About Us
The Humans Behind the Monsters
Worley’s World CIC is powered by lived experience, professional knowledge and a shared belief that emotional safety changes everything.
We don’t just talk about regulation and connection.
We live it. We practise it. We build it together.
Our Story
💛 Jodi Heyes
Founder & Lead Trainer – Worley’s World CIC
Jodi Heyes is the visionary behind Worley’s World CIC.
Worley’s World was born from lived experience. As a mother navigating postnatal depression, trauma and neurodiversity, Jodi made a conscious decision to break generational cycles and build something different for her family and community.
She did not just recover...She rebuilt.
With a background in primary education and trauma-informed practice, Jodi is also a qualified NLP Master Practitioner trained in a range of therapeutic approaches including:
• Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)
• Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
• Hypnotherapy
• Mindfulness-based approaches
• Somatic and nervous-system informed regulation strategies
She integrates these disciplines into a practical, play-based model that families can actually use in real life.
Jodi is the creative mind behind the characters, resources and frameworks that power both Worley’s World and Rainbow Rebels. She designs every toolkit, programme and training pathway through the lens of lived experience and therapeutic understanding.
Her work focuses on:
• Emotional literacy and language
• Co-regulation and relational safety
• Proprioceptive and sensory-informed support
• Supporting neurodivergent children and adults
• Helping parents rebuild confidence and identity
At the heart of everything she creates is one belief:
Regulated adults raise regulated children.
Worley is not just a character.
He is a bridge between big feelings and connection.
A practical tool for families who want to do things differently.
And a symbol of what is possible when cycles are rewritten.
💜 Lindsey Nicholson
Director & Community Partner –
L of a Bake / L of a Community
Lindsey, known to most as Lins, is the driving force behind L of a Bake and the visionary growing L of a Community initiative.
She is a powerhouse SEND advocate, bringing years of specialist knowledge, frontline experience and lived understanding to the families she supports. As a mum to a disabled son, her advocacy is not theoretical. It is personal, informed and relentless in its commitment to inclusion.
Lins has become a trusted voice within the SEND community, supporting families who often feel overlooked, misunderstood or exhausted by systems that do not fit their children.
Her strengths include:
• Specialist SEND knowledge and practical strategies
• Deep understanding of sensory needs and inclusion
• Advocacy for families navigating diagnosis and support pathways
• Creating environments where neurodivergent children and adults feel genuinely safe
Under her leadership, L of a Bake has evolved into far more than a café.
It is a regulated, sensory-aware, judgement-free space where families can exhale without explanation.
She has intentionally shaped the venue to feel:
• welcoming
• inclusive
• adaptable
• community-led
Lins does not simply host community projects.
She builds the conditions that allow them to thrive.
Rainbow Rebels and Worley’s World are proud to be rooted in a space created by someone who understands, advocates and leads with both expertise and heart 💛🌈
🌸 Angela – Purple Orchid Print
Director, Creative Partner & Production Lead
Angela is the powerhouse behind Purple Orchid Print and the woman who turns ideas into something you can actually hold in your hands.
When Jodi arrives with big, fast, sometimes chaotic creative energy (and a million ideas at once), Angela is the calm, steady force who listens, decodes, refines and brings clarity to the vision. She doesn’t just print resources. She helps shape them.
With a strong background in early child development, Angela understands how children learn, process and engage. She instinctively knows when something needs simplifying, strengthening or adjusting to truly work for families.
She ensures every resource is:
• thoughtfully designed
• developmentally appropriate
• durable and practical for real homes and real classrooms
• visually engaging without being overwhelming
• produced to a professional, high-quality standard
What she does is detailed, technical and skilled. It requires patience, precision and a deep understanding of both print production and child development.
She is not just “the printer.”
She is the bridge between imagination and reality.
Without Angela, the ideas would stay in notebooks.
With her, they become toolkits that change lives 💛🌈
