At Appeer, everyone "fits in".  We offer a place where autistic girls and women can meet like-minded peers and truly be themselves. 


Appeer is a not for profit organisation run to benefit autistic girls and women, and those around them.   We are proudly lived-experience led, and we source neurodivergent input and talent at every opportunity.

We provide online and in-person Sessions and Programmes which support A Positive PEER approach, through which autistic Girls, Teens and Women and their Parents/Carers can connect through sharing interests and receiving support.  All our work is underpinned by our 6 key strands supporting life skills, social, emotional, and mental health and wellbeing, and promotes the understanding of autism.


In-person Sessions and Programmes are currently based in venues in Surrey and can be booked by families living in or close to Surrey. Online Groups and Activities can be accessed by those who live both within and nearby Surrey (although Surrey families may be prioritised in some Sessions due to funding restrictions).


Our current Programmes have been designed to support those who are diagnosed as being autistic or who are waiting for assessment for an autistic spectrum condition, who may also have other neurodivergent conditions. In the future we hope to expand our activities to support those with other primary neurodiverse conditions too, for example ADHD. 


We welcome applications from those who meet our admissions criteria, including those who identify as girls and women and/or those assigned female at birth who many be gender questioning and/or non binary (see our Admissions Policy).

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We are currently oversubscribed and unable to accept any more applications for our Online Sessions, Monthly Girls or Monthly Teen Groups. 


We will look to re-open registrations after Easter 2024.  Please click here if you would like to be notified when registrations re-open.

7-12 year olds

We run peer Groups in Surrey for autistic girls aged 7 - 12 and their parents/carers on monthly Sundays; these are our Monthly Girls Group. We also run Ad Hoc Activity Sessions in Surrey venues, e.g., horse sanctuaries, climbing centres and gaming cafes as well as Online  Sessions where girls can connect, while facilitated, playing Roblox or Minecraft.


We run an Alternative Provision; our Weekday Group for girls in this age group on Wednesday mornings during term time.  These activities are open to autistic girls within and local to Surrey..

Teens

We run peer Groups in Surrey for autistic teenage girls aged 13 - 18 and their parents/carers on monthly Sundays; these are our Monthly Teen Groups. We also run Ad Hoc Activity Sessions in Surrey venues, e.g., baking classes, gaming venues and climbing centres as well as Yoga Sessions.  Our annual Teens Exploring Work Programme (TEX) runs every summer to help teens advocate for themselves in the workplace and gain work experience.


We run an Alternative Provision; our Weekday Group for teens on Monday mornings and Tuesday mornings during term time.

Parents/Carers

We offer a vital space for parents and carers to connect at all our Girls and Teens Groups.  We provide a place to chat and have a cuppa with other parents and carers of autistic daughters as well as a quieter space should you wish to spend time relaxing or catching up with work.  We offer options for parents/carers during our Ad Hoc Sessions and support for parents and carers as part of our Alternative Provision; our Weekday Group.



Women

We host a Young Autistic Women's Group to enable autistic women aged 18-35 to connect with each other and share experience and strategies as they navigate the challenges of early adulthood.


This currently involves monthly in-person meetings.

Visit our Resources Page for signposting and advice.

Visit our Visual Record Page to see what we have been doing recently.

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