ACCT Sheffield

Sheffield swimming accessibility for autistic people ACCT is looking into the barriers that affect autistic people’s access to swimming. Working with Kelly Deakin (Mighty Splash Swim School), we successfully applied for a small £1,000 grant from the Swi...

ACCT is looking into the barriers that affect autistic people’s access to swimming, and for tips or resources that have helped make swimming more accessible.

If you are an autistic adult, young person, or a parent-carer of an autistic young person in Sheffield, please complete our questionnaire.

ACCT is Recruiting! ACCT is looking to recruit: Football / Sports Coaches and Playworkers We are seeking experienced and passionate coaches and playworkers to lead play sessions in an inclusive and supportive environm…

ACCT is recruiting Football / Sports Coaches and Playworkers

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Hello! My name is Roisin Guthrie. I am a student at Sheffield Hallam University studying a Masters Degree in Developmental Psychology. For my research project (Dissertation) I am conducting a study exploring the thoughts, views and lived experiences of parents of autistic children and how they speak to their child(ren) about their autism. The aim of the study is to gain a greater understanding of how parents speak to their autistic child(ren) about their autism and how they do this; what resources are used (if any). There is currently little research on this topic and data will be invaluable to this area, helping other parents and professionals better support children with autism. The study involves interviews that are either face to face (on University Campus) or online (via Teams Meet). These will last up to 30-40 minutes. Participants will be asked a total of 20 questions. The audio from the interview will be recorded only and participants will be kept anonymous in the transcription and write up. If you are the parent of an autistic child or young person (diagnosed or undiagnosed and on the pathway) and are interested in or would like to take part in this study, please email me on a8020052@hallam.shu.ac.uk for more information. Thank you!

Forwarding on this call for research participants which may be of interest

Autism Partnership Board meeting summary 4th June 2025 Danny attended the Sheffield-wide Autism Partnership Board meeting today. The purpose of the board is to, “hold to account Sheffield City Council, Clinical Commissioning Group and Sheffield Health …

Autism Partnership Board meeting summary 4th June 2025

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ACCT is Recruiting! ACCT is looking to recruit: Football / Sports Coaches and Playworkers We are seeking experienced and passionate coaches and playworkers to lead play sessions in an inclusive and supportive environm…

ACCT is recruiting Football / Sports Coaches and Playworkers

acctsheffield.org.uk/2025/06/05/a...

ACCT AGM 3rd March 2025, 1-2pm All ACCT members are welcome to join us for the Annual General Meeting on Autistic Children and Carers Together, which will be held from 1-2pm on Monday 3rd March via Zoom. Joining details: Meeting…

All ACCT members are welcome to join us for the Annual General Meeting on Autistic Children and Carers Together, which will be held from 1-2pm on Monday 3rd March via Zoom.

More details and meeting papers available from the ACCT website.

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🚨 Youth services have been cut by over £1 billion since 2010.

New figures from YMCA reveal that local authority spending on youth services in England has dropped by 73% since 2010-11—a real-term cut of £1.2 billion. In Wales, funding has fallen by 27% (£16.6m). 🧵👇

Some work is being coordinated by Sheffield Autism Partnership Network to better understand people’s experiences of getting ADHD support in Sheffield
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There was a presentation about ADHD and AuDHD and the lack of support and representation for ADHD in the city - the beginning of a discussion about whether ADHD may be included with Autism in the Strategy and Strategy Board.

The local authority are making plans for some staff reorganisation in order to have an Autism Lead person who can support the Partnership Board workstreams, lead coordination of the festival, and help facilitate the Council's involvement in similar activities.

Danny attended the Sheffield Autism Partnership Board meeting yesterday - quick updates: the team organising an Autism Festival are planning events over three days Tues 15th – Thurs 17th April 2025 in central Sheffield. There will be a snapshot survey about the branding to be circulated soon.

The Daily Tism is looking to work with a fab artist / designer to make some beautiful merch.

We’re looking for someone with lived experience of autism! If this sounds like a good fit, please send over portfolios & rates to sara@thedailytism.com

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A Lego skeleton in a spooky run-down house

A glass with the Builder's Brew Lego Cafe logo on it, which is a little Lego block with a smiley face and arms and legs. They're holding a coffee mug.

A Lego unicorn

Lego builds of two figures - they might be characters from something I'm not familiar with.

Fun builds at our ACCTing Out young autistic adults' group trip to the Builder's Brew Lego Cafe in Sheffield city centre.

First draw coming up soon - please nominate ACCT for a £1,000 grant to benefit autistic and neurodivergent young people in Sheffield. Thanks!

And in case you need more convincing, how about an AI generated personalised video from the amazing Dame Jess?!

At the end of the voting period, they count up all the blue tokens, and the charity with most gets £1,500 with £1,000 for second and £500 for third.
We are asking for money towards our ACCT Academy autism-friendly football sessions.
Thank you for your tokens and votes!

So if you're visiting the following Tesco stores, please pick up blue tokens and vote for ACCT:
Fargate S1 2HE
Kangaroo Works S1 4GN
Kelham Island S3 8RA
Edward St S3 7BY
Savile St/Spital Hill S4 7UD
West Street S1 4GB
Church St S1 1HA
Eyre Lane S1 2NP

ACCT is one of the three charities competing for funding in the Tesco Stronger Starts voting competition from October to January in certain Sheffield Tesco stores.

We will hold ACCT’s Annual General Meeting in the new year (date tbc) which is always a good opportunity for all members to come along, discuss ACCT’s work and find out more about how members and trustees run our charity.

ACCT Annual Report 2023-24 ACCT’s annual report and accounts for the year April 2023 to March 2024 has been approved by the ACCT trustees and published on the Charity Commission register. The document is available to d…

ACCT’s annual report and accounts for the year April 2023 to March 2024 has been approved by the ACCT trustees and published on the Charity Commission register and our website.

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Nominate a charity - Movement for Good Nominate a charity for a Movement for Good award now.

Please nominate Autistic Children and Carers Together for a £1,000 grant by filling in a short form here (our charity details should already be filled in). The daily draw starts next on the 5th December. (And maybe repost this, please!)
Thank you!
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List of content scrapers in case you want to avoid them.

More info on the Sheffield Autism Partnership Network here if you're interested in finding out more or getting involved: sapn.org.uk

Autistic kids are so resilient, yet they perpetually get told they're not resilient enough.

If people understood what they were managing, they'd soon stop being so ignorant.

For those unaware: Autism Speaks is a hate group that treats autism as a disease to be "cured" and autistic people as inferior. No autistic people are at the top of this org, and they support dehumanizing "therapies" to "get rid of" autism. The puzzle piece wrt autism is also a hate symbol.

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A group of teenagers sitting in a circle in a darkened room at an ACCT Teenage Club session, with a game board and lit candles in the foreground.

Blood on the Clocktower - a new game for Teenage Club being led brilliantly by one of our young people!

Also got to hear from Maya, a coordinator of WAND, the new inclusive network run by and for autistic women in Sheffield and the surrounding area. More info on the website wand.org.uk

Attended the Sheffield Autism Partnership Network meeting this morning, which included a discussion about Sheffield City Council's proposed Autism Festival for April 2025. The group asked that autistic people should be involved in co-producing this, and there should be info on this to share soon.

iPhone held in a hand, in front of a London street with black cab and red bus in background. The screen is headed 'Nearest Toilets' and shows four frames each with a location pin.

On this #WorldToiletDay 🚽 we celebrate our tenth birthday of The Toilet Map!

Launched on 19-Nov 2014 with 9000 loos, The Great British Public Toilet Map has grown to 15000 publicly accessible toilets - any the public can use that aren’t ‘customer-only’.

But how do we keep finding loos? 🧵(1/7)

JustGiving announces acceptance of more than 60 forms of cryptocurrency JustGiving has partnered with The Giving Block to accept donations of cryptocurrency as of this week, with over 60 different forms accepted on the platform.

@justgiving.bsky.social announces acceptance of more than 60 forms of cryptocurrency