Autism by Experience are a Community Interest Company. We took over the Autism Friendly Surrey project in April 2025.
Most of our team are autistic and are working to help make Surrey more autism friendly.
The Autism Friendly Surrey project is funded by Surrey County Council as part of the All Age Autism Strategy.
The aim is to support autistic people connect with others and encourage community facilities to be more inclusive.
A key aim of this project is to support people to connect with others. Some autistic people are very isolated.
We are supporting the growing network of support and social groups, as well as running supported events.
We are working with leisure centres, libraries, cinemas and other community venues to further develop their autism friendly offers.
Venues have been incredibly keen to be inclusive and are often just needing some insights from autistic people.