Autistic charity cash help

South Ayrshire Autistic Society (SAAS) will be able to support 136 families across the area during the covid-19 crisis thanks to an award of £9196 from The National Lottery Community Fund.

Support will help many more families like Amanda D’Amico, 42, and her daughter, Kayleigh, 12, from Ayr, who have benefitted from SAAS with craft boxes and online activities.

Amanda said:“I am working from home and my husband goes out to work and I don’t know how we would have coped without SAAS. As well as food deliveries of basic rations when we couldn’t get online shopping slots we have had five deliveries of craft boxes which have really helped

Kayleigh’s routing and helped us to come together as a family. SAAS have just gone above and beyond. I just don’t think they realise how much they are doing to help us and without their support I just don’t know what I would do.”

Activity Co-ordinator, Conall Green, said:“The award has made a huge difference to how we operate. For six months we can post on our social media every day, demonstrating cooking, crafts, baking and doing experiments whilst also being able to supply the ingredients needed to our members, children and young people. It’s also allowed us to deliver these items straight to their doorsteps.”