PDA Sense was founded in PDA Week 2023 as a Facebook blog. Later that year, we began to offer a monthly peer support group in Uckfield. This was provided with the kind generosity of Care for the Carers and Sussex Support Service. In 2024, we formed a charitable association and received funding from Action in Rural Sussex to expand our work. We now run a variety of support groups: face to face, online meetings, and via chat groups. We also offer informal talks to other groups and organisations and will be launching more new initiatives in 2025.
Who We Are
Tom Crellin, Founding Trustee
Tom has been involved in community and charity work on a local and national scale for many decades. He is an experienced trainer and public speaker, and he runs his own IT consultancy business. Since learning about PDA through his daughter, Tom has been heavily involved in the PDA community and has given training to groups all across the UK.
Samantha Crellin, Founding Trustee
Sam has a wealth of experience as a youth group leader and area coordinator. She is also an experienced trainer and facilitator and is mum to a PDAer. Sam and Tom are happily married and have made their home in East Sussex with their daughter.
Georgina Clare, Trustee
Georgina is passionate about supporting those who care for, or work with, PDA individuals and is committed to helping efforts to raise awareness of the PDA profile. She lives in Newhaven with her PDA autistic husband and son, and their three terriers Bella, Bobby and Teddy.
Keira Crellin, Assistant
Keira provides great insight through her lived experience as a PDAer. She loves pandas!