A poster for the Bradford LGBTQ+ Social Hub at Flourish, 14 North Parade, Bradford BD1 3HT. It's on the second Thursday of every month from 5:30pm-8pm.
Tomorrow from 5:30pm-8pm, there is an LGBTQIA+ social hub at Flourish Café in Bradford City Centre.
You can drop in at any point and there's a warm welcome at this inclusive sober space.
@mesmac.bsky.social
The Advonet Group We're Hiring! Finance Business Partner Hours: 28 per week Salary: £21,653.33 per annum actual salary, plus study package Location: Leeds, LS7 1AB Deadline for applications: Monday 13th April 2026, 12 Noon Interviews: Thursday 23rd April 2026 Find all our vacancies online at advonet.org.uk/careers
We have a new #JobVacancy! Our Finance team seeks a Finance Business Partner to provide detailed reports, ensuring we have accurate info to present to managers and Trustees.
If you're interested in this office-based role, please apply here: advonet.org.uk/2026/03/10/j...
#LeedsJobs #CharityJobs
A photo of Market Street in Bradford, UK.
We will be with Equality Together for the Co-Production Partnership's Sensory Guide visits to Eccleshill Community Hospital tomorrow and Darley Street Market on Wednesday 18th March.
If you would like more info or want to be part of either visit, please email Wil at willq@equalitytogether.org.uk
Neurodiversity Celebration Week Autism AIM We're supporting March 16-20, 2026 www.neurodiversityweek.com
Next week (Monday 16th-Friday 20th March) is #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek!
Did you know that the majority of our staff are neurodivergent?
Self-Advocacy Complaint Template
We have a free #SelfAdvocacy Complaint Template, which can help you or someone you work with to plan and then make a complaint about a service you have accessed.
It includes sections for planning what you want to say and listing outcomes from the complaint: advonet.org.uk/resources/se...
The Advonet Group Bradford and Craven Autism AIM Mental Health Peer Support Groups: Dates for 2026 Date Time Wednesday 7th January 6pm-7pm Wednesday 4th February 6pm-7pm Wednesday 4th March 6pm-7pm Wednesday 1st April 6pm-7pm Wednesday 6th May 6pm-7pm Wednesday 3rd June 6pm-7pm Date Time Wednesday 1st July 6pm-7pm Wednesday 5th August 6pm-7pm Wednesday 2nd September 6pm-7pm Wednesday 7th October 6pm-7pm Wednesday 4th November 6pm-7pm Wednesday 2nd December 6pm-7pm The group is for autistic adults in Bradford & Craven and free to join. For more info, scan the QR code or visit bradfordautismaim.org.uk/ services/mental-health-peer-support-group/
Our next Mental Health-focused Peer Support Group will be on Wednesday 1st April. It's on at the usual time of 6pm-7pm on Zoom, facilitated by autistic members of our staff team.
The group is free to join and for autistic adults living in Bradford, Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven.
A photo of some of our autism and mental health guides on display, sat on a red tablecloth.
Our range of free autism and mental health guides cover topics such as boundaries, parenting and sensory needs.
They were made by and for autistic adults and include useful tips and information. To read them, please go to bradfordautismaim.org.uk/resources/au...
Join our Jobs mailing list: eepurl.com/hOTTy9
If you would like to work for a leading #advocacy charity, we have a Jobs mailing list!
As soon as there is a job opportunity available, we can send it straight to your inbox.
To sign up, please go to eepurl.com/hOTTy9
Autism AIM Welcome to the AIM team, Eloise!
We are excited to welcome Eloise, our new Service Manager! She starts work with the AIM team this month and is elated to be joining us.
Read more about Eloise's appointment and what she's looking forward to doing in her own words at bradfordautismaim.org.uk/introducing-...
Bradford and Craven Autism AIM Newsletter: March 2026
Our newsletter for March 2026 is out now! Inside, we welcome a new member of our staff team, have details of this month's online Mental Health Peer Support Group and information on sensory guides for two buildings in Bradford.
To read it, please visit mailchi.mp/1f640d5f2d5f...
Bradford and Craven Autism AIM Our monthly newsletter
Our March newsletter is out on Monday! We publish updates on the first Monday of the month with useful info about our service, and events and services for autistic adults in Bradford and Craven.
Read all previous editions of the newsletter at bradfordautismaim.org.uk/about/newsle...
The Advonet Group Winter 2026 Newsletter: Out now!
Our Winter 2026 newsletter is out now. Inside, there are updates on a new name for our learning disability service, new free advocacy resources and exciting new work for our Autism AIM team.
Read all this and more at mailchi.mp/3679d6f4832f...
Next month, Equality Together and the Co-Production Partnership will be visiting two buildings in Bradford to create sensory guides.
They're at Eccleshill Community Hospital on Wednesday 11th March and Darley Street Market on Wednesday 18th March. For more info, email willq@equalitytogether.org.uk
An infographic with stats about the Mental Health Equity Project's work.
Over the past few years, the Autism AIM - Mental Health Equity Project has trained nearly 300 professionals, run many peer support groups and produced well-used resources.
Read more about its' impact in an independent evaluator's report at bradfordautismaim.org.uk/report-shows...
Bradford and Craven Autism AIM Free Services Profile
If you're autistic and want to ensure any services you're accessing meet your needs, our free Services Profile can help.
It can summarise your communication and sensory needs, all in one doc. To get a copy of this and our other self-advocacy tools, visit bradfordautismaim.org.uk/resources/pl...
A poster for Horton Community Farm's Mindfulness Garden in Bradford.
Horton Community Farm is hosting a Mindfulness Garden for people aged 50+ and carers of any age.
They are running a free eight-week course, following on from a taster session on Wednesday 11th March from 1-3:30pm.
If you want to join, please email mindfulness@hcf.org.uk or text 07401 766 610.
A photo of our guide to PIP Appeals, which is lying on a wooden table.
Our guides to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is available to download for free. They cover areas including as appeals, applications and assessments and were all made by and for autistic adults.
To see them, please visit bradfordautismaim.org.uk/resources/pi...
The Advonet Group Bradford and Craven Autism AIM Mental Health Peer Support Groups: Dates for 2026 Date Time Wednesday 7th January 6pm-7pm Wednesday 4th February 6pm-7pm Wednesday 4th March 6pm-7pm Wednesday 1st April 6pm-7pm Wednesday 6th May 6pm-7pm Wednesday 3rd June 6pm-7pm Date Time Wednesday 1st July 6pm-7pm Wednesday 5th August 6pm-7pm Wednesday 2nd September 6pm-7pm Wednesday 7th October 6pm-7pm Wednesday 4th November 6pm-7pm Wednesday 2nd December 6pm-7pm The group is for autistic adults in Bradford & Craven and free to join. For more info, scan the QR code or visit bradfordautismaim.org.uk/ services/mental-health-peer-support-group/
Want to know when our monthly online Mental Health-focused Peer Support Group meets? Here is a list of dates for the rest of 2026!
Find out more about the group and how you can join at bradfordautismaim.org.uk/services/men...
A poster for the online meeting on making housing more accessible for disabled people in Bradford and Craven
The Co-Production Partnership and Equality Together are holding an online meeting for disabled people in Bradford and Craven on how to make housing more accessible.
It's on Monday 2nd March from 6:30pm-7:30pm on Teams and free to attend. To sign up, please visit tinyurl.com/CoProdHousing
A Psychology student at the Uni of York has made a survey, asking autistic women about their friendship experiences when transitioning to university.
It should take no more than 10 minutes to fill in. If you would like to take it, please scan the QR code or visit york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Bradford and Craven Autism AIM Health Access Project resources
Our Health Access Project has a series of free resources created by and for autistic adults to help communicate a range of health needs. Resources include a pain scale, mental fatigue scale and symptom diary.
To see them all in one place, please go to bradfordautismaim.org.uk/resources/he...
To see this and our other mental health guides, please go to bradfordautismaim.org.uk/resources/au...
Autism AIM Grief and Loss: A free guide
For March's online Mental Health Peer Support Group, we'll be talking about grief and loss. To help with that, we have a free guide to the topic, made by and for autistic adults.
It has tips on how to manage grief and how it can affect people.
Mental Health Equity Project Project Evaluation: Our Achievements
We worked with an independent evaluator on a report about the Autism AIM – Mental Health Equity Project’s impact.
It looks at the project’s successes over the years, including training, resources and setting up peer support groups. To read it, please visit bradfordautismaim.org.uk/report-shows...
Bradford and Craven Autism AIM Free autism webinars
A while ago, we and the @leedsautismaim.bsky.social team hosted a short series of free webinars. They covered topics including family and relationships, and accessing mental health services.
They can all be viewed on our website here: bradfordautismaim.org.uk/resources/we...
What do we need from housing? Tell us what are the important things for housing? A meeting for disabled people Thursday 12th February 1 to 2.30 Central Hall Alice Street, Keighley, BD21 3JD Please email willq@equalitytogether.org.uk to let us know if you have any access needs we need to meet.
On Thursday, Equality Together and the Coproduction Partnership are holding a special meeting in #Keighley about how local housing can be made more accessible for disabled people.
It's at Central Hall from 1pm to 2:30pm. If you would like to attend, please email Wil at willq@equalitytogether.org.uk
A group of photos from our Winter Planning Event, including some Lego, notes hanging from a washing line and staff members talking and posing for photos.
Yesterday, our staff got together to connect with each other and help with our plans for the next year.
It was great to see so many colleagues talk about what's working well, what new work they're looking forward to and how we can improve what we do.
Bradford and Craven Autism AIM Free Self-Care Plan
One of our free #SelfAdvocacy and Planning tools is a Self-Care Plan. It can help to think of ways to look after your health and wellbeing and was made by and for autistic adults in our area.
A copy of the Plan is available to download at bradfordautismaim.org.uk/resources/pl...
Healthy Minds Bradford District and Craven Health and Care Partnership Need mental health support this winter? Visit: www.healthyminds.services
If you're in Bradford and Craven and need mental health support this winter, the Healthy Minds team can help.
On their website, they have useful information on services available at this time of year, including help in a crisis and services for neurodivergent people: healthyminds.services
Bradford and Craven Autism AIM Newsletter: February 2026
Our February newsletter is out now! We have details of a report about the Autism AIM - Mental Health Equity Project's work, introduce a new member of the team and share details of skills workshops for LGBTQIA+ people living in #Bradford.
Read all that and more at mailchi.mp/4bd8e8bcc722...
