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Being Me clubs are spaces where autistic girls and non-binary young people can feel accepted and celebrated for being their authentic selves. Our neurodivergent facilitators provide optional creative activities in a low pressure, neuro-affirming environment where participants can just ‘be’, alongside other autistic young people.
Being Me clubs are spaces where autistic girls and non-binary young people can feel accepted and celebrated for being their authentic selves. Our neurodivergent facilitators provide optional creative activities in a low pressure, neuro-affirming environment where participants can just ‘be’, alongside other autistic young people.
We are currently running three Being me clubs:
Monday evening, 7-8.30pm, Cheltenham, for 11-16 year olds.
Tuesday evening, 7-8.30pm, Cheltenham, for 17-25 year olds.
Thursday evening, 7-8.30pm, Kingswood, South Gloucestershire, for 11-16 year olds.
Monday evening, 7-8.30pm, Cheltenham, for 11-16 year olds.
Tuesday evening, 7-8.30pm, Cheltenham, for 17-25 year olds.
Thursday evening, 7-8.30pm, Kingswood, South Gloucestershire, for 11-16 year olds.
If your young person is interested in coming along to a Being Me club, please fill out the form below. Following this, one of our team will contact you to give you more information and find out more about your young person so that we can keep them engaged and safe whilst they are with us. You can scroll down to find out more about what a Being Me club entails.
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"She doesn't rave about any other clubs" |
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The Being Me clubs in Cheltenham are made possible by Short Breaks funding from The Barnwood Trust. The purpose of Short Breaks funding is to ensure that parents and carers receive opportunities to take breaks away from their caring responsibilities, in order to recharge their batteries for their physical and mental wellbeing. To do this, Can't Sit Still provides an environment where adults know that their young person will be safe, respected and able to follow their interests.
The Being Me club in South Gloucestershire is funded by NHS, National Lottery Community Fund, Quartet Community Foundation, South Gloucestershire Council and John Lewis. |
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This history of 'Being Me'
From February 2022 to January 2023 we piloted the ‘Being Me’ clubs. Thanks to one-off funding from Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire NHS Integrated Care Board, we ran two clubs in our home of South Gloucestershire.
One group was for 10-14 year olds and the other for 11-16 year olds. Participants did not need a formal autism diagnosis to attend the clubs. The clubs were run by a mixture of autistic and neurotypical adult facilitators and volunteers. Our facilitators are professional artists whose practices include writing, music, theatre and circus.
One group was for 10-14 year olds and the other for 11-16 year olds. Participants did not need a formal autism diagnosis to attend the clubs. The clubs were run by a mixture of autistic and neurotypical adult facilitators and volunteers. Our facilitators are professional artists whose practices include writing, music, theatre and circus.
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Feedback shows that the Being Me clubs were successful in:
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