The following links are for some ideas of SEND support groups we have found in the local area that you may want to try. We try update and monitor these links regularly but do check with the places before visiting that they are still running these sessions just in case!

Additionally if you know of any places or ideas, please drop Ellie an email on e.jennings@lanterns.hants.sch.uk so that this can be shared with other parents!

• Footprints- free SEN stay and play support group for under 5’s, Tuesdays 10:30-12, St Francis Church, Valley Park- cfm@sfvp.org.uk

• Winchester Autism group- search on facebook or email winchesterautismgroup@gmail.com

• Marvels and meltdowns family centre- activities, information and support https://www.marvelsandmeltdowns.org.uk/

• Koala community hub- based in Andover- Providing support for local autistic and neurodivergent people, and those with learning disabilities. They offer different groups for different ages, they hold a toddlers group for children in Preschool, they offer a Kids group for Primary aged children and for those parents with older children they offer other groups for different ages including a group for children out of education. The also offer an online group for parents. https://www.koalacommunityhub.co.uk/

• Family Autistic Spectrum Support (FASS) FASS supports families with children on the autistic spectrum with activities in Fareham- https://www.autism.org.uk/directory/f/fass