Feb 19, 2020
Autism East Midlands is excited to announce that there will be eight runners taking on the World’s most iconic running race in 2020. These fantastic supporters are from all corners of the region we...Feb 14, 2020
This week we have a guest writer from the Autism Parenting Magazine, who produce articles such as this article on Social Stories. In this guest article the writer, Ava Wadaby, discusses the...Feb 7, 2020
Our latest blog comes from Kirsty Taylor who is the Manager of our Adult Flexible Day Service in Retford, Tall Trees. Kirsty has been with Autism East Midlands for 18 months, starting as a Support...Jan 30, 2020
Autism East Midlands are hosting a recruitment event at The Well Community Centre in Retford on Thursday 6th February, 12:30pm – 7:30pm. You will find us on the 6th February at: The Well Community...Jan 22, 2020
My name is George Smith and, on 10 December 2019, I was elected to Chair the Board of Trustees of Autism East Midlands. A good number of years ago, I was asked by a very good friend, who was...Jan 20, 2020
Autism East Midlands’ annual Silly Sock Day is back! On Friday 3rd April we are asking Schools, Businesses, community groups and other organisations to put on their silliest socks and help us...Jan 10, 2020
In the first Autism East Midlands blog of 2020 we hear from Sutherland House School Student, Adam, who has been working on a spectacular ICT Project that combines his love of ICT and Art. On hand to...Dec 18, 2019
On Monday 16th December several of our Adult Services came together to celebrate the festive season by holding a Christmas Party at Manton Sports Club in Worksop. The party included a disco, buffet...Dec 2, 2019
The National Citizen Service (NCS) is all about helping young people get ahead in life – learning some fantastic new skills, meeting some amazing new people and finding out how to make a real...Nov 19, 2019
In this weeks blog the Therapy Team at Sutherland House School provide an insight into the importance equipment, generously donated to the School by The Lord’s Taverners is having on students....Nov 11, 2019
In this weeks blog we hear from Danika Findley, who is the Lead Autism Specialist Mentor at De Montfort University. Dani talks to us about her work at the University and how the Autism Team supports...Nov 1, 2019
Autism East Midlands was taken over by Halloween this week as all services took part in the Halloween festivities. Adult Services hosted Halloween parties where staff and service users dressed up in...Oct 25, 2019
In June 2019 Autism East Midlands was awarded £264,857 by The National Lottery Community Fund, to help create six new Family Support Hubs in the East Midlands. We are now delighted to announce that...Oct 23, 2019
In this weeks blog we hear from our Specialist Autism Awareness Trainer, Debbie Austin, who tells us about her recent visit to the Regional Heritage Conference. Debbie enlightened the attendees, who...Oct 23, 2019
The D2N2 Digital Skills Academy is a free, innovative programme set up exclusively to help autistic individuals (men and women), and also unemployed women – particularly those who are returning to...Oct 18, 2019
A history project for young volunteers aged 11-16 who are on the autism spectrum has won the East Midlands regional Marsh Trust ‘Volunteers for Museum Learning’ award. The British Museum and the...Oct 11, 2019
Sutherland House School have started to take two students climbing at the Depot Climbing Centre in Nottingham on a Friday afternoon. The Depot is within walking distance of the school and the...Oct 4, 2019
Three Autism East Midlands Adult Service Users had the opportunity this month, to go and watch Notts County FC vs FC Halifax Town from the Nottingham clubs state of the art sensory rooms. Opened in...Oct 3, 2019
Sunday 29th September 2019 saw a wet and windy Nottingham host its annual Ikano Bank Robin Hood Half Marathon, and despite the initial horrible weather runners took on the course in huge numbers....Oct 2, 2019
In June 2019 Autism East Midlands was awarded £264,857 by The National Lottery Community Fund, to help create six new Family Support Hubs in the East Midlands. We are now delighted to announce that...
