Employment Futures

Employment Futures exists to help remove barriers to meaningful employment for adults with autism and other disabilities

Specialist mentoring and study assistant support

Our Employment Futures programme offers support to students who, like you, are on the autistic spectrum. We can offer Specialist Mentoring or Study Assistant support to help you manage and succeed in your studies. Read more
Pathways Innovation Project

This programme supports adults aged 25+ from Sunderland to find work, training or volunteering opportunities. Read more
'Unlock Your Potential' programme

This is a 12-week programme to support individuals with autism and learning difficulties, aged 16-24, into employment. Read more

Latest news from Employment Futures

Specialist mentoring and study assistant support

Our Employment Futures programme offers support to students who, like you, are on the autistic spectrum. We can offer Specialist Mentoring or Study Assistant support to help you manage and succeed in your studies.Read more

Pathways Innovation Project

This programme supports adults aged 25+ from Sunderland to find work, training or volunteering opportunities.Read more

'Unlock Your Potential' programme

This is a 12-week programme to support individuals with autism and learning difficulties, aged 16-24, into employment.Read more

Latest

Top marks for Acorn House!

Acron House has been rated 'OUTSTANDING' in the latest Ofsted report.
Leading North East charity welcomes Government plans for autism training

The Government has announced plans to introduce mandatory autism and learning disability training for all health and care staff in England.
Schools' Autism Awareness Week

This year we want your school to help us raise awareness of autism. See how you can make a difference to the lives of families living with autism.
Zurich pledge their support

Thanks to the generosity of Zurich Community Trust our family support team are able to buy new equipment to enable our adults to experience a range of sensory experiences.

@ New Warlands Farm

New Warlands Farms is our purpose built vocational training centre based on the outskirts of Durham in 77 acres of farm and woodland.
Our sites
About Us

Aycliffe School is an independent, purpose-built specialist school based at the North East Centre for Autism, Newton Aycliffe, County Durham for learners aged 3-19.
What is Autism?

Autism is defined as a ‘Spectrum Condition’ precisely because it manifests itself in so many different ways. Everyone is unique and autism affects everyone uniquely.
About Us

Thornhill Park School is an independent specialist school based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, for learners age four to 19.
Thornbeck College

Thornbeck College is an Independent Specialist College for individuals with autism, learning difficulties and, or disabilities aged 16-25 years old and is based at our North East Centre for Autism in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham. A secondary campus is located at Houghall, Durham.
What we do

We help remove barriers to support individuals with autism and learning difficulties into employment. This new service has been designed to support both the individual, and also the employer.
Child Residential Care

We design individual programmes for each child or young person who stays in one of our residences to ensure their specific needs are met. We offer weekly, termly and 52 week residential placements.
What We Believe

We provide a wide – and ever growing – range of services for children, young people and adults who are on the autism spectrum.
Our Homes

We have four children's residential homes based in Sunderland and Newton Aycliffe, County Durham.