Autism Strategy for 2022-26 and is asking people living in the town to have their say about the proposals. The strategy is available for download online in standard and easy-read formats, along with a Local Profile and Needs Analysis document. Borough residents can comment on the strategy in
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Autism Berkshire and Reading-based creative arts charity Jelly have been awarded a grant from the Arts Council’s Let’s Create Jubilee Fund by Berkshire Community Foundation, to help ensure that creativity plays an important role in local community celebrations for Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee this summer. The Let’s Create Jubilee Fund, supported by National Lottery
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Reading’s museums joined forces with Autism Berkshire and Thames Valley Police for a joint celebration to mark the return of autism and neurodiversity-friendly special events at the museums and the expansion of the Thames Valley Autism Alert Card scheme. The event took place at The Museum of English Rural Life, part of the University of
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Parents and carers who live in Reading, Wokingham and West Berkshire can benefit from a free Positive Thinking workshop being delivered online by Autism Berkshire in March. It offers an insight into how to approach life’s challenges in as positive a way as possible and setting realistic goals, including ideas and exercises to try at
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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
