Welcome to another 15 new Autism Ambassadors (some pictured below) who were trained online on25 and 30 October 2024.
Welcome to 15 new Autism Ambassadors (some pictured below) who were trained in Basingstoke on 12 September 2024.
Welcome to 14 new Autism Ambassadors (some pictured below) who were trained online on 5 and 15 July 2024.
Welcome to 13 new Autism Ambassadors (some pictured below) who were trained in Romsey on 6 June 2024. Many thanks to Speaking Space (Romsey) Ltd for providing us with an excellent venue.
Welcome to another 21 newly appointed Autism Ambassadors (some pictured below) trained online on 24 April and 2 May 2024.
A warm welcome to 11 newly appointed Autism Ambassadors (some pictured below) trained in Fareham on 7 March 2024.
This takes the total number of Ambassadors trained past the 1200 mark!
Welcome to 19 newly appointed Autism Ambassadors (some pictured below) trained online at our first sessions of 2024 held on 24 and 31 January.
Welcome to 22 newly appointed Autism Ambassadors trained online on 20 & 28 September.
Welcome to 13 Autism Ambassadors trained on 4 July 2023 in Fareham, at our first face-to-face session since early 2020.
Welcome to 29 more Autism Ambassadors (some pictured below) trained on 18 and 25 April 2023.
We welcome another 21 Autism Ambassadors (some pictured below) trained online on 8 and 15 February 2023.
A warm welcome to another 19 Autism Ambassadors (some pictured below) trained online on 9 and 14 November 2022
Welcome to 14 newly trained Autism Ambassadors (some pictured below) trained online on 16 and 23 September 2022.
Welcome to yet more Autism Ambassadors (some pictured below) trained online on 22 June and 5 July 2022.
Great to welcome another 18 Ambassadors (some pictured below) trained online on 6 and 13 May 2022.
Welcome to another 28 Autism Ambassadors (some pictured below) trained online on 24th and 31st March 2022.
We were delighted to welcome our 1000th Ambassador on this course - Emma Goddard from Clanfield Junior School.
A warm welcome to another 26 new Autism Ambassadors (some pictured below) trained online on 4 and 11 February 2022.
We are please to welcome a further 16 new Autism Ambassadors (some pictured below) trained online on 19 and 26 November 2021.
We have been delighted to train a total of 86 Autism Ambassadors during 2021
Welcome to 13 newly-appointed Autism Ambassadors (some pictured below) trained online on 22 and 28 October 2021.
Welcome to 20 newly-appointed Autism Ambassadors (some pictured below) trained online on 1 and 8 October 2021.
Welcome to 9 newly-appointed Autism Ambassadors (some pictured below) who completed two online sessions during May 2021.
We're delighted to report that a further 16 Autism Ambassadors have completed their online training and were appointed during March 2021.
Welcome to 12 newly-appointed Autism Ambassadors who completed two online sessions during February 2021.
After a break in our training programme due to Covid-19, we are please to report that 19 Autism Ambassadors were trained at our first pair of online sessions on 27 October and 3 November 2020.
13 Autism Ambassadors were trained at our training day in Fleet on 27 February 2020.
We were delighted to be one of three projects shortlisted for the National Autistic Society's prestigious Autism Professionals Awards, in the ‘Most Creative Community Project’ category.
The annual awards recognise people, services and schools across the UK who are making a difference to autistic people and their families. We were represented at the special ceremony on 27 February at Birmingham Town Hall. Unfortunately we did not win the award on this occasion but can be very proud of the fact that we were in the top three.
The Autism Ambassador Scheme was shortlisted by an independent panel of autism specialists, who were looking for high standards of innovation, creativity, impact and sustainability. By celebrating their achievements, the National Autistic Society hopes to increase public understanding of autism and inspire other people and organisations to make a difference too. There were13 awards for individuals and organisations, covering education, health, social care, employment, and volunteering.
We are particularly proud of the way our small team – a mix of professionals, charities and volunteers from our four local authorities (Hampshire, Portsmouth, Southampton and the Isle of Wight), Autism Hampshire, South Hampshire Branch of the National Autistic Society and Hampshire Autism Voice – work together to deliver this Scheme – an example of partnership-working at its best.
In less than 5 years, our Scheme has made a tremendous difference to the understanding of autism in our area. Our Autism Ambassadors are increasing in number all the time and we expect another 200 local people to volunteer for the Scheme this year, to add to the 845 already appointed.
This nomination was recognition of the great work that our Ambassadors are doing across our region. Well done everyone!
17 Autism Ambassadors were trained at our training day in Winchester on 13 January 2020.
Our 2019 conference took place on 10th June at Chandlers Ford Methodist Church and 155 Ambassadors attended.
For further details go to our Annual Conference page.
Over 100 Ambassadors attended our 2018 Autism Ambassador conference on 26th June at Hampshire County Council in Winchester.
For further details go to our Annual Conference page.
The Autism Ambassador Scheme is a joint project between Hampshire County Council, Portsmouth City Council, Southampton City Council, Isle of Wight Council, Hampshire Autism Voice (the volunteer parent/carer/service-user group of the Hampshire Autism Partnership Board), Autism Hampshire and the South Hampshire Branch of the National Autistic Society
This site is maintained on behalf of the Autism Ambassador Scheme by the South Hampshire Branch of the National Autistic Society.
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