World Autism Acceptance Month is our flagship fundraising campaign. The campaign aims to galvanise the UK to help create a society that works for autistic people, and encourages participants to support us through fundraising and awareness-raising activities.
Join us by signing up your company to fundraise and raise awareness and help us make 2025 our biggest World Autism Acceptance Month yet.
With your support, we can transform lives by providing information and practical advice for the 700,000 autistic adults and children in the UK, as well as their three million family members. We can change attitudes by improving public understanding of autism and the difficulties many autistic people face, and campaign for better services.
Contact your Account Manager or corporate.partnerships@nas.org.uk for further information on how to support World Autism Acceptance Month 2025.
The toolkit below has been developed to support your efforts.
In late 2023, Hagley West partnered with the National Autistic Society, leading to the launch of the Spectrum Colour Watch the following April. This special edition watch was designed to raise awareness for autism and emphasise the importance of acceptance. Timed to coincide with World Autism Acceptance Week 2024, the release was an overwhelming success - selling out in just six minutes. Following this triumph, a second release quickly followed. To date, Tim has raised an impressive £52,000 for the National Autistic Society.
At the heart of Hagley West is a philosophy shaped by Tim Hayden’s life experiences. To him, success isn’t just about reaching a destination - it’s about embracing the journey. The ethos of Hagley West is “Love Your Journey,” and this ethos resonates with Tim's 5 million social media followers, encouraging them to shift their focus from the destination to appreciating every step of the journey.
Using his platform, Tim spreads the word of “Love Your Journey” through interactive challenges, inspirational messaging, behind the scenes content and live broadcasts. Tim shares “This isn’t just a short term project for us, this is a long term collaboration, so we want to do more and use our social media platforms to raise awareness for autistic people as much as we can.”
He launched the previous Spectrum Colour watch through a live event - allowing him to interact and educate his followers while raising money for the charity at the same time.
In addition to his work with the National Autistic Society, Tim had committed to running the 2025 London Marathon to raise further funds and awareness. However, after suffering a serious injury - a broken femur - Tim has been forced to defer his marathon participation potentially until 2026.
Despite this setback, his commitment to the cause remains unwavering and is planning to join the National Autistic Team at the marathon to support the charity and the other runners on the day of the marathon.
To honour World Autism Acceptance Month, a brand new Spectrum Colour Watch is being released on Sunday 27th April, once again with all proceeds going to the National Autistic Society.
The upcoming watch is set to once again celebrate the beauty of neurodiversity, and to be a statement piece in support of individuals with autism. This limited-edition watch serves as a symbol of acceptance, understanding, and solidarity with the autistic community and their families.
Tim shares, “This partnership is really close to my heart and now that Hagley West is in the position that it is, it is our duty to give back and what better cause to give back too. Working with the National Autistic Society is an honour and I can’t wait for the upcoming launch”. Tim and Hagley West are determined to keep driving progress, ensuring that the voices of the autistic community are heard and respected and the team hope to raise a further £26,000 for the National Autistic Society with the upcoming launch.
Sign up to Hagley West’s Facebook page for a reminder of the live launch here.
Get fundraising this World Autism Acceptance Month and take part in our Spectrum Colour Walk on Saturday 5 April in London. Suitable for all ages and abilities, our sponsored 5km walks take place in a calm, inclusive green space. Come on your own or bring a team, raise money, get a medal and have a colourful day out.
Or take on the Walk 5k this April from your office in World Autism Acceptance Month, and you will receive a fundraising pack and can create your own teams!
Together we can make every step count to create a society that works for autistic people and every penny raised by you this World Autism Acceptance Month enables us to do this.
If walking isn’t your thing, we encourage you and your colleagues to fundraise your way. Ideas include organising a Spectrum colour party, holding a rainbow-themed bake-off, organising an office stair climb fitness challenge, planning a colourful coffee morning or organising a Spectrum Colour quiz.
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