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Navigating the festive season – The Autistic Collective

After our very successful event with Dr Naomi Fisher on “Helping Autistic teenagers recover from school burnout”, The Autistic Collective has just announced our final event of 2023. 

On Thursday 7th December at 10.00am, Felicity Goodhall and Anne Brown from Autism Understanding Scotland are joining us to talk about “Navigating the festive season”.

This event is open to parents and carers of Autistic people in East Renfrewshire. To register for the event, please email hello@autistic-collective.org

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EMA – Information

If pupils are 16 years of age or over before 30 September 2023, they may be eligible for an EMA from August 2023 If the application is not submitted by 30 September 2023 the award will only be made from the week the application is received.

If pupils are 16 years of age between 1 October 2023 and 28 February 2024, they may eligible for an EMA from January 2024. if the application is not submitted by 29 February 2024 the award will only be made from the week the application is received.

The cut-off date for all EMA’s is 31st March 2024

More information can be found at eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/ema

Click to access EMA-Letter-to-pupils-2023-24.pdf