Give todayHelp Keep Our One Stop Shop Services Available
Your Regular Gift Can Make a Lasting Difference
Find People Who Understand
One Stop Shop peer groups help autistic people connect, share experiences and feel less alone.
Help Keep Vital Support Available
Statutory funding does not cover the full cost of running our One Stop Shops. Regular gifts help us keep these services available.
Feel Safe and Supported
Support through Number 6, our Edinburgh One Stop Shop, can help people build confidence and look towards the future.
About our Scotland One Stop Shops
Autism Initiatives’ One-Stop Shops provide practical, welcoming support for autistic adults - and fundraising helps them go further.
Number 3 One Stop Shop
In Tayside, Number 3 offers scheduled drop-ins, interest groups and activities (such as arts and crafts, board games and baking), plus one-to-one advice. Its building includes social spaces, quiet areas, meeting rooms, computers and an autism-specific library, giving people somewhere safe to relax, connect and access information.
Number 6 One Stop Shop
In Edinburgh and the Lothians, Number 6 provides free social opportunities.
Alongside time-limited one-to-one appointments focused on real-life issues such as employment, housing and benefits, helping people develop strategies and confidence.
Highland One Stop Shop (HOSS)
In Highland, the Highland One Stop Shop (HOSS) supports autistic adults across the region with drop-ins, groups and activities, and one-to-one advice; it also offers resources such as computer access and an autism-focused library, with additional outreach options like local drop-ins (e.g., Caithness) and exploration of services elsewhere.
Help Support The One Stop Shops
Fundraising enables these services to enhance what core provision can cover—helping pay for autism-friendly spaces, equipment (like computers, games and activity materials), community activities, and staff time that makes personalised advice and structured groups possible. Donations therefore translate into more opportunities, reduced isolation, and better tailored support for autistic people and their families.
A Little About Us
About Our Charity
Supported Living
Autism Initiatives provide supported living services to autistic people, supporting people with autism to live life as independently as possible.
Individuals have their own flats, and the reassurance that onsite support is on hand should they need it. When Tim started living in one of our supported living flats he said:
"I found shelter under the Autism Initiatives umbrella. I can look forward to the future now."
Educational Support
Autism Initiatives have autism specialist schools and a college. They provide a specialist environment which is flexible and responsive to children and young people's needs.
Autism Initiatives also provide Educational Support to children in school and at home, providing advice and training to teachers and parents.
"They have provided so much regular and consistent support that my child is experiencing his best year in primary school."
One Stop Shops
In Scotland there are One Stop Shops, where autistic people can access support and advice for everyday life.
Accessing support for everything from form filling to developing friendship groups.
It has been a lifesaver. I have met new people after being isolated for years.
Other ways you can support Scotland's One Stop Shops
Support the One Stop Shops by choosing one of the below options.
Please do not donate anything you can not afford.
Share Your Story
Write a Letter to Catherine Steedman, Scotland National Director, to make your support known and heard.
Create a Fundraising Page
Please contact fundraising@autisminitiatives.org
if you need any assistance with setting this up.
