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 group of people at the AIMiversary celebration, stood with their arms aloft.

    Big crowd gathers to celebrate AIM’s 10th anniversary

    Published On: 24 April 2025

    Last week, we held a special event to mark Autism AIM’s 10th anniversary. We welcomed close to 100 people at the HEART Centre in Headingley for a day of nostalgia, engagement and looking forward, with memories to last a lifetime.

    A combination of clients, commissioners, volunteers, current and former AIM and Advonet Group staff, partners and […]

  • A panoramic photo of the reception area at the Lovell Park Hub

    Last drop-in date at Lovell Park Hub this month

    Published On: 14 April 2025

    We at Leeds Autism AIM have set the last drop-in Autism Hub date at Lovell Park this month. It will be on Tuesday 22nd April at the normal opening times of 4pm to 7pm.

    On the day, we will have some hot food and refreshments. Also, many of our staff team will be there to provide […]

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.