Helen Wilkinson Email & Phone Number

Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom

Wilkinson Bytes is my self-employed work stream where I collaborate with people, organisations and networks whose purpose inspires. My focus is on researching, writing, investigating, commenting and influencing around my areas of interest in the public interest. I also provide services that include: research, ideas generation and development, scenario.

www.mymoroccanfolly.com

We design, make and sell handcrafted thuya wood giftware, a tree unique to the region of Essaouira, Morocco where my husband, Mohammed 'Kosovo' Aarab, an accredited thuya artisan has been designing and making for over three decades. The tree is protected by the Forestry Commission and only accredited artisans can gain access to its offcuts. Through our.

This 4 year Welsh Government public appointment was approved by the Minister for Housing and Local Govt on 25 May 2021 with the term officially starting on 1 July 2021. I took a leave of absence for personal reasons on 7 March 2022. My appointment was officially terminatedby Welsh Government on 26 May 2023 in response to my request to return to the Panel.

Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

This public appointment was for three years, and renewed for a further 3 years by Welsh Government in January 2021. As a member of the Wales Committee, I was involved in strategic development, scrutiny of the funding portfolio and corporate performance and engaging with colleagues UK wide on TNLCF Board away days. I was also involved in funding decisions.

Ruthin, Denbighshire

I served as Chief Executive of Denbighshire Voluntary Services Council between 2016-2021, leading a turnaround of finance, and performance, strategic repositioning and rebranding underpinned by step shifts in our digital assets, and capability, across social media channels and conceiving and developing an award winning project selected for the Welsh.

North Wales

This was a public appointment. The Health Board was declared from Special Measures on 24 November 2021. I am humbled, privileged and proud to have served during this journey of improvement working with #TeamBetsi who managed a brilliant Covid 19 response. In addition to the Board, I sat on the Finance and Performance Committee, and the Charitable Funds.

Wales, United Kingdom

I led and managed WCVA's policy and programmes work on anti poverty and European Cohesion policy 2014-2020. This included developing expertise in community based regeneration, local economic development, social enterprise, employment and skills, welfare reform and alongside community development. This included facilitating a number of third sector networks.

London, United Kingdom

Strategy consultancy providing advice, support and change management services for individuals, organisations and networks interested in getting ahead of the curve on the implications of changes in gender roles for families, workplaces, business, politics and communities

London, United Kingdom

A member of the Senior Management team leading change and the development of new services and products for the sector and our partners following rebranding to 4Children from Kids Clubs Network

London, United Kingdom

As a member of the Senior Management Team, I was responsible for DrugScope's policy and influencing, publishing, communications, information and library services, and its international projects leading performance and managing 5 Heads and a team of 20

London, United Kingdom

I was the founder and Chief Executive of this small dot com venture which was the UK's first online community and business to business trading platform for Britain's elancers (electronic mobile workers). It was selected as one of the top 10 internet start ups of 2001 in the DTI E-Commerce Awards, and received investment from a dot com business incubator.

London, United Kingdom

One of the founding members of the think tank, Demos, I conceived, fundraised for, led, managed and delivered a number of ground breaking policy projects which established Demos' reputation as one of the leading think tanks for innovative ideas, and helped to grow the organisation from one paid member of staff to 20 by 1999. As a member of the senior.

Manhattan, New York, USA

I was awarded a Harkness Fellowship by the US based Commonwealth Foundation in 1997 and was also a Research Associate at the New York based Families and Work Institute, where I developed a project on responsible fatherhood looking at innovative policy and practice in the USA exploring the lessons and relevance for the UK context

London, United Kingdom

I worked in Lime Grove and White City BBC TV News and Current Affairs starting as a social affairs researcher before becoming an Associate Producer and Producer/Director of short films and documentaries for First Sight, Assignment and Newsnight. I am proudest of my international work. I was the first journalist to negotiate documentary access to film in.

London, United Kingdom

I focussed on health and housing policy from a consumer perspective in an important year with the passage of the health and housing acts.

London, United Kingdom

1St, Ba Hons, Politics & Parliamentary Studies, 1St Class

Digital Marketing Diploma, Professional Diploma

School Of Journalism And Creative Writing, Creative Writing (Novels Pathway), Diploma

Social Return On Investment Practitioner Training

Level 3 Award, Adult Education And Training

3 A Levels (English, History, French) & 10 O Levels, Comprehensive Education