Welcome to Autism East Midlands
Supporting young people, adults and their families since 1968.
We provide a wide range of care, support and educational services to meet the needs of autistic individuals of all ages, and their families and carers.
Need a short family break, or a trip somewhere different?
Our holiday lettings are set in the tranquil surroundings of Ashbourne and offer comfortable care-free packages that suit families, groups and those with a wandering spirit.
Independence shines at Whitegates for laundry Lee
Lee loves doing laundry, so he put his skills to the test at our Whitegates respite service.
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Bolsover residents celebrate Pancake Day
Residents at our Bolsover residential service recently celebrated Pancake Day.
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Andy's progress to independence
Andy, one of our residents, shares how our staff have supported him in developing independent living skills.
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Behind the scenes at Ace: How our delicious popcorn is made
Our Marketing Team went behind the scenes at Ace Popcorn, getting a first-hand look at our new social enterprise.
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Whitegates described as "amazing lifeline" for family
Hear a family's story of how our respite service has made a difference to one of the people we support.
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Why I am running the City of Lincoln 10K - Julian's Story
Julian shares why he is doing the City of Lincoln 10K for one of his beautiful boys.
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Old Fire Station receives donation from local ASDA
Staff and service users from our Old Fire Station service recently visited their local Asda to pick up donated selection...
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Students from SHS were invited to participate in a Table Cricket Tournament
Students from SHS were invited to participate in a Table Cricket Tournament.
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Students represented SHS in a festive running event
Students represented Sutherland House School in a festive running event.
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Social feed
12 March 2026
There is nothing that Jordon at our Sherwood Centre loves more than time with his train tracks.
So when the tracks were (sadly!) out of action for a while, he decided that a repaired train track would be one of his desired outcomes.
With support from staff, we're pleased to share that the train track has been restored!
We think his smile says it all 🥰
Sherwood Centre users also recently dressed up for World Book Day - they looked awesome!
12 March 2026
World Book Day at Braithwell 🌈📖
Last week at Sutherland House School Braithwell we were celebrating World Book Day through the book ‘The Journey' by Aaron Becker.
In our beautiful garden, we recreated scenes from the book. A little girl, who the children named Annabelle, found a red crayon in her bedroom and drew a red door to go on an adventure.
We recreated the story using red streamers, where our children could explore imaginary lands of their own with Chinese lanterns, hot air balloons and a pesky purple phoenix that took up residence in the greenhouse!
11 March 2026
New Ace Popcorn website alert!!! 🍿
Take a look at our new Ace website, exclusive home for our poppin' social enterprise.
Fancy hosting a popcorn stand at your next event, or interested in buying a few bags of popcorn to support our endeavour? Get in touch with us via the website today ⬇️
