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⭐ SERVICES & PRICE GUIDE (2025)
Lived-Experience-Led Inclusion, Accessibility & Engagement Consultancy
I support organisations in improving accessibility, inclusion, engagement, and decision-making by combining professional expertise with my lived experience as a disabled, neurodivergent person.
My work helps organisations understand how their policies, services, communication, and systems are experienced in real life – and how to improve them in practical, proportionate, and meaningful ways.
I work across housing, higher education, charities, governance, and public-facing services, and I am recognised for initiating honest conversations and supporting sustainable change.
All work is informed by lived experience and grounded in clarity and real-world impact.
• Services can be adapted to organisational needs and scale
• Discounted rates may be available for charities and non-profits
⭐ CONSULTANCY
From £110 per hour
I provide strategic and practical consultancy to organisations seeking to improve accessibility, inclusion, engagement, and fairer outcomes.
This is not legal advice or legal policy review. My work focuses on operational practice, lived experience, implementation, and the impact of these efforts.
Scope and hours are agreed in advance at the start of each piece of work, including expected outputs. If work develops, this can be reviewed and adjusted by agreement. This ensures clarity, fairness, and effective use of consultancy time.
Consultancy can include:
🔹 Accessibility & Inclusion Insight
• Reviewing services, communication, processes, and environments through an accessibility and lived-experience lens
• Identifying barriers, risks, and unintended exclusion
• Providing clear, realistic recommendations for improvement
🔹 Policy & Practice Input (Non-Legal)
• Reviewing internal policies, procedures, or guidance for clarity, accessibility, and real-world impact
• Exploring how policies or practices may be experienced by staff, students, residents, or service users
• Supporting organisational understanding of how and why EDIA matters in practice
(This does not replace legal or compliance review.)
🔹 Focus Groups & Lived-Experience Engagement
• Designing and facilitating focus groups with:
o Students
o Staff
o Residents
o Service users
• Gathering insight from diverse perspectives to inform decision-making
• Synthesising findings into clear themes and user-led recommendations
• Supporting organisations to evidence meaningful engagement
🔹 Strategic & Advisory Support
• Advisory input for leadership teams, staff and committees
• Meeting attendance with structured follow-up insight
• Ongoing advisory support where appropriate
This work is ethical, grounded, and impact-focused, supporting organisations to make informed and responsible decisions.
⭐ CASE STUDIES & COMMUNICATIONS WRITING
By arrangement
I write case studies, insight pieces, and reflective content that support learning, accountability, and communication.
This work is often used for:
• Staff learning and development
• Websites and blogs
• Impact, funding, or evaluation communications
Writing is grounded in lived experience and professional insight and can be commissioned as:
• a standalone piece, or
• part of a wider consultancy project
⭐ RETAINER PACKAGES
(Effective £90 per hour)
Retainers offer flexible, ongoing support and are suitable for organisations requiring regular consultancy, engagement work, advisory input, or communications support.
All retainers include flexible use of hours across consultancy, accessibility review, focus groups, writing, meetings, and advisory support.
Meetings must be agreed in advance.
• Light Retainer – £540 per month
✔ 6 hours (effective £90/hour)
• Standard Retainer – £1,080 per month
✔ 12 hours (effective £90/hour)
• Enhanced Retainer – £1,800+ per month
✔ 20+ hours (effective £90/hour)
✔ Suitable for ongoing programmes, engagement work, governance support, or communications projects
⭐ TALKS, KEYNOTE SPEAKING & WORKSHOPS
From £650
Engaging, thoughtful sessions grounded in lived experience and professional insight.
Suitable for:
• Staff training
• Leadership and governance events
• Student or service-user learning sessions
• Conferences and away days
Previous topics have included:
• Understanding the intersections of autism and ADHD
• Supporting neurodivergent students in higher education
• Barriers within higher education
• Understanding disability and neurodivergence
Half-day and full-day sessions available by arrangement.
⭐COMMITTEE & ADVISORY ROLES
From £400 per meeting
(Includes reasonable preparation and reading time)
Lived-experience-informed advisory input to support ethical decision-making, accountability, and inclusive governance.
⭐ PRACTICAL DETAILS
• In-person work may be available by agreement (travel charged as agreed)
• Bespoke packages available
• References and published work available on request or via public search
⭐ Testimonials
I was fortunate enough to be invited to a presentation that Samantha was presenting at. Her presentation was executed in a professional manner, whilst simultaneously interweaving the presentation of her own lived experience. I found Samantha supportive and greatly admire her drive to improve educational experiences and access for students, particularly for students with neurodivergence. Samantha would be a huge asset to any company who were privileged to have her working with them
Samantha was my mentor. I greatly valued Samantha's honesty and openness in sharing her lived experiences, including the barriers she has faced. Despite these, she has persisted and achieved so much. Samantha is passionate about driving change and making a difference for others. Her sharing of her own experiences, along with her questioning skills and drive to seek out change, has been inspiring and is leaving a lasting impact
Samantha Made Valuable contributions to the tuition-focused blog. Contributing to blogs can be a daunting task, especially when focused towards an academic audience. Samantha was brave, creative and timely with her contributions, always willing to consider how content could be leveraged in the most effective way to portray her ideas.
Sharing their experiences is helpful for me to think about my own experiences and any preconceived thoughts I may have. This in turn, has already led me to reflect on interactions with colleagues and what I could do differently to get the most out of the relationships. It has made me challenge my own views, as I was a little more black and white with my knowledge of different neurodiversity! II had no idea how neurodiversity would interact with each other!