Kate Jopling is a policy and strategy consultant who has authored influential reports for National Voices, the British Red Cross, and Age UK. She previously spent 15 years working in public policy, campaigning or communications roles, initially as a House of Commons researcher, later in senior positions with Catch 22, Help the Aged and the Campaign to End Loneliness where she was director. She has also worked in the Social Exclusion Unit. She has won various awards, including in 2008 when at the Women in Public Life Awards MPs and peers voted her Public Affairs Achiever of the Year. She spends her time “giving people a voice” by researching and writing on a wide range of social issues.