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Helen has extensive experience of working in the voluntary sector over the last twenty years. She has been Chief Executive of Leeds Mind since 2014 and is also a trustee of three other local charities. Prior to this Helen worked in finance in the private sector.

Leeds Mind leads an employment and job retention service in Leeds enabling people with mental health difficulties to secure and retain employment. Leeds Mind work with a variety of employers across the region and are also the lead for Mindful Employer in the area which is a national initiative promoting positive attitudes to mental health in the workplace.

Sue is a partner within our charities and social economy team at Wrigleys

Sue advises charities and other not for profit, voluntary and community organisations and social enterprises on all aspects of employment law including strategic issues involving TUPE and restructuring.

Sue has experience of advising on severance packages and on senior executive service agreements. She also represents employers throughout the Employment Tribunal process.

She manages Wrigleys HR Response, our telephone and email employment law helpline for charities including academies and independent schools.

Martha Clowes, whose background is in Health and Wellbeing project work, is the Mindful Employer Coordinator for Leeds. Her role includes running the local Network, organising networking events and providing 1 to 1 support to employers to help them make mental health sustainable in their workplaces.

Neil is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and has over 40 years experience working in human resource management.  Much of this experience was gained in the public sector working for a large local authority.  However, over the last 15 years Neil has undertaken a range of HR roles, including providing advice to small and medium size companies, and working for a students’ union, a university, and a charitable organisation that provides support services to homeless people, those leaving prison or on probation, those leaving care, and victims of domestic abuse.

Alacoque is a partner in our charities and social economy team.

Alacoque specialises in working with third sector and education sector clients on all aspects of employment law. She advises on complex employee relations issues, employment status, policies and procedures, employment contracts, settlement agreements and the defence of tribunal claims, including holiday pay, discrimination, whistle-blowing and trade union related claims. Alacoque also advises on redundancy and restructure projects and on TUPE transfers, including the requirements of collective consultation.

She has a particular interest in equality law and has considerable experience of the realities of managing staff and resources within the education and public sectors.

Alacoque edits Wrigleys’ monthly Employment Law Bulletin and regularly speaks on employment law and HR topics.

Chris has over 25 years' experience of advising charities and social enterprises and leads the employment team at Wrigleys

Chris is a member of the Charity Law Association, Education Law Association and the Employment Lawyers Association. 

Chris advises on a wide range of issues including governance, contracts, data protection and employment matters. His particular work at present focuses on education charities, including schools and academies.

Chris is an academy governor at an outstanding secondary school and a trustee of a local charity looking to build a new community sports and social club.