The following poem was written by the parent of a child who has used and benefited from Markfield's services for a number of years. MARKFIELD THE MAGNET POEM WRITTEN BY Michelle Safo on the 7th December 2016 at 1:15pm Mother of McKenzie Safo who has Autism My Son runs around and flaps with glee, [...]

A great end to a great term on Open Access, our Saturday adventure playground drop in. Our lovely regulars and new families enjoyed Christmas crafts and a mince pie or two. This term we’ve had blazing bonfires and tasty toasted marshmallows, fabulous face painting led by the lovely Violet, fun new friendships, twirling on the [...]

This summer we were very happy to welcome students participating in an architecture summer school. The programme was called ‘Designing Empathy’ and was facilitated by Mark Lemanski senior lecturer at the University of East London and practitioner at muf architecture/art. The 10 day programme provided students with an opportunity to gain insight from the experiences [...]

On the last day of August, towards the end of the summer holidays, a number of Markfield families and volunteer befrienders set off to the seaside. Broadstairs, on the Kent coast, was a great choice – it has safe, sandy beaches, great ice cream, and even though the sea was a bit chilly, the sky [...]

This October we celebrated being at the Markfield centre for 30 years. In 1986 Diana Princess of Wales opened the building! It was great to come together at our Annual General Meeting and Open Day to share our memories of Markfield. The Open Day on Saturday 8th October was attended by lots of families and [...]

“Sometimes I get called into a meeting, and I don’t even know what it’s for!” Young Person The steering group ‘Independent Young Advisors’ decided it was time for change. In 2016 they produced a guide for school and college staff about how to plan meetings, especially Annual Review meetings so that they are more inclusive [...]