A big thank you to all our members who have participated in our Art Exhibition in Southampton. The exhibition opened on Tuesday 2nd April and we were joined by 50 of our members, volunteers and their families to celebrate Serendipity’s exhibition: the Landscape of my mind.

Member’s feedback and the exhibition brochure is available on our website.

LGBTQ+ Bitterne

Starting 12th August

Meets on Mondays, twice a month from 10am - 12pm.

Totton

Starting 23rd August

Meets on Fridays, every other week from 1:15pm - 3:15pm

New Forest Walk & Talk

Wednesday, 10:30am - 12:30pm,

once a month.

Please wear appropriate clothes. The route is wheelchair accessible.

Coming Soon

• Singing for Wellbeing
• Wildlife Walks
• Yoga / Meditation / Breathwork
• Life Skills

To sign up for any of these, please email: serendipity@autismhampshire.org.uk.

Welcome

A very warm welcome to our new members and to our new Coordinators Laura and Richard!

Please help them feel welcome and show them how we run our groups!

Farewell

We also say a fond farewell and thank you to Beth our Serendipity Coordinator, and Solent volunteers Debbie and Mike. A big thank you for all their dedication, love and support.

New Volunteers

J: Hi I am J and I am a professional poet, performer and creative writer. I am a member of Serendipity and have just begun Volunteering at the Art Group.

Alison: Hi I am Alison. I love going for long walks in the forest. I am going to be the new volunteer at the New Forest Walk and Talk.

Spaces still available

Our Swanmore and Bordon Groups are a success. Thank you to our new members.

We still have spaces available if you would like to join. Please contact us.

Future Workshops:

Please find a continued list of our upcoming workshops. We would love for you to join us.

Online Training: Autism and Social Interaction

Online Training: Autism and Sensory Perception

Online Training: Autism and Behaviour

Yoga and Breathwork: Making Friends with your body

And more to be confirmed soon!

Our volunteers have been achieving some incredible things lately. Did you see Caz’s story during Volunteers’ Week?

Serendipity wouldn’t function without its volunteers, their dedication and the skills they bring to our groups and as a charity we are always grateful for that.

As we look to support more autistic adults in Hampshire through our groups, please encourage friends, families, colleagues and neighbours to give volunteering a try.

The integration of Autism Hampshire and Avenues Group is now well underway, following the merger, and with that comes the launch of the new Volunteer Policies and Procedures.

Your coordinators will be going through these with you in much detail, but you can find the link on the intranet if you wanted to have a look in the meantime.

We hope following the updates, we will be able to support our volunteers to grow with us as a charity.

We host workshops at least once a month, which are one-time events with specific activities.

Online Training: Understanding Autism Intro

(September, Monday 16th, 6pm - 8pm)

Online Training: Autism and Thinking

(September, Monday 23rd, 6pm - 8pm)

Online Training: Autism and Communication

(September, Monday 30th, 6pm - 8pm)

For more information or to register, please email:

serendipity@avenuesgroup.org.uk

Gathering feedback is a vital for our us to secure funding for Serendipity to continue beyond 2024. Please fill out our feedback form: Feedback Form 2024.