Dedicated to nurturing kindness & inclusivity within communities, prioritising neurodivergent mental health & wellbeing.
EDUCATE
Training & Consultancy
ADVOCATE
Influencing Policy & Opinions
Training
Action
Awareness
Support
EVENTS, WORKSHOPS & GROUPS
INITIATIVES
THOSE SUFFERING ISOLATION & LOSS
WELLBEING
Training + Consultancy
Autism is a neurodevelopmental difference that shapes how people communicate, interact, and experience the world. Autistic people have diverse strengths and needs, but too often face barriers and stigma in society.
Training and awareness for professionals, businesses, parents, and carers can:
- Build acceptance belonging and understanding, reducing isolation and marginalisation.
- Improve access to education, health, employment, and social care.
- Support inclusion, participation, and positive life outcomes.
- Help families move away from deficit-based ideas and towards strengths-based, neuro-affirming support.
Autistic people are not broken and do not need fixing. With the right understanding their skills, talents, and unique perspectives can enrich the whole community.
Raising Awareness + Campaigning
Stak.life campaigns to challenge stigma, raise awareness, and drive systemic change in neurodivergence and mental health. We champion neuro-affirming practice in education, health, social care, amplify autistic and neurodivergent voices in the criminal justice system, and advocate for equal access to services and better employment opportunities. Our work also tackles suicide prevention and bereavement support, ensuring lived experience shapes real change. Tristan and Emma sit on steering groups and panels to influence policy and practice, while our training, events, and community projects build understanding and inclusion across society.
Creative + Wellbeing Workshops + Groups
Stak.life works with local providers in Kent to deliver creative and wellbeing workshops and groups for neurodivergent people and their families. These spaces offer ways to express emotions, manage anxieties, and build self-advocacy. Creative support helps people develop strengths, interests, and confidence, while families gain understanding and acceptance of neurodivergence. This work reduces stigma and isolation, improves access to education, health, social care, and employment, and promotes inclusion by recognising the value and potential of neurodivergent people in the community.
To Support Individuals Suffering Isolation + Loss
Stak.life supports people through loss and grief by offering safe spaces to share experiences and feel understood. We run peer-led support groups, including for those affected by suicide, to reduce isolation and build connection. Creative projects and sessions and the Kent speak their name memorial quilt, give families meaningful ways to honour their loved ones. Through compassion and lived experience, we help people feel less alone, manage their grief, and begin to engage with life again.