Autism Groups

Lincolnshire’s Virtual Autism Hub provides funding to community-led groups to increase social and learning opportunities for autistic people and their parent/carers.

The grant programme is part of the Hub's vision to create a co-ordinated countywide network of support.

 To find out dates, times and details of the groups listed below please contact the Hub. 
 

Groups currently running across the county supported by the Hub are:

· Alford Hub: A new aspiration support group looking at skills and independence for young people aged 14 and over.

· Community Learning in Partnership (CLIP): A weekly support group for parents on alternate weeks in Mablethorpe and Alford. A separate weekly support session will be held in Mablethorpe for autistic adults, as well as an online group. The online group is open to any autistic adult living in East or West Lindsey.

· Community Learning in Partnership (CLIP): Thriving abilities: A weekly support group for autistic men and a weekly support group for women in Gainsborough.

· Creatively Autistic Together: A new organisation that will provide monthly adult Dungeons and Dragons sessions in Grantham.

· Darkside Rising CIC: Self-defence and mindfulness sessions in Lincoln for autistic females.

· MindSpace: Recently established Bourne Autistic Adults Group offering fortnightly adult support sessions in Bourne.

· MindSpace: Fortnightly adult support sessions in Stamford.

· PAACT (Parents and Autistic Children Together): Face-to-face post-diagnostic course for parents, called ‘Navigating the path ahead: Helping your autistic child thrive’. The course will be held in Lincoln.

· PAACT (Parents and Autistic Children Together): Face-to-face post-diagnostic course for older children, called ‘Your Autism Superpowers’. The sessions will take place in Lincoln.

· soundLINCS: UpBEAT!: Two new music-based groups for autistic adults. There are two groups, one in Gainsborough and a second in Spalding.

· TaylorITEX CIC: Support group for autistic adults. Recently established weekly support and activity sessions in Boston.

· Rainbow Stars Disability Group: Drumming project offering sessions in Sleaford.

· Rainbow Stars Disability Group: Grow it, Cook it, Eat it!: Twice weekly sessions in Sleaford for autistic adults which will include vegetable growing at a community allotment, cooking, and eating lunch together.

· Umbrellas: Lincoln-based youth club offering term-time weekly activity sessions for older children and young people.

· Umbrellas: Homework club. Weekly sessions helping with schoolwork, run by teacher-trained volunteer parents in Lincoln.