In Eastleigh and Hamble:

Next Generation Socialization (NGS) 

NGS is open during term-time:

Tuesday nights, 6.30 to 8.30pm at Yzone Youth Centre, Blackberry Drive, Fair Oak, Eastleigh, Hants. (referrals only)
Thursday nights, 7.00 to 9.30pm at HYPE, Satchell Lane, Hamble, Southampton, SO31 4HS

It is a project for young people with Social and Communication difficulties of which a large proportion of the group are on the Autistic spectrum. Young People are aged 13 to 21 years and are encouraged to be involved in the planning of the sessions, and to join in as much as they feel able to.

Content of sessions has included; team building activities, bowling trip, themed cooking evenings, BBQ & rounders, quiz nights, issue based sessions on, drugs & alcohol awareness,sexual health, keeping safe, internet safety, personal awareness and safety.

They also have informal evenings where the young people can use the Youth Centres facilities such as, play pool, Nintendo, Playstation, use the sports hall, or sit in the chill out room. In addition they eat out at a restaurant once a term to encourage young people to develop social skills, so they will order from the menu, sit down together and eat a meal, with the support of four trained staff who come from a youth and social work background.

For more information contact

Yzone - Tessa Woodbourne on 07968 133461
Hype - Donna Brewer 02380 452333

In Romsey:

The Allsorts Club

Run by Youth in Romsey, Allsorts is a youth club that offers membership to young people with special needs of  varying kinds, and many of their young people have Autism including Asperger syndrome.
 
They are currently staffed by Hampshire County Council Youth Workers plus up to five volunteer workers.
 
The age range is 11 to 25, and the more able older ones are encouraged to become 'young workers' where they will help with some of the aspects of running the club (for example, the tuck shop and putting things out, etc.) but they still take part and enjoy all the benefits as members. New members are normally taken in at the younger end of the age bracket.
 
The club sessions run on Wednesdays during term time from 18:30 to 20:30 in the Youth Wing of Romsey School. They have a large main room plus a 'quiet' room, and a meeting room. They have the usual youth club facilities and encourage participation and socialisation. They offer one to one support on an ad hoc basis where appropriate, however they do not currently offer continual one to one support for particular individuals. In the summer they use the playing fields outside for outdoor games and in the winter sometimes use the gym for indoor games.
 
They run an annual Christmas pantomime trip to London which also includes a restaurant meal and run occassional day and evening trips (for example) Bowling, Swimming, theme parks, etc., when funds allow.  In previous years they have run a three day summer residential trips to (for example) Little Canada, The Isle of Wight, and PGL (Weymouth).
 
All applications for membership and (when needed) the waiting list, are managed by Wendy Herbert, the Youth Club leader, who can be contact at Youth in Romsey (Youth Drop In Centre) on 01794 500581, email: wendy.yir@gmail.com.