Parent Support Groups
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High Five is a free support group for parents and carers with autistic children in Northamptonshire, UK
Where can I meet parents of other Autistic young people and enjoy whole family social activities?
Whether your child is a pre-schooler or approaching adulthood, the challenges and complexities of navigating life with a dependent with additional needs can be isolating.
Through our High Five group, EnFold are able to provide a supportive environment to talk through any challenges that you are going though, and also be a safe space to get away from things.
How did High Five start?
High Five started around 15 years ago, before EnFold began, when a group of parents approached our founder and asked if she could help facilitate a group. In many ways High Five was the start of the EnFold journey, and where Diane identified her own traits as autism rather than the mental health labels that had been applied in teenage years. Going on to have her own children, it was soon apparent that a diagnosis for them and herself would be helpful and so the journey became more personal.
Having the knowledge and the personal experience, and seeing the huge gap in services Diane was encouraged to set up more support around Autism, and so EnFold was born… Several years in, and the charity status and governance structure and support that EnFold had meant it made sense for High Five to become a part of it.
What does High Five do?
High Five meets once a month the St Andrew’s Church rooms, Kettering (opposite Sainsbury’s) and the Northampton Parent Group also meets monthly at The Coach House Delapre Abbey, NN4 8AW.
We also have regular family events. Parents/carers and siblings, as well as the autistic young person all get together to take part in a range of events in the school holidays. These include zoo trips, farm, bowling, pottery, Think Tank, Cadbury World, Twin Lakes, archery, and water sports etc.
These activities are all subsidised by our fundraising and grant applications to ensure they are affordable. It is important to us that families can come and try something and not feel they need to stay the ‘whole day’ to get the value. It is about making opportunities accessible and manageable.
Email us at info@enfold.org.uk for more information on meeting dates and times
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/412516238822618
Eligibility
Age: For people of any age
Aimed at: Child
Referral Sources: Yourself
Covers: East Midlands
Registrations & Approaches
Specialisms: Autism, Autism and Neurodivergent , Challenging behaviour, Has autism-specific elements, Has autism-specific elements, Learning disability