Kingwood NewsThis section contains news items posted in the last 6 months.May 2012Kingwood release Aspergers guide Kingwood is pleased to announce the release of ‘Towards best practice in supporting people with Asperger syndrome’. The guide was commissioned by Kingwood following the feeling that a dedicated focus on Asperger syndrome was needed. Kingwood felt existing research was weak with many publications mainly concerning themselves with issues facing the whole autism spectrum. A group of professionals from the world of Asperger’s formed the Expert Group and came together in September 2011 to help write the guide which look into principle sand best practice. May 2012NOVEL RESEARCH PRESS RELEASE Kingwood is delighted to announce that it will work with researchers from Brunel and Cardiff Universities, exploring the use of noise cancelation technologies with those with Autism. The research has been awarded funding through a Bob and Suzanne Wright Trailblazer Award, from leading US autism research and advocacy charity Autism Speaks. Please read the full press release here. April 2012Peter Greengross completes the London marathon! Kingwood would like to congratulate Peter Greengross for completing the London marathon last weekend. To date Peter has amazingly raised over £6,000, which will be donated to the Kingwood College fund. Peter finished with a time of 3 hours and 56 minutes. This represents a personal best, which Peter achieved despite having a stress factor in his foot, which had prevented him from running before the event. Everyone at Kingwood would like to thank Peter and everyone that supported him.
March 2012Buy a Brick Campaign As many of you are aware Kingwood is fundraising for the Kingwood College project based at the White Barn service in Reading. Kingwood College will help a small group of young adults with Autism during the transitional period of life between leaving school and becoming an adult. These young adults will receive full time life skills training and educational programs and will live on the site in purpose built accommodation. We are still some way off our fundraising target and wish to spread the word about our campaign. If you or any of your friends are thinking of any fundraising events this year we would like you to consider supporting Kingwood College’s Buy a Brick campaign. Additionally if anyone has any fundraising ideas we could pursue please contact Head Office on 0118 9310 143. Stoke Row Beavers recently held a fundraising event on behalf of Buy a Brick and raised £212.60p. Please see the news below for further details. For more information or to donate to Buy a Brick please visit here. March 2012Stoke Row Beavers charity event As we mentioned earlier, Stoke Row Beavers held a charity event on behalf of Kingwood and the Buy a Brick campaign. We are delighted to announce that the Colony raised £212.60p on the night. The Beavers produced some entertainment for the audience which they all enjoyed. A vast array of cakes were produced and consumed and a number of prizes were awarded in a raffle. Please click here to see the Stoke Row Beavers on the night. Thank you to John Beville and all who were involved. March 2012Kingwood in the British Virgin Islands Kingwood recently agreed to develop an Autism Program for the British Virgin Islands in partnership with the islands government. The program aims to introduce an agreed approach to Autism for the islands which will help develop understanding, knowledge and skills for parents and professionals involved in the area. Kingwood is currently in the process of providing assessments to identify current needs to those diagnosed as being on the Autistic spectrum living in the islands. Once the program is launched, the proposal is for Kingwood to provide the initial delivery of support, including the training and development of local workers who will support these children and adults with Autism. After two years, Kingwood will hand over the management and delivery of the service to a locally based team. More details will be provided in due course. Please click here for an article on the program published by local media in the British Virgin Islands. February 2012Stoke Row Beavers fundraising for Kingwood! Stoke Row Beavers will be holding a charity event on the 7th of March and have chosen Kingwood as the charity they wish to support. Kingwood is delighted with the news and would like to thank John Beville for his help in connecting Kingwood with the group. John will also kindly say a few words about Kingwood and the current Buy a Brick Campaign. Please check back here after the event for details on how it went. January 2012Kingwood is pleased to introduce Dr. Verity Lawrence, a new member of our head office team. January 2012Highlights from the People We Support Forum now available to view on video.
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