Jack, who volunteers with Romsey Mill, is a young man, for whom Aspire (Romsey Mill's work with autistic children and young people) and volunteering in Romsey Mill Charity Shop has been significant in helping him to grow in confidence and resilience. Two attributes he now brings to a new-found interest in his life, running. Read more
Kat Rudge, Aspire Youth Development Worker, talks to one of our young people, Kit, who is part of Aspire, about the change that they would like to see in the world. Aspire is Romsey Mill's work with autistic children and young people. Romsey Mill's fundraising appeal to raise £20,000 to help create safe spaces for autistic young people, runs until the end of April 2026. Read more
Sophy's story was shared in the Summer 2024 edition of Mill News, as part of National Volunteers' Week. Read more
Here one of the parents whose children attend the Romsey Mill Preschool shares her story. Read more
Ruth Watt, Aspire Coordinator, describes the important role our volunteers have in the smooth running of our youth clubs. Read more
Sam was a member of Aspire Plus, Romsey Mill's club for autistic young people, between the ages of 17 and 19 years old. Before he left, having turned 19, Sam spoke about his experience with Aspire. Read more
Aspire Plus is a youth club for autistic young adults and here you can read about the difference it has made for Anthony Read more
Read this young person's story about how attending music sessions with Romsey Mill had a positive impact on his mental health. Read more
Carly is a young mum who Romsey Mill has supported from the birth of her first child, and she is sharing her story about the difference the support has made. Read more
Franceska is a young mum who has been supported by Romsey Mill’s Young Parents Programme (YPP) team over several years. She wanted to share her story. Read more
Chris is one of the young people supported by Romsey Mill's Aspire team; which his mum describes as 'as absolute blessing'. This is Chris' story Read more
We are sharing stories of young lives positively impacted by Romsey Mill's support. Mark* (not his real name) is an autistic young person who has been supported through our Aspire programme for five years. Mark's mum shares his story. Read more
We are sharing stories of young lives positively impacted by Romsey Mill's support. Megan* (not her real name) is a young parent who has been supported by Romsey Mill’s Young Parents team since being pregnant. Read more
Romsey Mill supports autistic young people and their families through Aspire. George has been attending Aspire since he was nine and in Year 5. This is his story. Read more
Inspirational Fabia, formerly part of our Young Parents Programme, went on to be award a prize for receiving the top mark on her Law Degree at University. Read more
Matthew attended our Aspire groups before going on to University. He shared his experience of attending Aspire as an autistic young person and how it helped him. Read more
Taz is a young woman from north Cambridge, who has been part of Romsey Mill's music programme for several years. Read more