We offer a remotely delivered 2-year programme to train our students to be excellent advocates for neurodiversity awareness and change!
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Currently, our programmes are open to year 11 and 12/post 16 students from schools and colleges across London, Luton, Birmingham and Leicester
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Neurodiversity Youth Advocate Programmes
Year 1: Knowledge and Problem-Solving Year
Open to Year 11 students
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This remote programme takes place between 3 school days in September, November, & January, plus a weeklong (10am-3pm) remote summer school in July.
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This programme is packed with Grow-your-knowledge medical, psychosocial & spiritual based sessions, debates, transferable skills workshops & a chance to showcase your creativity problem-solving skills to recommend neuroinclusive adaptations to common challenges in Education, Employment, Research , & Healthcare.
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Be ready for lots of fun challenges & prizes along the way!
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Year 2: Reflective Practice and Advocacy year
Open to all Year 12/Post 16 students ​
This remote programme takes places across 13 Wednesday evening's between September and February across two parallel programme.
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This programme offers lots of creative opportunities, reflective conversations, interactions with neurodiverse lived experiences & a chance to design and deliver your own Neurodiversity Awareness Campaign using evidence-base from Medicine, Psychosocial Sciences, & Spiritual theory.
Be ready to gain self-confidence, desirable, applicable skills, & an even more desirable Certificate of Volunteering upon competition!
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What Have Previous Neurodiversity Youth Advocates Said About our Programmes
Q&A with our Neurodiversity Youth Advocate Alumni - Eren Ali Ozcan
Post-16 Neurodiversity Youth Advocate Programme 2023-2024
“Thank you for enlightening me and my fellow students about raising awareness and learning more about SPEDs. I've had a great time with the experience of submitting assignments and completing modules as it made me feel like a university student.
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-Mehdi Behira (2017-2018)
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“Since the programme I was able to make a poster to raise awareness for neurodiversity and was able to put it on our school notice board. It was really nice to be able to do something to help the community.”
-Elizabeth Yoon (2023-2024)
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“The mentors on the programme are very wise who help you to learn a lot in a short amount of time. Lessons were engaging and interesting and speaking with an individual within the SPED community was a highlight for me.”
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-Emaan Anwar Riaz, Moseley School and Sixth Form (2024-2025)
