About me

Hi, and warm welcome to the Nurture Gnomes website.

I am a wife and proud mum to two now adult sons (the youngest of whom is autistic) and a children's author. When my children began school I supported an autistic child in nursery and enjoyed it so much that this started my passion of working with children with additional needs (working in early years for 13 years before moving to a post 16 alternative provision as an Art Teacher, Lead SEN Mentor and Behaviour Lead).

I have worked in SEND education for 24 years, during which time I have also studied and attained several Diplomas which include Advanced SEND Teaching, Advanced Counselling, Psychology, Psychiatric Studies, Art Therapy and a recent course in Children and Young People's Mental Health.

During a short break from teaching, I co-facilitated an autism parenting course for a charity and played a key role in developing a school transition booklet for them, before returning to the post 16 college (now unfortunately closed due to lack of funding). Currently, I am a parent support volunteer with our local autism group and continue to support families with autistic children while working on my business.  

AWARDS:

* Small Business Award from Theo Paphitis, Dragon's Den.
* Female in Business Award from the Female Business Network.
* Finalist for the BizBubble Awards.
* Finalist in the Rising Star category and Highly Commended Award from We Are The City (women in business).