Jennifer is a neurodivergent and disabled changemaker, speaker, and Founder of Lady Rebel Club®Jennifer is a neurodivergent and disabled changemaker, speaker, and Founder of Lady Rebel Club® < Back Jennifer Cairns Specialisms: Mental Health & Illness, Cancer / Incurable Cancer, grit & overcoming challenges, collaboration and fostering genuine win-wins, disability in the startup space, women startup/entrepreneur, ND lived experience in life/business, and my #NoMoreHiding™ Talk Jennifer is a neurodivergent and disabled changemaker, speaker, and Founder of Lady Rebel Club® & WE ROAR Magazine™, who deeply believes we shouldn't be made to feel we need to hide parts of ourselves to be valued. Living with rare blood cancer and mental illness, Jennifer shares personal experiences, knowledge and her well-known cheeky humour to self-empower others to truly believe they are capable and have oodles of gold to share. She also shares strategies and insights around rebel collaboration, a deeper approach for better wins for all, and helps others find their Message To Believe In™ that unites communities and elevates missions. info@speakerscollective.org First name Last name Email Your Phone Number About Your Event or Project Speaker or Persons Requested Date picker Event Type Select Event Type Address Submit BOOK A SPEAKER OR GET IN TOUCH FOR MORE INFORMATION

Alison Blackler is a passionate transformational mind coach, author, and speaker, she has spent nearly three decades diving deep into the fascinating world of the human mind. Alison Blackler is a passionate transformational mind coach, author, and speaker, she has spent nearly three decades diving deep into the fascinating world of the human mind. < Back Alison Blackler Specialisms: Leadership, Resilience, Transformation, Mental Health, Power of language Alison Blackler is a passionate transformational mind coach, author, and speaker, she has spent nearly three decades diving deep into the fascinating world of the human mind. Why? Because she's driven by a powerful blend of curiosity, honesty, and a burning desire to make a genuine difference in people's lives. That's the heart behind 2minds – it's her platform to inspire, empower, and help individuals unlock their full, incredible potential. As a TEDx Speaker, Alison shared her insights on "The Problem with Generational Stereotypes at Work," a talk that highlights her commitment to building understanding and collaboration in workplaces. As an award-winning mind coach, Alison takes everything she's learned and uses it to empower leaders and teams to navigate complexity, reduce drama, and cultivate modern leadership that truly works wonders. Her approach isn't about quick fixes; it's about real, lasting transformation. She brings neuroscience-backed strategies to help individuals build unshakeable confidence, kick imposter syndrome to the curb, and master those tricky conversations. Her unique blend of deep expertise, engaging storytelling, and practical tools ensures audiences leave with actionable strategies to develop resilience and drive lasting success. Alison truly believes in the incredible power of the human spirit and is committed to supporting people to live their best lives. Ready to empower your teams, create a high-performance culture, and inspire a mindset of growth, confidence, and peak performance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sROEYi9XC80 The problem with generational stereotypes at work | Alison Blackler | TEDxNorthwich info@speakerscollective.org First name Last name Email Your Phone Number About Your Event or Project Speaker or Persons Requested Date picker Event Type Select Event Type Address Submit BOOK A SPEAKER OR GET IN TOUCH FOR MORE INFORMATION

I am an experienced SEN practitioner and a parent who has personally navigated the complex process of applying for an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP). I am an experienced SEN practitioner and a parent who has personally navigated the complex process of applying for an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP). < Back Kirsty Greenwood Specialisms: Special Educational Needs, School Transitions, Post 16 Support, Primary to Secondary School, Year 5 to Year 6 Transition, support for Emotionally Based School Avoidance I am an experienced SEN practitioner and a parent who has personally navigated the complex process of applying for an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP). My work is rooted in both professional expertise and lived experience, giving me a unique understanding of the challenges families face. I specialise in supporting children with Special Educational Needs (SEN), with a focus on Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA), and guiding them through key transition points from Year 5 preparation for secondary school to post-16 support. I am passionate about developing personalised, transition strategies that reduce anxiety, build confidence, and ensure every young person is given the opportunity to thrive. info@speakerscollective.org First name Last name Email Your Phone Number About Your Event or Project Speaker or Persons Requested Date picker Event Type Select Event Type Address Submit BOOK A SPEAKER OR GET IN TOUCH FOR MORE INFORMATION

Lucy Hobbs is a neurodivergent (Autistic and ADHD) ex-advertising creative and highly experienced at neurodiversity advocacy and public speaking.Lucy Hobbs is a neurodivergent (Autistic and ADHD) ex-advertising creative and highly experienced at neurodiversity advocacy and public speaking. < Back Lucy Hobbs Specialisms: ADHD, Autism, Neurodiversity at work, Creativity and Neurodiversity, Accessibility (design and communications), ND Leadership Lucy Hobbs is a neurodivergent (Autistic and ADHD) ex-advertising creative and highly experienced at neurodiversity advocacy and public speaking. Lucy founded The Future is ND in 2018 to address the lack of awareness and inclusion of neurodivergent people in the advertising industry, where she has worked as a creative for 30 years. Lucy discovered her ADHD in 2007 after hitting rock bottom, self-medicating with alcohol and drugs since age 14, broken relationships, unemployment, cycles of burnout, and making the same mistakes over and over again. She could generate award-winning ideas in her creative work but struggled with the day-to-day tasks and responsibilities that others found easy. Later, in 2021, she found out she was also autistic. ADHD didn’t have all the answers. Getting diagnosed was an empowering experience for Lucy. It gave her reasons for her erratic behaviour and differences, and access to information and support which helped her understand how her brain worked, and how to live a more authentic and healthy life. However, for almost 10 years Lucy didn’t disclose her neurodivergence at work for fear of stigma. Being freelance her reputation was everything, and advertising is an unforgiving industry. So she tried to mask it, which caused more anxiety and was detrimental to her well-being. Then in March 2018, Lucy had a change of heart after speaking openly about her neurodivergence at an industry conference. This was a pivotal moment for Lucy. She knew she had to continue the conversation and help change the narrative to keep speaking up and encourage others to do so too - to collectively raise awareness, in a safe space, and overcome prejudice and fear of discrimination as a community. All her work; including hosting events for the ND community, neurodiversity at work consultancy, keynotes, workshops, and creative direction, is led with a clear mission to educate and inform organisations and society on how to embrace and empower a more neurodiverse workforce and world. Clients include Axa Healthcare, Universal Music, Giphy US, Havas, Publicis, Ogilvy, National Grid, Coca-Cola, Sky, Pension Bee, and many more… https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLRu9eVGZZjO4xzUkfim82LQG7rZCo6Dtx&v=dgaWabABsFk info@speakerscollective.org First name Last name Email Your Phone Number About Your Event or Project Speaker or Persons Requested Date picker Event Type Select Event Type Address Submit BOOK A SPEAKER OR GET IN TOUCH FOR MORE INFORMATION

Maxine Frances Roper is a writer and speaker. Maxine Frances Roper is a writer and speaker. < Back Maxine Roper Specialisms: ADHD, Dyspraxia, Mental Health, Suicide Bereavement, Co-production Maxine Frances Roper is a writer and speaker. She started her career in media and journalism and moved into copywriting and communications work within the charity sector following multiple experiences of suicide loss. She is the co-author of ‘Finding the Words’, a guide to supporting someone bereaved or affected by suicide, a member of the National Suicide Prevention Alliance (NSPA)'s Lived Experience Network, and an Ambassador for Suicide&Co, who provide pay-what-you-can counselling for people bereaved by suicide. Maxine has also used her lived experience to promote better understanding and support for neurodivergent adults. Her first book, a survival guide for dyspraxic and ADHD women, is due for publication in 2024. Her first novel ‘Catch A Moving Train' is due out on submission within the next year. Maxine is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a former Trustee of the Dyspraxia Foundation. info@speakerscollective.org First name Last name Email Your Phone Number About Your Event or Project Speaker or Persons Requested Date picker Event Type Select Event Type Address Submit BOOK A SPEAKER OR GET IN TOUCH FOR MORE INFORMATION

Jake Mills is an award-winning stand-up comedian, mental health campaigner and writer from Liverpool. Jake Mills is an award-winning stand-up comedian, mental health campaigner and writer from Liverpool.  < Back Jake Mills Specialisms: Specialisms: Living with mental illness, depression, suicide prevention Jake Mills is an award-winning stand-up comedian, mental health campaigner and writer from Liverpool. Jake has become a well-respected advocate for improved mental health provision in the UK. Described by Davina McCall as the ‘Dalai Lama of Mental Health’. Jake founded and runs national mental health charity, Chasing the Stigma. The Hub of Hope, a ground-breaking mental health database, is the brainchild of Jake who has seen it develop into the UK’s biggest and most comprehensive mental health signposting tool. Jake was appointed CEO of Chasing the Stigma in February 2018 and has singlehandedly driven the charity forward to become one of the fastest rising and well-respected mental health charities in the UK. info@speakerscollective.org First name Last name Email Your Phone Number About Your Event or Project Speaker or Persons Requested Date picker Event Type Select Event Type Address Submit BOOK A SPEAKER OR GET IN TOUCH FOR MORE INFORMATION

On December 4th 2019, former consultant and speaker, Steve Phillip, received and call that would change his world forever – his son, Jordan, had taken his own life.On December 4th 2019, former consultant and speaker, Steve Phillip, received and call that would change his world forever – his son, Jordan, had taken his own life. < Back Steve Phillip Specialisms: Suicide prevention / awareness and collaboration On December 4th 2019, former consultant and speaker, Steve Phillip, received and call that would change his world forever – his son, Jordan, had taken his own life. With more than 54,000 followers on LinkedIn, Steve’s articles and posts have engaged a global audience of millions. In 2020, he established The Jordan Legacy CIC, with a mission to move towards a 'Zero Suicide' society, one that is willing and able to do all it can to help prevent all preventable suicides. Steve delivers talks on the topic of suicide prevention and mental health to corporate organisations, and communities throughout the UK and overseas, including employees and policy makers in various UK Government departments, as well the military, UK police forces, workplaces, schools and other education centres, as well as community groups and organisations. Steve’s lived experience of suicide and his message will help you understand that suicide is not an inevitable path for those struggling in life and that tragedy can be turned into hope with the right support, intervention and kindness. info@speakerscollective.org First name Last name Email Your Phone Number About Your Event or Project Speaker or Persons Requested Date picker Event Type Select Event Type Address Submit BOOK A SPEAKER OR GET IN TOUCH FOR MORE INFORMATION

Dan Glass is an educator, performer and film presenter recognised as 'Activist of the Year,' ‘campaigning role model’Dan Glass is an educator, performer and film presenter recognised as 'Activist of the Year,' ‘campaigning role model’ < Back Dan Glass Specialisms: Activism, leadership, transformation, strategy, movement-building, popular education, critical consciousness, creative joy, LGBTQIA+ empowerment, HIV+, anti-fascism, radical love. Dan Glass is an educator, performer and film presenter recognised as 'Activist of the Year,' ‘campaigning role model’ and 'BBC Greater Londoner' for founding ‘Queer Tours of London - A Mince Through Time’. His book(s) ‘United Queerdom’ won Observer book of the week and he is now touring with his latest book ‘Queer Footprints - A Guide to Uncovering London’s Fierce History’ by Pluto Press. As a human rights defender, film presenter, investigative reporter and art-activist, Dan is often known for high-profile political stunts such as supergluing the former UK Prime Minister demanding climate action or organising HIV anti-stigma classes as part of the anti-fascist 'Beyond UKIP Cabaret' in Nigel Farage's pub. Behind the scenes, Dan continues to dedicate his life to transformational leadership supporting a wide range of social justice movements. Hugely influenced by his Grandparents stories surviving the Nazi Holocaust, he has helped catalyse empowerment programmes in the UK, Germany, Uganda, Poland, Russia and beyond. Dan is on the international leadership committee of the Training for Transformation educational programme born out of the Anti-Apartheid movement, that enables social justice movements to develop critical consciousness and creativity at the core of their efficacy. Dans recent programmes involve facilitating mass-trainings with the Beautiful Trouble art-ivist network and as an artist with ‘In Place of War’, facilitating the Gay Liberation Front 50th anniversary Pride celebrations and presenting the films ‘Never Again - Fighting the Polish far-right’ and ‘Censoring Palestine - the Weaponising Anti-semitism’. Reforming ‘Aids Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) London chapter, Dan has been part of catalysing healthcare and sex-positive programmes including campaigning for PREP, protecting the National Health Service through presenting "Death by a Thousand Cuts: The Great NHS Sell-Off” which won "Award of Excellence" at the DOCS Without Borders Film Festival and producing 'HIV / HEP Blind Date' a theatre dating- show for people living with HIV and related conditions. Dan recently founded Queer/Trans Muay Thai & Self Defence movement Bender Defenders and Queer Night Pride to confront rising hate crime and is now working on a new film and book that celebrates trailblazing LGBTQIA+ activists from World War 2, to come out in 2024 - 2025. info@speakerscollective.org First name Last name Email Your Phone Number About Your Event or Project Speaker or Persons Requested Date picker Event Type Select Event Type Address Submit BOOK A SPEAKER OR GET IN TOUCH FOR MORE INFORMATION

I personally have epilepsy and aphasia after a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) back in 2014. Epilepsy is a condition that affects the brain and can cause frequent seizuresI personally have epilepsy and aphasia after a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) back in 2014. Epilepsy is a condition that affects the brain and can cause frequent seizures < Back Tom Ryan-Elliott Specialisms: Hidden Disabilities, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Epilepsy. I personally have epilepsy and aphasia after a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) back in 2014. Epilepsy is a condition that affects the brain and can cause frequent seizures, where bursts of electrical activity interrupt the way the brain works. Aphasia affects speech and language and is caused by damage to the left side of the brain, where how we talk is controlled.I spent a month in a Las Vegas hospital where they fought hard to keep me alive after I fell down 51 steps and cracked a large section of my skull. Only when I was stable enough could I fly back to England in a private air ambulance. The doctors were forced to remove that section to ensure the brain wasn’t damaged even more. I was moved to Charing Cross hospital, then Kingston hospital and eventually to St George’s Brain Injury rehab unit, where I spent 22 weeks learning to walk, talk and regain all the skills he had lost because of the brain injury. I also had an operation to replace the large section of my skull that had been missing with a titanium plate. Since then, I have dealt with frequent seizures, which range from focal seizures, where I can’t speak to tonic-clonic seizures, where I fall to the floor and my whole body starts jerking. I also suffer from aphasia as well which is a word-finding difficulty due to brain injury. This can make daily tasks really hard when I know what I want to say but the words just can’t get out of my mouth. I sometimes feel like people must think I’m an idiot.’ info@speakerscollective.org First name Last name Email Your Phone Number About Your Event or Project Speaker or Persons Requested Date picker Event Type Select Event Type Address Submit BOOK A SPEAKER OR GET IN TOUCH FOR MORE INFORMATION

I work as a yoga teacher and am an ambassador and volunteer for SOBS (Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide.I work as a yoga teacher and am an ambassador and volunteer for SOBS (Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide. < Back Maike Mullenders Specialisms: Bereavement by suicide, Complex Grief, Growing up with a parent with mental health issues, Acceptance I work as a yoga teacher and am an ambassador and volunteer for SOBS (Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide), heading up their Reigate Support Group. After working for ten years as an actress I proceeded to train as a Relate counsellor supporting couples and young people. Going on to work for NAPAC (National Association for People Abused in Childhood) and Witness Against Abuse. My personal highlight has been finally having the courage to tell my own story; living with a father with undiagnosed mental health issues who went on to take his own life. Leaving behind a confession for the police saying he had abused me, something I had no memory of. My memoire was published by Mirror Books in June 2023. I believe that sharing our humanness is the best way to challenge isolation, battle stigma, and support each other through life’s challenges. info@speakerscollective.org First name Last name Email Your Phone Number About Your Event or Project Speaker or Persons Requested Date picker Event Type Select Event Type Address Submit BOOK A SPEAKER OR GET IN TOUCH FOR MORE INFORMATION

John is a mental health advocate, public speaker, and writer whose work has appeared on Channel 4 and the BBC. John is a mental health advocate, public speaker, and writer whose work has appeared on Channel 4 and the BBC. < Back John Servante Specialisms: Suicide, Bipolar Disorder, Mental Health, Stigma, Shame, Media, Representation, Representations of Mental Illness in the Media, Toxic Masculinity John is a mental health advocate, public speaker, and writer whose work has appeared on Channel 4 and the BBC. John has delivered speeches and workshops to organisations including the Home Office, the London School of Economics, St. John Ambulance, and Royal Mail. John is currently a National Plenary Speaker for Mental Health First Aid England. After almost ending his life at university, John has used humour and heart to speak out about the ways in which our society shrouds mental health issues in stigma and shame. He has given talks from both a lived experience perspective and as a writer working in TV and film — where he continues to crusade for better representations of mental health! info@speakerscollective.org First name Last name Email Your Phone Number About Your Event or Project Speaker or Persons Requested Date picker Event Type Select Event Type Address Submit BOOK A SPEAKER OR GET IN TOUCH FOR MORE INFORMATION

David Gray-Hammond is a multiply neurodivergent author and professional from the South East of England. David Gray-Hammond is a multiply neurodivergent author and professional from the South East of England. < Back David Gray-Hammond Specialisms: Neurodiversity, neuroqueer theory, mental health, substance use, systemic oppression of neurodivergent people David Gray-Hammond is a multiply neurodivergent author and professional from the South East of England. He has been sober from drug and alcohol addiction for several years, and draws on his experience as a neurodivergent addict in recovery in much of his work. He is a founding member of the Autistic Substance Use Network, and is well known in the Autistic community for his neurodiversity content under the pseudonym "Emergent Divergence". He has extensive professional experience supporting the wellbeing of Autistic people, particularly those with complex mental health needs and those experiencing systemic discrimination. His academic work is largely focused on Autistic drug and alcohol use as well as neuroqueer theory and how it can inform our vision for a more inclusive future. He is a father who wants the world to be kinder to his children than it was to him. In his free time he enjoys playing the video game "Destiny 2" and watching Sci-Fi and horror films. info@speakerscollective.org First name Last name Email Your Phone Number About Your Event or Project Speaker or Persons Requested Date picker Event Type Select Event Type Address Submit BOOK A SPEAKER OR GET IN TOUCH FOR MORE INFORMATION