National Autistic Society Rotherham Branch

The NAS Rotherham Branch will, jointly with the AFST and RPCF, be running a seminar for families with autistic children on Tuesday June 18th. There are still some places left. The seminar is titled 'Managing Anger' and tackles the issue of dealing with difficult behaviours. It is open to families with children from 10 to 18 years old who live in Rotherham Borough. Please see the poster below for further information, and note the contact phone number and email for this event.

Fantastic evening at Family Bowling. We had the whole floor to ourselves!!! Big big thank you to all of the families for making it such a great night🎳🎳🎳🎳
Please post your ideas for other family nights :)

Represented the branch at today's volunteers walk, met with the High Sheriff of South Yorkshire, The Mayor of Rotherham and Sharon Kemp Chief Executive of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council.

Family Bowling Update 5:15 for 5:30 start. Meet in foyer and we are in downstairs bowling alley. One game for all the family and food orders to be taken on the night. **Please note parents are responsible for the care and behaviour of their children at all times** As previously a 1:3 Adult to child ratio is required.

Family Bowling confirmations have been sent. Please make contact if you have not received yours. A post with final information will be posted later.

Family Bowling is back!!!! Thur 6th June 5:30 Rotherham SuperBowl Please put your name down and we will confirm booking - further details to follow Please like and shareFamily Bowling is back!!!! Thur 6th June 5:30 Rotherham SuperBowl Please put your name down and we will confirm booking - further details to follow Please like and share

Autism alert card update This is an update about the progress of the autism alert card scheme. As some of you know, this is a credit-card sized card that autistic people can carry, to alert others that they are autistic if they come into contact with the authorities. The Rotherham Branch of the National Autistic Society have, in the past, issued such cards, but we have had to suspend this recently because of new data protection legislation. We are having ongoing discussions w...ith South Yorkshire Police about the launch of an updated version of the card for autistic people in Rotherham. These discussions are ongoing and, while we are not yet in a position to issue new cards or replace existing ones, we expect to have further updates within the next few months. We will post again on this page when we have more news. Those who have expressed an interest in the new card have been contacted separately too, and will contacted again when new updates become available.
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Thank you to Rotherham Rotary Club for the donation of £320.
Liz Harris, Club President presenting the cheque to NAS Rotherham branch Treasurer, Russell Wells.

Adult bowling this coming Thursday. Rotherham Superbowl, Wortley Road, Kimberworth, S61 1QN. One game of ten-pin bowling followed by a meal. Adults on the autism spectrum and their carers welcome.

Excellent fun tonight at the Family/Adult bowling, lovely to see everyone, Thank you to JP for your help and support tonight.

Next adult bowling this coming Thursday, May 2nd, meet at 5.20 PM for a 5.30 start at Kimberworth Superbowl. It will be happening at the same time as the family bowling, but the adults will play on separate lanes. Carers welcome too. Please contact us for further information.

Family Bowling Update - all booked for Thursday.
Confirmation messages to be sent today. If you do not receive a message please send a Facebook messenger message. As a note we will start at 5:30 so please allow ten minutes for the attendance register and any briefings. One game is provided for all of the family and you can book additional games if you required.
... Food will be served for around 6:15 so please be prepared if the game is finished before the food is served. Please note parents are responsible for the appropriate level of supervision to their children.
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The Branch made page 14 of the Rotherham Advertiser today.

**Family Bowling** correction 5:30 Apologies was early when I did the post!!!

Family Bowling 2nd May Location Rotherham Super Bowl at 6:30 (meet in entrance area ten minutes before). Registration to the branch is required for this event. Please reply to directly to post with interest and we will confirm booking process. Please not that it is parents responsibility to supervise their children at all times. A 1:3 parent to child ratio will be applied to this event.

Look at page 17 of this weeks Rotherham Record.

Next adult bowling session this Thursday, April 18th. Meet at 5.20 PM for a 5.30 start. Rotherham Superbowl, Wortley Road, Kimberworth, S61 1QN. Adults and carers welcome.

The NAS Rotherham Branch would like to ask their supporters to contact to their MP, to ask them to attend the upcoming Understanding Autism training session that is going to take place in Parliament on Wednesday May 1st. The session is being organised by the National Autistic Society and the All Party Parliamentary Group on Autism. Details can be found on this link: https://www.autism.org.uk/…/campai…/a utism-training-mps.aspx and on that link: https://act.autism.org.uk/page/4...0049/a ction/1…. To write to your MP, send a letter to: (MP's name), House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. The local MPs are: for Rotherham: Sarah Champion; for the Rother Valley: Kevin Barron; for Wentworth and Dearne: John Healey. It is best if you write a letter in your own words and explain why it is important to you that MPs understand autism. MPs pay more attention to such letters, and they also pay more attention if many of their constituents contact them about a topic. We at the NAS feel that the needs of autistic people and their families are often overlooked by lawmakers, and the training session is a good opportunity to make MPs aware of autism issues. Alternatively, following the links below will take you to a page where you can generate an automatic email to your MP. Please also share this post to your friends.
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