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Saturday 19^th September 2015 at 7.45pm

Lyceum Theatre, 55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield, S1 1DA

ACCT have made a group booking and tickets cost £14.25p each payable by 15^th June. The production is based on the novel by Mark Haddon about 15 year old Christopher who describes himself as ‘a mathematician with some behavioural difficulties’ who has an autism spectrum condition. The production is suitable for children of secondary school age and contains swearing and one scene of violence.

To book tickets at this special rate email Nicola at nicola.hough@acctsheffield.org.uk or text/call 07527 824034

ACCT Family Days Out

Circus Starr 

Friday 1^st May 2015 – Instead of Acctivate

Show times – 4.45pm and 7pm

Don Valley Bowl, Coleridge Road, Sheffield, S9 8DA

This event has been organised for the whole family. No ACCT staff will be attending and parents/carers will remain responsible for their children.

Refreshments available.

Places are limited and will be offered on a first come first served basis.

For more details – http://www.circus-starr.org.uk

To book places please contact Nicola on nicola.hough@acctsheffield.org.uk or 07527 824034 state the number of tickets needed and all family names.

Text Giving – to make a donation to ACCT text ‘ACCT06’ followed by £ and the amount (1 – 10) and send to 70070

Please check out Circus Starr’s new app ‘Show and Tell’ that opens doors for adiences that might otherwise find it difficult to access live performances and will enable more children to enjoy the pure thrill of seeing a live show! – https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/circus-starr-show-and-tell/id906662040?mt=8

ACCT Member Adele Blinston is running The London Marathon to raise funds for us on April 26th. The Marathon is an epic 26.2 miles! She has already raised an amazing amount of over £490 on her JustGiving page but we want to show her our support and get that total higher! Thank you so much Adele, it really helps to keep our clubs going and families supported. Good Luck!

To donate click on the link below or the JustGiving button on the right and then Adele’s profile on the ACCT page.

Here’s a bit more about Adele…from Adele!

” Hiya, I’m Adele and my son enjoys teenage club. I started running a few years ago and have managed a few half marathons and now I’m going to attemp a full one on 26 April in London. The sheffield half runners did a fantastic job on Sunday and raised a huge amount and I’m adding my sponsorship to ACCTs funds too. If you’d like to support ACCT please visit my justgiving page. Thanks folks! Adele x”

To donate click on the link below.

https://www.justgiving.com/Adele-Blinston

Steve Barlow is a play worker at ACCT and works at both Acctivate and Teenage Club. He is a fantastic member of our team and is not only popular with the children and young people, but the parents, staff and volunteers. We really want to show Steve our support and get behind him.Thank you so much to all of our fantastic members who have made a donation via Steve’s Justgiving page. Steve has been training hard to undertake this huge challenge for our children, young people and families.

We also have Nicola Woolhouse and Steven Ross running on the PieClub running team for ACCT, together with Steve they have raised almost £1000!

We have another team for this event on our JustGiving page headed by Chris Blundell who will be running with his son and a colleague. Please help them reach their target of £500 for ACCT!

Feel free to come along and cheer our ACCT runners on!

Did you know you can make a donation from £1 and by adding Giftaid ACCT will receive a further 25%. Every penny counts and we as a charity are grateful for all donations however big or small.

To make a donation please click on the link which will take you to the ACCT team pages – http://www.justgiving.com/teams/pieclubrunners

or
-https://www.justgiving.com/Chris-Blundell2

All donations made to Steve will be used directly to fund weekly Acctivate and Teenage Youth Club.

The building at St Mary’s is locked and no caretakers have arrived to open up the building. I have no option but to cancel the session. Apologies.

As always we rely on the donations given to ACCT by members and supporters. We have many different ways you or your friends or workplace can get involved.

• Click on the buttons on the right of this page (Donate Now or JustGiving). Here using Charity Checkout or our Just Giving page you can make a one off donation or set up a monthly direct debit.

• Do an event/fundraiser for ACCT, click on the Start Fundraising for Us with Just Giving button on the right of this page to follow instructions to set up your Just Giving page for ACCT. If you need help setting up get in touch. Funds go directly to ACCT and we can use your event page to promote your event. We also have sponsorship forms available at the office if you are seeking cash donations too.

• Invite your friends, family or workplace to join our public fundraising page on Facebook. Here you can share and promote events and send images to us to put on our website.   www.facebook.com/groups/289448797864286/
• Text donate between £1 (min) and £10 (max) per text using the instructions below.
  

Thanks for your support, we appreciate it. Happy fundraising!

Swimming at Hillsborough Leisure Pool

Swimming at Hillsborough Leisure Pool

Parent’s Meeting next Wednesday 4th Feb., 7.30 to 9.00 pm.

We have Dr Nevyne Chalhoub, Consultant Psychiatrist at CAMHS as our speaker. Mental health is a concern for many of us & Dr Chalhoub is very experienced in our children’s issues. As CAMHS waiting lists, referrals and treatment plans are often a contentious issue, can I please ask that we recognise that she is coming to inform and advise us and that we respect that. Dr Chalhoub is an honorary Trustee of ACCT and is very supportive of us.

Teenage Odeon Trip Cancelled

Due to the weather conditions the trip to see ‘Into The Woods’ tonight, Wed 21st January has been cancelled. We will arrange another trip to the Odeon in the coming weeks.

RAFFLE WINNERS 2014/15

DRAWN ON JANUARY 14TH 2015 AT ST MARY’S

• 1^st Apple iPad Mini WiFi 16GB – 1235 Marcia Brown
• 2^nd Dinner for Two at The Peacock Inn, Cutthorpe – The Peacock Inn, Cutthorpe – 0782
• 3^rd Splendid Afternoon Tea for Two at Jameson’s Cafe and Tearooms –Jameson’s Tearooms and Café – 2418
• 4^th Hamper Filled with Delicious Goodies – TTS educational Suppliers – 24425^th Diveworld PADI Discover Scuba Diving Experience for Two – Diveworld – 1021
• 6^th Brewery Tour for Two Adults – Thornbridge Brewery – 2656
• 7^th Sheffield United Tickets for Two – Sheffield Football Club – 2492
• 8^th Brendan Cole a Night to Remember Tickets for Two (Wednesday 4^th February) – SIV, City Hall – 1785
• 9^th Haircut and finish at Loaf, Crystal Peaks- Loaf, Crystal Peaks – 0493
• 10^th Cupola Gallery Voucher – Cupola Gallery – 2826
• 11^th Gift Set – Lush, Fargate – 0787
• 12^th Winter Acupuncture Treatment – Jasmine Abson Acupuncture – 0505
• 13^th Winter Acupuncture Treatment – Jasmine Abson Acupuncture – 1562
• 14^th Winter Acupuncture Treatment – Jasmine Abson Acupuncture – 2367
• 15^th Make Up Set – Boots, The Moor – 0667
• 16^th Cannon Hall Family Day Pass – Cannon Hall Farm – 2377
• 17^th Pinocchio by Michael Morpurgo – Waterstons, Orchard Square – 0430
• 18^th Whole Bean Coffee – the Staff at Starbucks, Orchard Square – 0737
• 19^th Pocket Money Box – Evolution – 1145

During this talk Jenny suggested two websites which sell specialist toothbrushes and other dental care products. http://www.shopdhb.co.uk/toothbrush-pc-1.php and http://www.dentocare.co.uk/Specialist/Special-Needs_2

Swimming at Hillsborough Leisure Pool

Don’t forget to return your raffle money and stubs by next Wednesday, the 14th as it is the draw at the parents meeting. Still have a week to sell so lets have one more big push at it!

Good luck!