Chris has been an influential public and third sector communications professional for over ten years, overseeing the fast-growing digital and social media marcomms around mental health at Mind, Time to Change and Rethink Mental Illness. He’s also led digital comms and marketing at Tommy’s and NSPCC – and undertaken senior roles managing wider comms including media and PR in the private sector. Chris is a proud trustee of The Choir With No Name, which run choirs for people who’ve experienced homelessness and others on the margins.

The problem with social media is it works anti-social hours – Twitter storms don’t stick politely to 9am-5.30pm with a break for lunch. However, as CRUK and other cancer charities discovered when the #nomakeupselfie phenomenon exploded every social channel going, it can really pay to be alert to breaking events – raising £8m from a […]