Activities

This is an opportunity for adult members of SAFE (alone or with their parents) to come together and share information and chat and meet with SAFE's Development Worker and SAFE Trustees.

This is SAFE’s adult group which meets monthly in Chelmsford and offers the opportunity to socialise and mutual support to help manage issues particular to adults such as independent living, supported employment and training, social communication and interaction skills, adult social care, friendships and relationships, mental health and carers’ issues. 

The SAFE Women's Group, for any woman (over 18) who is autistic or strongly suspects they are autistic. At each meeting, we discuss topics, including some of the challenges of being a woman on the Spectrum, but some of the positives too.

This is SAFE's group for young autistic adults in the Southend area which meets in an exclusive-use cafe and offers them a safe, non-judgemental space for a relaxed evening; card games, chatting or just relaxing with a drink.

SAFE's group for younger group of children aged 8-12 years. Hundreds of children have used a variety of art forms such as drama, dance, poetry, pottery-making, arts and crafts, plus visiting places of interest to the young people as well as taking part in special workshops as a way of learning concrete skills in group social interaction and team building. This project is a continuing success with parents who have commented on how well their children have learned how to interact and make new friends.

This is an opportunity for SAFE Members to chat on a one-to-one basis about any difficulties they are experiencing with the SAFE Development Worker who will assist and ‘signpost’ them in the right direction.

Alpha Sigma Delta is a group that enables girls in the last year of primary school up to the age of 18 years with autism and their parents to come together on a regular basis to make friends and form lasting relationships in a safe and friendly environment.

SAFE holds a regular youth club in the south of the county where young people aged 13 to 21 years old are able to take part in a wide range of activities including bowling, swimming, rock-climbing, camping, boating, and social events. These clubs continue to be hugely successful in developing friendships and social understanding amongst the young people involved.