“Simon is professional and knowledgeable, I highly recommend his skills in project management, policy work and codesign and coproduction. Simon also has extensive expertise in the mental health system and brings both a professional and lived experience perspective.”

— Helen Makregiorgos, Manager Independent Mental Health Advocacy

“Simon, you honestly just make it so engaging and easy to understand. I have really struggled learning about rights from people in my other work but I feel like today it just clicked and I think I finally got it because of the context and the time you take to slow things done and allow us to ask questions. Big thank-you. Was great having the break as well didn’t realise I needed it until I stepped away from the computer.”

— Youth advocate, participant in human rights training

“Overrated.”

— Mum.

“IMCL was fortunate to engage Simon to guide our organisation through the process of establishing our first lived experience advisory group.

Simon is really passionate about highlighting the essential role of lived experience expertise in service design and delivery. He shared his deep knowledge of co-design frameworks in a very accessible and practical way, and was very conscious of equipping IMCL staff with the capacity to continue the work beyond his engagement with us.

His familiarity with the legal assistance sector also meant he was able to quickly understand IMCL and our project landscape, and tailor his offering to suit our needs. Simon provided fantastic advice and a plan that we could successfully implement in a tight time frame. Simon is an open communicator, efficient, flexible, and a really lovely person to work with.”

— Molly Williams, Managing Lawyer (Health Justice Partnerships) Inner Melbourne Community Legal

“Simon worked collaboratively with senior representatives from the diverse community legal sector to develop a shared model for integrated community legal services in mental healthcare settings. Simon was effective in ensuring that all voices were considered, and that the model was designed with informed and thoughtful input from consumers with lived experience. The sector appreciated Simon's depth of knowledge and personal and leadership skills in supporting us with this important project.”

— Louisa Gibbs, CEO (Federation of Community Legal Centres)

“Simon helped us with a major report on stigma in workplace injury and illness contexts, and with his help, we were able to take the report up to the next level. His attention to detail and considered review feedback, which leveraged his experience in the mental health realm, gave us reassurance that our recommendations were on target and appropriate. I highly recommend Simon for report writing and strategic review.”

— Dr Tristan Casey, Safety Science Lab (Griffith University)

“Simon is an excellent consultant, researcher and educator. My team has had the pleasure of partnering with two significant evaluations of mental health and wellbeing programs. Simon has shared his significant knowledge of mental health reform, human rights and lived experience expertise and insight generously with the team and contributed significantly to high quality engagement activities and deliverables. Simon's work has enriched the findings and recommendations that will flow from these projects elevating their potential for delivering positive impact across the community.”

— Barbara Dixon, Director (Cube Group Consulting)