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Meet Team mASCot

 

 

 

mASCot was started 17 years ago by a parent, Sam Bayley :

 

 

"As a parent of an autistic child, 

I wanted a place where parents and carers in Brighton and Hove could meet up together or online to support each other.

Having the coffee mornings and the online forum has made this possible, 

watching mASCot grow and become such an amazing group 

with so many families involved 

is brilliant to see."

-Sam Bayley

Read more on the history of mASCot

Team mASCot

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, 

committed citizens can change the world; 

indeed, it's the only thing that ever has"

-Margaret Mead

mASCot is a C.I.C (a non-profit making Community Interest Company) and each member of our Board of Directors is a parent of an autistic child or young adult. We get small amounts of independent funding which goes towards office admin and managing our projects, however all our Directors give their time on a voluntary basis to help run mASCot. All donations to mASCot are welcome and 100% of all donations go to running our projects. We all feel passionately about supporting fellow ASC families and providing activities and projects for our children. 

Team mASCot

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Sam Bayley

Director

Sam is the founder of mASCot and her main role is supporting parents, whether it be school issues or to talk about the best strategies to use as a family.

Sam runs our 1-1 sessions where parents get the time to talk about anything related to their child's or families needs. She also runs workshops and courses for our members.

She also created, designed and manages the website and facilitates all the Facebook groups.

Mimi

Mimi Banks

Director

Mimi is our projects manager and oversees all of our funding applications and has successfully secured lots of funding for mASCot.

Mimi's main interests are our Youth Projects and runs our Teen+ as well as our Monday Cafe.

Mimi has also worked closely with our families whose children are currently out of school and worked with the LA on providing provisions children.

Mimi's other passion is her therapy work including sound baths and massage.

Paula

Paula Donovan

Director

Paula champions mASCot taking information and knowledge of Autism to a wider audience. 

Paula and Sam often do talks at schools and work placements to help  professionals who work with our children and families.

Paula has knowledge of the private school system and has previously been a NAS ambassador.

Paula sits on the Adult autism board making a bridge from children to adult services. 

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mASCot Members

mASCot is all about its members, who are included in all we do and help shape what support mASCot offers families. We are all parents of Autistic children/young adults, so we are all invested in mASCot being a inclusive, supportive place for our children and source of knowledge and support for families. The more members get involved, the more projects we can run.

"One day you will tell your story 
of how you’ve overcome what you’re going through now, 
and it will become someone else’s survival guide"

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Disclaimer mASCot continually add to our signposting database of services, places, groups, agencies, individuals etc that our mASCot members have shared with fellow members on our forum. We include many of these suggestions on our website, please be aware, these links are provided as signposting for informational purposes only; they do not constitute an endorsement or an approval by mASCot of any of the products, services or opinions of the services, agencies or individuals. mASCot bears no responsibility for the accuracy, legality or content of the external site or for that of subsequent links.  Contact the external site for answers to questions regarding its content.  mASCot members are advised to undertake their own research/background checks as necessary if accessing any of these services or provisions on external sites.

Contact
Email: info@asc-mascot.com
Sam​:  ​07943346055
Mimi:07970875398

ASC-mASCot C.I.C Company number 11780562
All logos artwork & designs copyright of ©️Sam Bayley
 

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