Community Support Services...

Our community support services are designed to provide individualised and flexible supports to children, families and adults whatever their degree of need and wherever they live.

Our teams of trained staff exist to give people with Autism or Asperger's Syndrome and their families the support they need to live the lives they want to live. If you need a short break; a drop in group; supported living; supported employment; supported further education; supported leisure or supported housing, that’s where we come in.

With the added benefit of launching an integrated Community Support Service offering tailored programmes to anyone with Autism or Asperger's Syndrome throughout the west and east branches of the Society, Community Support Manager Nicky Woolley is based in our new Dorchester offices. To get in touch with Nicky or the team, contact us.

Our new Dorchester offices are located at;

South Grove Cottage, Trinity Street, Dorchester, DT1 1TU

Tel: - 01305 213130

Email: nicky.woolley@twas.org.uk

Dorchester Groups: - Adults with Aspergers Syndrome (ASDIG) Drop-In Groups are held in Dorchester on alternate Wednesdays starting from Wed 3rd Feb at South Grove Cottage, Trinity Street from 2.00pm - 4.30pm. For further information, please contact Nicky Woolley on 01305 213130 or email nicky.woolley@twas.org.uk.

Weymouth Groups: - Adults with Aspergers Syndrome (ASDIG) Drop-In Groups are held in Weymouth in The Old Town Hall, High West Street, Weymouth (behind the fire station) from Friday 12th March 2010 and alternate Friday's after this date, from 10.30am-1.00pm. For further information, please contact Nicky Woolley on 01305 213130 or email nicky.woolley@twas.org.uk.

The range of support provided by the services includes:

Referrals to the service are ordinarily made by an individual's sponsoring authority, who will be responsible for funding the service. Occasionally however, individuals requiring a low level of support may self refer where the cost of the support can be met from earnings or statutory benefits.

For more on how to apply and the assessment procedures, contact us here