Our Story

SIC was created by Alice Hargreaves and Rachael Mole back in February 2021. Both Alice and Rachael had experienced barriers in the workplace due to their disabilities. After a few too many bad experiences, they decided that something needed to change and set up SIC with a goal of supporting fellow disabled professionals to thrive at work and in self-employment too.

Originally, SIC offered paid work experience placements and then helped these trainees into paid work or education. Quickly though we realised that businesses were a huge part of the problem and we needed to pivot.

SIC now operates as the SIC Learning Hub, which offers a range of free support to disabled and neurodivergent professionals, and as SIC Official which provides businesses with consulting and support.

Everything we do is born out of our lived experiences.

Meet the team

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Alice Hargreaves (she/her)

CEO

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Alice Reeves (she/they)

Non-Executive Director

Connect with Alice

  • Alice Reeves is a business consultant who specialises in branding and digital marketing. They are also the Co-Founder of Joyfully Different, a non-profit business support community and learning hub for neurodivergent business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs.

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Georgie Rose Hancock(she/her)

Non-Executive Director

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  • I am a Public Affairs professional with experience working within charities, recruitment, and a political office - where I was the neurodiversity policy lead. Outside of work, for the past 15 years I have supported young disabled and neurodiverse people, including running an autistic playgroup and working as a carer on residential holidays for children with multiple and complex needs.

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Dan O’Driscoll (he/him)

Director of Consulting & Advisory Board Member

Connect with Dan

  • Dan is the founder of Engagement Consultancy which specialises in Consultancy, Executive Coaching & Facilitation. Dan is a qualified executive coach and an experienced facilitator, delivering workshops and away days in-person and online. Focusing on topics and themes such as; leadership development, developing a high-performance culture, and building trust and resilience through psychological safety. He also brings a creative, inclusive, and interactive element to his facilitation by using the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® methodology. Prior to running his business, Dan worked in the commercial, charity, and higher education sectors in a variety of leadership roles, working for organisations such as; the University of Birmingham, Oxfam GB, The Royal Bank of Scotland, and Hutchinson 3G UK Ltd.

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Emily Sylvia (she/her)

Associate Consultant

Connect with Emily

  • Emily is a creative who, like Annie, studied theatre at University. She now runs a series of accessible gaming events, is a BookToker, and a freelance writer. She also works closely with Send It To Alex and is a freelance support worker.

    She now works as an Operations Lead, project managing all SIC operations. Managing everything from budgets to events, she also brings her lived experience of neurodivergence.

Rebecca England (she/her)

EA to CEO Alice Hargreaves

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  • Rebecca brings more than 10 years of experience aiding C-suite executives in achieving their best work across various sectors. As a neurodiverse woman, she has pursued additional training in workplace neurodiversity and disability awareness, specialising in supporting business leaders from this community.

Meet our Advisory Board

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Georgia Bondy (she/they)

Advisory Board Member

  • Georgia Bondy is the founder & CEO of disability health startup Well Adapt as well as an activist, performer and artist, creating work about their intersectional experience of the world as a black, queer, disabled feminist.

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Dan Orchard (he/him)

Advisory Board Member

  • I'm lucky enough to have enjoyed a varied career and worked with some inspiring people across the music and live events industry. My experience covers high level accountability of P&L, strategic growth, commercial management, client engagement management and team management and development. In my free time I'm an amateur runner and guitarist.

Virginia Ossana (she/her)

Advisory Board Member

  • irginia is a human rights advocate, who focuses on the intersection of disability and gender. A disabled woman herself, she is the Senior Program Officer, Movement and Capacity Strengthening at Women Enabled International (WEI), where she collaborates in the implementation of WEI’s programmatic strategies: she conducts research, participates in UN advocacy and movement building, and supports WEI in strengthening its bond with the Latin American Region.

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Rachel Westerbeek (she/her)

Advisory Board Member

  • Following a 17-year career in Higher Education, Rachel works as an independent coach, trainer, and facilitator with a specialism in neurodiversity. Rachel’s ten-year coaching experience and Level 7 qualifications are supported by her lived experience of Autism, ADHD, and Epilepsy.

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Marina Logacheva (she/her)

Advisory Board Member

  • Marina is an accomplished marketer and passionate disability advocate with over 15 years of diverse experience across corporate, startup, and nonprofit sectors. Since her spinal cord injury in 2020, she has become an advocate for disability rights and inclusion. Marina is committed to support individuals with various disabilities from early years to employment.