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Otherwise known as “Ausome Charlie”, Charlie Hart is a highly experienced, CIPD-qualified HR professional and inclusion specialist. She has personal experience of ADHD, Autism, child loss, C-PTSD, and bereavement by suicide.
With over 25 years of knowledge and experience of HR systems and management information case law, HR, management best practice, and employment legislation, Charlie has been involved in EDI steering groups and employee resource groups (ERGs).
Charlie identifies as a “Queer AuDHDer”, and strives to be a positive role model for Autism, ADHD, bi/pan, C-PTSD, and Weird Pride.
Ausome Charlie Hart can help you foster a culture of psychological safety and wellbeing in your organisation, where all kinds of minds can thrive, bringing business benefits, a win-win.
Contact Great British Speakers today to book Neurodiversity and Intersectionality speaker Charlie Hart for your next event.
As a CIPD-qualified HR professional and JEDI (Justice, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion) consultant, Charlie Hart set up her own consultancy, Ausome Charlie, in 2018, focussing on belonging and inclusion. Through her practice, she has become an intersectional and neurodiversity advocate and positive visible role model.
Prior to starting her own consultancy she had over 25 years HR experience, working for some of the biggest companies in the corporate world and the charity industry, including Barclays Bank, the Solicitors Regulation Authority, and Together for Mental Wellbeing.
With lived experience as a late-diagnosed neurodivergent working mum of a neurodivergent child, Charlie Hart is well placed to talk about autism and ADHD within the family unit and workplace. Her talks are always tailored to suit the topic and the demographic, and she does not shy away from the most difficult topics.
She offers talks, presentations, interviews, keynote speeches, panel events, workshops, and training courses across the UK. Her talks centre around her own personal and professional experience in employment legislation and inclusion theory.
– Neurodiversity
– Inclusion
– Belonging
– C-PTSD
– LGBTQIA+ Intersectionality
– What is Neurodiversity?
– The Concept, the Paradigm, the Movement, Neurodivergence
– Neurodiversity Inclusion at Work: How to Help Neurodivergent Colleagues Thrive, and Why?
– Struggling Through Education and Work as an Undiagnosed Autistic (with ADHD)
– The Wonder of Discovering and Embracing your Neurotype(s) Later in Life
– My Lived Experience of Autism and/or ADHD (AuDHD)
– Autism and/or ADHD Inclusion in the Workplace
– Autism and/or ADHD Inclusion in the Workplace for HR, Recruitment, and Hiring Managers
– Autism and/or ADHD Awareness, Acceptance, and Allyship (for anybody)
– The ‘Double Rainbow’ Intersection: Autistic and LGBTQIA+
– Understanding and Supporting Autistic People with Atypical Grief, Alexithymia, and C-PTSD
– Neurodiversity Employee Resource Groups (Creating Them, Getting the Best out of Them)
– From Ticking the Boxes to Doing the Right Thing: Going Beyond the Equality Act and Tokenism
– Creating Psychological Safety, So All Kinds of Minds can Thrive
– Neurodiversity Inclusion in Recruitment: From Unconscious Bias to Conscious Inclusion
– Neurodiversity Inclusion and Accessibility for Service Providers
– Neurodiversity Inclusion and Accessibility in Education
– Neurodiversity Celebration Week
– Autism Acceptance Week/Month
– The Link Between Neurodivergence and Mental Health
– Bisexuality
– Pansexuality (LGBTQ+)
– Losing My Son to Suicide (Mental Health)
– Bouncing Back After Losing my Teenager to Suicide (Adversity and Resilience, Mental Health)
– The Lasting Impact of Bullying
– Living With Complex PTSD (Mental Health, Resilience)
– The Mental Health and Wellbeing Benefits of Running (Wellbeing)
– Creating and Engaging Employee Resource Groups (HR, Business)
– Weird Pride, Weird Pride Day (Mental Health, Wellbeing, Resilience)
Clients: AGCO, Equal Experts, Heathrow Airport, Lexxic, Medecins Sans Frontiers, Standard AI, University Hospitals Birmingham, Uniper, Unmind, Vodafone.
Working with Charlie at Together for Mental Wellbeing was a great experience for me and I learned a huge amount from her in the insightful and collaborative way she spoke a bout a multitude of important issues within equality and diversity.
Martin Fewster, Senior Communications Officer, Together for Mental Wellbeing.
Charlie is an inspirational speaker on intersectionality. Her webinar on the double rainbow truly was the most honest and engaging talk, which truly led to much needed open conversations. I highly recommend getting in touch and seeing how she can support you/ your companies.
Jenny McLaughlin, Heathrow Airport
Charlie delivered an excellent and interactive presentation to staff on supporting neurodiverse colleagues in the workplace. It was informative, honest and compelling due to her own lived experiences and helped us to embed a culture of inclusion in our group of schools. Would highly recommend.
Michelle Gabriel FCIPD, Director of People at Washwood Heath Multi Academy Trust
I often say, in addition to my own lived experience, I’ve worked professionally in suicide prevention for more than 10 years, but every day’s a school day. We all need to keep listening to & learning from diverse lived & living experiences. And when I first met Charlie Hart, my education began again. Not only did I hear one of the most tragic experiences of suicide loss – so much we can all learn from Charlie’s experience in losing Iggy & how it was (mis)handled by the authorities, but I found the entire conversation an insightful & inspiring ‘learning & development programme’ on all matters neurodiversity.
Charlie talks with a unique mix of personal & professional knowledge, along with the directness of someone who’s autistic & has a channelled passion for educating others for mutual benefit. Part of me wishes we had 1000s of people with Charlie’s mix of skills, knowledge, experience, excellent communications style, desire & ability to educate so effectively, etc, as then every school, hospital, workplace, community organisation, government, etc could ‘have a Charlie’. But I’m actually celebrating the fact there’s only one Charlie Hart – one unique, incredible human being – as that’s the key point to take away here! 🌈😊
Paul Vittles, Chief Facilitator, Zero Suicide Society
Thank you to Charlie Hart for inviting me and my Cruse colleagues to their “lunch & learn” sessions part of Autism Acceptance Week. All I can say is ‘wow. Charlie delivered the session with immense bravery and shared her backstory with people that she’s never met. And she did it on her terms. She was informative, sharp witted, and frank. And the feedback I’ve had from my side is “she’s ace/amazing”, and I couldn’t agree more. A truly informative session where lived experience makes a difference.
Claire Milliner, Cruse Bereavement Support