ABC Project

        

At Dhiverse we aim for inclusivity and equality in everything we do and we want everyone to have the opportunity to be equipped to make informed decisions around sexual health, consensual and pleasurable sexual activity, healthy relationships and personal safety. Our non-mainstream relationships and sex education (RSE) programmes help to support this aim. 

‘ABC’ stands for ‘Awareness, Balance and Choice’. It is a non-mainstream relationships and sex education (RSE) project, funded by a ‘National Lottery Community Fund’ grant. 

The project has three strands.

1. The ‘ABC Programme’ 

This is an alternative, age appropriate and ability appropriate programme for anyone age 11 and older (there is no upper age limit for this programme), who has a learning difficulty (LD) or autism. 

For more information on the ‘ABC Programme’:

• The ABC Programme Booklet – easy read version
• The ABC Programme Leaflet – for referrers and participants 

To make a referral to the programme please use the relevant form:

• ABC Referral Form for 1-1 Support 
• ABC Referral Form for a Group Workshop 
• Dhiverse Terms & Conditions

Please note that the programme is free of charge to anyone living in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

For people living outside of Cambridgeshire or Peterborough the charge is:

• £110 per session plus return travel costs from our Cambridge office
• £80 per session if delivered via Zoom or MS Teams

2. ‘Understanding ABC’

This is a CPD accredited workshop which aims to help parents, carers and professionals explore the relationship and sexual needs of people with a LD or autism. It will enable you to understand some of the barriers people with a LD or autism face when learning about relationships, sex and sexual health and to consider more effective ways to communicate with someone with a LD or autism about sex and relationships.

For more information on ‘Understanding ABC’:

• ‘Understanding ABC’ Leaflet

This workshop is free of charge to anyone in Cambridgeshire or Peterborough

For people living outside of Cambridgeshire or Peterborough the charge is:

• £112.50 per workshop plus return travel costs from our Cambridge office
• £95 per session if delivered via Zoom or MS Teams

3. ABC Project Development Group

To help keep the project relevant and up to date, and to ensure that it is user led and always meets the needs of those taking part, we run a project development group.

Anyone who has participated in the project or anyone who has an interest in ensuring equality for people with a LD or autism is welcome to join the group. We can hold a group meeting at your organisation or you can join us when there is meeting taking place in another venue. Meetings take place several times throughout the year.

For more information on any aspect of the ABC Project, to check availability or to make a booking please contact Liz MacKenzie, ABC Project Manager on 07985 447846 or at elizabeth.mackenzie@dhiverse.org.uk

The Team