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Belonging doesn't happen by chance. Lucy shows how we can raise aspirations, design systems and lead with intention.
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From care to courtroom. Award-winning TEDx speaker, co-founder and systems change advocate helping leaders create cultures where people can thrive.
"Lucy held the whole room. The most inspiring presentation I have ever heard. This might seem a bold statement given I've accessed & delivered training across the world, but it really was that good."
(Nick Lowe, July 2026)
Signature frameworks.
Lucy's signature frameworks developed over 8+ years of thought leadership.
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Coach, Don't Rescue™
Belonging By Design
Helping leaders move from rescuing to coaching, creating the conditions for agency and growth. Following on from Lucy's TEDx talk in 2018 viewed over 145,000 times.
Helping organisations intentionally create cultures where people feel seen, valued and able to thrive. Built on Lucy's signature keynotes on trauma-informed leadership and a culture of healing.
Trusted By...
October 2026: Lucy named one of Lemn Sissay's 18 world class care-experienced keynote speakers.
Read Lemn's full article here.
What keynote themes does Lucy offer?
(Lucy's signature keynote)
In this keynote, Lucy challenges assumptions around care experience, social mobility and potential in an uplifting way. Blending lived experience, law and insights, Lucy shifts how we see talent in young people.
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A new lens on potential and opportunity;
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Practical ways to challenge limiting beliefs;
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Tools to unlock underestimated talent.
The Advocate Within: Rewriting the narrative of potential
What if the stories we tell about young people are mislabelled? How can we raise aspirations for children?
Lucy shares the proven model behind Lawyers Who Care (currently mentoring 126 care-experienced mentees), showing how mentoring, lived experience and community drive real inclusion and retention.
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What effective mentoring really looks like.
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How to build belonging (not just representation).
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Strategies to develop and retain diverse talent.
The Science of Lawyers Who Care: Fostering lived experience leadership, mentoring, community and belonging
Why can traditional diversity efforts fall short and what actually works?
Following on from Lucy’s TEDx talk, this keynote unpacks the Drama Triangle and shows how to move from rescuing to coaching. As pioneered by Lawyers Who Care and The Care Leaders.
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How to spot Rescuer behaviours rather than Coaching behaviours.
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A framework for empowering others, especially young people.
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How to help young people become Creators, not Victims.
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How to Challenge rather than Persecute.
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Practical tools to build confidence and agency.
Coach, Don't Rescue: Breaking the Dreaded Drama Triangle to empower healthy identities
Are you empowering, or unintentionally disempowering, the people you support? Are you a Victim or a Creator? As trusted by TEDx.
Lucy shares her "utterly moving" video of her Dear Future Self videos she filmed when she first fell of the Care Cliff at 16. She explores how identity is formed and how rewriting the narrative can transform confidence, aspiration and outcomes.
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How self-belief is shaped (and limited).
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The impact of narrative on behaviour.
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Tools to support healthier identities.
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Uplifting but emotional footage of a young care leaver and her journey.
Dear Future Self: The power of narrative in shaping identity and belonging
Lucy brings her experience to live with a video of her vlogs from when she fell off the Care Cliff at 16. How do the stories young people tell about themselves shape who they become? As trusted by Coram, TCTC.
Lucy bridges law, lived experience and psychology to show how systems can better support, not retraumatise, those they serve.
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A practical understanding of trauma-informed leadership.
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How systems can unintentionally harm.
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Clear actions to create safer, more effective environments.
Culture Heals: Why trauma-informed leadership is the most powerful intervention
What does trauma-informed leadership actually look like in practice and in the day-to-day? How can we create systems built with belonging in their DNA? As trusted by leading legal professionals and the National Fostering Group.
Lucy explores how overlapping identities can shape behaviour, symptoms and outcomes, and why traditional systems often miss the full picture. Blending lived experience, psychology and law, she challenges common misunderstandings and offers a more nuanced, human-centred approach.
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Insight into the intersection of care experience, trauma and neurodiversity.
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Understanding of how systems can overlook layered needs.
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Practical ways to better support and empower individuals with both neurodiversity and care experience.
Beyond Double Jeopardy: The triple intersection of trauma, care experience and neurodiversity
What happens when care experience, trauma and neurodiversity intersect? As trusted by NAGALRO, Family Justice Boards and Garden Court Chambers.
Lucy's keynotes can be tailored to your audience.
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