All of GROVE’s Mentors are Autistic.
We have availabilty! Please email jess@gr0ve.org or complete the form at the bottom to enquire.
Jess
Founder/Director
Designated Safeguarding Lead
Individual & Group Mentor
Interests: Autism, neurodivergence, trees, fairies, martial arts, drama/theatre, vampire TV shows, medical TV shows, witches.
BA Hons, PGCE, MA Autism
Scott
Individual & Group Mentor
Interests: Autistic and Neurodivergent experiences, hikes, yoga, books, comic-cons, squishmallows.
PGCert Autism
Charlotte
Individual & Group Mentor
Interests: Running (specifically marathon/ultra marathon distance), women’s football (watching)
Rugby (watching), horse riding and equine care
animation films and programmes, Wicked,
Knitting, spinning wool from sheep fleece, cross stitch and tapestry, cats.
PGCE, MA Autism
Helen
Individual & Group Mentor
Interests: Reading, writing, world cinema, the sea (particularly swimming in it!), space, animals, listening to music (particularly from the 1980s) and probably too many & varied other things to list here, really!
Jackie
Individual & Group Mentor
Interests: Nature and insects, sea life, 50p collecting, beach combing for seaglass and pebbles, silver jewellery making.
BA Hons Education, PGCE, MSc Autism
Angela
Individual & Group Mentor
Interests: Books and reading, writing (especially memoir and nonfiction), rocks and crystals, board games and cards, linguistics, autism and neurodiversity, podcasts (especially narrative storytelling), music (Swifty!), musical theatre and theatre in general, travel, cultural differences
PhD in Communications (theatre for social change), MA Psychology (focus on Autistic identity)
Fergus
Individual & Group Mentor
Interests: Autism, neurodiversity, physics, nature, chemistry, puppetry, music, games, photography.
BSc Hons, PGCE, MSc (Computer Games Engineering)
George
(they/she)
Individual & Group Mentor
Interests: Autistic culture, community and quality of life; dogs; Doctor Who; dinghy sailing; crochet; mushrooms; playing trumpet; dopamine dressing
Foundation degree and MA in Autism Studies, current PhD student researching Autistic Community and Quality of Life
Natalie
Individual & Group Mentor
Interests: COMING SOON
COMING SOON
Hannah
Individual Mentor
Interests: Crochet, art, nature, sea swimming with Dewi (dog pictured), creative writing, neurodivergence, music, football, rollar skating.
BA Hons Psychology with Developmental Differences
Bee
Individual Mentor
Interests: Neurodiversity, craft, reading, nature, animals, biology, Victorian history and the 1960s.
BSc Hons. Biomedical Science
Craig
Individual & Group Mentor
Interests: Avid fantasy and Sci-fi reader, football, politics, autism/neurodivergence, hiking, wrestling.
Primary Education BEd (with Honours)
Laura
Individual & Group Mentor
Interests: Coming soon.
Coming soon.
Louise
Individual & Group Mentor
Interests: Animals – mainly cats but also golden retrievers, red pandas, tigers, goats, arts and crafts, gaming, autism.
MA Autism (distinction)
Sabina
Individual & Group Mentor
Interests: Nature, dance, movement, foraging, plants, music, mythology, astrology, space, cooking, flavours, theatre, writing, poetry, herbal medicine, circus.
PhD