Communications, Marketing and External Affairs Team

Emma Stone

Director of Evidence and Engagement

Emma leads a team of specialist experts - skilled in service design, user research, evaluation, data insights, marketing, communications, external affairs and advocacy.

Hannah Whelan

Advocacy Manager

Hannah leads on Good Things Foundation's advocacy efforts. Hannah works across teams to shape creative campaigns that lobby political actors and move people to action to tackle the UK's digital divide.

Heidi Ghaichem

Communications and External Affairs Manager

Heidi builds organisational reputation and positions Good Things externally, managing stakeholder relationships and dealing with government departments and corporate partners. She also provides editorial guidance and delivers communication plans.

Phoebe Scholefield

Communications Officer

Phoebe leads the creation of new and engaging content for both online and offline channels and supports our fundraising and advocacy work. She also delivers our new storytelling approach, collecting and sharing case studies about our beneficiaries and our community partners. Phoebe also supports the Network and Skills workstream with communications to our Online Centres.

Tom McGrath

Policy and Research Officer

Tom coordinates our Data Poverty Lab and fellowship scheme, helping to design more affordable solutions for the internet. He supports our advocacy by writing consultation responses and working closely with parliamentarians to fix the digital divide for good. Tom also monitors external statistical releases and designs qualitative research projects.

Vicky Lawson

Communications and External Affairs Manager

As Communications and External Affairs Manager Vicky is driven to make sure everyone understands Good Things Foundation’s work in digital inclusion.

She works with designers, agencies and researchers, both in house and externally, to produce content that shows us at our best. From creating and delivering comms plans to interrogating the analytics to improve our digital presence, Vicky has a hand in it all.

Aisha Khan

Communications and External Affairs Intern

Aisha supports the team by creating engaging content for projects, campaigns, and communication plans across media channels. She helps with developing the stories of the people and organisations we work with, communicating their voices. Aisha also helps deliver communications to our Online Centres.