Meet the team
Most of our staff and volunteers have some form of lived experience of disability, neurodivergence and learning differences.
Viki Carpenter
Viki is a founding director of the AAE. She was formerly an award-winning journalist for national publications before founding four successful businesses. The two most recent are CICs supporting those with accessibility needs. She is neurodivergent (Autism and ADHD) and as a young woman was carer for her mother who was a wheelchair user. Viki has over thirty years experience in paid, volunteer and caring roles supporting people who live with disabilities.
Lucy Green
Lucy is also a founding director of the AAE. Lucy is a forest school teacher and an outdoor learning and swimming coach. Lucy has a wealth of experiencein teaching and building confidence in skills in a wide range of individuals. She is passionate about inclusivity and supporting those with a wide range of access needs and has strong experience and training in supporting those with learning disabilities, neurodivergence as well as physical accessibility needs.
Helen Martin
Helen's daughter suffered a brain injury at the age of 15 and is currently a wheelchair user, on a journey of recovery. Through this journey Helen has become a passionate and influential advocate for accessibility issues. Helen is now a director of the AAE. She is a powerful speaker and has carried out accessibilty consultancy for a range of organisations including NHS trusts, national charities and local authorities.
Matthew, Project Manager
Matthew is a veteran and a key member of the AAE team. As well as managing our operations, Matthew is a lead trainer and and provides accessibility consultancy and support to organisations. Matthew leads our projects supporting veterans and their families who have accessibility needs. Matthew is a wheelchair user and he is also neurodivergent, with lived experience of dyslexia and PTSD.
get involved
If you’d like to learn more, call us, email us, or book us to give a free talk to your teams. We offer sessions on how accessibility can make business and working life better, plus simple, low cost ways to make changes right now. We’d love to work with you, so please get in touch.