Leeds Autism AIM Monthly Update: May 2022
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Hello and welcome to our latest monthly newsletter! In this update from Leeds Autism AIM, part of The Advonet Group, we have news on:
- Our monthly timetable of groups
- The Health Access Project working across Leeds
- Our Autistic Utopia Manifesto
- New Health Passport for autistic adults in Leeds
- Two events for autistic and neurodivergent people this summer
- A job vacancy for a Universal Advocate to work with the AIM team
- The next Autism Reference Group meeting
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Online Groups timetable: May 2022
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We're holding Peer Support Group sessions on the 3rd and 17th from 6pm-7pm. Our monthly Women-Aligned Group is on the 10th from 5:30pm-6:30pm.
Our Gaming Group will be on our Discord community on the 24th from 6pm-7pm. We're also holding a Coproduction Group session on the 26th from 5:30pm-7pm. Finally, the next quarterly Autism Reference Group is on Tuesday 31st from 3:30pm to 5pm on Teams.
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Online Groups mailing list
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If you are interested in joining any of our groups, we have a mailing list with information on how to join. If you would like to sign up, please click on the link below.
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AIM's Health Access Project: Working across Leeds
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After receiving funding to continue its’ work earlier this year, our Health Access Project is now able to support autistic adults across the Leeds City Council area!
This includes help to access GP support, communicating healthcare needs and getting one-to-one peer support.
Find out more about how the project can help you and how to make a referral for support at the link below.
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Autistic Utopia: Manifesto
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At the end of March, we held a discussion group on the idea of an autistic-friendly utopia. In it, we covered work, housing, public spaces, transport and education. As a follow-up, we have put together a manifesto, with the group participants’ ideas for improvements in each area listed on separate pages.
The document is an eight-page PDF and can be downloaded for free at the link below.
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Leeds Autism Health Passport launched
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The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT)’s Learning Disability and Autism team have launched a new health passport for autistic adults in the Leeds area.
Working with Leeds Autism AIM, Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service, Leeds Mind and the Leeds Autism Diagnostic Service (LADS) team, the passport has sections covering communication, healthcare needs and mental health.
It is free to download and is recognised by NHS services across the city. To get a free copy, please click on the link below.
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Leeds Autism Show: Meet us at free event this June
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Leeds Autism Services (LAS) are bringing back the Leeds Autism Show for 2022! The free information event, formerly known as Bigger and Better in Leeds, will feature stalls, speakers and more at KPMG's office in Leeds City Centre. We will have a stall there, along with other local services who work with autistic adults.
The event is on Wednesday 22nd June from 9:30am to 3:30pm. More information, including a booking link, is at the link below.
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Job Vacancy: Universal Advocate
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The Advonet Group are recruiting a Universal Advocate to work with Leeds Autism AIM and their Community Advocacy service. The role is full-time and will have set hours to provide advocacy to autistic adults in Leeds. Here are the key details:
- Salary: £22,021 pro rata per annum
- Hours of work: 37.5 hrs per week
- Contract: Permanent
- Closing date: Thursday 5th May 2022 – 12 Noon
- Interview date: Tuesday 10th May 2022 (provisional)
To apply for the role, please click the link below.
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The Advonet Group also have a job vacancy for a part-time Finance Officer. This role pays £26,000 per annum on a pro rata basis and is for 22.5 hours per week. The closing date for applications is Friday 6th May at 12 Noon - to apply, click here: https://advonet.org.uk/2022/04/14/job-vacancy-finance-officer/
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Leeds Waterfront Festival returns this summer
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Learn about new fund offering advocacy grants for community groups
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The Leeds Advocacy Network, led by The Advonet Group, are holding a free event about a new fund. This fund offers grants to community groups in Leeds from £500 to £10,000 to develop advocacy for communities who find it hard to access it.
It takes place on Tuesday 24th May from 9:30am to 1pm at the St George's Conference Centre, and is free to attend. if you would like to come, please book your ticket by clicking on the link below.
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Autism Reference Group to meet in May
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The Autism Reference Group, a forum for having your say on what local services should do for autistic adults in Leeds, is meeting at the end of this month. The meeting will be on Microsoft Teams on Tuesday 31st May from 3:30pm to 5pm.
It feeds into the Leeds Adult Autism Partnership Board and elects up to three people to represent the group. If you want to attend, please email us at leedsautismaim@advonet.org.uk and we will send you an invite.
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Leeds Autism AIM's quarterly feedback survey: April-June 2022
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We have a survey for anyone who has used our services between April and June 2022, asking for your feedback!
If you would like to let Leeds Autism AIM know about how we have helped you, what worked well and what we can do better, please take it by clicking on the button below. We will use your feedback to inform improvements to our work.
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Sign up for The Advonet Group's quarterly
e-newsletter here:
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JubiLeeds Variety show coming soon
People in Action, Yorkshire Dance and Leep1 are running a variety performance, featuring autistic adults and adults with learning disabilities next month.
JubiLeeds is taking place on Friday 24th June at Leeds Conservatoire. Auditions closed at the end of April, but more details about how to watch the performance will be out soon. Click on the link below to get more information.
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Turn to Us: Advocacy for parents
The Advonet Group's Self-Advocacy and CHANGE teams have launched a new project for parents who are working with social workers. Turn to Us will help them to refer for advocacy, receive self-advocacy training and give and receive peer advocacy.
A video introducing the service has been made too. More information about the prohect is at the link below.
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Ageing and autism: A big conversation
The National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) have launched a project about ageing and autism. It asks older autistic adults to share their experience of ageing, their worries and hopes around building a conversation on this topic.
To help with that, they have created a series of conversation starters. These can be downloaded from the NDTi website at the link below.
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