AFRICAN CARIBBEAN AUTISM FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP CIC

Name

AFRICAN CARIBBEAN AUTISM FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP CIC

Legal name

African Caribbean Autism Family Support Group CIC

Website

https://acafsg.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Autism and Family Support Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Autism Classroom & School Program Support (Inclusion/Resource) (EDAKAKAC)

Keywords

• Autism support services
• Community programmes
• Neurodivergent family support
• Inclusive skills workshops
• Creative wellbeing sessions

Headquarters

HQ city

Abingdon

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Programme Participation Fees: Revenue appears to be generated through programme participation. The organisation also seeks funding support, resource donations, and sponsorship from partners to sustain operations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ACAFSG is a UK Community Interest Company that delivers inclusive, skills-based community programmes for neurodivergent children, young people, adults, and their families. Its offering centres on six structured programmes—Afrodance, AutiStitch, Junior Creators, Cooking & Wellness, Crochet, and Adult Sewing Workshop—delivered in person at venues in Abingdon and Didcot, Oxfordshire, supplemented by a Sewing Machine Donation Programme that collects resources to support workshop activities.

Product overview

ACAFSG operates as a community-focused organisation offering six core creative and wellbeing programmes: Afrodance (cultural dance for adults), AutiStitch (specialist one-to-one sewing for neurodivergent youth), Junior Creators (creative skills for children including guitar, crafts, sewing and dance), Cooking & Wellness/Lifestyle (food, nutrition and wellbeing education for adults), Crochet (adult creative wellbeing), and Adult Sewing Workshop (practical garment and alteration skills). The organisation also runs a Sewing Machine Donation Programme. These programmes collectively provide practical skills, creative expression, confidence building and community support for autistic children, young people, adults and families, delivered through in-person sessions at their physical locations in Abingdon and Didcot, Oxfordshire.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AutiStitch: A structured sewing programme created to provide a calm, supportive learning environment for neurodivergent children and young people. Delivered on a one-to-one basis with guided sewing activities to develop practical skills while building confidence, focus, independence, and creativity.

Products and services

• Afrodance A culturally inspired dance programme for adults that promotes fitness, coordination, creativity, and confidence through African heritage dance, delivered in person as part of ACAFSG's wellbeing and inclusion offering.
• AutiStitch Creations A structured sewing programme providing a calm, supportive learning environment for neurodivergent children and young people, delivered on a one-to-one basis to ensure individual support and to build confidence, focus, independence, and creativity.
• Junior Creators A hands-on creative programme for children and teens combining arts, crafts, design projects, guitar lessons, crocheting, sewing, and dance sessions to encourage imagination, problem-solving, and self-expression.
• Cooking & Wellness (Lifestyle Programme) A practical programme focused on food, health, and everyday wellbeing for adults, combining hands-on cooking sessions, nutrition guidance, and wellbeing discussions in a supportive community environment; sessions held at 42 Lydalls Road, Didcot, OX11 7HX every first and third Thursday of the month, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM.
• Cultural Tuesday (Crochet Programme) A welcoming crochet programme for adults offering structured training that builds focus, creativity, and mental wellbeing through relaxation and social connection.
• Adult Sewing Workshop A practical sewing programme teaching adults garment construction, pattern-making, design skills, and fashion techniques for personal development and income generation; sessions held every Wednesday 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
• Sewing Machine Donation Programme A resource donation initiative seeking working sewing machines, fabric, craft materials, and other resources to support sewing workshops, creative expression programmes, life-skills development, and community empowerment.

Quantifiable outcome

• Increased participant confidence as evidenced by testimonial feedback
• +3 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Makespace StudiocoreOthersMakespace Studio provides shared workspace facilities for ACAFSG's headquarters operations in Abingdon. The organisation operates from Room 305/306 on the 3rd floor of Makespace Studio, enabling programme delivery and administrative functions.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Scottish Autism: Scotland's largest autism-specific charity offering personalised support, advice, and community programmes. Comparable service portfolio to ACAFSG but operating across Scotland rather than Oxfordshire.
• Asperger's East Anglia: Regional charity supporting autistic adults, young people and families in East Anglia. Similar community-driven, regionally-concentrated delivery model to ACAFSG but operating in a different UK region.
• Autism Concern: Hertfordshire-based autism charity providing support, social groups and practical services to autistic individuals and families. Comparable to ACAFSG's community programme model, with similar geographic concentration but in a different region.

Broad incumbents

• Carers Trust: UK-wide charity supporting unpaid carers including those caring for autistic individuals. Addresses the same caregiver pain points ACAFSG targets, but at national scale across all caring situations.
• Contact (for families with disabled children): National UK charity supporting families with disabled children, including autism. Overlaps with ACAFSG's family/caregiver segment but operates as a broad incumbent across all disabilities rather than autism-specific.

Direct peers

• Sibs: UK charity supporting siblings of disabled people including those with autism. Comparable to ACAFSG's family-ecosystem approach, addressing the wider family unit around an autistic individual.
• Ambitious about Autism: UK charity focused on autism education and inclusion, running schools and community programmes. Directly comparable to ACAFSG's structured educational/skills provision for autistic children, young people and families.
• National Autistic Society: The UK's largest autism charity, providing information, support, and services across the country. Directly comparable to ACAFSG as both deliver community-based autism support, though NAS operates at national scale and offers broader services.
• PACE: UK charity providing autism and communication support through schools, parent programmes, and community services. Closely comparable to ACAFSG in mission, programme structure and family-focused delivery model.
• Anna Kennedy Online: UK-based autism charity founded by a parent, providing schools, programmes and events for autistic children. Comparable founder-led, family-driven model to ACAFSG with similar grassroots origins.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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