Grounded in Connection

04/02/2026

I'm exhibiting at this conference next month in Bristol. Do consider coming along if you're local!

❓ Not sure if our annual event is for you?
If you have or care for a child with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities, this day is for you!

✨ Here’s what to expect:
Over 50 exhibitors, all ready to help and support you
30 talks to choose from throughout the day
Peer support sessions running all day
Attend for the whole day or just part of it
And it’s completely FREE*!

Come along, connect, and get the support you need. 💛

Book your tickets here: www.bristolparentcarers.org.uk/events/togetherforsend/

*Free for parent carers and their families

26/01/2026

Appreciating this feedback from last week's trauma training for Bristol Parent Carers Forum ❤

20/01/2026

What a lovely way to spend some time on a dreary January - delivering this in-person workshop with Bristol Parent Carers Community Group.

Some amazing conversations were had, with lots of lived experience and mutual support shared in the room.

13/01/2026

I'm running a workshop with Bristol Parent Carers next week. Check out their web page or scan QR code for more info.

13/01/2026

I'll be running this session with Bristol Parent Carer Forum next week if anyone in the Bristol area is interested...

11/01/2026

This was how I spent my birthday last Friday...delivering Theraplay training with NeuroConnect 😊 Great way to spend the day 👌

24/12/2025

Wishing you a very happy Christmas 🎄

May the next few days bring what you actually need — whether that’s connection, calm, laughter, rest, good food, or a quiet moment away from the noise.

Balancing everyone’s individual needs at this time of year isn’t always easy, and it can feel like a lot. So here’s a gentle reminder: everyone’s needs matter. Including yours.

However this Christmas period unfolds, may you move through it with compassion for yourself and those around you...

09/12/2025

Please do consider a vote for NeuroConnect - I work as an Associate Therapist and Trainer for this fantastic organisation and your support can go a long way! 🙏

11/11/2025

Please consider adding your signature to the open letter below.

With enormous thanks to our campaigning comrade Anna Maxwell Martin, for speaking up with us on Good Morning Britain with Richard Madely and Susanne Reid.
The government must listen:

1. Reverse all cuts to the ASGSF
2. Conduct a robust and rigorous independent consultation with the sector and families
3. Make the ASGSF a permanent, ring fenced fund.

Sign our open letter to Josh MacAlister, Minister for Children and families asking for exactly this here:

https://asgsfprotest.com/add-your-signature-an-open-letter-to-josh-macalister-mp-minister-for-children-and-families/

Your rhetoric is not the reality Department for Education

04/11/2025

An excellent read for anyone navigating hospital healthcare with neurodivergent children. Latest blog from NeuroConnect ❤

Bright lights. Unfamiliar smells. Different foods. Noises that never ever stop. And people, many, many people - all day, and all night, asking questions, demanding things, entering your space with endless requests. Hospitals are the least friendly place for the neurodivergent child, and yet every da...

22/10/2025

21/10/2025

No big surprises here.

How can behaviour management in schools be reimagined through the eyes of those most affected? ARC West’s co-designed research project, led by young people, revealed common sanctions like isolation harm mental health and other outcomes. A new wave of research is challenging the long-standing domin...