Autism Hampshire Services

About

Information, Advice & Guidance Service: The Information, Advice and Guidance team offers a wide range of free services to support individuals, families, and professionals as well as raising autism awareness within the local community. This service is available pre, during and post diagnosis via the telephone, by email or by appointment at their Hampshire based office. The service is available free of charge for people in Hampshire.

Serendipity Social Groups: Their Serendipity Community Groups are a great way for autistic adults to meet in a supportive and non-judgmental setting. Each group is welcoming and encourages new members to join and participate in any way they feel able to. If a new member just wants to come to a group and listen to others, then that is respected and there is no expectation that every member needs to participate. Some groups are delivered online, and some groups are delivered in person. All groups are facilitated by a trained volunteer as well as their Serendipity team and/or community partner organisations.

Training: Autism Hampshire offers high-quality training which differs significantly from that offered by many other providers in that the content is created, designed and, wherever possible, delivered by autistic people themselves. They provide bespoke training for organisations and businesses as well as fully funded training for parents, schools, and autistic adults.

Consultancy: By combining first-hand insights, their consultants can offer fresh and authentic perspectives to organisations and workplaces to help accommodate autistic individuals. Consultancy Options include workplace or environmental assessments and 1:1 interviews with an autistic individual - this offers an opportunity for the autistic person to share their experience of the workplace or service, and how they feel their differences are currently understood and accommodated.

Autism Alert Programme: The Autism Alert programme supports autistic people, should they find themselves in any type of contact with the police or other emergency services. The wallet card is provided free for any Hampshire resident who is autistic and should be carried at all times. It is designed to be shown to the police or emergency services in the case of an incident, enabling them to offer appropriate support and contact a named person listed on the back of the card.

Supported Living: Autism Hampshire provides support teams to people living in their own homes. Support varies dependent on individual needs, but can include support with personal care, leisure activities, cooking, cleaning and household chores.

About Autism Hampshire

Autism Hampshire is a leading local autism charity delivering quality services across Hampshire which are designed to meet the needs of autistic children, young people and adults, their families and professionals. It is their vision to create a better future for autistic people.

They provide autism-focused training, supported living services, community groups for autistic adults, and an Information, Advice and Guidance Team that responds to an average of 12,000 requests for help each year.

Autism Hampshire is a registered charity based in Whiteley, Hampshire with over 50 years experience. Other services include a Local Autism Directory and award-winning community projects such as their Autism Alert Programme for Emergency Services.

Autism Hampshire is also part of Avenues Group - a charity specialising in supporting people with learning disabilities, complex support needs and autistic people across South East England, London, Hertfordshire, Essex, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Shropshire.