Express CIC autism services and support

Welcome to Express. We are an independent user led voluntary sector organisation supporting autistic young people and their families. We are not a commissioned service. 

Below is a summary of the services we provide and support groups we run. All our therapy services are run by qualified counsellors or drama therapists experienced in working with autistic children and young people. Our therapists have completed PDA society training. All our therapies and groups have an assessment process prior to an offer being made to ensure the service is providing the best support for both the individual and the group. 

In brief we offer: 

Counselling for parent/carers 

Counselling for autistic young adults aged 18-25 

Connect Clubs for autistic young adults aged 16-19 and 19-25 

Creative Therapy both 1:1 and in small groups for autistic young people aged 5+ including girls groups & teen groups 

Drama Club for autistic young people aged 8+ 

Production & Film Club for autistic young people aged 16-25 

BUDs pre-school group for autistic young people aged 3+ 

Siblings groups 

Workshops and events 

In addition we offer peer support for parents / carers in the form of a Mum’s group, Dad’s group and a specific PDA group. These are both online and in person. Please indicate on our registration form if you would like to be added to our WhatsApp groups, specifying which one. There is a wealth of peer support and experience shared. 

We offer support both pre and post diagnosis.  Whilst our peer support services are free, there is a charge for therapy and counselling services.. We rely on donations and fundraising to ensure this is heavily subsidised. Bursary places may be available where there is evidenced need and we have financial capacity. In some cases organisations, schools and professionals buy in the service from us.

Please note: We offer predominantly low level preventative work but we are also able to offer specialist packages for a higher level of need where the referral is direct from an NHS service for example SWL ICB and funding has already been agreed.