The Events section
Posted by
lisa
on 16th March 2009
at 19:54
hi im lisa and along with a friend , toria we are starting up a support group in andover hampshire.its for parents grandparents carers of anyone with asd or asperges to just come along and have a chat with people in a similar situation and swap any advise n tips we may have learnt along the way.the support group will run tuesday mornings anyone intrested please get in touch for more details lisa.mosley1@hotmail.com we are hoping to have some speakers present on some sessions and are open to any ideas for the group.
Posted by
NickyB
on 16th March 2009
at 21:30
Hi
My hubby and some other parents, helped by the Kent Autisic Trust and the Fathers Club in Maidstone, have started a group called TAPS (Tunbridge Wells Autism Parents Support). Meetings are at various times and dates and it's held at St Pauls Primary school in Rusthall. Just come along and have a chat - there will be a guest this Friday, who is a specialist teacher in communication and interaction.
The next meeting is at 1.30 on Friday 20th March. Further meetings are scheduled once a month, with some in the evening. If you'd like any further info. please contact me or my hubby (Ken) at Kenandnicki@aol.com
Posted by
louise ife
on 11th August 2009
at 22:38
i am desperatly trying to find a support group where we live i live in bury near manchester and been trying for ages but can not find any support groups near me at all any help would be apreciated x
Posted by
NickyB
on 11th August 2009
at 23:12
Hi louise ife
I found some information using the the NAS autism services directory - at www.autismdirectory.org.uk
There was a link on there for an organisation called BAPS (love that name!!) which is Bury Autistic Prents Society. Their website is www.baps-online.org
Hope that's of some help
Posted by
louise ife
on 12th August 2009
at 11:53
thank you for that it looks really good x
Posted by
bumblebee
on 12th August 2009
at 19:59
Hi,
My family are part of MAGIC (Medway Autism Group & Info Ctr). It is based near Rochester in Kent http://www.medway-magic.org/ MAGIC runs a weekly youth club for children with Autism/Asperger's aged 10 and over, 2 play sessions in a local indoor soft play venue one for over 10's one for under 10's. and also a coffee morning every Friday and we try and get guest speakers in as regularly as possible (Paediatricians/OT's/Social Services etc...) Also for the first time this summer we are running a respite play scheme which is due to start next week!!
We are, on the whole, a group of parents who came to MAGIC for help, advice and information and never left!!
Posted by
Elena - former Community Manager
on 12th August 2009
at 21:15
Just out of curiousity Claire, are any other MAGIC folks on talk about autism?
Posted by
bumblebee
on 12th August 2009
at 22:31
I'm not sure..... we have put a link on the front page of the MAGIC website and spoken to parents about the forum. I will ask....BTW, do you have any information flyers? Claire
Posted by
Elena - former Community Manager
on 13th August 2009
at 12:33
Hiya Claire!
Hmm, I'm not really sure. I'll ask and see if something like this is available. : )
Posted by
bumblebee
on 13th August 2009
at 13:35
I was thinking......would it be helpful to have a PDF format leaflet that is downloadable (sp?!) from the forum? This way any one involved in a support group, or who would like to pass it on, could download, copy and hand out? What do you think?
Claire
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Posted by
Paula Barrett - former Community Manager
on 9th March 2009
at 17:18
Are you part of a local or national group? Do you have meetings, social activities or get togethers which might be of interest to other parents? Are you going to a national event and you want to discuss it? Are you taking part in a fundraising event or doing your own? Is there anything surrounding World Autism Day or other events which you'd like to talk about?
If so - please post up a topic in here. Please post up as much information as possible - where the event is, who the contact person is, how much it costs and anything else you can mention.
This is also a good place to discuss an event you went to in the past, training courses or regular activities.
Remember, many parents might be feeling isolated - so posting information on events here will really help others. : )