About us
ADDvanced Solutions Community Network is a community interest company established in October 2012. We equip families and professionals with knowledge, understanding and strategies to support the emotional health and wellbeing and meet the individual needs of the neurodivergent children and young people in their care.
Through the participation and co-production of neurodiverse families we provide open access, community-based, solution-focused learning, coaching and mentoring programmes, featuring health, wellbeing and enrichment activities to support the special educational needs, specific learning difficulties and associated mental health needs of neurodivergent children and young people.
Our Mission
ADDvanced Solutions Community Network aims to improve the emotional health and wellbeing of neurodivergent children, young people and their families through a social model of learning and support. Providing engaging and accessible learning opportunities, that encourages and equips those who access, to better recognise, understand and meet the individual needs of their family. We share knowledge and strategies to support learning, social, communication, sensory, emotional and mental health needs. Our mission is to empower families and build their resilience to help them manage every day challenges whilst increasing participation and reducing social isolation.
We aim to build sustainable learning communities through our Families Empowering Families Programme. We train and support parents/carers who access our offer and who wish to take their learning forward and progress to volunteering to gain the skills, knowledge, competencies and confidence to support the co-facilitation of their local Community Network Group.
We work in partnership with a range of organisations to continuously strengthen and widen our offer.
Our Values
ENGAGE
families and young people at all stages of their journey bringing accessible support and information into their local community.
ENCOURAGE
confidence, independence and resilience in those who we work with, in the knowledge that we are there whenever they need us.
EDUCATE
to improve understanding and appreciation of neurodiversity. Knowledge is power and our own continuous development is key to the quality of what we share with our communities.
EQUIP
those who access our offer with practical and relevant strategies that support their needs in an inclusive and accessible way.
ENABLE
families to work together, finding their own solutions to manage the everyday challenges they are facing.
EMPOWER
with knowledge, understanding, and confidence, driving improved outcomes, relationships and independence for children, young people and their families.
Language Disclaimer
At ADDvanced Solutions Community Network, we acknowledge that it is likely that the parents, young people and families we support have been exposed to numerous ways to discuss neurodevelopmental conditions and may have different views on what terminology they prefer.
It is important to us that anyone who accesses our offer feels empowered to identify however they choose. We do not discourage any language use unless it has harmful or derogatory connotations.
Based on our research, and acknowledging the diversity of our team and those we support, we have created a glossary of terms which explains our chosen vocabulary so that it is more accessible and easier to understand.
Download our guide to Neuro-inclusive Language below:
Our team
Our team have professional backgrounds in education, health, community development, and SEND. Many of us are parents of neurodivergent children and young people or are neurodivergent ourselves. Together we create a unique combination of professional expertise, specialist knowledge, understanding and personal lived experience. We are consistently developing & training our team to strive for continuous improvement and an always relevant offer to the families and young people we work with.
Current Vacancies
Commissioned and funded across Cheshire and Merseyside and the North West region, we have opportunities to support the organisation as it expands and develops in the following areas: