About us

Becki an experienced museum professional specialising in intersectional inclusive practice in the service provision, working practice and workforce of the Heritage Sector. She is also Director at the Disability Collaborative Network C.I.C.

Becki has created working relationships across sectors and at all levels of the creative industries in relation to recruitment, retention, and development of inclusive practice. This has included practical, innovative thinking to connect for solution-based actions, develop strategy, raise awareness and confidence. Becki is a trained access auditor with a specialism with cross-profile neurodiversity.

Matt is an Assistive Technology professional and has spent over 13 years working with individuals and businesses in multiple sectors.

From education to business, Matt has a strong knowledge of software and hardware applications designed to make those environments as inclusive as possible and has worked more recently in the digital accessibility field advising and working with large organisations on making their digital content available to both their staff and customers alike.

Matt is also a co-opted council member of the British Assistive Technology Association.

Anne-Marie is a passionate and energetic Diversity and Inclusion specialist with over 20 years’ experience in a variety of organisations and sectors. 

Anne-Marie has strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, is an excellent facilitator and coach with the ability to interpret complex organisational objectives into interactive and participative learning interventions. 

She has expertise in working with executive and senior leaders assisting them to recognise their responsibilities in creating inclusive organisational cultures. Anne-Marie has also presented at a number of national conferences on Inclusive Leadership. 

Vanessa is an inclusive marketing and communications specialist with over 25 years’ experience in helping organisations to employ, welcome, serve and represent diverse communities. 

Working with multi-function marketing, product and communication teams and one-person marketers, she has helped to develop brands, strategies, policies, products, services, websites and campaigns that convey an authentic commitment to diversity and inclusion. Vanessa is proud to have worked for some of the UK's leading experts in developing disability confident business.

Matt has thirty years experience at Transport for London with a speciality delivering accessible ‘Step Free’ stations from design to delivery. As the leader of a Disability network he has made various in-roads to other organisations and lobbied government for changes in legislation.

In the last three years, Matt encouraged TfL to adopt a working reasonable adjustment process; become a Disability Confident Employer; create a neurodiverse policy; help strategic planning in disability retention and particularly with Trades Unions, delivered operational readiness by working with all disciplines in ensuring stations are both accessible to customers and operable by staff.  Matt is a trained access auditor with an interest in the impact upon neurodiversities and is a member of the Handlebar club.

Sally is an independent Diversity and Inclusion consultant with in-depth knowledge of the wider benefits of embedding D&I into an organisation’s culture and a particular interest and expertise in employee networks and resource groups.

With strong stakeholder management skills, experience in delivering a variety of interventions and a focus on improving the lived experience of diverse groups of people, Sally looks beyond a company’s policies to make sure both the individual and the employer are supported.

Seema is an engaging and passionate Disabilities & Visual Awareness expert with the ability to think strategically and act tactically across sectors. She is also Founder and Managing Director of Blind Ambition - a consultancy with a difference – to create inclusivity. 

Seema has provided consultancy to Government departments and across the health, charity, business and retail sectors. She is also media influencer and regularly speaks about strategies to help disabled entrepreneurs to succeed in business.

Ed is a Change Facilitator who set up his organisation Bridging the Gap, to bring together different people and experiences to improve the effectiveness of organisations. 

Ed's skill set combines project management, engagement and learning to bridge the gap between groups who wouldn't normally work together, facilitating communication in an approachable and solution focused way, ultimately helping your organisation to make a bigger social impact by transforming how you do business.

Amber is a Registered Mental Health Nurse with over 15 years’ experience in the mental health sector. She founded Headworks after many years of work with numerous patients who struggled to find or maintain employment, which lead to a growing interest in workplace mental health and Headworks’ mission to create more inclusive and supportive working environments.

She has worked at a senior level across a range of settings, in both the NHS and private sector. Amber’s experience spans inpatient and community nursing, practice education, management, policy and strategy design and one-to-one patient consultation. In addition to her nursing qualification, Amber has a PGCert in Clinical Neuroscience and an MSc in Psychiatric Research. She also holds a specialist training and assessment qualification. 

Sarah is an independent consultant and qualified coach and mentor with a background in social housing and charitable sectors. Sarah’s career, as a senior leader, has enabled her to work with a range of organisations providing complex housing, care and support services for vulnerable people and also leading large scale cultural transformation programmes.

As a consultant, Sarah’s specialisms include: strategy development and implementation, governance and regulation, values and vision development, cultural transformation, change management and business turnaround.

Sharon Pegg is a senior Diversity and Inclusion practitioner who presents and consults internationally on how organisations can maximise their effectiveness. She is also Director at Northern Powerhouse Consulting.

Sharon has a wealth of experience of providing HR Business Partnering and working with senior leaders to achieve shared organisational objectives. Sharon's unique approach brings a truly holistic approach to enabling organsations to proactively identify and address strategic gaps in culture. This intervention also helps businesses to think about customers and how they can be more engaging, which in turn helps companies to grow effectively.