Helen Undy

Chief Executive 

As CEO, Helen leads Money and Mental Health to deliver our mission: to build a world in which the vicious cycle of money and mental health problems is broken. Helen was a core part of the founding team at Money and Mental Health, running the organisation’s communications and influencing work before becoming CEO two years ago. A passionate campaigner, her proudest moment so far was the team winning the ‘Recovery Space’ campaign, securing debt respite for everyone using NHS mental health crisis services.

Helen has significant experience working across the third sector and in policy and politics – previously leading Mind’s policy and campaigns work on public mental health and social care, campaigning with young care leavers and people who are homeless, and working as a political researcher. Helen sits on the advisory group to the board of the Money and Pensions Service, the Government’s Financial Inclusion Policy Forum and the advisory board for suicide prevention charity Jonathan’s Voice. (she/her) @helen_undy 

Policy notes and publications

• Annual Review 2018/19 July 25, 2019 -

• Social Security Advisory Committee’s Universal Credit August 17, 2018 - Helen Undy, Director, Money and Mental Health The Social Security Advisory Committee’s Universal Credit managed […]
• Fear and foul play – Bailiff reform May 29, 2018 - Rachel Braverman, Research Officer, Money and Mental Health Fear and foul play – The case for […]
• Breathing space consultation January 16, 2018 - Katie Evans, Head of Research and Policy, Helen Undy, Head of External Affairs, Money and […]

Recent blogs

• To “build back better”, we need to tackle the inequalities exposed by the pandemic December 18, 2020 -
• Mental health, Covid and the Spending Review: let’s not go back to ‘normal’ November 27, 2020 -
• Mental health is at the heart of the UK’s new Strategy for Financial Wellbeing January 21, 2020 -
• Five gold things…reasons to be cheerful in 2020 December 20, 2019 -
• Introducing the Money and Mental Health general election manifesto November 6, 2019 -