Neurodiversity community awareness event
Neurodiversity community awareness event
What’s happening: Information and resources; professional talks (from a parent, from a neurodivergent person), community connections, stalls from professional organisations
When: Thursday 11th June 2026; 11:00am-3:00pm
Where: The New Testament Church of God ‘The Lighthouse’, Melbourne Road, LE2 0DR
Contact: admin@neurodiversitysupport.org
SEND Roadshow - next one Wednesday 24th June - Leicester University
SEND Roadshow – next one Wednesday 24th June – Leicester University
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 : Wednesday 24th June
At: Gilbert Murray Hall, Stamford Court. Leicester University. LE2 2LH
From: 10am-1pm
Stay and play sessions - for autistic children and their parents - no diagnosis needed
Stay and play sessions – for autistic children and their parents – no diagnosis needed
Run by: Autism East Midlands
At: Birstall Methodist Church, Wanlip Lane, Leicester LE4 4JS
Cost: Donate what you can afford; £1 for refreshments,
Dates: Usually the first Saturday of the month – check poster below for more details
Times: 10:00am-12:30pm
Drop in – no booking needed
See poster for more details
Family Hubs Leicestershire – A range of support and social sessions for everyone
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’:
