City Council autism and neurodiversity drop in events
Leicester City Council is running events across the city to celebrate Neurodiversity Week and Autism Acceptance Month
You can find out more about:
– where to go for information and support about autism and neurodiversity
– Leicester’s autism and neurodiversity delivery plan
– Plans to make Leicester an neurodiverse friendly city
Come along and share your ideas and feedback at the following events:
– Tuesday 24 March – 10amto 12 noon – The Brite Centre, LE3 1LE
– Tuesday 7 April – 10am to 12 noon – Eyres Monsell Club for Young People, 170 Whitteney Drive, LE2 9AQ
– Thursday 9 April – 10am to 12 noon – Highfields Library, 98 Melbourne Rd, LE2 0DS
– Thursday 21 April – 10am to 12 noon, Stocking Farm Community Shop, 36 Marwood Rd, LE4 2ED
For more details, click below to see the poster:
SEND Roadshow - next one Wednesday 4th February 2026 - Melton Mowbray
Leicestershire County Council organise these events for parents of children with SEND (Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities). Parents can come along to meet and find out about services that could support/benefit their children/families. They are once every couple of months or so at various events around the locality.
The next one is..
On : Thursday 28th May
At: County Hall Leicester
From: 1pm-2.30pm
Family Hubs Leicestershire – A range of support and social sessions for everyone
There are many and varied events and clubs – for a range of different people such as parents, grandparents, adults, children, women only, men only. Some events are specifically for autistic children and young people.
Click the following link to find out what groups are running and any events that are planned in your area by Leicestershire County Council’s Family Hubs.
Surveys
Can you complete a survey to find out how to help people with a learning disability at risk of behaviour that challenges, to avoid harm from psychotropic medicines?
Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland and Northamptonshire NHS Trusts have been working alongside the Health Innovation East Midlands Team on a Medicine Safety Improvement Programme: ‘Helping people with a learning disability, at risk of behaviour that challenges, to avoid harm from psychotropic medicines’.
As part of the programme, they want to hear from those with lived and learnt experience and to help.
This is an easy read short survey that asked questions to understand how medicines are used for individuals with a learning disability.
To complete the survey. click this link:
https://forms.office.com/e/PTHUjpCEQ3
Psychotropic medicines affect how the brain works and include medicines for psychosis, depression, anxiety, sleep problems and epilepsy. Sometimes they are also given to people because their behaviour is seen as challenging.
People with a learning disability, autism or both are more likely than other people to be given these medicines. It is felt that these medicines are right for some people to help them stay safe and well. But sometimes there are other ways of helping people, so they need less medicine or none at all.
For more information about this, click this link
Healthwatch survey
A survey to share your experiences of health and social care in Leicester and Leicestershire Click here to go to the survey
National autism related events
Autism Central
This is a peer education programme, commissioned by NHS England. They aim to empower families and carers to advocate for the autistic people they support. They run events on a range of autism related topics in person and online. To find out what is currently available in for people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, click the link below – and in the ‘region’ tab choose ‘Midlands’:
