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Posted: 25th July 2023

Chief Executive announces retirement

Sycamore Trust UK Chief Executive Chris Gillbanks has announced that she plans to retire at the end of the year. Chris has been CEO of the charity since 2003, when it was known as PACT (Parents of Autistic Children Together) and has guided the organisation through a challenging period, including ...

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Posted: 25th July 2023

CEO vacancy

Sycamore Trust U.K. are a specialist charity supporting children and adults with Autism and their families. Based in Dagenham we provide support across East London. We also provide Autism Awareness Training via our partner company S.T. Autism Training Services Ltd. Due to the retirement of our c ...

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Posted: 13th July 2023

Limited places remaining

We only have a handful of places left for the outdoor week in August.It's the highlight of the Sycamore Trust UK calendar and we had a great week last summer. The week begins on Monday 21st August at Lambourne End Centre for outdoor learning and we're spending the Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and F ...

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Posted: 12th July 2023

Gareth's going for Gold!

We now have a group of five taking part in the Vitality 10,000m later this year.  Our team was recently completed by Gareth Lloyd, a member of our peer group based in the Autism Hub in Romford. Three people took part in the event last year and we're hoping that our team of five can beat the ...

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Posted: 11th July 2023

Noah's journey

Noah is a four-year-old, happy little boy who started the SWAP programme in January 2023. He is non-verbal and took part in the programme with his dad, David, who attended five zoom parent sessions and five face to face sessions with Noah and the SWAP team. From the very beginning, it was very a ...

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Posted: 10th July 2023

The cherry on the cake!

Staff and residents at a Hornchurch care home took part in a sponsored walk a recently and raised almost £600 for Sycamore Trust UK.   RG Care is a family owned company, with care homes supporting those with Autism, Learning disabilities, mental health needs and the elderly. R ...

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