SEND Mentor, Advisor, Trainer & Consultant
Change by experience,
Challenge with purpose
What is Clear Inclusion?
At Clear Inclusion, we drive lasting change by championing equality, diversity and inclusion through co-production, collaboration, and bold conversations.
We work with individuals, communities, and stakeholders, e.g., local authorities, charities, and health services, to challenge the status quo, amplify diverse voices, and reshape systems so inclusion becomes the foundation — not the exception.
What Real Co-Production Looks Like?
Real co-production is not one perspective leading, deciding, or delivering for another – it is not a single voice holding all the answers, or one group shaping outcomes for everyone else.
It is rooted in equity: ensuring every person with a stake has equal power, respect, and agency to contribute, shape, and guide every step of the work. It means valuing lived experience equally with professional expertise, creating space for voices often sidelined, and meeting people where they are so no one is excluded from contributing fully.
This is the foundation that enables lasting, meaningful success: when solutions are built with people, not to or for them, they work better, are fairer, and truly serve everyone involved.
Building Relationships
We build strong, respectful SEND relationships through co-production, open dialogue, new ways of thinking and understanding. By challenging outdated practices and championing inclusive, person-centred approaches, we put people—and their relationships—at the heart of change.
HOW CAN CLEAR INCLUSION HELP YOU?
Lived Experience Leadership & Co‑Production Specialist
I am a lived‑experience leader with a proven track record of shaping, influencing, and co‑producing services that better reflect the realities of children, families, and communities. My expertise is grounded in a lifetime of navigating complex systems, overcoming adversity, and advocating for ambitious, human‑centred change.
I bring a unique combination of emotional intelligence, strategic insight, and authentic connection that strengthens partnerships and drives meaningful improvement.
My lived experience is not incidental — it is foundational. It informs my leadership, sharpens my judgement, and enables me to design and deliver co‑produced work that is credible, impactful, and trusted by families and professionals alike. This has not been taught in a classroom but has been learnt through life.
Core Strengths & Expertise
- Deep understanding of how systems affect children and families, informed by personal experience of trauma, loss, restrictive services, and navigating SEND pathways.
- Ability to translate lived experience into actionable insights that improve policy, practice, and culture.
- Skilled at bringing authenticity into professional spaces while maintaining clarity, professionalism, and strategic focus.
ABOUT ME!
Kerri Rennie
My life has been shaped by extremes — the kind that force you to rethink resilience, and what it means to build a life outside the typical norms. As the youngest in a large blended family, I learned early how fragile and powerful relationships can be. Later came cancer, loss, isolation, and the kind of self‑understanding you never ask for but grow from anyway.
Everything I do now is rooted in people. I’ve listened to thousands of stories and learned that every one carries insight worth paying attention to. My work blends lived experience with strategic clarity, helping families, professionals, and communities find practical, human ways forward.
This is the perspective I bring: resilience shaped by reality, a commitment to inclusion, and a belief that systems work best when they remember the humans inside them.
Past Life
I’ve lived the opposite, too: leading in five‑star catering, feeding the rich and famous, and proving that being different is a strength. Working in a male‑dominated industry taught me how to carve out space, challenge assumptions, and use perspective as an advantage. Raising children who didn't fit the system pushed me further — to question rules, transfer skills, and build environments where people can thrive without shrinking themselves.
What do I believe in?
The picture above says it all - Family
What I Stand For
- Honest reflection that sparks change
- Challenging assumptions with lived experience
Working collaboratively and pragmatically to bring people together around better outcomes
- Building families and communities that thrive
- Championing ambition that doesn’t fit the system
- Creating environments where difference is strength
- Turning barriers into transferable skills and opportunities
My Work
I use my voice, experience, and strategic insight to support families, professionals, and organisations to rethink how they engage, include, and collaborate. Whether through training, speaking, co‑production, or storytelling, my aim is always the same: to provoke reflection, build connection, and create change that lasts.
IDEA "Inclusion, Diversity, Equality and Accessibility"
What is Clear Inclusion!
Lived Experience Leadership
(Our Son and Daughter)
- Deep understanding of how systems affect children and families, informed by personal experience of trauma, loss, restrictive services, and navigating SEND pathways.
- Ability to translate lived experience into actionable insights that improve policy, practice, and culture.
- Skilled at bringing authenticity into professional spaces while maintaining clarity, professionalism, and strategic focus.
Co Production & Engagement
- Experienced in designing and facilitating co‑produced projects that centre family voice and build shared ownership.
- Strong ability to create psychologically safe environments where families feel heard, respected, and empowered.
- Skilled at bridging gaps between families and professionals, ensuring communication is honest, constructive, and solution‑focused.
Advocacy & System Navigation
Strategic Influence & Relationship Building
- Extensive experience advocating for children with differences in systems that often hold low aspirations or limited thinking.
- Proven ability to challenge respectfully, influence decision makers, and shift organisational perspectives.
- Insight into how decisions made at leadership level translate into real‑world impact for families.
Strategic Influence & Relationship Building
Strategic Influence & Relationship Building
- Trusted by leaders, practitioners, and families for my integrity, clarity, and commitment to meaningful change.
- Skilled at building long‑term relationships with decision makers to embed lived experience into service design.
- Ability to identify systemic barriers and co‑create practical, sustainable solutions.
Communication & Facilitation
- Confident communicator with strong storytelling skills that bring lived experience to life in a way that informs and influences.
- Experienced workshop facilitator, able to manage sensitive discussions and guide groups toward repectful strength based understanding.
- Skilled at synthesising complex feedback into clear, actionable recommendations.
Areas of Specialism
- SEND system navigation
- Family engagement & participation
- Co‑production design and delivery
- Trauma‑informed practice
- Inclusive service development
- Strategic partnership building
- Lived experience leadership
- Advocacy and aspiration‑raising
- Culture change and workforce development
Professional Values I Bring to Co Produced Projects
Authenticity that builds trust
Families engage more openly when lived experience is present. I bring credibility that cannot be replicated through training alone.
Insight that strengthens design
I understand how systems feel from the inside — what works, what harms, and what needs to change. This insight ensures projects are grounded in reality, not assumptions.
Challenge that drives improvement
I am able to question limiting beliefs, highlight blind spots, and encourage ambition for children who are often underestimated.
Leadership shaped by resilience
My background has given me emotional depth, clarity, and the ability to remain steady in complex or sensitive environments.
Commitment to generational change
I am driven by a long‑term vision: services that see children as whole people, families as partners, and lived experience as essential leadership.
Training, Awards and Recognitions
ART OF THE POSSIBLE
National SEND Program and regional SEND Leadership programs in Warwick, Humber and Leeds
DIOCESE OF WESTMINSTER
Training session through the Headteachers' and CEOS Conference 2026
Life Laundry
The Life Laundry session encourages participants to pause and take stock of what’s weighing them down — emotionally, mentally, or practically — and to identify what can be kept, changed, or let go. It’s about creating space for wellbeing, balance, and renewed focus.
Healthy Parent Carer Program
The Healthy Parent Carer Programme supports parent carers to improve their physical health, emotional wellbeing, and day‑to‑day resilience. It recognises that caring roles can be demanding, isolating, and often overwhelming, so the programme provides structured tools that help carers stay healthy, connected, and confident.
Intersectionality and SEND Training
Rep for the National Parent Carer Forums
Chair of the Bedford Parent Carer Forum since 2019
Involved in strategic panning, Change Program, SEND Reforms and local improvement plans
Vice Chair of the Eastern Region Parent Carer Forum
Recognitions
10 Downing Street invite for | Championing for Education
Recognised as an unsung SEND hero by the Harper Trust
Elysian Award 2026 for
"No One Left Behind Award|"
Lets Talk SEND Podcasts
If you are interested in podcasts with a difference. Haven a listed to some of the recent podcasts that I have hosted through the BBPCF.
I find these to an excellent way to get accessible information out and ask valuable questions
Interested in working together
Please feel free to get in touch if you are interested in:
SEND Training & Workshops
Consultancy for Organisations
Facilitation & Co‑Production Services
Professional Writing Services
Parent‑Carer Support Packages
Community Projects & Funded Work
Podcasts
07934130660
Thriving families that Drive me
