About Everybody Talks

John Doleman (MSLTPrac, HCPC, CertMRCSLT, MASLTIP) established Everybody Talks Ltd after initially working in New Zealand and then within the NHS on arrival in the UK. He spent a number of years working in different PCTs and Trusts across the country and noticed the same thing over and over again: a growing need for Speech and Language Therapy and stretched public services, often unable to provide timely and consistent support to families and schools.

Families were eager to have their children supported more quickly; schools were looking for additional support and advice for their students and staff.

John established Everybody Talks to meet the needs of these children, families and schools. Seeing the child in the context of their environment and engaging parents and school staff as much as possible remains a core value of the company’s approach to support.

Stretched public services remains a problem in 2023. In response to this we have added Occupational Therapy to our service offer as we recognised the need for this valuable allied health profession in the schools we support.

The company has grown steadily over the past ten years. Everybody Talks Ltd currently employs a team of 8 highly qualified and professional therapists who each support schools the company provides provision to.

As of 2023, Everybody Talks Ltd supports 17 primary, secondary and specialist schools across London and Kent, providing provisions ranging from one day per week to four days per week. We have provided one-off training days to many more.

We place a strong emphasis on tailoring our services to meet our clients’ needs, recognising that no two clients are the same. We see the client and their family at the centre of any therapy plan; recognising the expertise that family and people who know a child well bring to any effective Therapy partnership.

We are continually looking to developments within the research community to enhance the services we offer, and we are committed to keeping up with these developments through regular training.

When working with schools we have developed an evidence based, tried and tested model of occupational therapy and speech and language therapy provision that covers the needs of staff,  the whole school environment/ population as well as the more specific needs of  children with identified speech, language and communication, sensory and fine motor difficulties.

We pride ourselves on being adaptable and responsive to an individual setting’s needs.

Safety of our clients is of utmost importance. All our therapists maintain annual criminal records checks and attend Safeguarding Training; we have a Safeguarding Policy in place and work closely with our school clients in obtaining and following the procedures of their Safeguarding Policies.