All Age Autism Strategy - Delivery Plan Project

In 2023, RANSS and RPCF held a consultation to find out what the community felt was important to them in terms of the All Ages Autism Strategy. From this, the current strategy was created. 

Now, we have been asked to continue gathering your voice to influence a co-produced "Delivery Plan" to ensure the All Ages Autism Strategy is being met.

You can share your voice in a number of ways: 

• You can attend our Voice & Influence Groups for adults and neurodivergent parents. (check events page)
• Groups for Young People 11-18 coming soon.  (check events page)
• ask your peer support worker to share your voice with the team, 
• speak to the Voice & Influence team one-to-one.
• or share your voice anonymously by using this form. 
• Use art or creative writing to share your voice. Read more below.

Ellie is the Project Lead for the All Ages Autism Strategy Delivery Plan and you can contact her by email: ellie@rpcf.co.uk

The Voice & Influence team are: 

• Jayne Fitzgerald - Strategic Director 
• Kayleigh Harrison - Voice, Influence & Engagement Lead 
• Sarah Hadfield - Projects Officer 
• Marie Butcher - RPCF Sibling Support Coordinator 
• Ellie Renwick - Project Lead (All Ages Autism Strategy Delivery Plan) 

18th June 2025

We launched our Creative Voice Project. Share your voice with art or creative writing. 

June 2025

The Government began reviewing the Autism Act 2009 to see how well it is working currently, as well as looking at how the All-Age Autism Strategy is working, this enquiry wan run by the Autism Act 2009 Committee. We took part in helping to collect your voice to submit to this review.

March - May 2025

As part of our ongoing commitment to the All Age Autism Strategy Delivery Plan, we reached out to neurodivergent individuals to ensure the priorities identified in our 2023 consultation still resonated with you. 

Feedback was shared with commissioners in April 2025, guiding them on what the community wants to focus on first. 

54 people responded to our Priorities Check-in Survey, thank you so much for taking part! The top three priorities voted by you were: Mental Health, Information & Advice and Autism Diagnostic Process. Report coming soon. 

As part of our All-Age Autism Strategy Delivery Plan project we've been gathering your voice at groups, through surveys and one to one to find out your views and experiences in Rotherham. 

Now we're inviting you to use your creativity to share your voice with art!  

We’d love you to draw, write, make and create in any way to share your experiences and are hoping to show selected works in an art exhibition at the opening of our new premises at Eric Manns! (date to follow). 

We're also using Discord as a platform to communicate and share ideas with eachother and we'd love you to join. If you're already part of the Online Gaming Groupyou can access this on the same server. 

Contact Ellie to receive a link to join the online community and an “ideas & prompts pack” to help get your inspiration flowing. If you have any other questions about getting involved please just ask. 

We're encouraging people of all ages to get involved with the Creative Voice project so if you have children/young people that want to get creative and share their voice please get them involved! (Please note the online community via Discord is for 18+ only). 

We hope to hold some in-person groups, please watch this space for more news about this! 

If you’re passionate about sharing your experiences and helping shape the All Age Autism Strategy Delivery Plan, we want to hear from you! Sign up to stay informed and get involved by completing our expression of interest form. Click here.

Click here to complete our voice & influence form to tell us any experiences you have had with services in Rotherham that you want to share. Your voice will be fed back to our commissioners and will help shape the delivery plan for the All Ages Autism Strategy in Rotherham.