In Memoriam | Helen North

It is with great sadness that we have to let you know that Helen North passed away on the 22nd December 2017 after a battle with cancer.

Helen was Career Development Director on the AWUK Board and had become a great friend to many of us personally, as well as a passionate supporter of the organisation. She spent her early career at Skillset, working with Kate O’Connor, pioneering training programmes across the Creative industries.

Her determination to drive for gender equality led her to AWUK where she became one of the original board members in 2014 where her voice was always a vital, caring and direct contribution to any discussion.

Helen was the architect and driving force behind our Achieve Programme, which focuses on career development for women in VFX and Animation, and we are incredibly proud to be able to continue her work this year with the launch of our 2018 programme, which we have renamed in her memory The Helen North Achieve Programme.

Helen leaves her husband Matt and two children Coral and Seren.

The family have created a charity page for Helen and ask that anyone who would like to, make a small donation to one of their designated charities.

Please leave any messages in the comment section of this blog post, so that they can be read by others and shared with Helen’s daughters, Coral and Seren.