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We need staff!
Could you spare one evening a week? We are seeking sessional youth club staff for our Thursday evening youth club at the Sycamore Trust UK premises in Dagenham, close to Becontree tube station. Knowledge of living or working with autism is desirable, but dedication, compassion and commitment ...
Marathon man!
Ever thought about running a marathon? It’s beyond most of us – after all, who fancies running 26 miles on a Sunday morning? Well, Andrew Ghagan is not only running the London Marathon this year but he’s doing so in order to raise funds for the Sycamore Trust.&nbs ...
The French Connection!
I was brought up in Harold Wood with one brother and one sister. I always knew that I was different. When I was seven or eight years old, I was diagnosed with Autism and Dyspraxia. My handwriting was messy and practically unreadable. I used to like my own company and I disliked be ...
Welcome Katrina Kay!
Joining the Support Work team this week is Katrina-Kay who will be supporting clients on a on-to-one basis, encouraging them into the community and aiding them to take part in fun, engaging activities. Katrina-Kay has a wealth of experience working with young people with autism and has been r ...
Parental approval!
Our new project aimed at pre-school children with social and communication difficulties may only be six weeks old, but it’s already producing some fantastic results. We started Speak With A Picture at the end of September and the first intake of children are already approaching the ha ...
Meet Harsharan
The Sycamore Trust UK launched the SWAP programme (Speak With A Picture) in September 2018. The launch was attended by our patron, Dame Margaret Hodge, MP for Barking & Dagenham, but the star of the show was a young mother, who spoke passionately about how the Trust’s work had help ...