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title: Creating a neuroinclusive workplace at SYSTRA – Neurodiversity Celebration Week
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# Creating a neuroinclusive workplace at SYSTRA – Neurodiversity Celebration Week

![Creating a neuroinclusive workplace at SYSTRA – Neurodiversity Celebration Week](https://www.systra.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2026/03/neurodiversity-celebration-week.png)

Our employee resource groups (ERGs) play an important role in achieving this
goal – giving colleagues the opportunity to network with like-minded people,
support each other through challenges and drive positive change throughout the
business. 

Our disability ERG is a shining example of the impact employee-driven groups can
have in the workplace. This Neurodiversity Celebration Week, we’re celebrating
their neurodiversity-focused achievements from 2025.

### 󠀁**Community building**󠁿 

Over 2025 the ERG has blossomed into a thriving community where colleagues
regularly collaborate and support each other with a range of day-to-day tasks.
By providing a place for neurodiverse and other disabled colleagues to talk
through any problems they may be facing, the ERG has become an integral part of
helping colleagues thrive.

The group have found success using different tools and ways of working,
including art wellness sessions over lunch times to decompress midday and
regular body-doubling sessions to create an environment for increased focus and
deep thinking. 

### 󠀁**Raising awareness and sharing information**󠁿 

The group celebrated many successes over 2025 in raising awareness around
neurodivergent conditions both within SYSTRA and to the wider industry. They
published three podcast episodes: two focusing on navigating the workplace with
ADHD and seeking diagnosis, and one insight into life as a parent and carer of a
neurodivergent child.

During Neurodiversity Celebration Week in 2025, the group displayed posters
throughout our offices highlighting a range of neurodivergent conditions to
share colleague’s experiences on how these conditions can show up in the
workplace.  

### 󠀁**In-person collaboration day**󠁿 

During Disability Pride Month, our disability ERG met in-person for a day of 
education, collaboration and community building. Members of the group, alongside
 HR and health and safety colleagues, held workshops to refine their objectives 
and develop a plan on how to achieve these. As a result of the collaboration
day, they defined their three objectives as: 

- **Objective 1: Access** – The development of a disability focused support for
  the employee journey, to ensure all persons with disabilities are supported
  and considered throughout their time at SYSTRA.   

- **Objective 2: Knowledge**** ****– **Increasing awareness and highlighting the
  impacts of living with disabilities.   

- **Objective 3: Psychological safety** - Enhancing the culture that exists
  within SYSTRA to allow colleagues to feel safe in bringing their authentic
  self to work. 

Lou Garrick, Disability ERG Co-Lead and Geologist, said: 

“I am incredibly proud of what we have achieved as an Employee Resource Group.
The commitment from everyone involved has been inspiring as we work towards
creating an even more inclusive environment for those with disabilities, hidden
or visible. 

“It’s important to remember that even the smallest changes can make a big
difference to everyone.”  

[**Learn more about equality, inclusion and diversity at SYSTRA.**](https://www.systra.com/uk/who-we-are/ambition-values/equality-inclusion-diversity/)
 

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