We offer bespoke accessibility training and consultancy for churches, schools and organisations. Please contact us if you’d like to know more.
Dr Naomi Graham is the Founder and CEO of Growing. Hope National. She is a children’s occupational therapist at Growing Hope King’s Cross with several years of clinical experience, including training in sensory integration, attachment and various therapy interventions. Naomi has a Masters in health and rehabilitation, and a PhD in the experience of play for children with Cerebral Palsy. She founded Growing Hope in 2017.
Naomi was previously the Head of Accessible Church Ministry for New Wine England and has provided accessibility training for several churches across the UK.
Naomi has written a book on accessibility called Love Surpassing Knowledge. This gives practical tips to individuals and churches around accessibility within a church setting.
Naomi has published several research articles and presented at international conferences about the experience of play for children with Cerebral Palsy. She has provided training for NHS teams within this area and is currently part of the Play Guideline development group for the Royal College of Occupational Therapy.
Naomi has completed several training sessions within schools and organisations as to how to provide support for children with a range of additional needs. She has also completed access audits for large scale buildings and grounds such as the East of England Showground.
Jennie is a qualified play specialist with an additional BA in primary education and has over 10 years’ experience working with children in a variety of settings, particularly as a Play Specialist at Great Ormond Street Hospital advocating for children within the healthcare setting. This has included working with children with complex health conditions, children who have experienced medical trauma, SEN schools and mainstream schools.
Jennie also has experience in leading children’s ministry through her previous role as Kid’s Ministry Leader at her church in Canterbury.
She has provided accessibility training and consultancy in a number of settings as well as carrying out the Centre for Accessible Environments Access Auditing course.
Our bespoke accessibility training can cover a variety of topics and can be tailored to your organisation, school or church’s needs. Typically, the training covers topics such as: what additional needs might look like in your setting, your organisation’s communication and welcome, and explores how we can utilise a multi-sensory approach to our services in order to be accessible for everyone.
Read more about our Schools Training here.
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