Leeds’ Free Advocacy and Information Service for Autistic Adults

Leeds Autism AIM is a free service for autistic adults in the Leeds area who receive little or no funded support. We are part of The Advonet Group, an independent advocacy charity in Leeds.

Leeds Autism AIM’s Services

Advocacy

We can support you to communicate your needs and help you to understand and stand up for your rights.

Information and Signposting

Whether it’s through our drop-ins, one-to-one or online, we provide information and signposting to you.

Resources

We produce free resources for you that can help with such things as accessing health services and expressing your feelings.

Post-Diagnostic

We are running a project to provide fortnightly post-diagnostic support sessions to autistic adults in Leeds.

Mentoring

We provide mentoring services to autistic adults in Leeds with little or no support who would benefit from some independent, autism-specific support.

One-to-One Peer Support

This is support from an autistic member of staff to help you understand your autism and create life strategies.

Autistic-led Groups

We run autistic-led peer groups online and in person. These are run every month either at our Hub, on Zoom or Discord.

Lovell Autism Hub

Twice a week, we run sessions for booked appointments and groups at the Lovell Park Hub in Leeds.

Mental Health Access Project

A new project, supporting autistic adults in Leeds to access community mental health services.

Leeds Autism AIM News

  • A photo of a room at the HEART Centre in Headingley, Leeds

    Autism AIM’s 10th Anniversary event: Information for guests

    Published On: 1 April 2025

    This is a blog post with information for guests who are attending our 10th anniversary celebration event on Wednesday 2nd April from 4pm-7pm at the HEART Centre in Headingley, Leeds.

    Below, we have information on the schedule, parking, accessibility and rooms we are using.

    Schedule and signing in

    Here is a list of what’s happening on the day […]

  • An image of the entrance to The Community Wellbeing Hub in Chapeltown, Leeds.

    New venue for Autism Hub confirmed

    Published On: 25 March 2025

    We are delighted to announce that we have found a new venue for our Autism Hub sessions in Leeds. From May onwards, we will be running our drop-in and appointment-only sessions at the  Community Wellbeing Hub in the Chapeltown area. It is just off Chapeltown Road, a main route into and out of Leeds […]

About Leeds Autism AIM

This is a short introduction video (Runtime: 5:34), explaining who we are, what we do and who we can support.

Leeds Autism AIM also offer:

Our Funders

NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board
The National Lottery Community Fund
Live Well Leeds

Leeds Autism AIM is funded by grants from the NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (formerly Leeds NHS Clinical Commissioning Group), The National Lottery Community Fund and Live Well Leeds.