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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!

Raffle tickets now on sale!!! Tickets can be purchased and collected from our office everyday this week, please call first on 2230242. Tickets will also be available at Teenage Club this Wednesday and Acctivate on Saturday.
Prizes include –
Apple iPad Mini WiFi 16GB
Dinner for Two at The Peacock Inn, Cutthorpe – The Peacock Inn, Cutthorpe
Splendid Afternoon Tea for Two at Jameson’s Cafe and Tearooms – Jameson’s Tearooms and Cafe
Hamper Filled with Delicious Goodies – TTS educational Suppliers
Diveworld PADI Discover Scuba Diving Experience x 2 – Diveworld
Brewery Tour for Two Adults – Thornbridge Brewery
Sheffield United Tickets for Two – Sheffield Football Club
Brendan Cole a Night to Remember Tickets for Two (Wednesday 4th February) – SIV, City Hall
Hair cut and finish at Loaf, Crystal Peaks- Loaf, Crystal Peaks
Gift Set – Boots, The Moor
Gift Set – Lush, Fargate
Cupola Gallery Voucher – Cupola Gallery
Cannon Hall Family Day Pass – Cannon Hall Farm
Pinocchio by Michael Morpurgo – Waterstons, Orchard Square
Whole Bean Coffee – the Staff at Starbucks, Orchard Square
Rocket Money Box – Evolution
Acupuncture session – Jasmine acupuncture

The Box Trolls – Showroom Cinema Trip – Friday 2^nd January 2015, 9.45am – 12pm at the Showroom, 15 Paternoster Row. Phone bookings close on Saturday 20^th December at 12pm. Emails after this date will be replied to on 1st Jan.

Tickets are on sale now for our 4th annual raffle! Available at our clubs and meetings or via members or volunteers. Tickets are just £1 each and the draw is on January 14th 2015.

Our fantastic prize list this year and those who kindly donated are as follows:

• Apple iPad Mini WiFi 16GB
• Dinner for Two at The Peacock Inn, Cutthorpe – The Peacock Inn, Cutthorpe
• Splendid Afternoon Tea for Two at Jameson’s Cafe and Tearooms – Jameson’s Cafe and Tearooms
• Hamper Filled with Delicious Goodies – TTS educational Suppliers
• Diveworld PADI Discover Scuba Diving Experience x 2 – Diveworld
• Brewery Tour for Two Adults – Thornbridge Brewery
• Sheffield United Tickets for Two – Sheffield Football Club
• Brendan Cole a Night to Remember Tickets for Two (Wednesday 4th February) – SIV, City Hall
• Hair cut and finish at Loaf, Crystal Peaks- Loaf, Crystal Peaks
• Gift Set – Boots, The Moor
• Gift Set – Lush, Fargate
• Cupola Gallery Voucher – Cupola Gallery
• Cannon Hall Family Day Pass – Cannon Hall Farm
• Pinocchio by Michael Morpurgo – Waterstons, Orchard Square
• Whole Bean Coffee – the Staff at Starbucks, Orchard Square
• Rocket Money Box – Evolution

Thankyou for your support.

For those members selling tickets for us click the link here to download a poster – ANNUAL RAFFLE PRIZES 2014 or ask at the office.

Swimming at Hillsborough Leisure Pool

Sunday 7^th December 5.30 – 6.30pm

This session is for our exclusive use and for the whole family. There will be no ACCT staff present and children will remain the responsibility of their parents/carers throughout the session and must be accompanied at all times.

Please check their web site for details of child to adult ratios – www.hillsboroughlc.co.uk or ring them on 0114 2312233. Please be aware a strict swimwear policy is in place at Hillsborough Leisure Pool.

To book places please contact Nicola on nicola.hough@acctsheffield.org.uk or 07972221305

Text Giving – to make a donation to ACCT text ‘ACCT06’ followed by £ and the amount (1 – 10) and send to 70070 Collection tins will be available for anyone wishing to make a donation

This Saturday! Hope to see you at this event.

Hi Everyone,

We need your help!

ACCT are once again gathering quality prizes for our annual raffle, if you think your employers or local businesses could help support ACCT by donating a prize please contact me via the office with further details so we can approach them officially or send them the following request.

We will post further details once we are ready to launch and start selling tickets. Please enquire at your school’s or places of work if it would be possible to promote the raffle there and sell tickets.

To Whom It May Concern

ACCT is a parent-led charitable organisation, founded in 2006, which supports children and families affected by Asperger’s syndrome, Autism and other related conditions based in Sheffield. We run a weekly children’s club ‘ACCTivate’ for up to 40 children aged 1-12 and a weekly Youth Club for up to 30 teenagers. We also provide weekly sports activities for children, family day trips, family swimming & other outings. We host a weekly parent drop-in session alongside ACCTivate, an online support group and monthly meetings for parents and carers featuring professional speakers offering advice.
We are a local authority registered provider of short breaks for children and young people. ACCT supports over 300 families across the city thanks to funding bids, local fundraisers and generous donations.

“Autism is a lifelong developmental disability that affects how a person communicates with, and relates to, other people. It also affects how they make sense of the world around them.
It is a spectrum condition, which means that, while all people with autism share certain difficulties, their condition will affect them in different ways. Some people with autism are able to live relatively independent lives but others may have accompanying learning disabilities and need a lifetime of specialist support. People with autism may also experience over- or under-sensitivity to sounds, touch, tastes, smells, light or colours.Asperger syndrome is a form of autism. People with Asperger syndrome are often of average or above average intelligence. They have fewer problems with speech but may still have difficulties with understanding and processing language.” National Autistic Society

We hope to raise funds to continue our activities by selling tickets over the Christmas period for our 4th annual raffle. We are seeking donations of high quality prizes, cash prizes or vouchers from local traders and businesses. We hope you will consider supporting ACCT this year so we can continue to offer support to so many families across the city.
Those who generously donate our top three prizes will be named on the tickets & posters. All contributors will be listed on our websitehttp://www.acctsheffield.org.uk/.
Our raffle will be drawn at our parents’ meeting at St Mary’s Church & Community Centre, Bramall Lane, Sheffield, S2 4QZ on the 14th of January 2015 *. Please respond if you can help in any way by October 20th (our printing deadline) to be considered for listing on the tickets.

Kind regards,
Tracy Woolhouse.

Fundraiser, Asperger’s Children & Carers Together.
Registered Charity No:1123714

*Some prizes may be used for future fundraising or smaller raffles if unsuitable.

Swimming at Hillsborough Leisure Pool

Sunday 9th November 5.30 – 6.30pm

This session is for our exclusive use and for the whole family. There will be no ACCT staff present and children will remain the responsibility of their parents/carers throughout the session and must be accompanied at all times.

Please check their web site for details of child to adult ratios – www.hillsboroughlc.co.uk or ring them on 0114 2312233. Please be aware a strict swimwear policy is in place at Hillsborough Leisure Pool.

To book places please contact Nicola on nicola.hough@acctsheffield.org.uk or 07972221305

Helen Martin, of Affordable Community Massage, will be with us to offer 15 minute massages to our stressed parents! We will have the 1st Floor Meeting Room for drinks and chat and the Seminar Room for massage in privacy.

If you would like a massage please come as early as you can as Helen will only be able to treat the first 7 people who register. You will also need to fill out a treatment consent form before massage.

Cannon Hall Farm

Swimming at Hillsborough Leisure Pool

 Swimming at Hillsborough Leisure Pool

Sunday 14^th September 5.15 – 6.15pm

This session is for our exclusive use and for the whole family. There will be no ACCT staff present and children will remain the responsibility of their parents/carers throughout the session and must be accompanied at all times.

Please check their web site for details of child to adult ratios – www.hillsboroughlc.co.uk or ring them on 0114 2312233. Please be aware a strict swimwear policy is in place at Hillsborough Leisure Pool.

To book places please contact Nicola on nicola.hough@acctsheffield.org.uk or 07972221305

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

Saturday 20^th September 2014

Coach leaves from St Mary’s at 9.00am and returns at 7pm

This event has been organised for the whole family. This is instead of Acctivate. No Acctivate staff will be attending and parents/carers will be responsible for their children at all times.

Please bring a picnic and drinks or alternatively food can be purchased from the cafes and restaurants at Alton Towers. For further details about Alton Towers please visit their website: www.altontowers.com

Depending on the weather rain coats/sunhats, sun screen and clothes for wet play maybe needed and suitable footwear. Everyone will be able to get a ‘Fast Track’ wrist band, so no queuing.

Please register your interest at Acctivate or Teenage Club, providing all the names of those wishing to attend, an email address and mobile telephone number or contact the office on 07972221305 or email nicola.hough@acctsheffield.org.uk Booking is essential, if you turn up on the day and you haven’t booked on the trip you maybe turned away if the coach is full. Tickets are limited and places will be issued on a first come first served basis. If you sign up but are unable to attend it is essential you notify Nicola ASAP so we can offer the tickets to another family.

Following a recent meeting of the Acct Management Committee, a decision has been taken to discontinue the running of the Drop In Coffee Mornings. Attendance at the Coffee Mornings has been very low for some time and therefore, we have decided to concentrate our resources on the provision of our Acctivate and Teenage Clubs and our Family Days Out.

Parents and Carers can still access the support and company of other parents through the parents coffee room at Acctivate each Saturday morning. Parent carers can attend here whether or not their child attends Acctivate.

Our monthly Wednesday evening Parents’ Meetings will continue as before and our next meeting is on Wednesday 3^rd September 7pm – 9pm at St. Mary’s. Stuart Williams, Educational Psychologist and head of the Autism Team, will speak about the work of the team.

Stuart Williams, Team Manager for the Educational Psychology Service and Head of the Sheffield Education Autism Team, will speak about the work of the Autism Team.