CHAIR OF THE BOARD
OF TRUSTEES
Amanda Mears
Amanda is a retired Technology Manager who worked for a global law firm for over 20 years. She now lives in France and although enjoying the change in lifestyle and all France has to offer, she has welcomed the opportunity to Chair the Board of Trustees of the Charity. Amanda is hoping to be able to offer a steady hand to help guide the Charity towards success.
ADHDAF+ TREASURER
Kim Pierpoint
Kim is the ultimate multi-hyphenate; with many a string to her self-employed bow. This menopause empowerment coach and champion facilitates a multitude of health and wellbeing spaces; all of which require enormous amounts of administration.
As if that wasn’t enough Kim also works for an awarding body as a quality manager of apprenticeship programmes.
With many years of third sector work experience. Kim’s skills and passion for ADHD advocacy will be of great benefit to ADHDAF+.
ADHDAF+ TRUSTEE
Doctor Helen Wall
Dr Helen Wall is a highly respected General Practitioner, menopause specialist, author, and leading advocate for women’s health, with a particular focus on the intersection of ADHD and menopause.
She is committed to empowering individuals with knowledge and encouraging informed conversations. She advocates for a more integrated, holistic approach to women’s healthcare; one that acknowledges the interplay between hormones, mental health, and neurodiversity.
‘It is an honour to become a Trustee for ADHDAF+ because in a time of change and movement for ADHD Women, this charity is leading the way in support.’
ADHDAF+ TRUSTEE
Abigail Agyei-Jones MBE
‘As a Black woman with ADHD and Dyspraxia, I've spent a lot of my life navigating spaces that weren't built with people like me in mind and ADHDAF+ has been one of the few that genuinely felt like it was.
Through the ADHD AF podcast, its events that I've spoken at and supported, and the wider community it has built, I've experienced first-hand what it means to be in a space where the intersection of ADHD, gender and lived experience is taken seriously rather than treated as an afterthought.
I want to bring what I have to that table. I bring lived experience as a Black woman with ADHD professional experience in strategy, place-based community work and influencing at Save the Children UK. I bring governance experience from Healthwatch Barking and Dagenham, Transport for London's Independent Disability Advisory Group, and the UK Young Academy, where I've contributed to strategic oversight, EDI-led decision-making and accountability to the communities these organisations serve.
I want to give back to a community that has given me belonging’
ADHDAF+ TRUSTEE
Sam Bell-Docherty
Sam co-directs House of Wingz in Blackpool where she acts as creative director, relationship manager and producer. She is also the landlady of a Blackpool based community space and B&B. Ferny House is an LGBTQ+ space in the heart of Blackpool.
Sam has been working with the community for 20 years and has a wealth of knowledge in social action and community engagement.
She is looking forward to advising on fundraising, finances and supporting with other operational needs within the charity.
ADHDAF+ TRUSTEE
Aishley Bell-Docherty
Aishley co-directs Blackpool based arts organisation House of Wingz where she acts as creative and artistic director & choreographer. She is also the lead fund raising officer for Skool of Street charity and has over ten years experience working within the third sector, specifically but not exclusively in Blackpool, an area of high social need.
Aishley is excited to use her passion for improving other people’s lives through social engagement, to help plan and execute future projects with ADHDAF+
ADHDAF+ TRUSTEE
Lou O’Connell MBE
Becoming a trustee is an opportunity to give something back to a charity that has already given so much to me.
ADHDAF+ was part of my ADHD story long before I ever imagined becoming a trustee.
First came the podcast, which helped me recognise ADHD in my own life and, at a time when I needed it most, reminded me that I wasn’t alone.
When Laura set up the charity, supporting it in whatever way I could was a no-brainer. Since then, I’ve supported ADHDAF+ behind the scenes with safeguarding and mental health advice, guidance, and training its facilitators. I’ve also had the privilege of speaking at events and connecting with a community where I’ve always felt at home.
I’ve seen first-hand the difference ADHDAF+ makes in creating safe, supportive spaces where people feel understood, valued and able to be themselves, while recognising both the strengths and challenges of ADHD.
I bring lived experience of late-diagnosed ADHD, a Veteran with over 30 years of service in the British Army, and professional expertise as a Registered Mental Health Nurse, EMCC-accredited coach and more.
My experience spans wellbeing, mental health, safeguarding, leadership and training. Volunteering with charities has been a lifelong commitment, and I’m passionate about ensuring that both the people they support and the volunteers who make that support possible feel safe, valued and well supported.
I’m incredibly proud to be joining the board and look forward to helping ADHDAF+ continue its vital work, so that more ADHD women and people of marginalised genders feel understood, find their community and know they are not alone
ADHDAF+ Charity is dedicated to:
Jodi Walsham,
Jennifer Reynolds MBE,
to all of our absent friends,
and to our ‘absent minded friends’ - ADHD AF Podcast’s Leopard Print Army!
With special thanks to:
Cat Owens, Ally McDonald and James Robinson
for all of their help in setting up the Charity