A VOLUNTEER support service has launched a campaign to improve awareness activities and initiatives for autism.

The Denbighshire Voluntary Services Council (DVSC) has launched its Autism Aware Autumn campaign after receiving £25,000 from the Integrated Autism Service.

The campaign aims to raise awareness of autism in Denbighshire through activity days and funding for voluntary and community groups dedicated to adults with the condition in Denbighshire.

The DVSC will run a community grant programme in which £10,000 will be administered by the DVSC to such groups.

Helen Wilkinson, DVSC’s chief executive, said: “Thanks to support from the North Wales Integrated Autism Service we are now scaling up our activity.

"With this initiative, we are reaching out beyond our core members and partners to the public, local businesses, indeed everyone with a stake in Denbighshire to visit our office and find about our Autism Aware Autumn campaign."

Community grants of between £1,500 and £3,000 are available under the funding programme.

The DVSC will also host a free Autism Awareness Taster Session at the Naylor Leyland Centre in Ruthin on Wednesday, November 28 from 10am to 12pm.

The deadline for grant applications is the end of October with funded activities taking place from November to March 2019.

To find out more about the Autism Aware Autism campaign, visit DVSC's website at www.dvsc.co.uk.

To get involved in the DVSC's social media campaign use the hashtag #AutismAwareAutumn.