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21/08/2026

📚💙 JUST4KIDS FLEET NEEDS YOUR HELP! 💙📚

We are currently desperate for donations of children’s books for our Just4Kids charity shop in Fleet! 📖✨

If you’re having a clear-out at home and have good-quality children’s books that your children have grown out of, we would absolutely love to give them a new home. Every donation helps us raise much-needed funds to support Deaf children and their families through Chloe’s and Sophie’s Special Ears Fund. 💙🩷

But that’s not all… WE ARE DESPERATE FOR VOLUNTEERS TOO! 🙏

Our Just4Kids Fleet shop needs volunteers Monday to Saturday, 10am–4pm. You don't have to commit to a full day — even a couple of hours can make a HUGE difference!

📦 Sorting donations
📚 Organising books and toys
👕 Preparing items for the shop
🛍️ Helping customers
✨ Keeping our shop looking amazing
💙 And being part of a fantastic team!

Volunteers need to be 16 years old or over, or younger if volunteering as part of Duke of Edinburgh (DofE).

Whether you can spare an hour, a morning, an afternoon or a regular day each week — we would love to hear from you!

👉 Apply to volunteer here:
Call or WhatsApp Laura Charity Shop Manager on 07743754829.

📍 Just4Kids Fleet
Hart Shopping Centre, Fleet

Please share this post and tag anyone who might be able to donate books or give us some of their time. You could help us turn a few hours of volunteering into a BIG difference for Deaf children. 💙🩷

THANK YOU! 💙

21/08/2026

20/06/2026

We are proud to be sharing this FREE Neurodivergent Awareness session from Hampshire CAMHS

The event will include a contribution from Emma Hall (SENDIASS), who will be delivering a session on how to support neurodivergent individuals in school settings.

This free event is suitable for parents, carers and professionals, offering practical strategies to support children and young people who are Autistic, ADHD or AuDHD.

📅 8 July 2026
⏰ 9.30am – 3.45pm
📍 Community Station, Bordon

⚠️ Due to limited capacity, please only book a place if you are sure you can attend. We want to avoid empty seats on the day, while others miss out on this valuable information.

🔗 Book your free place here:
https://hampshirecamhs.nhs.uk/events/neurodevelopmental-awareness-july-2026/

20/06/2026

Could you consider signing up to support the work of Mustard Seed through a monthly gift? Please get in touch if you would like more info, or sign up here to set up a direct debit:
https://www.peoplesfundraising.com/donation/mustard-seed-autism-trust

08/06/2026

Are you a parent or carer of a child with SEND? Do you live in the Aldershot area of Hampshire?

If you’re looking for advice, support with applying for an EHCP, or feel that your child’s needs are not being met, come along to our next Aldershot SEND Walk-in Advice Centre tomorrow.

Tuesday 9th June 2026
The Games Shop (opposite Costa Coffee), 6 Wellington Street, Aldershot, Hampshire, GU11 1DZ
10.15am – 12.15pm (doors close at 11.55am)

This is a free walk-in service, with no appointment needed. You can also save time by pre-registering here:
https://tinyurl.com/p83rtwu4

More information:
https://sossen.org.uk/services/walk-in-advice-centres/

10/05/2026

Appeer CiC have a new alternative provision group for girls age 7 - 12 in Woking.

20/04/2026

20/04/2026

Being a single parent in a household where everyone is PDA* means I understand - but it also means I carry it all.
        
One parent. Three children. All of us wired with the same demand-avoidant nervous system.
        
It’s a unique mix.

It means I understand my kids on a level that professionals often don’t. I see the hidden struggle behind the refusals, the shutdowns, the meltdowns.
        
But it also means this:

When I lower demands for my children - to keep them safe, to keep connection, to reduce anxiety - the demand doesn’t disappear.

It shifts. And it lands on me.
        
Every bath or shower that they need support to overcome.

Every meal that becomes “whatever they can manage.”

Every outing we cancel.

Every negotiation to enable them to brush their teeth.
        
It all adds up.

And the exponential demand on me as a parent sometimes feels overwhelming.
        
This is the part we often don’t talk about enough.

That in a PDA household, lowering demands for the child often means raising them for the parent.
        
And for single parents like me?

There’s no buffer. No partner to share the weight.
Just me.
        
I’m not sharing this for pity. I’m sharing it because I know so many of you are quietly holding this reality too.
        
It may feel just as heavy with a partner at home as often our young people tend to over-attach to just one carer, or we may just be doing more than the other person as sometimes relationships aren’t balanced.
        
When everyone in the household are PDA - or they are neurodivergent however that looks - it can mean that we are often burnt out trying to balance our own needs amongst the needs of the entire family.
        
It’s a message we need to share with others so that they can be there for us, listen with empathy and hopefully provide the right support and understanding when we need it.
        
If you see a parent who is struggling, please don’t judge.
        
You don’t know what they might be carrying.

Please do share if this speaks to you. ❤️

*PDA = Pathological Demand Avoidance (an autistic profile)
        

10/04/2026

For families with autistic children or those with high support needs, holidays can often feel out of reach.

Lucy Negus is changing that 💙

Her holiday home in Weymouth, Dorset has been thoughtfully refurbished to be truly inclusive — a calm, welcoming space designed so families can relax, recharge, and enjoy a break together.

✨ Sensory-considered environment
✨ Safe, comfortable, and family-focused
✨ Close to the beautiful Dorset coast

Launching this June, with her website coming soon.

If you’d like to find out more or register your interest, please get in touch — she'd love to hear from you.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DW9acazAvuI/?igsh=MXhiMnlhaDJtd3lzYQ==