NEUROMANCERS

Why should I volunteer?

The world can be an overwhelming place: when we want to make a positive and politicised impact it can be tricky to know where to start – particularly as neurodivergent+ people. Our volunteering opportunities help you be part of bringing abolitionist and care-based realities to life in a structured and consistent way!

Whilst volunteering helps other people, it can also help you in many ways. Through volunteering with us, you might learn more about:

Practising solidarity in action
Contributing to abolitionist, non-clinical mental health alternatives
Deepening your political education around neurodivergence and oppression
Developing facilitation or community organising skills
Building confidence in leadership or collaboration
Gaining experience in peer-led mental health frameworks
Being part of something values-aligned and community-rooted

As a volunteer, you will receive training and/or orientations relevant to your role, alongside access to our Volunteer Support Fund, complimentary membership, and support from your key contact.

Whilst we dream and create the world we deserve to live in, we're also living under the oppressions of capitalism: If it supports your financial survival, we encourage you to add your volunteer experience with us to CVs and are more than happy to write reference letters if requested!

Join the team and help build autonomous, abolitionist, and accessible mental health care for our community.

We'd love to receive your application by 9am Monday 18th May 2026.

PAID Role: Communications + Community Lead 🎨🗣️

👀At a glance…

👉🏿Reports to: Aiyana Goodfellow, Executive Director.

🤝🏾Working with: Media Volunteers.

🌍 Location: Hybrid – in-person London + remote.

📝 Contract: Freelance.

⌚ Hours: Eight (8) hours per week, June 2026 to Feb 2027. Core hours on Mondays, can be split through the week if desired. (Excl. WC: 31st August and 21st + 28th December.)

🤑Pay: £5760 total fee (organisational flat rate of £20ph / £160 per day). Paid monthly on receipt of invoice.

Application DEADLINE: 9am on Monday 18th May 2026.

EXPLORE OUR SHINY NEW WEBSITE!

More info…

About the Role 🤔

As Communications + Community Lead, you will hold responsibility for our organisation’s communications across social media and press, uplifting our incredible programming and developing an engaging online presence. You will also steward our community programming, with particular focus to our membership community and monthly drop-ins.

We're looking for a confident leader who enjoys working both independently and collaboratively, within a fast-paced small organisation. This role requires excellent time-management, competency for communications work, passion for community-building, and the ability to take initiative.

The Communications + Community Lead will work hybrid, in-person in London on the first Monday of each month and remotely for the remaining days. (We're generally a flexible and person-centred organisation — barring standing meetings, remote work can be carried out variably.)

We're open to adjusting the role to Remote Only for exceptional candidates with ample, senior-level experience. Please email hello@neuromancers.org.uk with an expression of interest outlining your expertise.

LEARN MORE + APPLY NOW!

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👀A new look for NEUROMANCERS!👀

✨ We have been switching things up behind the scenes and given our website and social media graphics a fresh new look! ✨

🙈We’d love to hear what you think. Get in touch below 👇🏾

hello@neuromancers.org.uk.

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Springtime NEUROMANCING

NEUROMANCERS CIC — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:26:11 +0000

Hey Divergents!

It’s been a while since we last shared a newsletter…juggling neurodivergence with late-stage colonial capitalism in a world on fire causes delays sometimes 🤷🏾‍♀️

We have a few exciting announcements and opportunities coming up, so scroll all the way down!

PAID role: Research + Evaluation Coordinator 🔬📝

👀At a glance…

👉🏿Reports to: Aiyana Goodfellow, Executive Director.

🤝🏾Working with: Care Programming Coordinator, Research Volunteers, Program Trainees.

🌍 Location: Remote – accepting UK-wide only.

📝 Contract: Freelance. Project-based.

⏳ Hours: Eight (8) days, across May 2026 and Dec 2026.

❗Important: There is potential to extend your hours dependent on funding. See 'Phases' outlined below.

🤑Pay: £1280 total fee, which covers 64 hours total (organisational flat rate of £20ph). Paid on receipt of invoice.

DEADLINE: 9am BST on Monday 13th April 2026.

More info…

About the Role 🤔

As Research + Evaluation Coordinator you will design and implement a programme evaluation framework, focusing on our Peer Solidarity Certificate Program and Peer Helpchat. You will re-join us in December to summarise and write up an evaluation report that will be shared publicly and with funders.

Please note: There is potential to extend your hours dependent on funding. See 'Phases' outlined below. We will provide updates about this for those who get to interview stage.

Experience:

Confidence with programme evaluation, community based research, and written word
Knowledge of research best practices and strategies for communicating impact with funders
Effective, efficient working patterns within short-term roles

Scope:

Phase One: Four (4) days in early May to design an evaluation framework, including guidelines for data collection, and create evaluation materials (including feedback forms).
Phase Two [dependent on funding]: TBC additional days to coordinate the data collection, which could include a training session for volunteers based on the framework developed in Phase One.
Phase Three: Four (4) days in early December to analyse the data and produce an impact report targeted at funders alongside an executive summary to be shared publicly with our community.

Alongside the above, we expect all those working within NEUROMANCERS to be...

Self-identified as neurodivergent+
Organised, responsible, and reliable communicators
Able to navigate technology such as email, Canva, or web meetings
Aligned with NEUROMANCERS’ goals and values
Knowledgeable about non-clinical peer support practices, Disability Justice, prison, police, and psychiatric abolition, and the neurodiversity paradigm
Committed to anti-racism, LGBTQ+ rights, anti-speciesism, anti-ableism, and total liberation for all

Research + Evaluation Coordinator Application ✉️

You are welcome to apply if you are new to NEUROMANCERS or if you have been part of our former core team. We welcome applications from anyone who meets the criteria, inclusive of race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, neurodivergence, or similar.

Please complete and submit your application before 9am BST on Monday 13th April 2026.

If your initial application is successful, you will be invited to an online interview. We will ask you to demonstrate your understanding of the brief and present your approach to this work, including which methods you might consider, how you will prioritise within the available days, and how your approach aligns with our values.

Interviews may occur in April at any point following your application submission.

We may review applications as they are submitted.

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If you need any accommodations to support your application process, please email admin@neuromancers.org.uk.

🧠 FREE support available this Spring/Summer! 🧠

✨ DEADLINE Sunday 12th April 2026 ✨

1:1 Peer Counselling with NEUROMANCERS

About the Offering❤️‍🩹

✨ NEUROMANCERS is offering our neurodivergent+ community free, 1:1 support for six (6) weeks.

🧠 This mental health support offering provides an affirming-space to explore…

struggles with mental health or relationships
challenging or traumatising experiences
negative impacts from mainstream mental health systems
coping mechanisms, boundaries, or safety planning
and more!

The support is flexible to your needs and takes place online on an end-to-end encrypted platform.

You will meet with your Peer Counsellor each week, at the same time and day, for one (1) hour. The sessions will run from week commencing 5th May to the 8th June.

PLEASE NOTE: This is not crisis support.

Who can access this support?

We offer this program to people self-identified as neurodivergent+ who are 18 years or older.

You must be based in England, Ireland, Scotland, or Wales. You must have access to the internet and a device that is suitable for attending online meetings.

Please apply if you are confident that you will attend all six (6) support sessions.

Who offers the support?

This program is delivered by students who are volunteering within NEUROMANCERS on their university course placements.

These students are not qualified therapists or mental health professionals. Each person has been vetted via our application and interview process.

The Peer Counsellors all have lived experience with neurodivergence and have been trained by NEUROMANCERS.

All Peer Counsellors must abide by our consent-led and abolitionist safeguarding policy and practices.

How can I request support?

You can request support by completing this application form.

Application Deadline: 23:59 Sunday 12th April 2026.

We’ll be in touch during the week commencing 13th of April to let you know if we’re able to offer you support.

If so, the six (6) sessions will run from week commencing 5th May to the 8th June.

PLEASE NOTE: There are many variables when attempting to match you with a Peer Counsellor, including availability, lived experiences, or capacity. We expect to receive more applications for support than we’re able to offer. Therefore, completing an application/request form does not guarantee support.

Additional questions? Contact NEUROMANCERS. We'll reply ASAP.

Lebanon Grassroots Aid Network

And finally….

🥕👀 KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED: NEUROMANCERS RE-BRAND 🥕👀**

**Sadly it is not actually true that carrots improve your eyesight. Add it to the pile of capitalist lies.

We’ve been doing some virtual painting and decorating behind the scenes and NEUROMANCERS is going to have a fresh new look in a few weeks!

We thought we’d let you know in advance because y’know…neurodivergence and surprises…

Before we sign off we just wanted to spotlight a volunteer’s signposting to some mutual aid links for people in Lebanon.

Queer Mutual Aid Lebanon

That’s all for now folks!

Keep NEUROMANCING 🔥

There's still time to access support!

NEUROMANCERS CIC — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:00:09 +0000

Hey Divergents!

January can be tough. In the Northern Hemisphere it’s dark and cold, the headlines feel increasingly overwhelming and the capitalist machine is still shoving “New Year, new you” nonsense down our throats.

We have a number of different ways our community is offering support over the coming weeks, in ways that honour our divergent bodyminds and align with our values of autonomous, abolitionist and accessible mental health care. Keep reading to find out more 💌

❤️‍🩹 Returning to Solidarity - A support group for Black + Brown, LGBTQ, neurodivergent+ people! ❤️‍🩹

In these challenging times, join NEUROMANCERS to unmask and hold our grief, distress, and shame as we cultivate a space for solidarity as Black + Brown, neurodivergent+, queer people.

As we collectively witness the rise of fascism and increasingly far right politics, we’re asking: how do we want to “show up” and “show solidarity” this year? This group will explore what showing up and having solidarity can be for our Black + Brown, neurodivergent+ and queer selves, communities, and kin.

We will be facilitating an online space which holds the burnout, internalised ableism, shame, and guilt that often gets between us and solidarity. In practicing Peer Solidarity, holding compassion, engaging somatic tools, and embodying abolitionist principles, we hope to explore what showing up with grace can be and mean for us all.

This space is exclusively and only available to people who are self-identified as
Neurodivergent+; Black or Brown; AND LGBTQ+.

Key Info:

🗓️ DAYS: Wednesdays, for ten (10) weeks.

📆 DATES: 28th January 2026 to 1st April 2026.

⏰ TIME: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM (UK TIME)

🤑COST: Sliding-scale, £5 - £20 per session.

👉🏾TICKETS ARE GOING FAST! 👉🏿There are a very limited number of places left, so book now to avoid missing out!

About the Offering❤️‍🩹

✨ NEUROMANCERS is offering our neurodivergent+ community free, 1:1 support for six (6) weeks.

🧠 This mental health support offering provides an affirming-space to explore…

struggles with mental health or relationships
challenging or traumatising experiences
negative impacts from mainstream mental health systems
coping mechanisms, boundaries, or safety planning
and more!

The support is flexible to your needs and takes place online on an end-to-end encrypted platform. You can choose to have your camera off/on or even use the chat.

You will meet with your Peer Counsellor each week, at the same time and day, for one (1) hour. The sessions will run from week commencing 9th February to the 16th March.

PLEASE NOTE: This is not crisis support.

Who can access this support?

Please apply if you are confident that you will attend all six (6) support sessions.

Who offers the support?

This program is delivered by students who are volunteering within NEUROMANCERS on their university course placements.

These students are not qualified therapists or mental health professionals. Each person has been vetted via our application and interview process.

The Peer Counsellors all have lived experience with neurodivergence and have been trained by NEUROMANCERS.

All Peer Counsellors must abide by our consent-led and abolitionist safeguarding policy and practices.

How can I request support?

You can request support by completing this application form.

Application Deadline: Sunday 18th January 2026.

We’ll be in touch during the week commencing 26th of January to let you know if we’re able to offer you support.

If so, the six (6) sessions will run from week commencing 9th February to the 16th March.

Additional questions? Contact NEUROMANCERS. We'll reply ASAP.

✨ Hang in there y’all ✨

Come practice Peer Solidarity with us!

NEUROMANCERS CIC — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 16:54:08 +0000

Hey Divergents!

We are starting 2026 with two public sessions, open to all - including non-members! Scrap New Year’s Resolutions, we’re talking a New Year’s revolution, building autonomous, abolitionist, and accessible mental health care, by us and for us. Keep reading to find out more 💥

Share Sessions are a practice in Peer Solidarity, where you will receive and offer simple practical and emotional support! ❤️‍🩹 Most sessions are exclusively for NEUROMANCERS members, but once per month we open up a session for non-members too!

Each session, you'll witness your own incredible growth and strengthen your relationships with other members. This is a space for NEUROMANCING, falling in love with your (neuro)divergence.

We can't wait to welcome you to the next session!! Come as you are and leave nourished 🫶🏼🫶🏽🫶🏾

P.S. To access peer support every single week, alongside Black + Brown only sessions, become a member.

📅 Wednesday 21st January 2026

⌚ 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM GMT

📍 Online via Webex (encrypted meeting platform)

🧠 Access Info

Mics & Cameras Optional
Chat Optional
Captions Available
Platform: We use Webex, an encrypted meetings platform. You'll be able to join on web or via the app.

FAQs

Are the tickets/places limited? Yes. There are a very limited number of places, so book now to avoid missing out!

Why does the space cost money? NEUROMANCERS hopes to reach a stage where we can offer free services and support to all who need it, but as an organisation founded and led by a disabled, neurodivergent, teenager, whose entire work has been unpaid for the 4+ years of its operation, and who has made huge efforts in trying to gain funding in order to continue offering support and services for those who need it, financial contribution is necessary.

Do I have to attend each session? Public Share Sessions are monthly and drop-in. If you're looking for more frequent sessions, join our membership community to access weekly, ongoing support!

What if I'm already I'm a member? Yay! You can RSVP to all sessions from within your membership account! Become a member.

Additional questions? Contact NEUROMANCERS. We'll reply ASAP.

Focus Sessions are encouraging and empowering weekly events for NEUROMANCERS members. Through body-doubling, you will boost your personal productivity and celebrate your wins - big and small! ✨

We centre what productivity means to YOU.

Messy room? Unfinished art projects? Nappy hair? No problem! Our focus sessions will help you clean, colour, and comb your way to success.

Join us for this mini-bootcamp for your executive function!! 💪🏼💪🏽💪🏾

P.S. To access body doubling every single week, alongside peer support sessions, become a member.

The Details

📅 Wednesday 28th January 2026

⌚ 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM GMT

📍 Online via Webex (encrypted meeting platform)

Access Info

Mics & Cameras Optional
Chat Optional
Captions Available
Platform: We use Webex, an encrypted meetings platform. You'll be able to join on web or via the app.

FAQs

Are the tickets/places limited? Yes. There are a very limited number of places, so book now to avoid missing out!

Do I have to attend each session? Public Share Sessions are monthly and drop-in. If you're looking for more frequent sessions, join our membership community to access weekly, ongoing support!

What if I'm already I'm a member? Yay! You can RSVP to all sessions from within your membership account! Become a member.

Additional questions? Contact NEUROMANCERS. We'll reply ASAP.

✨ We can’t wait to NEUROMANCE with y’all. ✨

Whoops, here's the corrected info: Your Last Chances!!

NEUROMANCERS CIC — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 10:25:00 +0000

Peer Solidarity Certificate Program: Applications Closing Soon!

If you haven’t yet heard about our Peer Solidarity Certificate Program — where have you been??

🔥Be a part of the UK's first certificate program for politicised peer support, and build a future of abolitionist, autonomous, and accessible mental health care.🔥

Combining an in-depth community-developed learning and an experiential placement, you’ll leave this program with the knowledge and tools to better support you, your peers, and your community!

🤑The program is FREE for 18-25 year olds — and there are payment plans/sliding scale options available for older applicants!🤑

📅The program runs from February - December 2026 and is delivered entirely remotely!

DEADLINE: 11.59PM 4TH OF JANUARY 2025

✨👉🏿EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT!✨👈🏾

Return to Solidarity: A peer support group for Black + Brown, LGBTQ+ neurodivergents!

In these challenging times, join NEUROMANCERS to unmask and hold our grief, distress, and shame as we cultivate a space for solidarity as Black + Brown, neurodivergent+, queer people.

This space is exclusively and only available to people who are self-identified as
Neurodivergent+; Black or Brown; AND LGBTQ+.

Key Info:

🗓️ DAYS: Wednesdays, for ten (10) weeks.

📆 DATES: 28th January 2026 to 1st April 2026.

⏰ TIME: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM (UK TIME)

🤑COST: Sliding-scale, £5 - £20 per session.

💥USE THE EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT CODE BELOW AND GET TICKETS FROM JUST £2.50 PER SESSION💥

CODE: EARLYBIRD2025

There are a very limited number of places, so book now to avoid missing out!

🤑 USE CODE BY 23:59PM on the 31st DECEMBER 2025🤑

Trauma care for-and-by queer survivors! ❤️‍🩹

Announcing our new research project: King’s College London X NEUROMANCERS!

Are you a queer woman or gender non-conforming person with lived experience of trauma?

Join our co-design team to create trauma care by-and-for our community!

About the Project

This is a co-design research project to collaboratively create a care programme for queer women and gender diverse trauma survivors.

This project is in collaboration with PhD student Abbey Brunault (she/they), whose work focuses on improving mental health care approaches for queer women and gender diverse trauma survivors. They are a lived experience researcher whose work is rooted in feminist and liberation approaches to trauma care.

What is co-design?

This is a research approach that brings together lived experience, lived expertise, cultural knowledge and professional experience to learn from each other, create something new, and share decision-making power.

This project seeks to create care that:

Centres the lived knowledge of queer trauma survivors and our historic power care for each other.

Addresses the ways that social and political oppression impact the way we experience and heal from trauma.

Recognises the harm that many marginalised people have experienced from therapists and medical professionals.

This project might be for you…

if you meet the below criteria;
are aligned with our values of autonomous, abolitionist, and accessible mental health care;
are interested in creating something that better supports you, your peers, and your community.

We’re recruiting Lived Experience Experts and Lived Experience Healers.

READ THE FULL CRITERIA!

🤑This is a paid opportunity: you’ll be compensated £250 for your time. Plant-based lunch, a travel stipend, and care package will also be provided. !🤑

Details:

📅When: Sunday, Jan. 25th 11am-5pm + Sunday, Feb. 8th 11am-5pm

📍Where: The Feminist Library (London)

🧠What: You’ll take part in two half-day workshops which include brainstorming, creative storytelling, self-reflection, and shared decision-making to co-create a care programme for queer women and gender diverse trauma survivors.

👉🏾Read the full Participant Information Sheet here!

If you are interested in being part of this project, please fill out this contact form!

Deadline to express interest: Sunday, January 4th 11:59 GMT.

EXPRESS YOUR INTEREST!

PAID role: Zine Artist 🖥️🧑🏿‍🎨

👀At a glance…

🫶🏾 Reports to: Aiyana Goodfellow, Executive Director.

🌍 Location: Remote + In-Person (London) – accepting UK-wide only.

📝 Contract: Freelance, one-off commission.

⏳ Hours: up-to seventy five (75) hours total over three (3) months. (WC: 19th January 2026 – WC: 27th April 2026.)

🤑Pay: £1500 total fee, which covers up-to seventy five (75) hours total (at organisational flat rate of £20ph). Paid monthly on receipt of invoice.

✅ Deadlines: Attend live in-person workshops in London on 25th January 2026 and 8th February 2026 and develop/design the zine following this.

DEADLINE: 11.59PM GMT on Sunday 4th January 2026.

More info…

About the Role 🤔

NEUROMANCERS is looking for an experienced graphic designer to create a custom and original zine (for both digital and printing) which summarises the findings from our upcoming co-design research project.

This research, a collaboration between NEUROMANCERS x King’s College London, explores "trauma care by-and-for queer women and gender diverse people".

Across up-to seventy five (75) hours spread over three (3) months, you will have the opportunity to develop and design a zine which explores the research findings. We are interested in bold and radical graphic design approaches that embody our values of abolition, autonomy and accessibility.

Experience:

Experience creating digital and printable zines.
Experience creating art that is educational, political, liberation/abolition-focused, or centres queer/trans experience.
Demonstrable ability to summarise a large scope of information in accessible and digestible visual formats.
Experience of self-directed and/or freelance graphic design work.
We are particularly open to applications from people who have a personal connection to this work – LGBTQ+ women/gender diverse people with lived experience of trauma.

Responsibilities:

Attend the in-person (London) co-design workshops on the following dates to observe the research process, create notes, summaries, and reflections, and build relationships with our co-design community:
1. 25th January 2026, 11am-5pm
2. 8th February 2026, 11am-5pm
Attend up to four (4) remote meetings with NEUROMANCERS and the research team to discuss the content, design, and progress of the zine.
Engage in up to four (4) rounds of feedback regarding the design and development of the zine.
Collaborate with NEUROMANCERS and the research team on the theme(s) and written content of the zine. Examples of potential themes may be queer community, collective action, healing from trauma, and similar.
Create images and arrange text, descriptions, and quotes to be included in the zine that represent the theme(s).
Design the zine, incorporating both written and visual content, based on the determined theme(s). The final version must be suitable for printing and digital viewing.

Alongside the above, we expect all those working within NEUROMANCERS to be...

Self-identified as neurodivergent+
Organised, responsible, and reliable communicators
Able to navigate technology such as email and web meetings
Aligned with NEUROMANCERS’ goals and values
Knowledgeable about non-clinical peer support practices, Disability Justice, prison, police, and psychiatric abolition, and the neurodiversity paradigm
Committed to anti-racism, LGBTQ+ rights, anti-speciesism, anti-ableism, and total liberation for all
APPLY NOW!

✉️ HOW TO APPLY:

The application is a short form that should take less than ten (10) minutes to complete. In this form, we'll ask for some key details, a short bio, and your portfolio (as an open access link). Please complete and submit your application here before 11.59Pm GMT on Sunday 4th January 2026.

If your initial application is successful, you will be invited to an interview. We may review applications as they are submitted.

If you need any accommodations to support your application process, please email hello@neuromancers.org.uk.

Your Last Chances!!

NEUROMANCERS CIC — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 20:02:12 +0000

Peer Solidarity Certificate Program: Applications Closing Soon!

If you haven’t yet heard about our Peer Solidarity Certificate Program — where have you been??

🔥Be a part of the UK's first certificate program for politicised peer support, and build a future of abolitionist, autonomous, and accessible mental health care.🔥

Combining an in-depth community-developed learning and an experiential placement, you’ll leave this program with the knowledge and tools to better support you, your peers, and your community!

🤑The program is FREE for 18-25 year olds — and there are payment plans/sliding scale options available for older applicants!🤑

📅The program runs from February - December 2026 and is delivered entirely remotely!

DEADLINE: 11.59PM 4TH OF JANUARY 2025

Return to Solidarity: A peer support group for Black + Brown, LGBTQ+ neurodivergents!

If you haven’t yet heard about our Peer Solidarity Certificate Program — where have you been??

🔥Be a part of the UK's first certificate program for politicised peer support, and build a future of abolitionist, autonomous, and accessible mental health care.🔥

Combining an in-depth community-developed learning and an experiential placement, you’ll leave this program with the knowledge and tools to better support you, your peers, and your community!

🤑The program is FREE for 18-25 year olds — and there are payment plans/sliding scale options available for older applicants!🤑

📅The program runs from February - December 2026 and is delivered entirely remotely!

🤑 USE CODE BY THE END OF JANUARY 🤑

Trauma care for-and-by queer survivors! ❤️‍🩹

Announcing our new research project: King’s College London X NEUROMANCERS!

Are you a queer woman or gender non-conforming person with lived experience of trauma?

Join our co-design team to create trauma care by-and-for our community!

About the Project

This is a co-design research project to collaboratively create a care programme for queer women and gender diverse trauma survivors.

What is co-design?

This project seeks to create care that:

Centres the lived knowledge of queer trauma survivors and our historic power care for each other.

Addresses the ways that social and political oppression impact the way we experience and heal from trauma.

Recognises the harm that many marginalised people have experienced from therapists and medical professionals.

This project might be for you…

if you meet the below criteria;
are aligned with our values of autonomous, abolitionist, and accessible mental health care;
are interested in creating something that better supports you, your peers, and your community.

We’re recruiting Lived Experience Experts and Lived Experience Healers.

READ THE FULL CRITERIA!

🤑This is a paid opportunity: you’ll be compensated £250 for your time. Plant-based lunch, a travel stipend, and care package will also be provided. !🤑

Details:

📅When: Sunday, Jan. 25th 11am-5pm + Sunday, Feb. 8th 11am-5pm

📍Where: The Feminist Library (London)

👉🏾Read the full Participant Information Sheet here!

If you are interested in being part of this project, please fill out this contact form!

Deadline to express interest: Sunday, January 4th 11:59 GMT.

EXPRESS YOUR INTEREST!

PAID role: Zine Artist 🖥️🧑🏿‍🎨

👀At a glance…

🫶🏾 Reports to: Aiyana Goodfellow, Executive Director.

🌍 Location: Remote + In-Person (London) – accepting UK-wide only.

📝 Contract: Freelance, one-off commission.

⏳ Hours: up-to seventy five (75) hours total over three (3) months. (WC: 19th January 2026 – WC: 27th April 2026.)

🤑Pay: £1500 total fee, which covers up-to seventy five (75) hours total (at organisational flat rate of £20ph). Paid monthly on receipt of invoice.

✅ Deadlines: Attend live in-person workshops in London on 25th January 2026 and 8th February 2026 and develop/design the zine following this.

DEADLINE: 11.59PM GMT on Sunday 4th January 2026.

More info…

About the Role 🤔

This research, a collaboration between NEUROMANCERS x King’s College London, explores "trauma care by-and-for queer women and gender diverse people".

Experience:

Experience creating digital and printable zines.
Experience creating art that is educational, political, liberation/abolition-focused, or centres queer/trans experience.
Demonstrable ability to summarise a large scope of information in accessible and digestible visual formats.
Experience of self-directed and/or freelance graphic design work.
We are particularly open to applications from people who have a personal connection to this work – LGBTQ+ women/gender diverse people with lived experience of trauma.

Responsibilities:

Attend the in-person (London) co-design workshops on the following dates to observe the research process, create notes, summaries, and reflections, and build relationships with our co-design community:
1. 25th January 2026, 11am-5pm
2. 8th February 2026, 11am-5pm
Attend up to four (4) remote meetings with NEUROMANCERS and the research team to discuss the content, design, and progress of the zine.
Engage in up to four (4) rounds of feedback regarding the design and development of the zine.
Collaborate with NEUROMANCERS and the research team on the theme(s) and written content of the zine. Examples of potential themes may be queer community, collective action, healing from trauma, and similar.
Create images and arrange text, descriptions, and quotes to be included in the zine that represent the theme(s).
Design the zine, incorporating both written and visual content, based on the determined theme(s). The final version must be suitable for printing and digital viewing.

Alongside the above, we expect all those working within NEUROMANCERS to be...

Self-identified as neurodivergent+
Organised, responsible, and reliable communicators
Able to navigate technology such as email and web meetings
Aligned with NEUROMANCERS’ goals and values
Knowledgeable about non-clinical peer support practices, Disability Justice, prison, police, and psychiatric abolition, and the neurodiversity paradigm
Committed to anti-racism, LGBTQ+ rights, anti-speciesism, anti-ableism, and total liberation for all
APPLY NOW!

✉️ HOW TO APPLY:

If your initial application is successful, you will be invited to an interview. We may review applications as they are submitted.

If you need any accommodations to support your application process, please email hello@neuromancers.org.uk.

💥365 Days of NEUROMANCING💥

NEUROMANCERS CIC — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 16:00:18 +0000

✨Hey Divergents!✨

Welcome to our final monthly newsletter of 2025, and what a year it has been.

At the beginning of this year, we re-launched NEUROMANCERS because we want a world where mental health care is safe, equitable, and consent-led. We want to build abolitionist futures which are healing, transformative, and life-affirming. The mainstream healthcare system fails our community by labelling neurodivergent+ people 'defective' and 'disordered'.

NEUROMANCERS seek to provide an alternative. Instead, we fall in love with divergence. Our traits are neither 'curses' nor 'superpowers'. We are simply people surviving a society that oppresses and excludes us in the best ways we know how.

It has been a lot of work and we are SO grateful for the support of each and everyone of you. We could not do this work without our community, and we’re excited for our NEUROMANCING networks to continue growing throughout 2026.

Keep reading to learn about all the mad, bad, and beautiful things we’ve been up to this year and find out what we’re scheming ‘n’ dreaming for next year, and more!

Highlights from 365 Days of NEUROMANCING

This year we…

held NEUROMANCERS DAY – our first in person event, which had 60+ sign ups, 4 stalls, 9 guest speaker contributions, 3 sponsors, and 80% 5 star reviews (20% as 4 star!) 🤩
launched our brand new membership community ✊🏾
held 6x Death to the DSM workshops as part of our community research and development project where we collaborate on a peer-led zine exploring the varied experiences of the neurodivergent+ community 🤓🧠
held 5x guest workshops for our community, on topics such as Decolonizing and Re-Indigenizing our Mind-Body-Spirit Connection through the Baobab Tree, Mad Liberation, and Non-Linear Poetry. (Don’t forget you can still access on-demand recordings of these workshops our digital membership platform!)
launched a merch collab with FORT 😎
welcomed 20+ volunteers over the year (we’re still looking for volunteers to join us in 2026!) 🤗
spoke at Durham University 👌🏾
hired 12+ short term freelancers 🤹🏾‍♀️
launched our Peer Solidarity Certificate Program, the UK's first certificate program for politicised peer support, what we call Peer Solidarity. (There’s still time to apply!) 💥

🤎🦔It’s now definitely time for some gentle hibernation till January. 🦔🤎

👀What’s Cooking for 2026…👀

illustration by media volunteer @the_rosa_artist

❤️‍🔥 Peer Solidarity Certificate Program 🧠

Don’t forget that applications for our Peer Solidarity Certificate Program are open until the 4th January 2026.

The program is FREE for 18-25 year olds (payment plans/sliding scale options available for other applicants).

Application Deadline ⏳

11.59pm Sunday 4th January 2026

Next Cohort Begins 🗓️

February 2026

The program runs from February 2026 to December 2026 and the ENTIRE program is virtual/remote.

Find out more and apply by clicking the button below!

Returning to Solidarity - A support group for Black + Brown, LGBTQ, neurodivergent+ people! ❤️‍🩹✊🏾

6:30 PM - 8:30 PM (UK TIME) every Wednesday, for ten (10) weeks, from 28th January to the 1st April 2026.

In these challenging times, join NEUROMANCERS to unmask and hold our grief, distress, and shame as we cultivate a space for solidarity as Black + Brown, neurodivergent+, queer people.

As we collectively witness the rise of fascism and increasingly far right politics, we’re asking: how do we want to “show up” and “show solidarity” this year? This group will explore what showing up and having solidarity can be for our Black + Brown, neurodivergent+ and queer selves, communities, and kin.

We will be facilitating an online space which holds the burnout, internalised ableism, shame, and guilt that often gets between us and solidarity. In practicing Peer Solidarity, holding compassion, engaging somatic tools, and embodying abolitionist principles, we hope to explore what showing up with grace can be and mean for us all.

This space is exclusively and only available to people who are self-identified as Neurodivergent+; Black or Brown; AND LGBTQ+.

There are a very limited number of places, so book now to avoid missing out!

Announcing NEUROMANCERS Co-Working Drop Ins, IN-PERSON @ QUEERCIRCLE💻☕

Through our partnership with QUEERCIRCLE, we’re offering a FREE monthly co-working space for neurodivergent+ organisations and individuals in 2026.

If you are a neurodivergent+ organisation or individual who would like to join our access-affirming co-working afternoons, please email to express your interest.

QUEERCIRCLE is a warm, fully accessible safe space with art materials, tables and chairs, a large screen for presentations, and free Wi-Fi.

EXPRESS YOUR INTEREST

illustration by media volunteer @the_rosa_artist

“Autonomous, abolitionist, and accessible mental health care is radical, is necessary, is you. We can't wait for you to join us.”

— Aiyana Goodfellow, founder and executive director of NEUROMANCERS

Not a member? Join for as little as £10 a month (£2.50 per week!) and gain access to our…

Community Platform: An international, digital community available 24/7 ready to welcome and offer you the help you need 🌍

Exclusive Online Events: Including exclusive body-doubling and check-in sessions every single week AND monthly orientations 🗓️

Library of Resources: HUNDREDS of resources for the neurodivergent+ community. We have articles, essays, workbooks, worksheets, podcasts, and more📚
Workshops On-Demand: A collection of recorded workshops on-demand, tailored to the neurodivergent+ community. Future workshops are archived for members so you won’t miss a thing! 👀
Massive Member-Only Discounts: Gain highly discounted access to public programming, including events, guest workshops, and care programs 🥳
Early Access: Be the first to hear about upcoming offerings and vote on what you'd like to see from us 🫶🏾

BECOME A MEMBER

Not only will you have access to our invaluable community, and all the perks, events, resources, and programs that come with it, but your membership helps sustain our work.

NEUROMANCERS is a small, volunteer-run non-profit which receives little to no funding, but your support enables us to continue for years to come.

BECOME A MEMBER

Sponsored memberships are also available ✊🏿

💖 Thank you so much for all your support, and we look forward to growing even more networks of autonomous, abolitionist, and accessible mental health care, by us and for us in 2026! 💖

Education as the Practice of Freedom

NEUROMANCERS CIC — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:01:08 +0000

Peer Solidarity Certificate Program: Introducing Our Curriculum Co-Developers!

We’re super excited to announce our Curriculum Co-Developers for our upcoming Peer Solidarity Certificate Program 🤩

The 10 modules they are developing will be a core part of this unique program, designed to empower participants with a theoretical and practical understanding of autonomous, abolitionist, and accessible mental health care. ✊🏿

Be a part of the UK’s first certificate program for politicised peer support, what we call Peer Solidarity. ✨🧠

Apply now via the link below! 🔗

👇🏾Keep reading to meet our incredible team of curriculum co-developers!!👇🏾

Modules 1 & 2: Peer Solidarity & Autonomous Mental Healthcare

developed by Aiyana

Aiyana is a multidisciplinary artist – whose work spans writing, music, theatre, and filmmaking – and a community organiser.

Aiyana has founded many initiatives, particularly those that focus on the liberation of nonhuman animals, children and young people, and neurodivergent people. Aiyana is co-founder and co-publisher at The Anima Print and founding executive director of NEUROMANCERS.

Module 3: Crisis Support

developed by Kaan Yasemin

https://kaank.co.uk/

Kaan (they/them) is curious about how we do safety, care and interdependence better. They started practising as a teenager with other teenagers, and years later as an ex-domestic and sexual abuse support worker, a facilitator and someone living with chronic suicidality.

They also write poetry about their family history and transness, and perform a drag act of an over-confident DIY Youtuber.

Module 4: Suicidality & Self-Injury

developed by Black Suicidality Support

Black Suicidality Support is an online collective care & educational platform launching in 2026. BSS is created by and for Black people with direct experience of being first aid carers, supporting loved ones experiencing suicidal ideation, and distress. BSS seeks to serve as a response to a community need for dignity-affirming, accessible and sustainable support by operating with a politicised understanding of suicidality, that recognises and visibilises suicidality on a spectrum, offering practical ways to tend to distress.

Module 5: Plurality & Dissociation

developed by FluxStar & Esmé

FluxStar

Collectively named FluxStar (they/it/we/us), they are an ungendered dissociative System. They are a member of the NEUROMANCERS volunteer team and Advisory Board.

Their practices gravitate around authenticity and depolarisation. Whilst their late diagnosis of DID has lead their work to hyperfocus on championing Black Dissociative Systems in particular.

Esmé

Esmé (they/she) is a sapphic, asexual, neuroqueer, vegan, intersectional anarcho-feminist.

Their daily labour (paid and unpaid) centres on trying to offer autonomy-respecting and interdependence-honouring, gentle, compassionate care, advocacy and solidarity to those traumatised by interpersonal abuse and betrayal, and invariably retraumatised by institutional abuse and betrayal.

They are particularly interested in psych abolition and disability justice and children's liberation.

Module 6: Navigating the Sensory & Social

developed by rosa (@the_rosa_artist)

www.therosaartist.com

rosa is a multidisciplinary storyteller, grower and facilitator. Through their work they create quiet spaces to radically listen, question, unlearn, dismantle, imagine, play, and tell stories.

They understand themselves as a part of an infinitely intricate ecosystem of decomposers, quietly and madly composting systems of oppression and cultivating compost in which liberated, care-rooted futures might be sown.

Module 7: Emotionally Heightened States

developed by Karren Barcita

Karren Barcita (she/her) is a reproductive justice advocate and facilitator who works through lived experience, peer support, community storytelling, and collective care.

She believes returning to ourselves is a practice of remembering our own humanness.

Module 8: Psychosis & Altered States

MIND & Hearing Voices Network

Alex Phillips (She/Her) is the Hearing Voices Projects Supervisor at Mind in Camden; the project is lived experience lead and was launched at Mind in Camden from 2005, building its roots from the Hearing Voices Network. The Project has three strands to its work, London Hearing Voices Network, Voices Collective (under 25s), and Voices Unlocked.

Module 9: Addiction & Harm Reduction

developed by Dani, co-founder of Safe Only CIC

Dani is a performer, community organizer, harm reduction practitioner, bear. They have been an active part of London's LGBTQI+ scene for a decade, organizing in groups including ACT UP London, The Love Tank, the revived Gay Liberation Front, and they are a co-founder of Safe Only CIC. Dani is learning Yiddish and recently started a punk band.

Module 10: Surviving Abuse & Interpersonal Violence

developed by SLEEC

Meggan and Bryony are the co-founders of SLEEC. They bring over 26 years of combined experience in human rights, male violence & harm prevention, earning multiple awards for their impactful work. They have worked within safe houses, sexual violence and domestic abuse services, trafficking and sexual exploitation support and mental health care. They have led and contributed to numerous campaigns focused on domestic violence, rape and sexual violence, anti-trafficking, detention centers, and class injustice.

✨We can’t wait to learn with you!✨

🤑Did you know the program is FREE for 18-25 year olds? There are also payment plans/sliding scale options available for older applicants!🤑

📅The program runs from February - December 2026 and is delivered entirely remotely!

🔥Be a part of the UK's first certificate program for politicised peer support, and build a future of abolitionist, autonomous, and accessible mental health care.🔥

Neurodivergent+ brain cells, we need ya!

NEUROMANCERS CIC — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 18:00:10 +0000

Hey Divergents!

Coming up this Thursday 27th November (6pm GMT) we have another Death to the DSM session and we need all the Mad and Divergent brain cells we can get…

More info below 👇🏾

When is it?

Thu 27th November 2025:

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM GMT/ 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT

Where is it?

ONLINE via Webex (encrypted meetings platform)

How do I attend?

_{Image Description: A ghostly pixelated graphic of a human skull with the words “Upcoming.. Death to the DSM” written in pink and maroon against a pale pink background.}

About Death to the DSM

**This month’s focus will be Addiction (Part II). We will be discussing addiction and asking for more feedback on this topic.

The workshop is for Neurodivergent+ and/or Mad people who have experience with addiction of any kind, and you don’t have to have attended before!**

Join NEUROMANCERS for Death to the DSM, a community research and development project where we collaborate on a peer-led zine exploring the varied experiences of the neurodivergent+ community. Each monthly session focuses on a different neurodivergent+ 'trait' or experience.

You do not need research experience to join us. We just need you, the trust to share your experiences, and an interest in discussing neurodivergent+ and disability theory!

Access Info

Come as you are! This is a chill, community-oriented space.

Camera On/Off
Mic On/Off
Chat Optional
Speaking Optional
Breakout Rooms
Active Participation Required
Break Included
Reading Required
Writing Optional
Captions On
No Recording

FAQs

Where will the event take place?

The event will take place online via Webex (encrypted meetings platform). Ticket holders will be sent a link prior to the event. No downloaded apps needed.

Can I attend this event even if I’m not a member?

Yes. Anyone can attend this online event for free.

Will this event be recorded?

No, this event will not be recorded.

✨ We’d love to see you there! ✨

PAID ROLE: Calling all divergent designers!

NEUROMANCERS CIC — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:59:05 +0000

Hey Divergents!

Are you a graphic design whizz? Know someone who is? We’re hiring for someone to help give NEUROMANCERS a fresh new look! Scroll down for more info…

PAID role: Graphic Designer 🖥️🧑🏿‍🎨

👀At a glance…

👉🏿Reports to: Aiyana Goodfellow, Executive Director.

🌍 Location: Remote – accepting UK-wide only.

📝 Contract: Freelance. Project-based. Twenty-five (25) hours spread over one (1) month.

🤑Pay: £500 fee total, which covers 25 hours total (organisational flat rate of £20ph).

DEADLINE: 9am GMT on Monday 24th November 2025.

More info…

About the Role 🤔

NEUROMANCERS is looking for a Graphic Designer to execute our brand refresh. Across 25 hours spread over one month, you will have the opportunity to reimagine and transform NEUROMANCERS' logo, fonts and social media templates. We are interested in bold and radical graphic design approaches that embody our values of abolition, autonomy and accessibility.

Experience:

Experience designing assets such as logos and social media templates for future use.
Experience working with grassroots movements or organisations.
Experience of self-directed and/or freelance graphic design work.
Experience working with Canva.

Responsibilities:

Executing NEUROMANCERS' brand refresh, to include:

A new logo
Refreshed fonts
New templates for social media
New templates for internal documentation.

Alongside the above, we expect all those working within NEUROMANCERS to be...

Self-identified as neurodivergent+
Organised, responsible, and reliable communicators
Able to navigate technology such as email, Xero, and web meetings
Aligned with NEUROMANCERS’ goals and values
Knowledgeable about non-clinical peer support practices, Disability Justice, prison, police, and psychiatric abolition, and the neurodiversity paradigm
Committed to anti-racism, LGBTQ+ rights, anti-speciesism, anti-ableism, and total liberation for all

Graphic Designer Application ✉️

Please complete and submit your application before 9am GMT on Monday 24th November 2025.

If your initial application is successful, you will be invited to an interview. We may review applications as they are submitted.

If you need any accommodations to support your application process, please email hello@neuromancers.org.uk.

💌

💌

Are you Dynamic, Methodical & Financially Savvy?

NEUROMANCERS CIC — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 08:00:06 +0000

Hey Divergents!

Our pipeline is packed with innovative new projects and we are hiring more peeps to ensure these become a reality! Read on for further info about the exciting new Operations + Capacity Lead role at Neuromancers!

PAID role: Operations + Capacity Lead ⚙️💻💰

👀At a glance…

🫶🏾 Reports to: Aiyana Goodfellow, Executive Director.

🫱🏾‍🫲🏽 Working with: Volunteer Community, Other Freelance Staff.

🌍 Location: Remote – accepting UK-wide only.

📝 Contract: Freelance. One (1) year. Fixed term (extension dep. on funding).

⏳ Hours: One (1) day / eight (8) hours per week. One full day each week, preference for those who can commit to Mondays.

🤑Pay: £7680 (organisational flat rate of £20ph). Paid monthly on receipt of invoice.

DEADLINE: 9am BST on Monday 24th November 2025.

More info…

About the Role 🤔

As Operations + Capacity Lead you will effectively design NEUROMANCERS' administrative systems, develop our value-aligned approach to HR, and maintain excellent financial records.

You will be responsible for independently handling our operations and establishing access-centred and person-centred infrastructure which will support the organisation for years to come.

This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to explore more radical approaches to organising within a non-profit legal structure and is passionate about humans, community, and accessible administration.

Experience:

Experience with governance and financial management, ideally for CICs
Confidence with financial management tools, self-organisation, and accessible written communication
Knowledge of financial strategy techniques and the mental health funding landscape
Taking initiative while working independently and collaboratively
Maintaining efficiency and attention-to-detail

Responsibilities:

Establishing and improving scalable operations systems
Ensuring our remote organisation is using optimal and affordable privacy-first softwares
Developing financial strategy and best practices
Liaising with accountants, funders, and other financial partners
Data, finance, and grant management
Handling contracts and compliance checks
Stewarding volunteers, including supervision, onboarding, and time-management
Developing value-aligned policies and HR practices
Implementing disability-affirming, capacity-building infrastructure
Managing grassroots partnerships with fiscal sponsors
Sourcing further funding and assisting with applications
Supporting care programs delivery and evaluation

Alongside the above, we expect all those working within NEUROMANCERS to be...

Self-identified as neurodivergent+
Organised, responsible, and reliable communicators
Able to navigate technology such as email, Canva, or web meetings
Aligned with NEUROMANCERS’ goals and values
Knowledgeable about non-clinical peer support practices, Disability Justice, prison, police, and psychiatric abolition, and the neurodiversity paradigm
Committed to anti-racism, LGBTQ+ rights, anti-speciesism, anti-ableism, and total liberation for all

Operations + Capacity Lead Application ✉️

Please complete and submit your application before 9am BST on Monday 24th November 2025.

If your initial application is successful, you will be invited to an interview. We may review applications as they are submitted.

If you need any accommodations to support your application process, please email hello@neuromancers.org.uk.

💌

Click here to find out more and apply!

💌

Your monthly dose of NEUROMANCERS...

NEUROMANCERS CIC — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 18:01:17 +0000

The last couple of months we’ve focused on both body and mind techniques to help us cope with the unhinged news cycles of our unprecedented times.

As the nights draw in in the Northern Hemisphere, we are rooting toward collective care and community. This month we wanted to share an online weekly Breath Circle for Collective Capacity facilitated by our friends at Healing Justice Ldn.

“Our Breath Circle for Collective Capacity is a gathering space for grounding. We hold this regular space for light stretching, breathing and meditative practice. It’s a space that scaffolds and staggers levels of participation, so that you can opt in to what supports you and your body to feel safer.”

Find out more about HJL here.

And don’t forget to lean into NEUROMANCERS’ web of collective care online via our Membership Community. If you’re not a member yet, click here.

Announcing our PEER SOLIDARITY CERTIFICATE PROGRAMME!

**The UK’s first certificate program for politicised peer support, what we call Peer Solidarity.**

Our program offers an in-depth exploration of Peer Solidarity, a framework that combines community healing with political education.

This unique program is designed to empower participants with a theoretical and practical understanding of autonomous, abolitionist, and accessible mental health care.

By the end of the program, you will have the knowledge and tools to better support you, your peers, and your community.

Please note, the ENTIRE program is virtual/remote.

Application Deadline ⏳

11.59pm Sunday 4th January 2026

Next Cohort Begins 🗓️

February 2026

✨APPLY NOW✨

Death to the DSM

DATE: Thursday 30th October 2025

TIME: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM UK TIME / 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM - 13:00 PM PT

This project is a community-driven initiative where we collaborate on a peer-led zine that explores the diverse experiences of the neurodivergent+ community. Each monthly session focuses on a different neurodivergent+ 'trait' or experience.

You do not need research experience to join us. We just need you, the trust to share your experiences, and an interest in discussing neurodivergent+ and disability theory!

💀SIGN UP FOR DEATH TO THE DSM💀

We can’t wait to resume our WORKSHOPS in 2026! In the meantime, don’t forget that members have full access to recordings of the workshops so far 👇🏾

BECOME A MEMBER TO 📺WATCH THIS YEAR’S RECORDED SESSIONS🎥

WE’RE RECRUITING!

Operations + Capacity Lead ⚙️💻

At a glance…👀

👉🏿Reports to: Aiyana Goodfellow, Executive Director.

🤝🏾Working with: Volunteer Community, Other Freelance Staff.

🌍 Location: Remote – accepting UK-based applicants only.

📝 Contract: Freelance. One (1) year. Fixed term (extension dep. on funding).

⏳ Hours: One (1) day / eight (8) hours per week. One full day each week, preference for those who can commit to Mondays.

🤑Pay: £7680 (organisational flat rate of £20ph). Paid monthly on receipt of invoice.

🤔About the Role:

As Operations + Capacity Lead you will effectively design NEUROMANCERS' administrative systems, develop our value-aligned approach to HR, and maintain excellent financial records.

You will be responsible for independently handling our operations and establishing access-centred and person-centred infrastructure which will support the organisation for years to come.

This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to explore more radical approaches to organising within a non-profit legal structure and is passionate about humans, community, and accessible administration.

DEADLINE: 9am GMT on Monday 24th November 2025.

✊🏿Find out more and apply HERE✊🏿

📚NEUROMANCERS Digital Resource Library📚

Our library is growing by the day and bubbling with incredible resources. Check out our latest Instagram post for this month’s highlight, selected by some of our brilliant volunteers.

Instagram post

The library is open to all our members on our online Membership Community.

If you’re not a member yet, click here.

If membership is not accessible to you, join our sponsored access waiting list here.

Body doubling aka Focus Sessions

DATE: Wednesdays

TIME: Various times throughout the month!

Messy room? Unfinished art projects? Nappy hair? No problem! Our focus sessions will help you clean, colour, and comb your way to success.

Focus Sessions are encouraging and empowering weekly events for NEUROMANCERS members only. Through body-doubling, you will boost your productivity and celebrate your wins, big and small! ✨ We centre what productivity means to YOU.

🧠🧠🧠 UNRAVEL YOUR EXECUTIVE FUNCTION💪🏼💪🏽💪🏾

And finally, here’s a spooky season meme for y’all…

Sending love and solidarity!

NEUROMANCERS

Kill the Manual Before It Kills You: Death to the DSM

NEUROMANCERS CIC — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 18:00:56 +0000

Hey Divergents!

Coming up this Thursday (6pm BST) we have another Death to the DSM session and we need all the Mad and Divergent brain cells we can get…

More info below 👇🏾

When is it?

Thu 30th October 2025:

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM BST / 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM - 13:00 PM PT

Where is it?

ONLINE via Webex (encrypted meetings platform)

How do I attend?

_{Image Description: A ghostly pixelated graphic of a human skull with the words “Upcoming.. Death to the DSM” written in pink and maroon against a pale pink background.}

About Death to the DSM

You do not need research experience to join us. We just need you, the trust to share your experiences, and an interest in discussing neurodivergent+ and disability theory!

Access Info

Come as you are! This is a chill, community-oriented space.

Camera On/Off
Mic On/Off
Chat Optional
Speaking Optional
Breakout Rooms
Active Participation Required
Break Included
Reading Required
Writing Optional
Captions On
No Recording

FAQs

Where will the event take place?

The event will take place online via Webex (encrypted meetings platform). Ticket holders will be sent a link prior to the event. No downloaded apps needed.

Can I attend this event even if I’m not a member?

Yes. Anyone can attend this online event for free.

Will this event be recorded?

No, this event will not be recorded.

✨ We’d love to see you there! ✨

Peer Solidarity Program - Information Session

NEUROMANCERS CIC — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 07:00:58 +0000

Hey divergents!

Join NEUROMANCERS at 6PM BST for an information session about our upcoming Peer Solidarity Certificate Program!

Peer Solidarity Certificate Program Information Session – Webex (encrypted meetings platform)

Peer Solidarity Certificate Program Information Session – Webex (encrypted meetings platform) DATE: Monday 20th October 2025 TIME: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM BST / 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM ET / 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/neuromancers/1875734

Our Certificate Program is the UK's first certificate program for politicised peer support, what we call Peer Solidarity. Our program, commencing in early 2026,!offers an in-depth exploration of Peer Solidarity, a framework that combines community healing with political education. This unique program is designed to empower participants with a theoretical and practical understanding of autonomous, abolitionist, and accessible mental health care.

This event will be an opportunity to hear about the program and ask any questions you may have.

DATE: Monday 20th October 2025

TIME: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM BST / 1:00 APM - 2:30 PM ET / 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

Get your tickets!

About Neuromancers

NEUROMANCERS is a peer-led organisation providing autonomous, abolitionist, and accessible mental health care for and by the neurodivergent+ community.

To NEUROMANCE means to 'fall in love with divergence'. 

The mainstream healthcare system fails our community by labelling neurodivergent+ people 'defective' and 'disordered'.

NEUROMANCERS seek to provide an alternative. Instead, we fall in love with divergence. Our traits are neither 'curses' nor 'superpowers'. We are simply people surviving a society that oppresses and excludes us in the best ways we know how.

NEUROMANCERS is here to support you - at whatever stage of the journey you are on - by providing autonomous, abolitionist, and accessible mental health care, by us and for us.

Access Notes from the Facilitator:

Participants are encouraged to engage however they feel comfortable, as long as they remain respectful.

We ask that the mic remains muted when participants are not speaking. In order to make space for everyone who would like to participate (especially shy or reserved individuals), it would be helpful if participants "raise their hand" or drop their name in the chat if they'd like to speak. They're also encouraged to dialogue in the chat.

Additional Access Info

Come as you are!

Camera On/Off
Mic On/Off
Chat Optional
Speaking Optional
Q&A Included
Captions On
Recording (for internal purposes)

FAQs

Where will the event take place?

The event will take place online via Webex (encrypted meetings platform). Ticket holders will be sent a link prior to the event. No downloaded apps needed.

Do I have to be a member to attend?

No. Anyone can attend this online event for free.

Will this event be recorded?

This event will be recorded and made available to members. Become a member.

✨Get your tickets!✨

Additional questions?

Contact NEUROMANCERS. We'll reply ASAP.

CORRECTED: Your Community Needs You!

NEUROMANCERS CIC — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 07:30:00 +0000

CORRECTED VERSION: Previous version contained some inaccuracies - This version contains the correct info about the practical placement and total program length. Apologies for any confusion!

Hey divergents,

We are inviting you to sign up to the UK’s first politicised peer support certification program, what we call Peer Solidarity. The program offers an in-depth exploration of Peer Solidarity, a framework that combines community healing with political education.

This unique & comprehensive program is designed to empower participants with a theoretical and practical understanding of autonomous, abolitionist, and accessible mental health care.

It consists of sixteen (16) weeks training in total, followed by a one-hundred (100) hour practical placement, enabling you to apply what you have learned and gain experience in providing direct peer support to those in need.

By the end of the program you will have the knowledge and tools to more adequately support yourself, your peers and your community!

The program is also entirely FREE for those aged 18-25!

We are accepting applications for the 2026 cohort NOW, click below to begin your application or read on for further info. The application deadline for the 2026 cohort is 11.59pm, Sunday 4th January 2026.

Apply Now!

Why is this program needed?

The mainstream mental health system is failing neurodivergent+ people in a devastating way. We are negatively labelled and pathologised, trapped in psychiatric wards, stuck on waiting lists for seemingly endless periods of time or forced onto medication without providing anything resembling informed consent
We are also made to feel like we are the problem, while the impacts of social oppression are routinely minimised, if not completely ignored. The mainstream mental health system also fails care providers, while those in caregiver roles are often under-valued and exploited
Traditional education is biased and does not draw on the unique voices and valuable insights of neurodivergent+ people

Who is the program for?

It is for people who are:

Critical of mainstream mental healthcare and want to explore non-clinical alternatives
Interested in offering peer support but are either unsure of where to begin or want to develop their knowledge further
Experienced with helping certain neurodivergent+ communities (e.g.- ADHD, Autism) but less knowledgeable about the more pathologised groups
Wanting to deepen their experience with caregiving and healing work - in particular relating to neurodivergences
Students of psychology, sociology or similar educational pursuits interested in supplementing or challenging their learning using a radical lens and perspective

Pricing

The program is entirely FREE for those aged 18-25!
For everyone above 25 years old, we offer a flexible sliding-scale pricing structure for our program (see website for more details)
The program fee for the February 2026 cohort covers sixteen (16) weeks of training, while complimentary support and supervision is offered throughout the practical placement

FAQs?

What are the eligibility requirements?

Participants must pass a DBS check or provide a valid DBS certification before acceptance onto the program. For the 2026 cohort, we are only accepting applications from those based in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

How long will the program last?

The curriculum will be explored from the week commencing 9th February 2026 to the week commencing 13th April 2026. The progress assessment will be completed during the week commencing 20th of April 2026 in your own time, which will then be followed by a rest week.

Pathway training for your practical placement will last four (4) weeks - from the week commencing 4th of May 2026 to the week commencing 25th of May 2026.

You will complete your one-hundred (100) hour Practical Placement from June 2026 - December 2026.

What are the time commitments for the program?

We suggest you allocate approximately 4 hours per week to the program.

✨Apply Now! ✨

More details about program can be found here.

If you have additional questions, contact NEUROMANCERS and we’ll respond ASAP.

For specific queries and feedback about program access, email us at certificate@neuromancers.org.uk.

Your Community Needs You!

NEUROMANCERS CIC — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Hey divergents,

This unique, comprehensive program is designed to empower participants with a theoretical and practical understanding of autonomous, abolitionist, and accessible mental health care.

By the end of the program you will have the knowledge and tools to more adequately support yourself, your peers and your community!

The program is also entirely FREE for those aged 18-25!

Apply Now!

Why is this program needed?

The mainstream mental health system is failing neurodivergent+ people in a devastating way. We are negatively labelled and pathologised, trapped in psychiatric wards, stuck on waiting lists for seemingly endless periods of time or forced onto medication without providing anything resembling informed consent
We are also made to feel like we are the problem, while the impacts of social oppression are routinely minimised, if not completely ignored. The mainstream mental health system also fails care providers, while those in caregiver roles are often under-valued and exploited
Traditional education is biased and does not draw on the unique voices and valuable insights of neurodivergent+ people

Who is the program for?

It is for people who are:

Critical of mainstream mental healthcare and want to explore non-clinical alternatives
Interested in offering peer support but are either unsure of where to begin or want to develop their knowledge further
Experienced with helping certain neurodivergent+ communities (e.g.- ADHD, Autism) but less knowledgeable about the more pathologised groups
Wanting to deepen their experience with caregiving and healing work - in particular relating to neurodivergences
Students of psychology, sociology or similar educational pursuits interested in supplementing or challenging their learning using a radical lens and perspective

Pricing

The program is entirely FREE for those aged 18-25!
For everyone above 25 years old, we offer a flexible sliding-scale pricing structure for our program (see website for more details)
The program fee for the February 2026 cohort covers sixteen (16) weeks of training, while complimentary support and supervision is offered throughout the practical placement

FAQs?

What are the eligibility requirements?

How long will the program last?

Pathway training for your practical placement will last four (4) weeks - from the week commencing 4th of May 2026 to the week commencing 25th of May 2026.

You will complete your one-hundred (100) hour Practical Placement from June 2026 - December 2026.

What are the time commitments for the program?

We suggest you allocate approximately 4 hours per week to the program.

✨Apply Now! ✨

More details about program can be found here.

If you have additional questions, contact NEUROMANCERS and we’ll respond ASAP.

For specific queries and feedback about program access, email us at certificate@neuromancers.org.uk.

CORRECT LINK: We Keep Each Other Safe

NEUROMANCERS CIC — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 10:19:50 +0000

Hey divergents!

The last email sent on Monday contained the wrong booking link. We are very sorry for the confusion. The links in this email have been corrected, but here is the link just in case:

Select tickets – Suicide Safety = Agency + Care + Dignity by @bearwitness.and – Webex (encrypted meetings platform)

Suicide Safety = Agency + Care + Dignity by @bearwitness.and – Webex (encrypted meetings platform), Sat 27 Sep 2025 - About the Event DATE: Saturday 27th September 2025 TIME: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM BST / 1:00 APM - 3:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM - ...

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It’s Suicide Prevention Month and we know suicide prevention is not suicide safety.

Suicide safety centres agency, care, and dignity.

Come and join us THIS SATURDAY 27th to explore suicidality with curiosity, compassion, tenderness, and nuance.

Suicide Safety = Agency + Care + Dignity

An online workshop by @bearwitness.and.

DATE: Saturday, 27th August 2025
TIME: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM UK TIME / 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT

Suicide prevention is not suicide safety.

Suicide safety centres agency, care, and dignity. Together, let us explore suicidality with curiosity, compassion, tenderness, and nuance.

Let's sit with it, talk about it, share our lived experiences (with care), dispel myths, fill in gaps, understand what's harmful, build on what's helpful, create a care plan, hold space, tend to ourselves, and more!

Let us remember our shared humanity & how to access it. Our only expectation of you is to have compassion for yourself & others.

Get your tickets!

About the Facilitator

Maureen is the proud author of My Fears Out Loud, her debut poetry collection.

She prefers to share her values and lived experience rather than her credentials, which you may inquire about.

Her movement is informed by her belief that all oppression - and therefore, all liberation - is connected. She invites us to bear witness to ourselves and the world at large to heal individually and collectively.

"No one is free unless all of us are free." - inspired by Fannie Lou Hamer.

Access Notes from the Facilitator:

Participants are encouraged to engage however they feel comfortable, as long as they remain respectful.

Additional resources will be sent after our gathering, but we are sharing this resource beforehand for anyone interested: bit.ly/CareWithConsent.

Additional Access Info

Camera Optional
Mic Optional
Chat Available
Chat Optional
Breakout Rooms Included
Independent Activity Included
Group Activity Included
Active Participation Optional
Break Included
Reading Optional
Writing Optional
Slides (screen-sharing on the day)
Additional Resources (sent after)

FAQs

Where will the event take place?

The event will take place online via Webex (encrypted meetings platform). Ticket holders will be sent a link prior to the event. No downloaded apps needed.

Are the tickets/places limited?

There are a limited number of places, so book now to avoid missing out!

Do I get a discount if I'm a member?

Get your discounted member-only ticket from within your membership account! Become a member.

Will this event be recorded?

This event will be recorded and made available to members. Become a member.

For the full experience, sign up to the live event before places run out!

✨Get your tickets!✨

Additional questions?

Contact NEUROMANCERS. We'll reply ASAP.

We Keep Each Other Safe

NEUROMANCERS CIC — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Hey divergents!

It’s Suicide Prevention Month and we know suicide prevention is not suicide safety.

Suicide safety centres agency, care, and dignity.

Come and join us THIS SATURDAY 27th to explore suicidality with curiosity, compassion, tenderness, and nuance.

Suicide Safety = Agency + Care + Dignity

An online workshop by @bearwitness.and.

DATE: Saturday, 27th August 2025
TIME: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM UK TIME / 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT

Suicide prevention is not suicide safety.

Get your tickets!

About the Facilitator

Maureen is the proud author of My Fears Out Loud, her debut poetry collection.

She prefers to share her values and lived experience rather than her credentials, which you may inquire about.

"No one is free unless all of us are free." - inspired by Fannie Lou Hamer.

Access Notes from the Facilitator:

Participants are encouraged to engage however they feel comfortable, as long as they remain respectful.

Additional resources will be sent after our gathering, but we are sharing this resource beforehand for anyone interested: bit.ly/CareWithConsent.

Additional Access Info

Camera Optional
Mic Optional
Chat Available
Chat Optional
Breakout Rooms Included
Independent Activity Included
Group Activity Included
Active Participation Optional
Break Included
Reading Optional
Writing Optional
Slides (screen-sharing on the day)
Additional Resources (sent after)

FAQs

Where will the event take place?

The event will take place online via Webex (encrypted meetings platform). Ticket holders will be sent a link prior to the event. No downloaded apps needed.

Are the tickets/places limited?

There are a limited number of places, so book now to avoid missing out!

Do I get a discount if I'm a member?

Get your discounted member-only ticket from within your membership account! Become a member.

Will this event be recorded?

This event will be recorded and made available to members. Become a member.

For the full experience, sign up to the live event before places run out!

✨Get your tickets!✨

Additional questions?

Contact NEUROMANCERS. We'll reply ASAP.

The DSM is on its last legs...come help us finish it off!

NEUROMANCERS CIC — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Hey Divergents!

Coming up next week we have another Death to the DSM session and we need all the Mad and Divergent brain cells we can get…

More info below 👇🏾

When??

Thu 25th September 2025 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM BST

Where??

ONLINE via Webex (encrypted meetings platform)

How??

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About Death to the DSM

Join NEUROMANCERS for Death to the DSM, a community research and development project where ewe collaborate on a peer-led zine exploring the varied experiences of the neurodivergent+ community. Each monthly session focuses on a different neurodivergent+ 'trait' or experience.

You do not need research experience to join us. We just need you, the trust to share your experiences, and an interest in discussing neurodivergent+ and disability theory!

Access Info

Come as you are! This is a chill, community-oriented space.

Camera On/Off
Mic On/Off
Chat Optional
Speaking Optional
Breakout Rooms
Active Participation Required
Break Included
Reading Required
Writing Optional
Captions On
No Recording

✨ We’d love to see you there! ✨

Come NEUROMANCE with us IRL!

NEUROMANCERS CIC — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Hey Divergents!

As summer winds down in the Northern Hemisphere and the dark and cold draw closer, we know how important webs of community are in keeping us going through the darker months.

Just like the autumnal fungi emerging from their mycelial networks, we’re announcing the first of our NEW IN-PERSON MONTHLY DROP-INS, an affirming space to NEUROMANCE in community through the darker months (and beyond!).

The first one is coming up and we’d love to see you there…

DATE: Monday, 6th October, 2025

TIME: 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM

The drop-ins will take place at QUEERCIRCLE in South London.

Building 4, Design District, 3 Barton Yard, Soames Walk, London SE10 0BN

What are the NEUROMANCER Drop-Ins?

A monthly in-person drop-in for the neurodivergent+ community to come together in an affirming, celebratory space.

Each month, the session will revolve around a different activity or topic. Everyone under the neurodivergent+ umbrella is welcome, of all ages and abilities.

This space is free to NEUROMANCERS members and Black and Brown neurodivergent+ people.

BECOME A MEMBER!

FAQs

Are the tickets/places limited?

There are a limited number of places each month, so book now to avoid missing out!

Do I get a discount if I'm a member?

Get your FREE member-only ticket from within your membership account! Become a member.

Where is this event located?

We'll be hosting the drop-ins at QUEERCIRCLE.

Additional questions?

Contact NEUROMANCERS. We'll reply ASAP.

Access Info

Come as you are! This is a chill, community-oriented space.

Wheelchair Access - This includes a lift and toilet.
Speaking not required - If you'd like to just sit and observe, you're welcome to.
Drop-In - You can leave at any time.
Plant-Based Snacks Provided - Please respect our plant-based, anti-speciesist policy by not bringing any non-plant-based snacks/drinks.
Please see the venue's access information here.

We have a limited number of tickets. Please book if you are confident you’ll attend and cancel your place should this change.