Growing Different

Registered charity 1196698 CIO Registered since 2021

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

3.7y median 5y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

average years in governance

3 vs 0 portfolio

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company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Disability 3Education/training 3General Charitable Purposes 3

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Contact

Website	growingdifferent.org.uk
Email	Info@growingdifferent.org.uk
Phone	03003020044
Address	Growing Different, Allia Future Business Centre, Kings Hedges Road, CAMBRIDGE, CB4 2HY

Finances

£212 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2023	£804	£794
2024	£10,237	£4,093
2025	£212	£6,038

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingDisabilityArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH NEURODEVELOPMENTAL CONDITIONS (NDCS) IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:• RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS OF ALL ASPECTS OF NDCS AND NEURODIVERSITY;• PROVIDING SUPPORT AND INFORMATION FOR THOSE WORKING WITH OR CARING FOR THOSE WITH NDCS;• UNDERTAKING OR SUPPORTING RESEARCH INTO NDCS AND ENSURING THE USEFUL RESULTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE:‘NEURODEVELOPMENTAL CONDITIONS’ MEANS A CONDITION OR IMPAIRMENT OF THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE BRAIN AND/OR CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. ‘NEURODIVERSITY’ MEANS THE RANGE OF DIFFERENCES IN INDIVIDUAL BRAIN FUNCTION, COGNITION, LEARNING AND BEHAVIOURAL TRAITS

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 22 Nov 2021 as amended on 12 Aug 2025

Trustees (3)

3trustees

0aged 70+

Catherine Higney Chair since 2021
Justine Harris MS since 2021
Marivjena Menka since 2025

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