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ACCT Sheffield @acctsheffield.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Many thanks to the Jane Tomlinson Appeal Big Charity Giveaway for awarding ACCT a grant of £10,000 towards our ACCT Academy autism-friendly football sessions. We really appreciate your support! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Yorkshire charities get £176,000 boost from Jane Tomlinson Appeal

A total of 15 organisations were selected to receive a grant from fundraiser's foundation.

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ACCT Sheffield @acctsheffield.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

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.

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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...

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ACCT Sheffield @acctsheffield.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

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

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!

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ACCT Sheffield @acctsheffield.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

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. acctsheffield.org.uk/2025/02/14/a...

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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…

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UK Youth @ukyouth.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

🚨 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). 🧵👇

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ACCT Sheffield @acctsheffield.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

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.

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Sara Gibbs is Scary Enough Already @sararoseg.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

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 1/

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ACCT Sheffield @acctsheffield.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

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

A Lego skeleton in a spooky run-down house

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

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ACCT Sheffield @acctsheffield.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

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

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ACCT Sheffield @acctsheffield.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

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

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ACCT Sheffield @acctsheffield.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

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!

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ACCT Sheffield @acctsheffield.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

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

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ACCT Sheffield @acctsheffield.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

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.

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ACCT Sheffield @acctsheffield.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

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. acctsheffield.org.uk/2024/11/29/a...

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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…

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ACCT Sheffield @acctsheffield.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

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! movementforgood.com/index.php?cn...

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Nominate a charity - Movement for Good

Nominate a charity for a Movement for Good award now.

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Madeleine Sugden @madlinsudn.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

List of content scrapers in case you want to avoid them.

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Pete Wharmby @petewharmby.com · 24/11/2024

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.

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Qichin | Bard Vtuber @qichin.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

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. Block

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ACCT Sheffield @acctsheffield.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

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

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.

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ACCT Sheffield @acctsheffield.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

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.

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Toilet Map @toiletmap.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

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)

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.

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ACCT Sheffield @acctsheffield.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

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.

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ACCT Sheffield @acctsheffield.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

We're on Bluesky! ACCT is a place where autistic young people can be themselves. We're a Sheffield charity offering multi-activity groups, football, gaming & drama sessions for autistic & neurodivergent young people, support for parents and whole family activities. Skeets by @dantrobus.bsky.social

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ACCT Sheffield @acctsheffield.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

ACCT is part of the Co-op Local Community Fund for the coming year! Co-op members choosing ACCT as your local cause will help us raise money for ACCT Academy football sessions! To find out more about choosing ACCT as your cause, click here: membership.coop.co.uk/causes/88858

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Co-op Local Community Fund - Autistic Children and Carers Together (ACCT)

The Co-op Local Community Fund is supporting Autistic Children and Carers Together (ACCT). Become a member or sign in to choose a local cause to support.

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