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🧠 A&E Doctor
💚 Co-founder @orliverse
💜 Helping children prepare for life’s big challenges through play

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What’s the biggest mistake founders make? 👀

For @drmarkcox, founder of @orliverse and our London Accelerator Pitch winner, it’s trying to build too much, too soon.

His advice? Find one thing. Get someone to pay for it. Then scale. 🚀

Looking to take your business further? Download our Accelerator app to get started. Link in bio

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A lot can happen in a year.

Since winning our London Accelerator Pitch Competition, @drmarkcox has been busy growing his business and building the team behind it. Swipe to see @orliverse’s journey with us so far. ➡️

“Orli is a behavioural intelligence platform that helps kids prepare for life’s wobbly moments, through personalised companions that help them play. We turn that play into insight for the adults and relationships around that child.”

“NatWest have been incredible to us. Not only did they give us £70,000 and put on an event that I’ll never forget. What we’ve been able to do together since, I really didn’t expect.”

“‘Orlidays’ came about with NatWest inviting families in over summer. Summer creates a lot of disruption and lack of routine that can create a lot of big feelings and wobbly moments. We thought it would be a great idea to run sessions that give these feelings somewhere to go.”

“The amount of support and willingness to work with us on these ‘Orlidays’ across the UK - the buy-in from the employees, buy-in from senior executives, It’s been it’s been out of this world. We’re really excited about what’s to come next.”

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We are always inspired by the young creators that we meet.

Elliott is one of them.

He joined us in Belfast for our @natwest_business workshop.

He didn’t only share his experience of the workshop, he gave us the best feedback.

Our mission is to help children express themselves. To understand that all of our brains work differently.

And Elliotts’ message is one we share. That through creativity, we can harness our brains to live our best lives.

We can't wait for Elliott, and all of the other creators we meet on our tour, to help us design what comes next…

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Screen time and big feelings over the summer?

Welcome to Day 2 of helping 1M children navigate life’s wobbly moments.

Today we’re in Belfast.
The first ever Summer Orliday with NatWest.

And the first time we’ve shared the Orliverse.
A ‘phygital’ experience, made by kids, for kids.

The kind of screen time that actually gives something back.

See you tomorrow for day 3!

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Day one of helping one million children navigate life’s wobbly moments.

This little guy started it, made by a student in Sunderland over a year ago.

What we learnt is that when a child makes their own character, made by kids, for kids, something opens up. Their feelings get a face, and they start to show us what they can’t always say.

So we kept going. Children have now made two thousand Orlis.

Today, we’re launching the mission properly. A UK tour with Natwest. Six cities, six events, hundreds of families.

And every family will get first access to The Orliverse.

Belfast first. Follow along for day two.

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That’s bonkers - SOLD OUT! But don’t worry, if you missed it…

6 cities. Virtually sold out in 1 week.

Thankfully we’ve been able to add a few more tickets for those who missed out.

We can’t wait to meet the very first Orli Creators…

Tickets via our website…

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Big feelings don’t take the summer holidays off…

That’s why we’re taking Orli on tour!

This summer, we’re running FREE Summer Orlidays across the UK with @natwest_business where children aged 5-12 can create their own little friend for big feelings through creativity, play and imagination.

Led by clinicians and designed to help children understand and express their emotions in a way that feels safe, fun and memorable.

Find us at the NatWest Accelerator hubs in:

📍 Belfast 📍 Edinburgh 📍 Glasgow 📍 Manchester 📍 Cardiff 📍 London

Whether you’re a parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle or family friend, we’d love to see you there.

Spaces are limited and they’re completely free.

Head to our website (you can find the link in our bio) to book a place before they’re gone!

See you there 💜💚!

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May was lit 🌞💍❤️‍🔥

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They say you should never work with kids…

But last week we made 4 children part of the Orli team.

And now there’s no holding them back…

We’re building a movement to shape the Orliverse.

A world where emotions are characters and exploring them becomes as fun as playing your faviourite game.

Join us via the website and become a part of the Orliverse.

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Children don’t always have the words to tell us how they feel.

But they do express themselves.

Through play.
Through behaviour.
Through the stories they create and characters they use.

That’s why we built Orli.

A child-led world where big feelings feel safe to explore — not judged, diagnosed, or pushed aside.

Because when children have a shared emotional language with the adults around them, something shifts.

More connection.
Less guessing.
More moments of connection and feeling understood.

We’re building Orli alongside children, families, educators, and clinicians who know emotional wellbeing support should feel more human.

Playful enough to engage but also safe enough to trust. That’s Orli 💚💜

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We CAN’T believe it!

The dragons have seen our ‘Little Dragons’ series!! 🐉

And now, the Little Dragons have a message for them…

Do you think the Dragons should invest their time and resources into meeting our little dragons?

(We would also LOVE all the sign ups, clipboard stuff and pen stuff too…)

Tag the dragons and help us make this happen!!! 💜💚

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