Bucks Autism support service get £1,000 funding boost as part of Christmas campaign
Autism Early Support has been awarded the money by Ecclesiastical Insurers
An Autism support service in Buckinghamshire has been given a funding boost.
Autism Early Support in Winslow, Buckinghamshire has been awarded £1,000 as part of Ecclesiastical Insurers Christmas Campaign.
Communities can directly support the causes that mean the most to them, with 120 charitable organisations across the UK set to receive a £1,000 contribution.
Alex's son attended Autism Early Support's pre-school and says his life would be very different without it:
"Autism Early Support plugs a gap between identifying needs like autism and other communication difficulties and school.
"At the moment we are good at identifying the issues but not intervening.
"Before AES my son could not access any kind of education setting. Partly because of the innate issues sounding autism and communication but really specifically a massive and quickly growing anxiety around noise.
"AES taught him those critical early communication skills but also carefully nurtured and nourished this tolerance of an education setting.
"So when he came to compulsory school age we were able to send him to a specialist school where he felt comfortable and recognised the structure he saw at AES.
"He is thriving there now, and really it has been the gift of education for Elliot."
As winners are drawn at random, the more nominations a charity receives the higher its chances of winning, and entries are now open for people to nominate their favourite charity.
Chris From Ecclesiastical says its been a difficult year for charities and organisations like AES:
"They have been at the heart of our communities during this period so it is fantastic to see them being recognised and see people passionate about charities in their communities.
"So many have done amazing work and most if not all have had to rethink what they do and how they do it.
"We don't decide where the money goes, local people have the chance to nominate a cause that they care about.
"We really want this money to go to causes that are doing the best work and that matter in your community."