Digital learning experiences - launching in July!

Our History

Dr Laura Powling created Evolve in 2014, offering expert witness services. This service developed to provide assessments in the community for both autism and ADHD. Evolve's clinical services has grown with an expert team offering assessments across the UK and Ireland. Evolve International Skills & Research Academy has been born from years of clinical experience and the desire to improve the lives of neurodivergent individuals.

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    2014

    The beginning

    Evolve is born offering clinical forensic psychology and expert witness services with a number of new associates. Dr Powling continued to work alongside the NHS, children's department neurodevelopmental and mental health services.

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    2018

    Our first clinic

    Dr Powling set up the community practice in Harrogate with a hope of offering neurodevelopmental assessments to both children and adults.

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    April 2021

    Awarded NHS contract

    In 2021, we were awarded our first NHS contract. Because we're an NHS approved provider, we're able to offer referrals to families via their GP for children's autism, ADHD, or combined assessments.

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    November 2023

    Celebrating our Dublin contract

    At the end of 2023 we were awarded a further contract in Dublin. This is to allow us to help support the HSE on the assessment of need pathway.

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    November 2025

    NHS contracts awarded to provide adult only autism assessments

    We are now able to offer autism only assessments for adults under RTC, either face to face in one of our locations or digital if inclusion criteria is

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    July 2025

    Evolve International Skills & Research Academy

    Evolve International Skills & Research Academy is launched bringing to market digital learning experiences for individuals, professionals and businesses and high quality research.

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