Fundraising Challenges 

We've had some fantastic fundraising challenges taking place throughout January that have raised a very impressive amount of vital funds for our charity. We feel incredibly proud of all our fundraisers for their hard work and dedication to they've shown during their challenges. We can't thank you enough for supporting Leeds Autism Services and the work we do.

Meg & Liv Dry January Challenge

Megan and Olivia set themselves the challenge of not drinking any alcohol for the month of January in Meg and Liv's Dry January Challenge.

They aimed to raise £200 (£100 each) to help fund free autism awareness training courses for families and carers in Leeds. 

We are thrilled to announce the girls successfully succeeded in their challenge and raised a whopping £587.50! They even appeared on the BBC Radio Leeds Breakfast Show on Friday, 29th January to talk about their Dry January challenge and promote the work of Leeds Autism Services. You can go and get yourself a drink now ladies, you definitely deserve it... 

BBC Radio Leeds Interview

Listen to Megan and Olivia's radio interview from BBC Radio Leeds by clicking on the link below:

livmegonthebbc.mp3

We are so thankful to the pair for supporting our current appeal. Their fundraising means that we can now provide two free autism awareness training courses to families and carers, which we aim to deliver in Spring 2021. 

Following an autism diagnosis, families are carers often get very little training or information about autism. We have wanted to make sure that the families we work with are able to access free training for a long time, and now finally we'll be able to do it. Thank you so much to Megan and Olivia for making it happen! 

Michael's 'No Chick-anuary' Challenge

Michael undertook the challenge giving up his favourite fried chicken throughout January. This was to help raise funds to improve our outdoor seating area at the VACS Grape Street base and also have our bicycles put through a service and repaired.

He says "I wanted to eat healthier and help raise money for Leeds Autism Services at the same time because the staff team have done an amazing job to support everyone throughout the Covid-19 pandemic". Check out his 'No Chick-anuary' fundraising page. 

We are thrilled to announce, he successfully completed 31 days of no KFC and managed to raise a fantastic £151, exceeding his target amount. Well done Michael, we hope you enjoyed that first KFC after your superstar effort!

    

LAS Virtual Walk 

Finally, we'd like to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who has taken part and submitted steps in our hugely successful Virtual Walk Challenge over the past 3 months. We started our journey back in November 2020 in our virtual starting point of Lands End in Cornwall.

Since then we have walked, cycled and ran over 2 million steps! Making our way virtually across the country to complete 847 miles and reaching our finish point of John O'Groats in Scotland.

All our wonderful service users, staff team, families, friends and supporters have made this event one to remember and helping us raise a total of £415!

So we want to ask people who use our service what they would like to see the money spent on! We will be sending out a survey soon to find out your ideas.

Celebrating Our Achievement

We think everyone's hard work in making the Virtual Walk such a success, deserves some recognition. However, Covid restrictions means we are unable to hold a face-to-face party in our VACS bases. So we are issuing certificates of achievement to all participants and are planning to create a celebratory video showcasing our journey, which we will share on our website and social media pages.

Please keep on submitting your photos and sponsorship forms for us so we can include them. 

We Made It!

While the video is in production, we hope you enjoy our imaginary photo of some of the people who have taken part in our challenge, reaching the finish line of the John O'Groats sign post. Well done everyone!!

How Your Support Helps Us

Fundraising challenges like these are so essential for charities like LAS as they enable us to:

• Purchase specialist equipment for our bases
• Provide exciting new activities to develop peoples skills and confidence
• Provide vital support for more autistic adults and their families in Leeds

Set Up Your Own Fundraising Challenge

If you've been inspired by any of our fundraisers, you can set up your own fundraising challenge on our website here - Set Up Your Fundraising Page and start supporting Leeds Autism Services.