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ADHD Babes

Jan 2025 - Apr 2025

Your Spring 2025
Round-up Newsletter

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ADHD BABES is a support group for Black Women and Black Non-binary people with ADHD.✨
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What’s Been Happening?

Achievements & Accreditations

National Diversity Awards Nomination

We have been nominated for the community organisation award at the National Diversity Awards!

We would love if you could vote for us using the link below, voting closes May 12th!

https://www.nationaldiversityawards.co.uk//awards-2025/nominations/adhd-babes-cic/

School for Social Entrepreneurs - Runners Up for Match Funding

Our Founder, Vivienne pitched for match funding last month at Liverpool FC for the finale of the School For Social Entrepreneurs programme funded by Standard Chartered. Her goal was to raise money to help us increase trading revenue for ADHD Babes. While we did not win we came in a as runner up securing £5000 in match funding!

Outreach & Awareness Building

Neuromancers

Viv hosted a workshop at the Neuromancers fundraiser - a peer-led organisation providing autonomous, abolitionist, and accessible mental health care for and by the neurodivergent community.
They have continued their fundraising through the launch of their official membership this month!

Outside The Box campaign

We launched our #outsidethebox campaign led by our Social Media & Community Lead - Marleigh, highlighting ADHD stories, sharing resources, facts, motivational clips and more!

If you would like to get involved drop us an email over at adhdbabesteam@gmail.com

Lloyds Banking Group

We continued our awareness building throughout the Spring as a community! Viv and one of our babes - Queen, gave a presentation for Lloyds Banking Group speaking about intersectionality, disability and gender. The attendees were encouraged to reflect on disability through a strength-based approach with disability justice in mind.

NAAASP CPD Webinar

As a mutual exchange and part of our mission to improve access to psychological therapies for our community, Viv presented a webinar to The National Autism & ADHD Service for their monthly CPD training.

The session focused on our journey as an organisation, our core offer and our mission to fill the gaps left in Adult ADHD services in the UK. The team expressed a real appreciation for our community-led model and have kindly agreed to offer a session in return talking about their services and psychological approaches to managing ADHD in May!
https://slam.nhs.uk/service-detail/service/adhd-and-asd-services-outpatients-164/

“Thank you so much for coming to talk to us Vivienne, it's been so interesting and inspiring”

Events & Link ups!

Trip to Tate

For our February social we went to visit Zanele Muholi's captivating and moving exhibition.

We could have been there for hours! Babes left feeling connected, inspired and educated on the rich journey of queer folk across the diaspora💖✨

Funded by: Network for social change

Goal setting workshop

We held an online goal setting workshop all around setting goals for your future!

Heres what the babes had to say:

“Really helpful to kick off the start of the year”

Art Workshop Series

During the last 2 months we held 2 art workshops: Embroidery doodle with Birungi and Mixed fabric and card with Zviki.

Heres what the babes had to say:

“I often feel nervous and anxious in a group setting. However I didn’t with this session, I felt calm, I unmasked, I felt present and could enjoy being around other babes and enjoy the creative session.”

Funded by UFFC

Trip to National Theatre - Alterations

The babes took a trip to the much loved National Theatre to see ‘Alterations’ which illuminated the Guyanese experience of 1970s London and the aspirations and sacrifices of the Windrush generation.

Here’s what the babes had to say:

“I really enjoyed meeting other bbs and hearing everyone's thoughts on the plays, the diversity of thought was immense”

Thank you to the National Theatre for inviting our community!

Funding

Comic Relief - OTB Campaign

School of Social Entrepreneurs & Standard Charter - Pitch Finals for Match Grant Funding

Collaborations

Black SEN Mama’s with National Theatre - Ballet Shoes

In early February we went on a joint ADHD Babes and Black SEN Mama’s trip to see Ballet Shoes at the National Theatre!

Here s what the babes had to say:

“I love going to the theatre with Adhdbabes and really lovely to meet SEN mamas best collab so far which has been so cool and really loved the show was fun and very inspiring”

Black Females Coding - Neurodivergency in the workplace Panel

In March our Directors Shauna & Viv joined Black Females Coding for an online panel and interactive session on neurodivergence and thriving in the workplace. We explored the unique challenges Black neurodivergent women face at work and discussed strategies to overcome barriers, build confidence, and thrive!

Founders letter - Creating community care in chaos

Read some reflections on the last few months from our founder, Vivienne!

”With the crisis in The Congo, the continued genocide happening in Palestine, the legal ruling on the definition of a ‘Woman’ in the UK, the proposed changes to disability benefits and the recent assassination attempts of the President of Burkina Faso - Ibrahim Traoré to name a few, it feels like in so many dimensions there is unrest, corruption and division…”

 Read here 

Blog Spotlight!

written by LiLi K. Bright

How learning to draw challenges perfectionism

If you can move, you can dance.If you can speak, you can sing.If you can write, you can draw.
Do you believe that? If not, why not?

I always used to say, ‘I can’t draw!’, but during lockdown, I started…

 Read More 

New activities!

Emergency aid fund

We are excited to announce the relaunch of the emergency aid fund. Available to babes in the community experiencing financial hardship due to ADHD-related emergencies!

(Note: Eligibility includes active membership for at least 2 months!)

Community vote

Last month we launched the 'Community Vote' system, where members can decide as a collective on important decisions and questions that shape what we do! Through this process we agreed the 2 month eligibility guideline for our Emergency Fund.

Our aim is to continue sharing decision making power throughout our community and maintain collectivism at the heart of our work.

Mid-week body doubling

Funded by Comic Relief, we have launched a second body doubling session, especially aimed at those working from home, freelancers, creatives, aspiring business babes and more! We hope to continue to offer development support to babes aspiring to grow their financial and vocational skills throughout Summer!

What the babes have to say:

“The sessions are such a motivation - generally, and inspire me to work WITH my ADHD, rather than see it as a liability.”

Podcast relaunch

The ADHD Babes podcast has been relaunched with 2 new episodes ‘Redefining equity’ and ‘Experiencing Music’!

Click here to listen!

ADHD WIN!

New Music

I have previously worked with my dear cousin Orvil Pinnock to produce an EP and other projects for artists.  Whether soulful, gospel, or jazz. 

This new single is called It’s Time and features myself @Belindakae

This blues soulful tune reminds us that there are seasons in life and we can celebrate the positive and good things. We often forget we can still sing, dance, laugh and love when we are deep in the thick of it all. 

I hope this tune reminds you !!  

Available for purchase from all platforms. 


https://music.apple.com/gb/album/its-time-feat-belinda-kae-single/1808222833

Join our Community! Support our Work!


We have reached a huge milestone with our membership and now have over 300 registered members! We are so grateful to the community for their collective contributions that allow us to put on our events for free while paying babes on the team. 

If you are a Black Woman or Non-binary person with ADHD and you haven't joined as an official member yet, now is the time! Check out our members’ perks and information on our tier system below:
Join our Membership Here!

If you are an ally and want to support our work financially, you can donate or set up regular donations on our
Paypal

Upcoming Events!

14/05/2025 - Online Support Group (UK Time) - 6-8 pm BST

21/05/2025 - Online Support Group (US Time) - 6-8pm EST

21/05/2025 - Open Space - Psychological Therapies & ADHD - 6-8pm BST

18/05/2025 - Sip & Paint - 11:45-3pm BST

30/06/2025 - Open Space - ADHD & Medication - 6-8 pm BST

Thank you for being part of our wider community!
Lots of love x

Vivienne - Director of Community Outreach & Wellbeing

 
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