Ruth is a natural collaborator and connector of people and ideas. She is a multi-talented generalist with strong skills in strategy, leadership, coaching and delivery. Her gifts lie in making sense of complexity and finding a way forward together. Her approach is practical, ambitious and focused. She works with leaders, organisations and individuals in the voluntary and public sectors, supporting them to find clarity, build connection and turn ambitious ideas into practical action. She is well known for delivering high-quality work with purpose, compassion and imagination.

Ruth brings wide-ranging experience to her freelance work. She has worked locally and nationally across local government, social services, the voluntary and community sector, and the NHS. She spent over ten years at NHS England and has held roles in local government. Her charity experience includes roles with Camden Training Network, Involve Yorkshire and Humber, and NHS Charities Together. She currently leads the Volunteering for Health team at NHS Charities Together on a freelance basis. Over the years she has developed shared strategies and programmes, led numerous partnership initiatives, supported and grown teams, led co-production and consultation, published policies and guidance, and provided specialist advice on working with communities at both national and local levels. Her work helps leaders and organisations to work across boundaries, build trust, and design responses that reflect lived experience as well as strategic priorities. This leads to more inclusive decision-making, stronger partnerships and more sustainable change.

A network-builder at heart, Ruth is a natural designer and host of spaces and gatherings where people come together to learn, grow and work collaboratively. She draws on a wide range of learning and practice, including the Art of Hosting, the Flow Game and Deep Democracy. She is also a Person-led Transitional and Strengths-Based (PTS) practitioner and trained in Deep Democracy practices.

Ruth is an experienced trustee, having held roles with a local advice agency, a charity supporting refugees and asylum seekers, and a local arts charity.