I am a social entrepreneur and Founder of The Wheelchair Skills College, an organisation with the vision of building confidence and independence for every wheelchair user through peer-led skills training to develop crucial skills for daily living. I have been working in the third sector for more than 10 years in programme management at several disability charities, supporting empowerment of disabled people through skills development, campaigning, advice and advocacy.

Creating social change is something that I am passionate about and through my Fellowship I plan to explore what is required for disabled innovators to take their lived experience and create scalable solutions to the social issues their community faces and to embed system change.

My hope is that in understanding the systems in place that act to support disabled innovators, we can create something similar that will enable the sharing of lived experience to have positive outcomes across large communities, ultimately leading to better living.