Anne is director of The Communication Trust – a coalition of nearly 50 leading voluntary sector organisations working with children and young people with speech, language and communication needs. She's worked primarily in policy, campaigning and communications roles in the voluntary sector in the Republic of Ireland and UK. Covering issues including local development, unemployment, poverty, learning disability and family policy.
Running the Hello campaign presented The Communication Trust with a challenge. We know all about communication and how to spread messages but the people we needed to share information with just didn’t get what communication was about. Surveyed before the campaign began 76% of people thought it was crucial to support and develop children’s speech […]