Hello, I'm Elsa.

Mental Health Campaigner. Public Speaker. Community Outreach Consultant. Podcast Host.

I’m a public speaker, facilitator and youth engagement specialist passionate about creating spaces where people feel heard, empowered and able to recognise their own strength. My work sits at the intersection of mental health, social action and community change, and is rooted in the belief that lived experience is powerful and deserves to be amplified responsibly.

Over the past decade, I’ve worked with charities, schools, brands and community organisations across the UK, delivering talks, workshops and programmes for children, young people and adults. I regularly speak at conferences, campaigns and events, facilitate youth and community sessions, and support organisations to engage audiences in ways that are inclusive, accessible and impactful. My experience spans mental health advocacy, anti-bullying education, youth leadership programmes and large-scale events and fundraising initiatives.

At the heart of everything I do are my core values: kindness, collaboration, inclusion and integrity. Whether I’m speaking on a stage, facilitating a workshop or supporting an organisation with storytelling and engagement, my aim is always to empower others, foster connection and help turn lived experience into meaningful change.

Services include: public speaking, workshop facilitation, youth and community engagement, campaign support, and consultancy around inclusive storytelling and participation.

Highlights

  • Speaking Live on BBC Two with Victoria Derbyshire about new self-harm guidance for schools, Jan 2021.

  • Elsa & Helen Skelton filmed an interview together as part of Mind and Go Outdoors #HatsOnForMind campaign Nov 2022.

  • Working with My Life my Say as Engagement Coordinator on the UKs largest youth conference #NextGen2025 at Ministry of Sound.

  • Speaking at The Diana Award’s Youth Voice in Politics Report Launch. Elsa was a peer reseacher on report, July 2024.

  • Taking our wonderful Flamingo Chicks Agents of Change to perform at Disneyland Paris to break down barriers to inclusion through dance.

  • Working with LADbible Group & CALM charity on collaborative suicide prevention work for social media.

  • Elsa with Katie Sparkes, CEO of Flamingo Chicks, at the end of her solo walk from London to Bristol, May 2024.

  • Co-facilitating an anti-bullying ambassador training workshop to over 100 secondary school pupils, Nov 2023.

  • Photoshoot for Mind’s 27/27 fundraiser for university student mental health, Feb 2021.

  • Elsa at the top of Snowdon having completed the National 3 Peaks Challenge in 24 hours, July 2024.

  • Attending Prince Harry and Meghan’s wedding in recognition of anti-bullying campaigning, March 2018.

  • The Kindness tree created by initiative ‘Spreading Kindness Through E11’ started by Elsa in 2018.

  • Meeting Will Poulter at Facebook HQ in London to discuss ways the platform can improve online safety for young people.

  • Sahara Desert trek with Charity Challenge, in aid of The Born Free Foundation, Nov 2023.

  • Stand Up To Bullying Day with The Diana Award and Monica Lewinsky in London, Covent Gardens, June 2018.

  • Partnership with local Co-op for Virtual Wellness Festival organised by Elsa from 2020 - 2022.

  • Celebrating the partnership between the West End’s ‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’ and The Diana Award, Nov 2018.

  • Trek to Machu Picchu in Peru with Charity Challenge in aid of YoungMinds UK, May 2022.