“I didn’t even know I could ask for help with Ted’s fear of new foods, which has a huge impact on his everyday life – but you really listened to what I said, and drew the issues out. Since then we both really look forward to coming to our sessions, and the recommendations you have made are so practical and enabling. I feel like we can use your advice every day, and it is helping us all as a family to work through different situations. The approach you take is so kind and so responsive to Ted’s needs. Each time we leave with your advice and your prayers, and I really like both. Thank you for all of your time and advice.”

Clinic Parent

Shaaron O'Driscoll

Lead Therapist & Clinic Manager

Shaaron is a Paediatric Occupational Therapist at Growing Hope Brockley with extensive clinical experience working with children and young people with a range of difficulties and disabilities. Her experience includes both medical and community settings; mainstream schools, resource bases and pupil referral units. She has a broad scope of additional training with Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance, Sequential Oral Sensory feeding, and Coaching to name a few.

Courses & Groups

Circle of Security

Circle of Security is a course for parents and carers to help them better understand their child’s emotional needs. To find out more about Circle of Security and to attend our next course sign up here:

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When Dreams Change

When Dreams Change, is a course we run to help parents adjust to and process having a child with additional needs. To find out more about When Dreams Change and to sign up click here:

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Siblings Group

Siblings Group enables brothers and sisters of children with additional needs to share and process their emotions and experiences. Find out more about Siblings Group and sign up by clicking here:

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Charity Oversight

Growing Brockley is a registered charity: number 1188708. Growing Hope Brockley’s therapists are all members of a professional board and receive regular clinical supervision. We take the safety and wellbeing of all children really seriously – you can read our latest Covid-19 and safeguarding policies here. Each year we complete an annual report which gives details of the impact that we have had in the lives of children and young people with additional needs.

ANNUAL REPORTS

Growing Hope Brockley Trustees

Nick Steels (Chair) – Nick is an IT professional who plans, delivers and trains large organisations with their software implementations. Nick has been volunteering with Growing Hope through Kings Cross Church for a couple of years, helping children attending Growing Hope as part of the children’s service. Nick loves the support that Growing Hope is providing to many children and their families and is thrilled to be joining the Growing Hope Brockley Board of Trustees as Chair to help them achieve their goals.

Imani McEwen – Imani is on Staff at St Peters Brockley as the Kids Worker. Having worked with kids and young people in primary and secondary school,Imani is very excited to see Growing Hope Brockley help those in the St Peter’s and wider community. It enables many families to access the therapy and support they need. She is also excited to see her kids ministry at church on Sundays and Mondays growing and becoming more accessible and able to embrace and include families with kids with additional needs.

Liz Morgan – Liz is a marketing professional and digital skills trainer working for the Church of England for more than three years. As a mother of two – one of whom has additional needs – she is delighted to be a trustee for a charity that supports children and young people with additional needs, knowing the life-long impact this can have. She, and her family, attend St Peter’s Church in Brockley.

Lynne Wilkinson – Lynne was an early years teacher in a primary school. For the final 18 years of her career she was the SENCO/Inclusion Manager, working with, and supporting, parents and children with special eduational needs. Lynne has lived in Brockley for 40 years and has been a member of the St. Peter’s family for over 30 years. It has been her long-time concern that children with additional needs have not met the thresholds to access help within the borough.

Tinashe Makoni – Tinashe is a senior lawyer with over 15 years’ experience advising developers, international banks, development finance institutions, private equity funds and state-owned enterprises in complex, cross-border transactions. Tinashe is the General Counsel at an international financier, he takes charge of all structuring, documentation as well as regulatory and governance matters and policies and procedures.

Brockley Clinic

Brockley Clinic

Free Therapy in Brockley

We accept referrals for children and young people with diagnosed or undiagnosed additional needs who live in Lewisham and Southwark. Parents, carers or professionals can make a referral on a child’s behalf. Growing Hope is open to all regardless of belief.

We accept referrals for children and young people with diagnosed or undiagnosed additional needs who live in Lewisham and Southwark. Parents, carers or professionals can make a referral on a child’s behalf. Growing Hope is open to all regardless of belief.

Clinic Parent

Shaaron O'Driscoll

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