Nutritious Minds Trust Charity
Nominee Profile
Location: Surrey
Nutritious Minds Trust Charity is a grassroots charity dedicated to supporting children, young people, adults, and families affected by ADHD, autism, dyslexia, and related neurodivergent profiles. Founded by Dr Rachel V. Gow, a child neuropsychologist, registered nutritionist and nutritional neuroscientist, the charity brings together lived experience, research, clinical expertise, nutrition, psychology, psychiatry and neuroscience to improve understanding, inclusion and support for neurodivergent communities.
Since launching in 2017, Nutritious Minds has delivered over 10 community events, including education days, wellness workshops, parent and family support events, neurodiversity awareness initiatives and its much-celebrated annual one-day conference, "NeuroBloom" in support of ADHD Awareness Month. These events create rare spaces where lived experience voices sit alongside researchers, clinicians, educators, advocates, and families, helping to translate science into practical, compassionate support.
The charity provides 5 free monthly adult ADHD and neurodivergent support groups across Surrey and Suffolk, and online, offering safe, welcoming spaces for peer connection, emotional support, education, and community. Nutritious Minds also provides family guidance, free ADHD screenings, mentoring, emotional support, and advocacy for people who may otherwise struggle to access timely help.
Nutritious Minds is especially committed to preventing the playground-to-prison pipeline, which disproportionately affects neurodivergent children at risk of school exclusion, educational failure, poor mental health, and later contact with the criminal justice system. This August, the charity is launching BEAANS — Beats, Exercise, Art, ADHD and Nutrition Study — which aims to offer children aged 10–14 years who are already getting into trouble at school/disengaging a preventative, creative, and compassionate program focusing on creative activities, including music, art, film, daily exercise, mentoring, nutrition education, and healthy meals.
The charity has also supported families with diagnostic and neurodevelopmental assessment costs through its awards program, and has delivered wellness and brain health education in schools, universities, and prisons. Nutritious Minds Trust Charity deserves recognition for its evidence-based, inclusive, and community-led work, amplifying neurodivergent voices and providing practical support where it is most needed. P
Since launching in 2017, Nutritious Minds has delivered over 10 community events, including education days, wellness workshops, parent and family support events, neurodiversity awareness initiatives and its much-celebrated annual one-day conference, "NeuroBloom" in support of ADHD Awareness Month. These events create rare spaces where lived experience voices sit alongside researchers, clinicians, educators, advocates, and families, helping to translate science into practical, compassionate support.
The charity provides 5 free monthly adult ADHD and neurodivergent support groups across Surrey and Suffolk, and online, offering safe, welcoming spaces for peer connection, emotional support, education, and community. Nutritious Minds also provides family guidance, free ADHD screenings, mentoring, emotional support, and advocacy for people who may otherwise struggle to access timely help.
Nutritious Minds is especially committed to preventing the playground-to-prison pipeline, which disproportionately affects neurodivergent children at risk of school exclusion, educational failure, poor mental health, and later contact with the criminal justice system. This August, the charity is launching BEAANS — Beats, Exercise, Art, ADHD and Nutrition Study — which aims to offer children aged 10–14 years who are already getting into trouble at school/disengaging a preventative, creative, and compassionate program focusing on creative activities, including music, art, film, daily exercise, mentoring, nutrition education, and healthy meals.
The charity has also supported families with diagnostic and neurodevelopmental assessment costs through its awards program, and has delivered wellness and brain health education in schools, universities, and prisons. Nutritious Minds Trust Charity deserves recognition for its evidence-based, inclusive, and community-led work, amplifying neurodivergent voices and providing practical support where it is most needed. P