Cadbury World

Halloween at Cadbury World

They say that Halloween is all about “trick or treat” and we very much opted for “treat” as we spent the day with Cadbury World! We had the chance to head into their 4D cinema to ride the Crunchie rollercoaster and dive into liquid Cadbury Dairy Milk via their motion seats! Throughout the day we…

Spectrum

£73K Lottery Funding for Digital Reach

Spectrum is beyond delighted to announce we have received over £73k funding from the Coronavirus Community Support Fund, distributed by National Lottery Community Fund to enable us to deliver our Digital Reach project. There are not many times that we are lost for words, but this is very much one of them. Thank you so…

Climb Quest Paul

Climbing Again

Our visits to Clip n Climb Cambridge and Climb Quest MK are both incredibly popular with the families we support and amongst our very favourite things to do. 2020 has been a year that many would have never envisaged would happen in their lifetime, with the enormous impact that Covid-19 has had across the world,…

Colchester Zoo

Return to Colchester Zoo

The emergence of Covid-19 in the UK, alongside the social distancing measures and tier restrictions that went hand in hand with it, has meant many of our events, days out and activities have been impacted and pushed back to a later point in time. Fortunately, the end of September saw us able to make a…

All aboard the Jolly Rodger!

The beautiful surroundings of the Dean’s Gardens at Ely Cathedral, made for the perfect backdrop as we returned to events with the excellent KD Theatre, boarded the good ship Jolly Rodger and set sail for Treasure Island! It was an absolute pleasure to be back amongst live theatre, and the socially distanced setting was perfectly…

Spectrum Support

Spectrum Support Expansion

Spectrum is delighted to announce the launch of its expanded Family Worker & Child Psychology support. This is an exceptional addition to the range of services that we already provide for the families of children with Autism, additional needs and disabilities that we support. We are delighted to have Amanda and Carina step into these…

Spectrum Minecraft

As part of our Digital Reach expansion, we are delighted to launch Spectrum Minecraft. Spectrum Minecraft provides dedicated, secure servers for the children with Autism, additional needs and disabilities that we support, to access the world-renowned game. Working with leading global providers Shockybyte and Apex, we provide a platform where the children can play the…

Live Chat

Live Chat Launch

As part of our digital expansion of services, improving accessibility for those we support and responding to the situations presented by Covid-19, we have launched our Spectrum Live Chat service across our website. Our Live Chat service is accessible in the bottom right-hand corner of every page on our site, providing you with the opportunity…

Supporting the NHS

Spectrum exists to support a hugely vulnerable sector in the families of children with Autism, additional needs and disabilities, but we always like to help the vital community around us, as they in turn have always helped us as much as they can in our work. Right now, day in and day out, there is…

Spectrum Notice on COVID-19

As you all know, at the present moment we face troubling and uncertain times due to the global impact of COVID-19, the illness caused by Coronavirus. Currently, Spectrum continues to operate as normal and we are contactable as always via email to hello@spectrum.org.uk, social media messaging and via the phone. Should this change in anyway,…