News & Events

We are pleased to announce that we have been chosen by Sainsbury’s in West Wickham (Station Road Branch) as their “Charity of the Year” and we look forward to working alongside them throughout this year.

Don’t forget to renew your membership with us. The annual membership is just £12.00 and helps us to raise much needed funding so we can continue to provide the services you need. Click on the link below to renew your membership:-

Membership renewal form 2011 – Burgess

2012 Appeal – “Transition”

Thank you to all those who contributed to our 30th anniversary appeal in 2011. Our appeal this year is “Transition” which is a subject which affects children through to adults and covers all aspects which affects our service users. Please do help us in 2012. We will keep you updated with the amount raised.

Burgess Autistic Trust Corporate DVD

NAS Webinar

The National Autistic Society provide free online autism webinars which last for about an hour. To join the webinar, click on the link below:

https://nas-events.webex.com/nas-events/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=955113172

You will be asked to enter some basic information and the event password, which is: axcis

It will then take you through to the webinar platform. You may need to wait a few minutes for the software to install and the webinar to open, so please leave plenty of time to do so before the webinar is due to begin. We suggest you join the webinar around 10 minutes prior to the start time. Please don’t try to join the webinar more than 20 minutes before the start time, as you will not be able to do so. Please visit the NAS website to find out more.

NAS are also conducting research on siblings whose brother or sister has a diagnosis of autism and is aged 40 and over. If you wish to learn more about this research, please contact NAS directly on 020 7833 2299

13 April 2012: Salsa Night
Azelia Hall, Croydon Road, Beckenham 7.30pm to 9.30pm

Come along to a fun night learning how to dance Salsa style. Please bring your friends, some drinks and nibbles, get fit and have fun. To book your place please contact BAT by Friday the 30th March.
Ticket prices: Members £10.00 and Non-Members £12.00
To book your place please phone the Admin Team on 020 8464 2897 or by email to info@burgessautistictrust.org.uk

21 April 2012: Salsathon 2012

We are delighted to have been approached by Sarah Rodgers who is organising this event of constant salsa dancing for 7 hours from 10am to 5pm to raise funds for BAT and for Bromley Mind. If you would like to take part in what will be a fantastic day please contact Sarah on rodgerssarah@hotmail.co.uk. If you can help us by shaking a collection tin at some point on this Saturday, please contact Alison at the Resource Office on 020 8464 2897 or by email to info@burgessautistictrust.org.uk

Late May 2012: BAT Fun Day

More details to follow.

July 2012: Sponsored Walk in Norman Park, Bromley

Bring your families and a picnic and raise sponsorship by walking around Norman Park in Bromley. Only £3.00 to participate. To book your place please phone the Admin Team on 020 8464 2897 or by email to info@burgessautistictrust.org.uk

Sunday 8 July 2012: Run the 2012 Official British 10K London Run for BAT!

For those of you who are serious about running, this is something you should really enjoy and a good way to raise much needed funding for BAT. The race starts at 9.35am.

For the last six years the race limit has been reached in advance of the race day. It is, therefore, strongly advised to enter NOW to avoid disappointment for what promises to be a spectacular historic event through the heart of London involving hundreds of charities, Olympic athletes, and ceremonial bands on a route dressed with giant Union Jacks!

14 September 2012: BAT Race Night
Azelia Hall, Croydon Road, Beckenham 7.30pm to 9.30pm

Come along to our first Race Night run by Samuel Peters. Please bring your friends, some drinks and nibbles, for a fun evening. To book your place please contact BAT by the Monday 3rd November
To book your place please phone the Admin Team on 020 8464 2897 or by email to info@burgessautistictrust.org.uk

October 2012: BAT Conference

More details to follow.

16 November 2012: BAT General Knowledge Quiz Night
Azelia Hall, Croydon Road, Beckenham 7.30pm to 9.30pm

We are delighted that our Quiz Master, Andy, is available again this year. Please come along to support the Trust and bring your friends, some drinks and nibbles, for a fun evening. Please book your team a place by 2nd November.
Ticket prices: Members £10.00 and Non-Members £12.00
To book your place please phone the Admin Team on 020 8464 2897 or by email to info@burgessautistictrust.org.uk

To ensure your place, please contact the Admin Team here at BAT on 020 8464 2897 or by email to info@burgessautistictrust.org.uk and we will forward your registration pack. If you would like to know more about this event, log on to www.thebritish10klondon.co.uk

PAST EVENTS:

7 February 2012: Wine Tasting

Thank you to those who came along with Senior Wine Buyer, Julian Dyer, from Sainsbury’s. My goodness he knows his stuff and his enthusiasm was catching. We all learnt so much and enjoyed tasting a combination of red and white wines. Thank you so much to Julian and to Sainsbury’s who donated three bottles of wine to help us enjoy our evening! All monies made from the event will go towards our 2012 Appeal “Transition” so thanks to everyone for coming out on a very cold night.

3 December 2011: Christmas Carols

Our thanks to “Just Voices” who did a brilliant job starting off the singing and thanks to all who came along and gave us their support and their voices on the day, including Lyn, Danielle and Jessica from Sainsbury’s. We raised around £230 on the day which will go towards our events planned for next year.

27 November 2011: Farnborough Village Christmas Fayre

We were extremely lucky with the weather, which although cold and a little foggy, the rain stayed away. Thank you to our volunteers who gave up their time to come along and help being Des and Angela Beatty, Cathy Bennett, Oliver and Christine Carroll, Belinda Mungeam, who brought in her much needed lights, and Lorraine Jenkins. We managed to raise over £150.00 on the day, which is the best we’ve done for a long time. Thank you to all who came and supported us and bought our Christmas items.

Our thanks also go to Sainsbury’s in West Wickham who donated three “Little Kitty” stationery sets to go into our lucky dip. Thank you very much.

11 November 2011: Change of CEO

We say our goodbyes to Alison Hunter and hello to Jerry Hughes as our interim CEO. The handover went very smoothly and we are all looking forward to working alongside Jerry.

10 November 2011 – BAT AGM at Ripley Arts Centre

As well as introducing Jerry as our new CEO, it was a time to say goodbye and thanks to Alison Hunter. Our Chairman, Stephen Langford, presented Alison with her handmade card, gift and flowers.

Our Chairman was also very pleased to provide Honorary Certificates to our Events Team for all their hard work and dedication and for raising much needed funding. Our thanks to Yvonne & Pat Harman, Leila & Mike Seeney, Melanie & Gary Butler and Mandy & Darren Jenkins.

We are grateful to our speakers of the evening who were Carol Povey who was the first Director at Bromley Autistic Trust and currently the Director of Development at the National Autistic Society. She spoke about the implementation of the Autism Strategy.

Rebecca Bright, a young person with Aspergers Syndrome, who produced BAT’s Corporate DVD as part of her final year’s work at Ravensbourne College, part of Greenwich University, who talked about her reasons for offering to do so. The DVD was shown in the adjoining room for all to see and has now been put on our website.

The Worshipful Mayor of Bromley said how pleased he was to attend and how he felt that he knew so much more about the Trust, of which he is Patron, and commended everyone for their hard work and dedication. He thanked everyone for attending and supporting the Trust.

We also give our thanks to the members of Outreach who kindly brought along their artwork which included poems by Tom Latcham, drawings by David Bassadone, some beautiful beadwork produced by Emma Scott and some amazing paintings on stones produced by Paul Dolley. Thank you all so much.!

We are also grateful to Jubilee House who produced their artistic wares and our thanks to all the staff and service users. What a wonderful opportunity to display the talent of our service users!

4 October 2011 – BAT Conference – Aspects of ASD

Our thanks to all of our speakers, Dr Lorna Wing, Ros Blackburn, Sandra Beale-Ellis, Jason Jandu and Dr Luke Beardon for making this such a great day. This is the first year that we have finished early to enable delegates to spend some time, if they wished, to network and this proved to be very popular. Here are just a few of the comments received:-

“offered valuable insight into the autistic mind – most helpful as a parent. Luke Beardon provided a most refreshing, stimulating alternative view!”

“As a whole – all of the talks were beneficial, learning about a range of perspectives. Also meeting other parents. Brilliant speakers!”

“All speakers had their own emphasis – not just pushing one “party line” which was interesting”

“Ros Blackburn’s talk was the best – helped me understand what to do”

“Today has made me think in terms of students I work with and how we as a College can change in order to help all our students”.

“Fantastic selection of speakers. A great balance of Service User/people with ASD and Doctors/Professionals to talk about their experiences.”

“Dr Lorna Wing’s overview and updated information was timely. Sandra Ellis’s strategies to “manage” was enlightening and useful”.

Our thanks to all who attended. If you have any suggestions for our Conference next year, why not email them to admin@burgessautisitctrust.org.uk