Members’ Area
Events
Members’ Meetings
Scheduled three times a year.
Open to CEOs and an additional senior member of their staff.
With networking for our members along with expert speakers on a range of topics relevant to your work.
Recent speakers at our events have included:
Professor Jonathan Green, Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Manchester, Simon Bottery, Senior Fellow, Social Care, The King’s Fund, Baroness Browning from the House of Lords Special Inquiry on the Autism Act 2009, Professor Karen Guldberg of the University of Birmingham, Professor Martin Knapp of the London School of Economics, and more.
Locations alternating between London and accessible locations outside London.
If you’re a senior staff member and interested in attending then please speak to your CEO.
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11am - 4pm
Friends House, 173-177 Euston Rd, London NW1 2BJ
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11am - 4pm
Holiday Inn, 25 Aytoun St, Manchester M1 3DT
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11am - 4pm
Friends House, 173-177 Euston Rd, London NW1 2BJ
Spring Members’ Meeting - Wednesday 4 March, 2026
11am - 4pm, Friends House, London, NW1 2BJ
The agenda will be circulated via email.
Special Events
Ad-hoc special events organised throughout the year.
Previous events include:
Mental Capacity Act Workshop - Autism Alliance with Alex Rook from Rook Irwin Sweeney
10am - 12pm Tuesday 16 September 2025, on Zoom.
Speaker Series
These are online meetings five times a year where we invite a guest speaker to talk to staff of our member organisations about a subject of interest.
Each of our member organisations can invite their staff to join these calls. Attendees usually vary depending on the topic. CEOs will have been sent a calendar invitation, which they can forward on to their staff.
Previous speakers have included Julian Blake, national expert on procurement law, Dr Conor Davidson, Clinical Lead of the Leeds Autism Diagnostic Service, PDA Society Chair, Ed Archer, Tania Tirraoro, Founder of Special Needs Jungle, Dr Louise Morpeth, CEO of Brain in Hand, Michael Brownlee from Anthony Collins LLP and Dr James Cusack, CEO of Autistica.
Coming up next in the Speaker Series:
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Charlie Hart
Tuesday 17th February
1pm-2pm
Via Teams
With Charlie Hart, autistic advocate and speaker. Charlie is a professional speaker with over 20 years’ HR analytics experience. Charlie is neurodivergent - autistic and ADHD.
Combining lived experience with professional credibility in HR and inclusion, Charlie will talk to us about inclusivity in the workplace - sharing her own experiences and discussing how to make your workplace more neuroinclusive. Her talk will be impactful and thought-provoking with practical takeaways too.
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Alexis Quinn
Wednesday 6 May 2026
11am - 12pm
Via Teams
With Alexis Quinn, qualified counsellor, psychotherapist and autism and human rights campaigner. She also manages the Restraint Reduction Network.
Alexis will speak about her work as an advocate for autistic people, her role within the Restraint Reduction Network and her latest research ‘Relationships of concern’.