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Talks, workshops and consultancy to help people feel safe, understood, and able to belong.

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About The Lonely Club

The Lonely Club creates inclusive, low-pressure spaces for people experiencing loneliness - particularly neurodivergent individuals.

This work is rooted in lived experience and real community building, not theory alone. It focuses on what it actually feels like to be disconnected, misunderstood, or on the outside - and how environments can be shaped so that genuine connection becomes more possible.

My approach is practical, human, and reflective. I don’t just talk about inclusion - I focus on how it shows up in everyday spaces, relationships, and systems.

  • “This is the first place I’ve felt comfortable just existing around people.”

    Attendee of The Lonely Club Drop-in Hub

  • "Groups like these are needed across the UK. This is not just your average group, but a place where you csn genuinely belond. Finally, a social space where I can let my guard down.

    Attendee of The Lonely Club Drop-In Hub

  • "Have never been in an environment where I've felt so safe"

    Attendee of The Lonely Club Drop-In Hub

What I offer: 

I offer a range of talks, workshops, and consultancy shaped by lived experience and community insight, focused on neurodiversity, loneliness, and belonging. Each is designed to help organisations create environments where people feel less isolated and more genuinely included.

Talks

Engaging, reflective talks that explore:

  • Neurodiversity & loneliness

  • Belonging vs fitting in

  • Staff wellbeing and understanding neurodivergent experiences

These sessions blend lived experience with insight and reflection, helping audiences rethink how connection, isolation, and inclusion actually work in real environments.

  • ""Many colleagues came away feeling more confident in supporting both students and each other."

    — Collyer's Sixth Form College

  • "Lara is a fantastic communicator who shared an honest, insightful, and often humorous account of her personal experiences. Her down-to-earth approach made it easy to connect with her story and gain a deeper understanding of neurodiversity from a young person's perspective. The session left me reflecting not only on how we support students, but also on how we connect with colleagues and ourselves. It highlighted the importance of creating calm, supportive environments where people feel safe, understood, and able to thrive."

    Sharon, Teacher, Collyer's Sixth Form College

  • "Lara's talk was thoughtful, supportive and inspiring, and helped strengthen our commitment to creating a genuinely inclusive environment."

    - Collyer's Sixth Form College

  • "Staff particularly appreciated the practical examples and the opportunity to reflect on how they could adapt their own practice in ways that felt both realistic and meaningful."

    - Collyer's Sixth Form College

  • "Thank you to Lara for speaking to our Neurodivergent Staff Group at Collyer's. We really appreciated her candour, positivity, and passion for sharing knowledge and lived experience. Lara created a thoughtful and engaging discussion that left us with valuable insights and practical reflections. The work she is doing is incredibly important."

    Rowena, Personal Development Tutor, Collyer's Sixth Form College

Workshops

Practical, interactive sessions focused on real change.

Topics include:

  • Supporting neurodivergent students

  • Building inclusive environments

  • Social health, connection, and belonging

Workshops are designed to be accessible and discussion-based, giving staff and teams space to reflect, ask questions, and leave with tools they can actually use.

Consultancy

Longer-term support for organisations who want to go further.

This includes:

  • Creating safe, low-pressure spaces

  • Community and culture strategy

  • Inclusive design thinking

I work with teams to look at environments, systems, and culture - and identify how they can better support neurodivergent people and reduce hidden forms of loneliness and exclusion.

  • "Lara's insights encouraged a more inclusive approach that supports different ways of thinking, working and communicating across the whole college."

    - Collyer's Sixth Form College

I work with:

  • Schools and colleges

  • SENCOs and staff teams

  • Organisations and workplaces

  • Wellbeing and EDI leads

Anyone looking to build environments where people feel more connected, understood, and more able to be themselves.

Who this is for:

Loneliness and disconnection are often invisible - especially for neurodivergent individuals.

Many people are present in a space but still feel excluded, overwhelmed, or unseen. Over time, this can impact wellbeing, confidence, and belonging.

These sessions help people understand not just what inclusion means, but what it looks and feels like in practice - so that real connection becomes easier to create and sustain.

Why it matters: :

After working together, people often leave with:

  • Practical tools to support neurodivergent individuals

  • Strategies to reduce loneliness and build connection

  • A clearer understanding of inclusive environments

  • Greater empathy and awareness of different experiences

What people take away:

Let’s work together:

If you’re interested in working together, I offer free introductory calls to explore what would be most useful for your team, students, or organisation.

This is a chance to talk through your needs and see what kind of session or support would be the best fit.

Get in touch to book a free introductory call