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Awareness has grown ☞ but the workplace didn’t grow with it ↓
In the race to look like we care, we built something that looks great on Linkedin☺︎but never actually made it to the shop floor ☹︎ And in the race to feed the algorithm, we built a them-and-us culture that ☞ far from creating change⇠⇢created division.

We're meant to be fighting the robots ✦ but instead, we're fighting each other.

✖︎ 500,000+ tribunals sitting in the system.
✖︎ 39% ND employees actively looking to leave in the next 12 months.
✖︎ 64% of ND business owners only in it because the workplace couldn't support them.

Zoom out and the reality is we have a workplace that can’t retain brilliant brains and a sub section of reluctant entrepreneurs who are struggling and lonely.

Something has to change.
Because neurodiverse teams are no longer a tickbox on a spreadsheet… if built well - they’re your competitive advantage ✌︎

Brain First isn’t about creating a system for the few, it’s about designing a standard that works for everybrain. 

It all starts with a conversation, and we’re here to help you have it.

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THE BIGGER PICTURE

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    55%

    of business owners identify as neurodivergent

    CYPHER

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    64%

    of them say starting a business was the only way to earn a living.


    Barclays Eagle Labs

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    39%

    of neurodivergent professionals plan to leave their jobs in the next 12 months

    EY (2025)

“Zoom out and there’s a clear picture of a workplace that is losing its most creative, strategic talent, and a sub-sect of business owners who never had the 'fire in their belly’, they just couldn’t find a workplace that worked.”

Amanda Perry

Brain First Founder

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5% of everything we make goes into the Brain First®️ Foundation Fund, which exists to support Neurodivergent Entrepreneurs through mentorship, training and funding.

By joining us on this mission, you are supporting their future success.

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“We’re incredibly grateful to Amanda and the Brain First team for putting so much energy, expertise and determination into making workplaces better for neurodivergent people. This matters deeply to us, both personally and as a business, and we’re proud to be part of something that is pushing for meaningful change.”

Alison Weir
Co-Founder
Wonderland Comms Creative Agency

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“Thank you Amanda! The training was so insightful and really put the room at ease about the type of conversations we can and should be having!”

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People Operations Manager
REFY Beauty

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Neurodiversity is like biodiversity - businesses need all brains in order to thrive.

Amanda Perry
Founder - BRAIN FIRST