Helen has a health psychology background and is Co-Director and Co-Founder of Meaningful Measures, she is also Visiting Research Fellow at UWE.

For the past 20 years Helen has worked with voluntary community and social enterprise organisations to support them to understand and communicate the impact of their work.   Helen specifically understands the operating environment that many small organisations are facing, and the value that well-designed evaluations can bring to these organisations.

Previously, as Head of Research and Evaluation at Penny Brohn UK (2004-2019), Helen led an evaluation team of researchers who innovated a mixed-methods evaluation evidence base.  This led to many academic papers being published to evidence the impact of the holistic cancer charity’s work on clients. Part of the innovations Helen brought to Penny Brohn UK was expertise using patient reported/patient centred outcome measures (PROMs/PCOMs).  In particular, Helen focused on the development, validation and use of the person-centred MYCaW (Measure Yourself Concerns and Wellbeing) tool in collaboration with Dr Marie Polley.

In 2020 Helen and Marie, under the umbrella of Meaningful Measures took on board the licence management of MYCaW and MYMOP (Measure Yourself Medical Outcomes Profile).  Meaningful Measures is a company that provides innovative person-centred evaluation, audit and research solutions. The mission is to enable people’s own voices to shape the understanding and improvement of health and wellbeing services around the world.