Training Programmes for Children and Young People
Are you an autistic young person or adult aged 16+ living in Lewisham or Southwark?
Would you like to develop essential life skills?
Resources for Autism is offering free in-person Life Skills workshops designed to help you grow, connect, and thrive. Join us to gain tools, knowledge, and strategies for daily life.
Topics that will be discussed during this 2 hr fun workshop will include:
- What friendships might look like
- Tips for making friends
- Maintaining friendships
- What boundaries are and different types
- Relationship circles (plus optional activity)
- Friendship red flags (plus activity)
- My strengths and things I might find challenging (activity)
First session
When: Thursday 23rd January 2025, 6.30pm-8.30pm - download a flyer here (pdf, 550kb)
Where: The Somerville Youth Centre, 260 Queens Road, SE14 5JN
Second session
When: Thursday 20th February 2025, 6pm-8pm - download a flyer here (pdf, 550kb)
Where: The Lewisham Music Hub, First Floor, The Fellowship Inn, Randlesdown Road, SE6 3BT
Who for: Autistic Southwark and Lewisham residents aged 16 to 25
How to book: Scan the QR code on the flyer or email nazia@resourcesforautism.org.uk for further questions.
This is your chance to gain new skills in a supportive, autism friendly welcoming environment.
- Discover yourself and build your personal self-care toolkit.
- Learn strategies to manage mental well-being.
- Tips to incorporate daily mindfulness into your schedule.
- Set and achieve strategies on managing personal goals.
Date: 30th January 2025, 6.30pm-8.30pm
Where: The Somerville Youth Centre, 260 Queens Road, SE14 5JN
Who for: Autistic Southwark and Lewisham residents aged 16 to 25
How to book: Download and scan the QR code on the flyer (pdf, 593kb) or email nazia@resourcesforautism.org.uk for further questions.
Are you an autistic young person or adult aged 16+ living in Lewisham or 16-25 living in Southwark?
Would you like to develop essential life skills?
Resources for Autism is offering in-person Life Skills Workshops designed to help you grow, connect, and thrive. Join us to gain tools, knowledge, and strategies for daily life.
- What are bills
- How do we budget our money?
- What happens if we do not pay the bills and how does that affect us?
- Debts – how can we sort them out?
- What are debts?
- How do people get into debt and how to get out of them.
- Going to court with a debt – what happens?
- Working out a budget – devise sample budget with group members
- Getting support from debt management organisations
- Understand your personal budget and finances
- Developing skills on managing your weekly / monthly finances
- Learn budgeting basics
Date: 20th March 2025, 6.30pm-8.30pm
Where: The Somerville Youth Centre, 260 Queens Road, SE14 5JN
Who for: Autistic Southwark and Lewisham residents aged 16 to 25
Cost: Free
How to book: Download our flyer (pdf, 3.1mb) and scan the QR code or email nazia@resourcesforautism.org.uk for further information.
- What are bills
- How do we budget our money?
- What happens if we do not pay the bills and how does that affect us?
- Debts – how can we sort them out?
- What are debts?
- How do people get into debt and how to get out of them.
- Going to court with a debt – what happens?
- Working out a budget – devise sample budget with group members
- Getting support from debt management organisations
- Understand your personal budget and finances
- Developing skills on managing your weekly / monthly finances
- Learn budgeting basics
Date: Thursday 10th April 2025, 6.30pm-8.30pm
Where: The Lewisham Music Hub, First Floor, The Fellowship Inn, Randlesdown Road, SE6 3BT
Who for: Autistic Southwark and Lewisham residents aged 16 to 25
Cost: Free
How to book: Download our flyer (pdf, 3.1mb) and scan the QR code or email nazia@resourcesforautism.org.uk for further information.
We look forward to welcoming you!
ZAP workshops are free, practical sessions for young people aged 9-16 and their parents or carers. They give help and tools to challenge bullying.
What happens at ZAP?
At a free ZAP workshop, Kidscape specialist trainers run two separate sessions: one for young people and a supporting session for parents and carers.
Session for young people
The session for young people is a 90-minute therapeutic workshop for 9-16 year-olds who are dealing with a bullying situation, or who have experienced bullying. We provide them with a range of practical strategies that build confidence and self-esteem so they feel more equipped to take action and prevent bullying behaviour. The workshop is proven to increase confidence, happiness and wellbeing.
The session for young people has the following goals:
Assertiveness skills
The core focus of ZAP is to teach young people how to be assertive, a proven technique for preventing and tackling bullying.
This involves helping children to understand the difference between aggression, assertiveness and passivity, and how these are relevant to bullying dynamics. Young people will also learn a range of practical assertive strategies that will help them to deal with bullying situations that may occur in the future.
Raising self-esteem
This means teaching young people how to identify and be proud of their own unique strengths and skills, encouraging them to understand that the bullying is not their fault. Through positive reinforcement and interaction with other young people, children are helped to realise that they are not to blame, and they are not alone.
Exploring bullying roles
Children learn to define the terms ‘bully’, ‘bystander’ and ‘target’, and explore the types of behaviour that may be associated with these terms.
Positive body language
Children learn about the impact of positive body language in relation to being assertive.
Cyberbullying
Children get a greater awareness of safety risks when using the internet.
For further information or to book a place, please visit the Kidscape website.
A to B Travel Training is where an Individual Travel Trainer provides individual support to a child or young person learning to travel a particular route. This might be to and from school or college.
Who is this service for?
This training is available to children and young people who have an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan; and who qualify for receiving Travel Assistance in line with the criteria of Southwark’s Travel Assistance policy.
How can I access this service?
For further information please contact the Home to School Transport Team:
Tel: 0207 525 5209
Email: schooltransport@southwark.gov.uk
Come along to improve your road and personal safety skills and build your confidence. Benefits include:
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Increased opportunities both for learning, social and job prospects.
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Increases independence and use of own initiative
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Provides greater freedom to eventually become less reliant on friends and family
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Raises self confidence
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Develops social skills
Monthly training bus
The training bus is a 90-minute interactive journey. Scenarios cover personal and road safety whilst traveling alone enabling participants to make full use of London's bus network.
The programme was developed with our partners, The Metropolitan Police Safer Transport Team, Arriva, TfL Travel Mentoring Service and Parent Partnership.
Contact
For further information or to book a place on the Travel Training Bus, please call 07983 443 545 or email highways@southwark.gov.uk
Teaching from the Bible in British Sign Language (BSL). We use Visual Aids and encourage questions. We teach at the pace that the children and young people.
The Service
Every Sunday afternoon 3pm to 4pm. We provide Sunday School classes for Primary, Junior and Senior (Young People).
Who is the service for?
This is for anyone who is d/Deaf, who find English hard to access, who are aged 5-18 years.
Criteria for access to service
Anyone who wishes to use this service must be d/Deaf, and wanting communication via Sign Language and visuals.
Accessibility of this service
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The church building has a wheelchair lift and accessible disabled toilets.
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Deaf BSL users can access this service in their own language.
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Speech is included for those who use cochlear implants.
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One of our minibuses or cars might be able to collect your children for Sunday School. Call us on 020 7735 7076 or
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Parents can bring their children. Young people can travel independently. We register all attendees.
How can I access this service?
Self-referral. A New Children Card for registration is required the first time anyone comes.
Email Deaf Sunday School registrar
jo@metropolitantabernacle.org
Text or call: 07757061305
Do you need to pay for this service?
No. This is a free service funded by the Metropolitan Tabernacle Baptist Church. We are a registered charity, under charity number 1151218.
Confidentiality and Impartiality
We provide moral support to children and young people to boost their confidence in new situations. We have a high standard of confidentiality for all our children and young people. All staff undergo DBS checks.
Contact details
The church office or Deaf Sunday School registrar can be contacted anytime.
Address: Metropolitan Tabernacle, Elephant & Castle, London, SE1 6SD
Telephone 020 7735 7076
Email: admin@metropolitantabernacle.org
Deaf Sunday School registrar jo@metropolitantabernacle.org
Learning for Life focuses on the Relationships and Sexual Education curriculum. Current resources explore Growing Up and Keeping Safe, Emotions, Puberty, and Caring Friendships. These FREE resources are created with specialist teachers and speech and language therapists, for young people with Down’s syndrome and other SEN.
How is the service provided?
Through online resources accessed via the Learn and Thrive website.
Cost
Free
Additional information
For primary/secondary age children with Down's Syndrome, Autism and neurodivergence, and other SEND. Taught in an age appropriate way right up to young adults.
Teach Me Too provides FREE resources for children aged 2 - 7 with SEN. It covers Literacy, Maths, the Wider Curriculum, Exploring Language, and Language through Play. Created with specialist speech and language therapists for children with Down’s syndrome/ SEN, to be used at home, in school, or support groups.
How is the service provided?
Through online resources accessed via the Learn and Thrive website.
Cost
Free
Additional information
Specific focus on Down's Syndrome, and in children in early years and KS1. However, these resources are widely used by other children, including those with Autism, other neurodivergence's, and neurotypical children.