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Leeds ABC Support Group Meetings

Leeds

Autism / Aspergers Advice Sessions

AUTISM/ASPERGER ADVICE SESSIONS with STARS, Leeds Library Service, Leeds ABC, CAMHS, SALT, Health Visitors and SENDIAS 3rd floor meeting room, Central Library, Leeds STARS Team Contact details: Tel: 0113 3789792 starsteam@leeds.gov.uk www.starsteam.org.uk Friday 6th September – 10am to Midday drop in Autism Education Trust Training: Early Years – Making Sense of Autism 10am to 11.15am Friday 4th October 10am to Midday drop in Workshop Topic: Sensory Processing 10am to 11.15am WORKSHOP NOW CANCELLED Friday 15th November 10am to Midday drop in Autism Education Trust Training: School Age – Making Sense of Autism 10am to 11.15am PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF USUAL […]

Leeds

Dec

Fortnightly Autism Play Session

Family Fun Day Meetup

Leeds

Apr

Benefit Workshops: Information for Carers

Workshop

Personal Independence Payment (PIP) workshop. Friday 19th April from 10am to 12pm. Free place must be booked.

Leeds

May

The PDA Experience Yorkshire

Public Speaking Event

A chance to hear from Harry Thompson, PDA Activist, public speaker and author of The PDA Paradox. 25th May 2019 from 2.30pm to 5pm. Tickets £27.24 from www.eventbrite.co.uk

Leeds

May

Steve Silberman: Neurotribe

Public Speaking Event

Steve Silberman author of NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and The Future of Neurodiversity discusses his work. In association with MisTÂûght & Healthwatch Sheffield. Steve Silberman, author of NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism & Future of Neurodiversity, discusses his work with MisTÂûght founder Melissa Simmonds. Silberman’s book won the Samuel Johnson Prize in 2015 and is considered essential reading for those interested in the topic. This event is part of the ‘Living Together’ strand which has kindly been sponsored by Learn Sheffield, Create Sheffield and Cohesion Sheffield. For further information and our full programme visit www.festivalofdebate.com Tickets are £6 from www.ticketsforgood.co.uk

Bradford Calderdale Kirklees Leeds Wakefield

Jun

Bigger and Better in Leeds

Exhibition

A celebration of Autism with stalls, speakers and workshops will take place at the Civic Hall on Tuesday 25th June from 9.30am to 3pm. This is a FREE event. www.biggerandbetterinleeds.org

Jun

Dinosaur Day 2019

Fundraising

Dinosaur Day is Contact’s annual fundraising day, taking place this year on 19 June 2019. We’re asking our fantastic supporters to hold a Dinosaur-themed cake sale on or around Dinosaur Day.

Jun

Little Hiccups 10th Birthday Celebrations!

Family Fun Day

Booking closes: 23rd June 2019 to allow to plan for catering. We can’t believe it ourselves but this year we are the BIG 10! Little Hiccups has been going for a decade now and we’ve grown from strength to strength and the number of families that we help support has grown right alongside us! This year we wanted to celebrate BIG to celebrate our big birthday and we delight in inviting families old and new join us for a birthday bash to be remembered. We wanted this to be a birthday to remember (don’t be expecting this next year!!) and have decided that running […]

Leeds

Jul

Climb Everest at Clip n Climb

Fundraising

Ever wanted to climb Mount Everest? Now you can from the safety (and warmth!) of Clip n Climb, Leeds. In case you haven’t heard, Little Hiccups are 10 in 2019 and we’re celebrating BIG! We have fun activities planned throughout the year but our main goal this year is to fundraise a fantastic £10,000 a MONTH to help us support families for another 10 years. Mount Everest is 8848m high and on July 29th 2019 we’re going to conquer it. There are 30 walls to split between all the climbers and one wall will be reserved for SEND climbers with the SEND harness. […]

Leeds

Some West Yorkshire CANN Organisations

HOPELINE247 advisers want to work with you to understand why thoughts of suicide might be present. They also want to provide you with a safe space to talk through anything happening in your life that could be impacting on your or anyone else’s ability to stay safe. For children and young people under the age of 35 who are experiencing thoughts of suicide For anyone concerned that a young person could be thinking about suicide Young people Our advisers are all trained to help you focus on staying safe from suicide. Their training enables them to provide advice and support that may help you to move forward and stay alive. Concerned others If you are concerned that a young person is feeling suicidal, advisers can support you to start a conversation about suicide and explore options of how best to support them. Contact HOPELINE247 If you are having thoughts of suicide or are concerned for a young person who might be you can contact HOPELINE247 for confidential support and practical advice. Call: 0800 068 4141 Text: 88247 Email: pat@papyrus-uk.org Opening hours: Lines are open 24 hours every day of the year (Weekends and Bank Holidays included) Our suicide prevention advisers are ready to support you.

PAPYRUS Head Office, Bankside 2, Crosfield Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1UP

Papyrus – HOPELINE24/7

Advice Telephone Helpline

Define Fine has been created by a small, committed team of parents and professionals who have lived experience of school attendance difficulties We are a parent/carer-led organisation set up in response to the growing number of children and young people who experience school attendance difficulties. This is sometimes referred to as ‘school refusal’, or emotionally based school avoidance and may be due to unmet Special Educational Needs & Disabilities including physical or mental illness, either suspected or diagnosed, bullying or issues relating to academic pressure, or even the school environment. We provide peer support, using our tried and tested resources and to help parents advocate for the support their children and young people need to be able to learn and achieve. We hope to build up our growing network of peer supporters, who we can train to use our guides for their own family and ultimately to then help other families experiencing attendance difficulties. Empowering parents to be able to effectively work with professionals, should encourage not only earlier intervention, with much better outcomes, but also reduce the risk and impact of unhelpful, and unnecessary attendance prosecutions and social services  safeguarding interventions. It is vital that children, young people […]

Bluebell House Gumley Leicestershire LE16 7RU

Define Fine – Parent Peer Support for children with School Attendance Difficulties

Additional Needs Advice

PEEPS HIE are a small UK based national charity (Reg 1179495). We support anyone within the UK affected by a Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy event (H.I.E event) – lack of oxygen to the brain, normally at birth but can occur in older children, regardless of or cause or outcome. We offer free emotional, practical and financial support to anyone affected by H.I.E in the form of counselling, peer support, parent packs, equipment funds and various other means as listed on our website. We offer opportunities for families to meet together in their PEEPS together events, which offers support and the ability to share experiences with other H.I.E families. You can also get in touch with us on Facebook, Instagram, X and LinkedIn). In addition there is a closed H.I.E family WhatsApp group

The Piccadilly Business Centre, Aldow Enterprise Park, Blackett Street, Manchester, M12 6AE

Peeps-HIE

Additional Needs Telephone Helpline Therapy

We improve the lives of children and young people throughout the UK who are sick, disabled or disadvantaged. Variety provides coaches and bespoke wheelchairs, specialist, sensory and recreational equipment for use in the home, school, children’s hospitals and youth centres and creates memorable experiences through “Variety Great Days Out”

Suite 5, The Mill @ Scott Hall, 44 Potternewton Mount, Leeds, LS7 2DR

Variety Yorkshire

Additional Needs Equipment Hire Family Fun Days

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Leeds ABC Support Group Meetings

Autism / Aspergers Advice Sessions

Fortnightly Autism Play Session

Benefit Workshops: Information for Carers

The PDA Experience Yorkshire

Steve Silberman: Neurotribe

Bigger and Better in Leeds

Dinosaur Day 2019

Little Hiccups 10th Birthday Celebrations!

Climb Everest at Clip n Climb

Some West Yorkshire CANN Organisations

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