Rachel Pidgeon

Rachel is the Interim Head of Programme for children’s mental health.

Rachel joined the Programmes team in September 2020 as a Portfolio Manager, after two years leading communications for a number of our urban health programmes. Rachel worked across the health effects of air pollution and children’s health and food programmes. She led a strand of work focused on engaging and amplifying the voices of people who are most impacted by air pollution. She also led our reframing childhood obesity portfolio, developing partnerships focused on changing the conversation to ultimately influence policy change to put children’s health first.

She joined with a background in communications and project management, specialising in the social enterprise, charity and corporate social responsibility space. Rachel has managed brand projects for national charities and led communications for the European Commission’s Social Innovation Competition, growing its reach over three years.