Harry

Harry came to Stride when we were first established, and since then has came a long way. Harry has Autism, and has had various struggles around this, linked mostly to communication / social contexts. Harry is a budding photographer, and an exceptionally talented one at that, check out ‘https://facebook.com/Theskysthelimitphotography5’. Harry has also done most of the photography for our website.

When harry came to us he was struggling in a job where he felt under-valued and misunderstood, he was hardly getting any shifts either. Harry had previously had various voluntary positions that didn’t work out. Harry wanted to be sociable, and have a group of friends, a work environment, should and could be a great area that he could achieve this.

This is exactly what happened in this case, Harry got our support to start working at The Hub, and has since then made a really great group of friends that he sees socially (outside of work). Harry feels valued in his job, works four days per week and has a great internal support network, as well as understanding from management.

Stride are also helping Harry to boost his photography business, through our mentoring service. Harry has great photography skills, but the customer facing side of this career can be a challenge, Harry is however getting more confident with this every day, and his job at The Hub also helps him with this.

What has really stood out to me, compared to other support services is they genuinely care. It's not just a job. they're passionate about making a difference and didn't give up on me, even at low times, when I'd lost faith in myself. I will be forever grateful that stride became involved in my care and grateful to all stride workers, but especially Logan for the dedication and genuinely caring.

Dan

I was very sceptical about starting my work with Stride, I struggled to trust professionals after past experiences. I can’t begin to list the ways that Stride have helped me, I feel like my life is back on track, and I know that I have all the support needed to get me to where I need to go in life. University finally feels like it might be a realistic goal. I am so grateful for everything!

Brandon

I have had the pleasure of working with Stride Yorkshire in my journey to becoming a more inclusive employer. I knew I wanted to give adults with Autism a chance at working but was worried about my ability to support them. I was fearful of saying the wrong things, how they may manage criticism etc. Stride placed two fantastic candidates in my workplace as admin assistants, and I felt supported through the entire process, the job coaching was amazing, they took the pressure off massively from an employer’s perspective. By the time the support from Stride had finished, our eyes had been opened to the hidden ABILITIES of adults with social and learning conditions, both candidates had their own strengths, and struggles (which we knew how to support). If you are considering becoming more inclusive, and giving somebody a chance that might otherwise be overlooked, I would urge you to get in contact with Stride!

Dot – Trador Print Ltd

I’ve been coming to Stride for the past couple of months and have been in the care of Logan. I’m autistic and since I left school, I’ve been lost, I don’t know what I want to do with myself, job wise and career wise, I failed in college I’ve been suffering with mental health including intrusive and obsessive thoughts brought upon by pure O, along with anxiety and depression and I didn’t have any friends after being rejected and bullied by peers time and time again. It’s been a struggle, but since I’ve been having my meetings with Logan weekly, he’s really helped me, I’m already seeing a difference, he is someone I can talk to about my mental health and help me in my recovery journey, he’s helping me come up with ideas for what kind of job I’d like and he’s introduced me to people I have common ground with and have developed friendships with. We’ve done a lot in a short time and we’ve only just begun, I feel like I’ve got a long way to go in my mental health recovery journey yet, but if anyone’s gonna get me there, it’s Logan.

Adam