As of September 2024, 204,876 people were waiting for an autism assessment in England, new latest NHS data has revealed. That’s more than the population of Reading.

We are proud to announce that volunteers at our charity’s North Northumberland branch have received The King’s Award for Voluntary Service; celebrating the outstanding work they do in their local ...

The Government has this week unveiled its new Mental Health Bill, which will reform mental health legislation to end the inappropriate detention of autistic people and people with a learning ...

The Lorna Wing Centre offers a range of specialist diagnostic and assessment services for children, young people and adults, ...

Our accreditation programme helps organisations, and specialist and mainstream service providers, to offer excellent support to autistic children and adults.

A £22.6 billion increase to the day-to-day health budget A commitment to reducing NHS waiting lists A £1 billion investment for SEND An increase to the Carer’s Allowance Threshold An extension of the ...

In total 2,020 autistic people and people with learning disabilities are in inpatient mental health hospitals in England 1,385 (69%) of these people are autistic There are 200 under 18s in inpatient ...

Our charity has responded to the Care Quality Commission’s annual assessment of the state of health and social care in England. Tim Nicholls, Assistant Director of Policy, Research & Strategy at the ...

To finish off our Black History Month Celebrations, we had George from Primary Workshops deliver an African Dance workshop for all our pupils and staff. We had a great day filled with high energy ...

Autism charities have today made a joint call for urgent action to end the avoidable and devastating crisis affecting tens of thousands of people waiting for a diagnosis. In a letter to Chancellor ...

On Friday, September 27th, 2024, KS4 students at Sybil Elgar School hosted a café to support Macmillan Cancer Support, selling cakes and snacks. The event was a great success, raising £215 for the ...