Events

Later this year, a big autism information event will be held in Leeds. AutistiCon: A Leeds Autism Event will take place on Tuesday 13th June, will be at the Leeds Playhouse and is FREE to attend! It follows on from last year’s Leeds Autism Show and Bigger and Better in Leeds, which was held from […]

Later this year, a handful of organisations working with autistic people in Leeds will hold a free information event in the city. Leeds City Council, Leeds Autism Services, Leeds Autism AIM (part of The Advonet Group), Specialist Autism Services and Forum Central would like to know what think should be on offer at that event.

Disability Confident Leader Specialist Autism Services is the first organisation in Bradford to be awarded the Level 3 Disability Confident Leader status.  This was achieved by evidencing that as an organisation we have processes in place to support disabled individuals in the entire employment process from application to full employment.  We were invited to a

January 26th was the 3rd annual brick show in Mytholmroyd. Lego enthusiasts from around the UK attended the event to show off their wonderful Lego creations. Our Social Enterprise Coordinator for Autism Bricks UK, Martin Burgess,  visited the Calder Valley Brick Show to discover what takes place. The event was packed with displays, from built

A generous donation We have received a generous donation of £101.64 from an Autism Awareness Fundraiser that took place at Platform: York St John Spark Community Theatre on the 7th of December. The night involved lots of different performance acts from a range of people.  The kind person who organised the fundraiser was a student

Photos taken by Mitch/AB.

The Festival Last weekend saw the UK’s largest comic art convention take place in Harrogate (they’ve outgrown Leeds) and the Conference Centre served as home for over 470 stalls, fans and cos-players for the weekend. There was so much going on; Batman being locked out of his hotel rooms, our star sales person, The Walking

November 9th-10th Harrogate Conference Centre This year, it’s grown so big, it’s taking over the Harrogate Conference Centre. Specialist Autism Services have put together a guide, based upon our members’ experiences of having attended the event when it was in Leeds. If you are at the festival, pop along and say hello, our stall is

100% Digital Awards 100% Successful Friday 13th September this year proved to be very fortuitous for us as we were one of the organisations in Leeds to receive funding through the 100% Digital Awards. Previously, through the generous Leeds Library scheme of loaning technology (I-Pads Tablets) the Leeds site were able to expand our members

A celebration Bigger and Better In Leeds (BABIL) is a free annual event held in Leeds. The aim of #BiggerAndBetterInLeeds is to both celebrate World Autism Awareness Day, increase autism awareness and show the people of Leeds what autism services are available. The 2019 event will be held on Tuesday, 25th June 2019 from 9:30am to