Helen Rowe is an award-winning social researcher and writer. Her first book "Eliminating Poverty in Britain" won The Page Turner Awards Mentorship Prize in 2021. The book was published by Flint Books in September 2023 and since then she has spoken to a variety of audiences including, The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty, The Bank of England, BBC Sounds Podcast "Sacred Money", The Royal Geographical Society, OFCOM, The Financial Conduct Authority and Greater Manchester Combined Authority. She has also published a guest blog for The Equality Trust.
She runs a training course on "The Biology of Poverty" for policy makers and staff in charities and public bodies who work directly with those experiencing poverty or develop systems to alleviate it. Her training course on "The Biology of Child Poverty" is provided to schools (pro-bono) to deepen teachers' understanding of how poverty affects growing children.
Rowe's expertise in the social housing sector includes campaigns on adult literacy and digital inclusion. As co-founder of the Connected Housing Initiative, she worked to improve Internet access for vulnerable and low-income residents living in social housing in England. In central government, she was a counter-terrorism expert and chemical and biological weapons analyst. She has volunteered in support centres for vulnerable women, East End food bank services and a children's clothing exchange. She lives in London with her husband and daughter.
