Neurodiversity Celebration Week may have come to an end, but for the team at Sycamore Online Business Management, it’s more than an ‘event’, and certainly not something that fits neatly into a single week.
Over the week, we have had the absolute pleasure of shining a spotlight on some of our amazing clients and their businesses. This blog brings all of those spotlights together in one place. Whether you missed a post, want to revisit a story, or are looking to connect with any of the businesses featured, you will find everything here.
So this is both a reflection and a thank you.
Thank you for supporting us, for supporting our clients, and for being part of a community that values different ways of thinking, working and building.
Now, let’s take a closer look at the brilliant businesses we have been celebrating.
Ameesha Green – The Book Shelf
Founder & CEO of The Book Shelf®, Author, Podcaster & Winner of Businesswoman of the Year Award at The Signature Awards, Birmingham
Ameesha founded The Book Shelf in 2018 to help aspiring authors create world-changing non fiction books. Since then, she & her team have worked on over 600 books with authors from 22 countries, including first-time writers, New York Times bestsellers, TED speakers, & an OBE recipient.
The Book Shelf provides full “Draft to Bookshelf” services, from coaching & editing to design, marketing, & publishing support.
Alongside running The Book Shelf, Ameesha actively supports her local business community through multiple collaborations and initiatives.
- Connect with Ameesha & follow The Book Shelf on LinkedIn
Andreia Costa – Neurodiverse Voices
Founder of Neurodiverse Voices, a community and podcast amplifying neurodivergent voices and experiences.
Andreia was inspired to start the Neurodiverse Voices initiative through her lived experience as the mother of an autistic daughter. What began as a podcast in April 2024 has grown into a vibrant platform amplifying neurodivergent voices, sharing research, and fostering inclusive conversations.
Through projects like the NDV Podcast, NDV Coffee Mornings (in collaboration with Autism Champions CIC), and Let’s Talk Neurodiversity school sessions, the initiative creates safe, supportive spaces for parents, carers, professionals, and neurodivergent individuals to connect, learn, and be heard.
Whether you’re here to listen, learn, or get involved, Neurodiverse Voices is more than a podcast — it’s a growing community committed to embracing difference and driving change.
Cheryl Prince – 5D Theatre
Actress, Writer, Producer, Healer, Workshop Facilitator & Founder of emerging company 5D Theatre.
Cheryl is proudly working-class and neurodivergent. Her work explores themes of identity, healing and social justice through community-embedded, multidisciplinary performance.
Through 5D Theatre, she is developing a supernatural trilogy of plays delving into magical realism, which seek to champion working-class voices, women, and the underrepresented healing communities.
As a Revolution Associate Artist this year, Cheryl has been creating verbatim theatre for the epic event SPEAK LOW, RISE HIGH – a celebration of her Luton working-class roots, the lost language of Canting, & the town’s forgotten stories.
She recently took her first play AWAKEN to the community-built chalk circle at Luton Henge for International Women’s Day – a powerful full-circle moment for Cheryl, who has spent the past decade working with the healing community.
Cheryl is also a spiritual energy healer, psychic soul guide & multidimensional medium, offering Soul Story Sessions – intuitive journeys guided by what your soul needs to step into 5D living
Ciara Watson – Autism Supports
Neurodivergent Consultant and founder of Autism Supports
Ciara has over 15 years of experience dedicated to empowering parents and early years professionals to better understand and support neurodivergent children.
Through Autism Supports, Ciara delivers workshops, webinars and one-to-one consultations across Ireland – bridging the gap between understanding and meaningful support for neurodivergent children at home and in educational settings.
Autism Supports is the only practitioner in Ireland providing training to Early Years educators on supporting and understanding neurodivergent children.
Dee Nic Sitric – Autism Champions CIC
Specialist in education & wellbeing for autistic children & Founding Director of Autism Champions CIC
Dee is the Founding Director of Autism Champions, a neurodivergent-led CIC created to support autistic and neurodivergent people in ways that feel real, respectful, and genuinely helpful.
Autism Champions offers tailored support, consultancy, and advocacy— but at the centre of everything we do is one belief: autistic people are not a problem to be fixed. They are humans who deserve to be understood, valued, and supported to live and learn in ways that fit who they truly are
Autism Champions works with children, young people, families, schools and services to create change that actually lasts, whether that’s through Alternative Provision, EOTAS Coordination or private work with a specialist support mentor— and we do it with compassion, curiosity, honesty, and a strengths-based lens.
Jane Stratton – Tutor & Cognitive Learning Specialist
Experienced Cognitive Learning Specialist & biology tutor specialising in SEND and ASN, especially neurodivergence.
Jane has over 30 years’ experience supporting neurodivergent learners and is the UK’s only licensed Structure of Intellect (SOI) practitioner.
Through detailed cognitive assessments and personalised learning programmes, Jane helps children, young people and adults understand how they learn best and build the skills they need to thrive in education, work and everyday life.
Her approach focuses on identifying strengths, boosting confidence and unlocking each person’s learning potential.
Alongside her cognitive learning work, Jane runs Gifted Online, offering expert biology tutoring designed to support students to understand and succeed in science.
Katrice Rodrigues – Swim Fearless, Unity Swimming & Beyond the Surface
Keynote speaker, trainer, and thought leader on diversity, inclusion, and aquaphobia in aquatics.
Katrice founded Unity Swimming CIC to provide aquatic opportunities for Leicestershire’s Black and Asian communities. As an Advanced Aquaphobia Coach, she launched Swim Fearless, offering in-person and online coaching to help people globally overcome water anxiety.
Through Beyond The Surface, she tackles systemic exclusion via mentorship and advocacy.
A speaker and trainer for Swim England, Katrice works nationwide to ensure underrepresented communities can thrive in the water.
Laura Howes – Specialist coach & LGBTQIA+ advocate
Specialist coach, trainer, and speaker with a deep expertise in supporting neurodivergent individuals to thrive.
Laura is a coach, trainer, and speaker who supports neurodivergent professionals in reaching their goals.
Laura provides one-to-one coaching, Access to Work support, and corporate workshops that help people build confidence, self-advocacy, and create inclusive workplaces.
As a neurodivergent and LGBTQIA+ advocate, Laura creates safe and empowering spaces where everyone is seen, heard, and celebrated for who they are.
Melanie Leeson – Melanie Leeson Acupuncture
Licensed acupuncturist and founder of Melanie Leeson Acupuncture in Bath & Bristol
Melanie brings over 15 years of experience to her clinics in Central Bath and Clifton in Bristol, where she leads an experienced acupuncturist team providing personalised treatments.
Alongside acupuncture, the clinics also offer complementary Traditional Chinese Medicine approaches including cupping, gua sha, tui na massage, womb massage and facial acupuncture.
Taking a holistic approach and a commitment to individualised care, the team combine treatment with dietary and lifestyle guidance to support a wide range of wellbeing needs, including fertility and pregnancy care, hormonal health, stress and anxiety, pain management and overall physical and emotional wellbeing.
Paul Talbot – Thriveherd
Co-Founder & Career Coach at Thriveherd. Career change & growth community for mid-career professionals.
Paul co-founded Thriveherd to support people who want more from their working lives and to help organisations create environments where people can do their best work.
Since launching, the team has helped hundreds of professionals across the UK and USA build careers with greater clarity, direction & fulfilment, while also working with purpose-led organisations to support the development, well-being, & effectiveness of their people.
Through coaching, facilitated learning, structured programmes & a growing community, Thriveherd helps people rethink their relationship with work and organisations strengthen the experience of work for the people who power their mission.
Alongside coaching and development programmes, Thriveherd runs a community for people committed to building better working lives together – which individuals can join directly, and organisations can offer as a development benefit for their teams.
- Connect with Paul & follow Thriveherd on LinkedIn
Rebecca Daffeh – The Holistic Coach & The Integrity Method®
Holistic Psychotherapist, EFT Master Trainer, ADHD Specialist, & creator of The Integrity Method®
Rebecca is a Holistic Psychotherapist and ADHD Specialist with over 20 years’ experience supporting neurodivergent individuals
to thrive rather than just cope.
Through 1:1 ADHD coaching, trauma and healing support, and practical strategies for executive function, Rebecca helps adults and young people understand their ADHD brain, build systems that work with their strengths, and create calmer, more purposeful lives.
Her work blends evidence-based tools, holistic insight and lived experience to support real, lasting change in focus, emotional regulation and resilience.
Selina – Multi‑Muse Maestro
Facilitator, Writer, Actress, Stand‑Up Comedian, Producer and hybrid extraordinaire, forged in the wild lands of creativity.
For over 12 years, Selina has been sprinkling her workshop magic across the corporate, arts, education, and charity worlds — from The Federation of Entertainment Unions (FEU) to Croydon Council to the Bush Theatre.
She has the rare ability to get a room full of humans actually interacting with each other…willingly.
On stage, you may have caught her in the sell‑out show Passion Fruit at the Barbican — or spotted her test‑driving fresh jokes across London comedy clubs, bravely searching for laughter.
As co‑founder of Joyce Evelyn Productions, Selina shines a spotlight on stories that history tried to tuck away.
She’s written, produced, and performed pieces on legends like Winifred Atwell, the first Black woman to have a UK No.1 single and her own TV show, and Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, goddaughter of Queen Victoria, suffragette and youngest daughter of the last Maharaja.
Selina is currently creating a new series of meditation workshops — because nothing says “zen” like a woman who also tells jokes in a dark room full of strangers at 11 pm.
- Website coming soon.
The businesses featured here are just a small glimpse into a much wider community of people building in ways that suit them, supporting others, and creating meaningful impact in their own way.
If one of our clients or their business has resonated with you, we encourage you to explore further, connect, and support these businesses where you can. And if you are building something of your own, know that there is no single “right” way to do it.
We will continue to proudly champion and support our clients all year round, and we are so grateful to be part of this community.
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