About us
Our story
The company was founded by Emma in 2021. As a Children’s Occupational Therapist with extensive experience in the NHS and independent practice, Emma saw a huge opportunity to be able to do more to help more children and young people. Through her work, she identified a significant gap between children’s needs, the services available, and the quality of those services. Too often, children who needed help were falling through the gaps, or having to figuratively skip through multiple hoops to get the help they needed. Children and families were having to navigate a rollercoaster of fabulous support from some professionals and really poor support from others, while others struggled to find any help at all or were spending years on waiting lists.
Emma believes that when a child needs help, they deserve the best available, and they need it now.
The Now, Next & Then team is a dedicated collective of professionals with an exceptional reputation. While we’re super proud of the long-standing recognition we’ve earned, our passion for what we do is what truly drives us.
Our mission
To provide consistent, timely, and high-quality help to any child or young person facing additional challenges in mainstream nurseries, schools and colleges. This mission extends support for young people to the age of twenty-five.
Our goal is to offer a comprehensive range of services, all working to the highest standard towards a common and often collaborative goal.
Now, Next & Then is a ‘one-stop-shop’ for help.
Our team
We are a team of multidisciplinary colleagues who share the same passion and drive. We’re fun-loving, genuinely committed, caring professionals who bring the highest level of integrity and expertise to our work. Despite bucket loads of experience, we remain humble and always eager to learn from the children and young people we support.
We are all genuinely committed to making a difference to the daily lives of the children and young people we support and we constantly strive to do our best.
Our commitment
We understand that when a parent, school, or other service chooses to invest in what we do, you need assurance that you’re receiving the very best in return. With Now, Next & Then, you can be confident that this is exactly what you’ll get.
We firmly believe that you are the expert on your child. Our role is to empower you with new insights and understanding, ensure your child and you feel heard, and show you both the respect you deserve. We will be by your side for as long as you need our help.
We explain about our specialisms under learn more or, if you fancy, you can jump to our team to read about each of us.
You will find all sorts of information in our blog and can learn even more about how we help through our case studies.
“Thanks to you life has gone from struggles to smiles. Your assessments and reports fill in the missing blanks and have helped both myself and school to get a clear picture of my son’s sensory needs and challenges. He’s a happy boy again at home and school; all thanks to you.”
• George’s Mum •
“Thank you a million times over for everything you’ve brought to light regarding my son’s difficulties. I don’t know where we’d be without kind, caring souls like you.”
• James’ parents •