Welcome to ASRUS! 🎨⚽️🍳

A friendly club for neurodiverse young people and their families in Torbay

ASRUS is a safe, relaxed place where you can:

  • Try new things (or just watch until you feel ready)

  • Play outdoors and explore nature

  • Make friends

  • Make music (with helpful music leaders)

  • Chill out and chat

  • Do fun activities with your family too

We support young people with Autism Spectrum Conditions (whether you have a diagnosis or not). All are welcome here.

Who can come? 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

ASRUS is for children and young people who come along with their:

  • Parent / Carer / Guardian
    …and often brothers, sisters and friends come too.

This means the club supports the whole family, not just one person.

What happens at ASRUS?

Every week is a little different — you can join in as much or as little as you like.

You might get to:

  • Build bushcraft skills and camp fires

  • Try cooking new recipes each week

  • Make delicious food and eat together

  • Create crafts to take home

  • Try arts, making, wood work and STEM activites

  • Join in with demonstrations, trips, and special activities

It’s also a place to simply hang out, have a drink/snack, and feel comfortable.

Quick reassurance 💛

You do not have to change who you are to come to ASRUS.

You do not have to talk if you don’t want to.
You do not have to join in straight away.
You do not have to be “good” at anything.
You do not have to make eye contact.
You do not have to sit still all the time.

You are allowed to do what you need including:

  • Take breaks whenever you need

  • Ask questions

  • Wear headphones

  • Bring something that makes you feel safe

  • Move around

  • Feel excited

  • Feel nervous

  • Change your mind

  • Try something and then stop

Some days might feel big and busy. Some days might feel calm. However you are feeling when you arrive is okay.

The adults at ASRUS understand that everyone’s brain works differently. We know that some people find noise tricky. Some find new places tricky. Some find waiting tricky. That’s okay. We will work with you and your family to help you feel safe.

ASRUS is a place where you can slowly build confidence, make friends in your own time, and discover things you didn’t know you could do.

Most importantly — this is a place where you are welcome exactly as you are.

When is it on? 📅

Sessions run all year in 2026 (term time only):

🕠 5:30pm – 7:00pm on a Wednesday Evening