About me

I’ve been a writer and editor for over 25 years. For eleven of those I worked for Cruse Bereavement Support, for five of them as Communications and Content Manager. During my time at Cruse I worked on website articles, campaigns, annual reviews, responses to consultations, internal comms and more. I edited the journal Bereavement: journal of grief and responses to death for over four years (in 2012-2016 and again in as a freelancer in 2023-24).

Since I left Cruse in 2023 I’ve been working freelance to support organisations to help, connect with and communicate to bereaved customers. I’m also increasingly interested in how we think about and prepare for the end of life, both practically and emotionally.

I live with my family in Penarth, South Wales.

I’m a Welsh speaker. Dwi’n siarad Cymraeg.

Organisations I’ve worked with

Here are some of the organisations I’ve worked with:

  • Cruse Bereavement Support

  • Trustestate

  • Independent Age

  • Adfam: Families, drugs and alcohol

  • Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming

  • Wolters Kluwer UK

  • VisitBritain

  • NCT: the UK’s leading charity for parents

  • SSAT: The schools, students and teachers network

  • Unison

  • Nature

Topics I’ve written about

As well as talking about difficult and emotional subjects, I also like learning about new and sometimes complicated subject areas. I have a masters’ degree in Science Communication, and some of the things I’ve researched and written about over the years are:

  • Grief, bereavement and loss

  • Probate, wills and end-of-life planning

  • Grief in children’s literature

  • Health and Safety legislation

  • Energy efficiency

  • Sustainable food and farming

  • Use of storytelling at visitor attractions

  • Transport of dangerous goods

  • ·Food hygiene laws and best practice

Contact me and let’s talk about how we can work together