Our People

Mhairi has expertise in developing accessible communications and content that meets user needs and creates positive social impact.

She leads on content development and community engagement, including creating and facilitating loneliness awareness training. Her work engages a wide range of organisations working on the issue of loneliness to create action focused dialogue and positive change.

Prior to joining the Campaign, she worked on content creation, strategic development and community engagement across the arts and charitable sectors.

Helen is an experienced mixed methods researcher who has worked within and beyond academia. Her recent academic work has focused on the importance of informal school contexts for children’s peer relationships, social development and wellbeing.

Alongside this, she worked as Research and Learning Lead for Ageing Better in Camden, researching and writing about very practical solutions to tackling social isolation and loneliness among older people.

From this combination of work, she brings a strong interest in and understanding of the importance of feeling connected, the detrimental effects of loneliness across the lifespan, and of methods for studying these issues.