What a wonderful afternoon in and amongst the community, thank you so much to @Dr Mike Greene DL and Jules for a fantastic time! The food, music and company was outstanding and so pleased just to chill out for the afternoon, talking to a large number of the guests, sorry if I didn’t get to say hello! @Debbie Dorans was on fine form, even playing rounders with my crutch which was highly amusing, and @Jeff Dorans subtly mentioned Debs is a pansy killer! I am sure there is more to the story, but let’s just say it were right funny! The team is shaping up nicely, with five confirmed for the Peterborough Half Marathon, @Betsy Wong @Dr Mike Greene DL @Godfrey Muneri @Debbie Dorans @Daron Harvey and me @Scott Dwyer , and we have a combined Just Giving page for Little Miracles and we are 10% of the £2,000 target 🎯 If you would like to promote your company on my shirt for the day then let me know and kindly for a donation to the charity, your company logo can be on the shirt and then on your socials! I will send Mike the sheet, and he mentioned he will post out, in the meantime the link is here - https://www.justgiving.com/page/scott-dwyer-2026?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL Great to see everyone! @Samit Hathi @Sam Davis @Katie Humphrey @Kate Ashley-Norman @Neville Wright @Ian Brent Hope you travelled home safe! and thanks 🙏 again to Mike and Jules

Just wanted to say a big thank you to Mike, Juls and Mimi and everyone for today the food was lovely, I had a fantastic time and really enjoyed myself Thank you Sam

I’ve been lurking in here for a while, so I figure it’s about time I properly introduce myself! I’m Katie, the founder of Curiously Divergent. We actually run as two entities now, a CIC for our non-profit community work and a limited company for the commercial side. Honestly, typing that out still feels a bit surreal. If you’d told me three years ago I’d be here, I would’ve laughed. Back then, I’d just hit rock bottom. My mental health was shattered from a toxic job, and not long after, I had a brutal pregnancy spent mostly in and out of hospital. For a long time, life was literally just about surviving the day. Fast forward to now: I’ve got a toddler, two businesses, and a actual team. Curiously Divergent grew directly out of my own experiences as a neurodivergent person, combined with years working across youth services and social care. I got so tired of watching neurodivergent people get forced into boxes that were never built for them. I didn’t have a massive master plan, I just wanted to build something that actually understood us. Today, we work across employment, adult social care, training, and coaching. We’ve secured grants, worked with local authorities, NHS teams, and the DWP, and supported hundreds of people. We also run a niche virtual assistant service specifically for neurodivergent founders and business owners. That side is close to my heart because I know how crippling the admin mountain gets when your brain just isn't wired for it. The last 10 months have been a complete blur: - Awards: Finalist in the Disability in Business Awards (standing alongside the BBC and KPMG, which was wild), plus nominations for the Diversity Awards and Novi Awards. - Top Secret: Something huge is happening that I’m not allowed to announce until late September. Holding this in is actual torture. It hasn't been all high notes, though. I’ve made plenty of mistakes—hired the wrong people, trusted the wrong person, lost money, and watched the business grow way faster than my back-end systems could handle. I’ve quickly learned that being great at providing a service is very different from learning how to manage cash flow, HR, and commissioning, all while chasing a toddler around.

Exciting new opportunity. I'm working on something for successful founders/owners who feel trapped in the business they built... or at a ceiling This will not be for everyone More Soon Interested?

FOUNDER-OWNERS… Are you doing well, but fed up with everything still coming back to you? Every problem. Every difficult decision. Every member of staff who needs an answer. Sometimes you know exactly what to do. Sometimes you haven’t got a clue.... ...but everyone still expects you to have the answer. That can be a lonely place to run a business from. You shouldn’t have to make every difficult decision on your own. You should have somewhere to take the problems you can’t discuss with your team, your customers or into the home/family environment That’s what I’m building. It will be exclusive and limited 30 founder-owners. If that sounds useful, comment INTERESTED or send me a message.