Our Transitions to Work Scheme continues to deliver
Since we began this programme, working with Citizen’s Advice Bucks, we have taken 29 young autistic people, who had no funding or help, through our Transitions to Work process and already six of them are in work. This shows just what can happen with the right funding and expertise. You don’t just need to take […]
Jools is up and running in aid of Talkback
The London Landmarks Half Marathon is a closed road, central London run and is the only half marathon to go through both the City of London and City of Westminster. Jools is running to help us raise money to support our Talkback Youth Club. Jools is no stranger to a half marathon and has raised money for different […]
Build a better business – How inclusivity can boost productivity
Our conference will take place on: Date: March 14th Time: 10.15am until 1.15 pm. Location: Aylesbury Gateway (The Diamond Room) Around 9.7% of businesses in the UK are experiencing worker shortages. And over a quarter of accommodation and food sector businesses have staff shortages, the most of any industry sector. Do you need to increase […]
Findlay Park Investments, help our MK Thrive job group get work ready
Thanks to funding from Findlay Park Investments, we have been able to support a group of young people who are disadvantaged in the workplace. For the last year our two employment coaches, Sophie and Richard, have met with the group every fortnight to help them build their skills and confidence. The day spent at Findlay […]
The Talkback Advice Bureau website is live!
Created by our Your Voice team, and funded by Red Kite Housing, the TAB website provides access to much needed advice and support, whilst being completely accessible. This means that autistic people and those with learning disabilities can access the website and the information for themselves. In partnership with Stay OK, TAB also links to […]
Amy’s amazing calendars
Amy and her husband started making calendars around five years ago and go on holiday every year to get some great photos to put into them at the end of the year. Amy joined Talkback three years ago. Following an ADHD assessment in 2020, Amy decided to seek support for her autism and, following a […]
Don’t just take our word for it
Jason is an excellent speaker and we have been working with him, to give him a platform where he can share his experiences with other people. Jason said: “I can’t thank Talkback enough for giving me the opportunity to work with them. The process of working through my experiences and putting them into words has […]
Arjun’s work placement with Fairhive a great success
Ian Rowlands our Employability Coordinator, has been working closely with Arjun and helping with his work experience placement at Fairhive. Here, he tells us how it went: “Last month, Arjun’s three week work experience placement with our friends at Fairhive came to an end. “I attended a review meeting with Arjun, Matthew Dewberry (who had […]
The Grinch is back!
Our members love seeing the Grinch around Talkback. He has been creating much fun and laughter wherever he goes! See his adventures for yourself below.
Talkback panto a huge success – oh yes it was!
Members of our Performing Arts Academy took to the stage to perform our own unique take on a Christmas Carol, peppered with, what only can be described as ‘dad jokes’. Everyone had a wonderful time, acting, dancing and singing. The cast really were super stars and wonderfully supported by the backstage work from members and […]
The Nativity, read by Nicola Martin
Over the last few weeks, Nicola, with help from Tisha, has been putting together a series of festive videos. You may well have already seen The Accessible Workshop getting their Christmas gifts ready and Sue and the PDS Group signing to Christmas songs. You can find all of these videos on our YouTube channel Talkback […]
Thank you Kuehne+Nagel for your donation
Each Christmas, Kuehne+Nagle donate £1000 to 20 charities. And we were lucky enough to be nominated as one of these charities by Jason, a Milton Keynes member, and his wife Cheryl. We were delighted to hear recently, from Cheryl, that their nomination had been successful. Cheryl commented: “We wanted to nominate Talkback for all the […]
