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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...