Services & Events
Places and spaces for autistic women, girls and non-binary people
SWAN Places
SWAN Places are in-person social meet-up groups in locations across Scotland. They are autistic spaces, run by autistic volunteers.
These local groups are relaxed and laid-back gatherings for all women (both cis and trans) and non-binary people who identify as autistic.
They are safe and confidential spaces, facilitated by autistic volunteers.
SWAN Places are not structured support groups, but rather an opportunity to benefit from community and connection in an all-autistic space.
You can share, listen, or simply relax among like-minded peers who understand and support one another.
Have a look at your local group below to find out more, and see the calendar for meeting dates.
You can contact our SWAN Places Meet-Up Volunteers if you have any questions - you'll find their emails under "How do I join?"
You can also sign up to the SWAN mailing list for news and updates on all our groups.
Please read our Guidelines & Rules before you come along to any of our SWAN Places groups, to help ensure they are safe, supportive and friendly spaces.
*Please always check the calendar before you go to a group as very occasionally we may have to change or cancel with short notice (only if unavoidable) and we will post any changes here.
Book Club: Glasgow
Social Meet-up: Aberdeen
Social Meet-up: Ayr
Social Meet-up: Borders
Social Meet-up: Dumfries & Galloway
Social Meet-up: Dundee
Social Meet-up: East Lothian
Social Meet-up: Edinburgh
Social Meet-up: Falkirk
Social Meet-up: Fife
Social Meet-up: Glasgow Bridgeton
Social Meet-up: Glasgow Queen’s Park
Social Meet-up: Glasgow West End
Social Meet-up: Stirling
Social Meet-up: Stonehaven
Social Meet-up: West Lothian
Social Health Walk: Aberdeen
Social Health Walk: Glasgow Queens Park
Social Health Walk: Stirling
Social Health Walk: Oban
We’re working on setting up groups in other areas - if you’re interested in volunteering at an existing group, or helping set one up in your area, visit our Volunteer page.
July 2025
Ayr Social Meet Up
SWAN Places9 Jul, 18:00 - 19:00
Glasgow Queen's Park Social Meet Up
SWAN Places9 Jul, 18:30 - 20:00
Book Club: Glasgow
SWAN Places10 Jul, 18:00 - 19:00
Oban Social Health Walk
SWAN Places12 Jul, 10:30 - 11:30
CANCELLED: Edinburgh Social Meet Up
SWAN Places13 Jul, 14:00 - 16:00
Glasgow Bridgeton Social Meet Up
SWAN Places15 Jul, 13:30 - 15:00
Stirling Social Meet Up Group
SWAN Places15 Jul, 17:00 - 18:30
Falkirk Social Meet Up
SWAN Places21 Jul, 16:30 - 18:00
Borders Social Meet Up
SWAN Places22 Jul, 14:00 - 15:00
Dundee Social Meet Up
SWAN Places25 Jul, 15:00 - 17:00
Dumfries & Galloway Social Meet Up
SWAN Places28 Jul, 10:30 - 12:00
East Lothian Social Meet Up
SWAN Places29 Jul, 18:00 - 19:30
Stonehaven Social Meet Up
SWAN Places30 Jul, 19:45 - 20:45
August 2025
Aberdeen Social Meet Up
SWAN Places2 Aug, 11:30 - 13:00
West Lothian Social Meet Up
SWAN Places5 Aug, 17:30 - 19:00
Stirling Social Health Walk
SWAN Places5 Aug, 17:30 - 18:30
Fife Social Meet Up
SWAN Places7 Aug, 17:00 - 18:30
Ayr Social Meet Up
SWAN Places13 Aug, 18:00 - 19:00
Glasgow Queen's Park Social Meet Up
SWAN Places13 Aug, 18:30 - 20:30
Book Club: Glasgow
SWAN Places14 Aug, 18:00 - 19:00
Falkirk Social Meet Up
SWAN Places18 Aug, 16:30 - 18:00
Glasgow Bridgeton Social Meet Up
SWAN Places19 Aug, 13:30 - 15:00
Stirling Social Meet Up
SWAN Places19 Aug, 17:00 - 18:30
Dumfries & Galloway Social Meet Up
SWAN Places25 Aug, 10:30 - 12:00
Borders Social Meet Up
SWAN Places26 Aug, 14:00 - 15:00
East Lothian Social Meet Up
SWAN Places26 Aug, 18:00 - 19:30
Stonehaven Social Meet Up
SWAN Places27 Aug, 19:45 - 20:45
Dundee Social Meet Up
SWAN Places29 Aug, 15:00 - 17:00
September 2025
Book Club: Glasgow
SWAN Places11 Sep, 18:00 - 19:00
SWAN Spaces
SWAN Spaces are regular online groups and events. They are safe, friendly autistic-only spaces, led by autistic staff.
In SWAN Spaces, you are free to participate as little or as much as you feel comfortable - talk, join in the text chat, read the closed captions, stim, bring your pets along, wrap yourself in a cosy blanket, or just watch and listen with your camera on or off.
Friends and allies, families and carers, and professionals and practitioners who do not identify as autistic but want to learn more about autistic women (both cis and trans), girls and non-binary people are warmly welcomed to specific events only, where stated in the event description.
All of our online events are held on Zoom and you can book a place via Eventbrite.
Have a look at our SWAN Spaces groups below to find out more and see the calendar for meeting dates.
Post-Diagnosis Groups
Pre-Diagnosis Drop-Ins
Online Peer Support Forum
Wellbeing Webinars
Online Social Meet-up: Autistic Parents’ Space
Online Social Meet-up: Students
Online Social Meet-up: SWAN Queer Social
Online Social Meet-up
Online Social Meet-up: Islands and Highlands
Online Social Meet-up: Shetland Islands
Online Social Meet-up: Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire
Sign up to the SWAN mailing list for news and updates on all our groups.
July 2025
Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire Online Social Meet Up
SWAN SpacesOnline - 8 Jul, 18:00 - 19:00
Shetland Social Meet Up Group Online
SWAN SpacesOnline - 10 Jul, 18:00 - 19:00
Autistic Parents' Space
SWAN SpacesOnline - 17 Jul, 19:00 - 20:30
Post Diagnosis Group Fridays 12:00-1:30pm Week 1
SWAN Spacesonline - 18 Jul, 12:00 - 13:30
Week 1 of our 6 Week Post Diagnosis Course
This group runs for six weeks on Fridays 12:00-13:30pm via ZOOM
Booking will open on 23rd June 4:30pm through our Eventbrite
Dates for this course are:
Friday July 18th 12:00-13:30pm
Friday July 18th 12:00-13:30pm
Friday July 25th 12:00-13:30pm
Friday August 1st 12:00-13:30pm
Friday August 8th 12:00-13:30pm
Friday August 15th 12:00-13:30pm
Friday August 22nd 12:00-13:30pm
For more information on our post diagnosis course please watch our information video or contact info@swanscotland.org
Social Meet Up Group Online
SWAN SpacesOnline - 20 Jul, 15:00 - 16:00
Webinar - Untangling sensory needs as a chronically ill & autistic person With Charli Clement
SWAN Spacesonline - 22 Jul, 18:00 - 19:30
We are very delighted to welcome Charli Clement as our guest speaker for our monthly wellbeing webinar in July on Untangling sensory needs as a chronically ill & autistic person
Booking Open
More About this Webinar
Chronic illness impacts our sensory needs in endless ways from the way we experience meltdowns to the impact on our interoception and beyond. As a topic often not understood in depth, Charli will use their expertise as the author of All Tangled Up in Autism & Chronic Illness to support you to understand how autism and chronic illness clash and combine when it comes to your sensory profile, including some strategies you can take forward into your own life.
* If you wish to make notes in the webinar around your own sensory needs or how the topic applies to you at certain points it can be helpful to bring a pen/paper or a device to write on.
More about our speaker
Charli Clement (they/them) is an award-winning writer, speaker & creator discussing their experiences of disability, neurodivergence & queerness, and how these topics intertwine. Their first book, All Tangled Up in Autism & Chronic Illness, a guide to life as an autistic and chronically ill person, was published in December 2023. They also have bylines in outlets including the Metro, Independent, Digital Spy, and The i on topics including media representation, human rights, legislative reform, and identity.
After receiving their autism diagnosis during a traumatic admission to a psychiatric unit as a teenager, Charli is often found discussing the psychiatric system and has spent the past four years working in the NHS & third sector organisations on improving care and human rights for autistic people. Last year, they were named on the MHP 30 To Watch: Politics list as a Health Champion.
Website: charliclement.com
Instagram: instagram.com/charliclement_
TikTok: tiktok.com/@charliclement_
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charli-clement-bb8b76185/
Substack: https://untanglingwithcharli.substack.com/
Post Diagnosis Group - Thursdays 6:00-7:30pm Week 1
SWAN Spacesonline - 24 Jul, 18:00 - 19:30
Week 1 of our 6 Week Post Diagnosis Course
This group runs for six weeks on Thursdays from 6:00-7:30pm via ZOOM
Booking will open on 23rd June 4:30pm through our Eventbrite
Dates for this course are:
Thursday July 24th 6:00-7:30pm
Thursday July 31st 6:00-7:30pm
Thursday August 7th 6:00-7:30pm
Thursday August 14th 6:00-7:30pm
Thursday August 21st 6:00-7:30pm
Thursday August 28th 6:00-7:30pm
For more information on our post diagnosis course please watch our information video or contact info@swanscotland.org
Post Diagnosis Group Fridays 12:00-1:30pm Week 2
SWAN SpacesOnline - 25 Jul, 12:00 - 13:30
Week 2 of our 6 Week Post Diagnosis Course
This group runs for six weeks on Fridays 12:00-13:30pm via ZOOM
Booking will open on 23rd June 4:30pm through our Eventbrite
Dates for this course are:
Friday July 18th 12:00-13:30pm
Friday July 18th 12:00-13:30pm
Friday July 25th 12:00-13:30pm
Friday August 1st 12:00-13:30pm
Friday August 8th 12:00-13:30pm
Friday August 15th 12:00-13:30pm
Friday August 22nd 12:00-13:30pm
For more information on our post diagnosis course please watch our information video or contact info@swanscotland.org
Highlands and Islands Social Meet Up Group Online
SWAN SpacesOnline - 28 Jul, 18:00
CANCELLED: Student Online Social Meet-Up
SWAN SpacesOnline - 30 Jul, 18:00 - 19:00
Post Diagnosis Group Thursdays 6:00-7:30pm Week 2
SWAN Spacesonline - 31 Jul, 18:00 - 19:30
Week 2 of our 6 Week Post Diagnosis Course
This group runs for six weeks on Thursdays from 6:00-7:30pm via ZOOM
Booking will open on 23rd June 4:30pm through our Eventbrite
Dates for this course are:
Thursday July 24th 6:00-7:30pm
Thursday July 31st 6:00-7:30pm
Thursday August 7th 6:00-7:30pm
Thursday August 14th 6:00-7:30pm
Thursday August 21st 6:00-7:30pm
Thursday August 28th 6:00-7:30pm
For more information on our post diagnosis course please watch our information video or contact info@swanscotland.org
August 2025
Post Diagnosis Group Fridays 12:00-1:30pm Week 3
SWAN SpacesOnline - 1 Aug, 12:00 - 13:30
Week 3 of our 6 Week Post Diagnosis Course
This group runs for six weeks on Fridays 12:00-13:30pm via ZOOM
Booking will open on 23rd June 4:30pm through our Eventbrite
Dates for this course are:
Friday July 18th 12:00-13:30pm
Friday July 18th 12:00-13:30pm
Friday July 25th 12:00-13:30pm
Friday August 1st 12:00-13:30pm
Friday August 8th 12:00-13:30pm
Friday August 15th 12:00-13:30pm
Friday August 22nd 12:00-13:30pm
For more information on our post diagnosis course please watch our information video or contact info@swanscotland.org
Post Diagnosis Group Thursdays 6:00-7:30pm Week 3
SWAN Spacesonline - 7 Aug, 18:00 - 19:30
Week 3 of our 6 Week Post Diagnosis Course
This group runs for six weeks on Thursdays from 6:00-7:30pm via ZOOM
Booking will open on 23rd June 4:30pm through our Eventbrite
Dates for this course are:
Thursday July 24th 6:00-7:30pm
Thursday July 31st 6:00-7:30pm
Thursday August 7th 6:00-7:30pm
Thursday August 14th 6:00-7:30pm
Thursday August 21st 6:00-7:30pm
Thursday August 28th 6:00-7:30pm
For more information on our post diagnosis course please watch our information video or contact info@swanscotland.org
Post Diagnosis Group Fridays 12:00-1:30pm Week 4
SWAN SpacesOnline - 8 Aug, 12:00 - 13:30
Week 4 of our 6 Week Post Diagnosis Course
This group runs for six weeks on Fridays 12:00-13:30pm via ZOOM
Booking will open on 23rd June 4:30pm through our Eventbrite
Dates for this course are:
Friday July 18th 12:00-13:30pm
Friday July 18th 12:00-13:30pm
Friday July 25th 12:00-13:30pm
Friday August 1st 12:00-13:30pm
Friday August 8th 12:00-13:30pm
Friday August 15th 12:00-13:30pm
Friday August 22nd 12:00-13:30pm
For more information on our post diagnosis course please watch our information video or contact info@swanscotland.org
Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire Online Social Meet Up
SWAN SpacesOnline - 12 Aug, 18:00 - 19:00
Post Diagnosis Group Thursdays 6:00-7:30pm Week 4
SWAN Spacesonline - 14 Aug, 18:00 - 19:30
Week 4 of our 6 Week Post Diagnosis Course
This group runs for six weeks on Thursdays from 6:00-7:30pm via ZOOM
Booking will open on 23rd June 4:30pm through our Eventbrite
Dates for this course are:
Thursday July 24th 6:00-7:30pm
Thursday July 31st 6:00-7:30pm
Thursday August 7th 6:00-7:30pm
Thursday August 14th 6:00-7:30pm
Thursday August 21st 6:00-7:30pm
Thursday August 28th 6:00-7:30pm
For more information on our post diagnosis course please watch our information video or contact info@swanscotland.org
Shetland Social Meet Up Group Online
SWAN SpacesOnline - 14 Aug, 18:00 - 19:00
Post Diagnosis Group Fridays 12:00-1:30pm Week 5
SWAN SpacesOnline - 15 Aug, 12:00 - 13:30
Week 5 of our 6 Week Post Diagnosis Course
This group runs for six weeks on Fridays 12:00-13:30pm via ZOOM
Booking will open on 23rd June 4:30pm through our Eventbrite
Dates for this course are:
Friday July 18th 12:00-13:30pm
Friday July 18th 12:00-13:30pm
Friday July 25th 12:00-13:30pm
Friday August 1st 12:00-13:30pm
Friday August 8th 12:00-13:30pm
Friday August 15th 12:00-13:30pm
Friday August 22nd 12:00-13:30pm
For more information on our post diagnosis course please watch our information video or contact info@swanscotland.org
Social Meet Up Group Online
SWAN SpacesOnline - 17 Aug, 15:00 - 16:00
Post Diagnosis Group - Thursdays 6:00-7:30pm Week 5
SWAN Spacesonline - 21 Aug, 18:00 - 19:30
Week 5 of our 6 Week Post Diagnosis Course
This group runs for six weeks on Thursdays from 6:00-7:30pm via ZOOM
Booking will open on 23rd June 4:30pm through our Eventbrite
Dates for this course are:
Thursday July 24th 6:00-7:30pm
Thursday July 31st 6:00-7:30pm
Thursday August 7th 6:00-7:30pm
Thursday August 14th 6:00-7:30pm
Thursday August 21st 6:00-7:30pm
Thursday August 28th 6:00-7:30pm
For more information on our post diagnosis course please watch our information video or contact info@swanscotland.org
Autistic Parents' Space
SWAN SpacesOnline - 21 Aug, 19:00 - 20:00
Post Diagnosis Group Fridays 12:00-1:30pm Week 6
SWAN SpacesOnline - 22 Aug, 12:00 - 13:30
Week 6 of our 6 Week Post Diagnosis Course
This group runs for six weeks on Fridays 12:00-13:30pm via ZOOM
Booking will open on 23rd June 4:30pm through our Eventbrite
Dates for this course are:
Friday July 18th 12:00-13:30pm
Friday July 18th 12:00-13:30pm
Friday July 25th 12:00-13:30pm
Friday August 1st 12:00-13:30pm
Friday August 8th 12:00-13:30pm
Friday August 15th 12:00-13:30pm
Friday August 22nd 12:00-13:30pm
For more information on our post diagnosis course please watch our information video or contact info@swanscotland.org
Highlands and Islands Social Meet Up Group Online
SWAN SpacesOnline - 25 Aug, 18:00 - 19:00
Post Diagnosis Group - Thursdays 6:00-7:30pm Week 6
SWAN Spacesonline - 28 Aug, 18:00 - 19:30
Week 6 of our 6 Week Post Diagnosis Course
This group runs for six weeks on Thursdays from 6:00-7:30pm via ZOOM
Booking will open on 23rd June 4:30pm through our Eventbrite
Dates for this course are:
Thursday July 24th 6:00-7:30pm
Thursday July 31st 6:00-7:30pm
Thursday August 7th 6:00-7:30pm
Thursday August 14th 6:00-7:30pm
Thursday August 21st 6:00-7:30pm
Thursday August 28th 6:00-7:30pm
For more information on our post diagnosis course please watch our information video or contact info@swanscotland.org