Grace Houston, Professional Development Officer, Perinatal & Infant Mental Health
BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing, SCPHN – HV, MSc Psychology

Responsible for:

• Supporting the national and international work of the iHV Mental Health team
• Supporting Director of Innovation and Research, and Mental Health Lead, to develop iHV Perinatal & Infant Mental Health strategy, projects and practice development
• Supporting the production, delivery and quality assurance of iHV mental health training programmes
• Supporting engagement and co-production with parents and professionals in relation to mental health projects

Contact: Grace – [email protected]

Kieran supports our work around fathers’ mental health, bringing much greater attention to the needs of dads, who can frequently get overlooked in services which have traditionally been built around the needs of women and their babies. Using a combination of his own lived experience and the latest evidence and knowledge from his role as Operations Manager for Dad Matters – HomeStart HOST, Kieran has co-designed and co-delivers the iHV Fathers and Perinatal Mental Health training programmes alongside our iHV Mental Health team. His outstanding ability to connect with fathers during such a critical period transforms individual lives and influences best practice in health visiting, with the aim of improving perinatal care for all fathers and their infants.

Leanne uses her own experience to ground our work in the profound reality of lived experience of perinatal mental ill-health. Leanne has consistently demonstrated an exceptional commitment to the iHV and to health visiting through her active involvement in numerous initiatives – supporting our policy work, joining key roundtable discussions, knocking on the door of Downing Street with her daughter Miley as part of the campaign “A Fight for a Fair Start”, and leading a petition calling for more health visitors. Her dedication to co-production and her consistent support has made a tangible impact on the wellbeing of families.

Katy Tuncer is an entrepreneur and leadership coach, who has had a distinguished career, initially in the army, then the Metropolitan police, before working as a consultant in the sports industry when her path first crossed with that of Cheryll Adams. Most recently, Katy has been working as an executive-level coach to system leaders whilst developing new tools to support them. Katy is also the mother of four young sons. The board unanimously agreed that Katy was a very worthy recipient of the Institute’s award of Honorary Fellowship.

Chloe Apps, Business & Operations Lead

Responsible for:

• Supporting the CEO
• Financial and Budget control
• Ensuring the iHV’s Charitable Objectives are met
• Managing all areas of the iHV’s operations

Contact Chloe – [email protected]

Sarah Cole – Membership Engagement Officer

Responsible for:

• Management of corporate memberships
• Management and coordination of the iHV’s member benefit events
• Reviewing the membership journey to maximise the value for members
• Supporting quality improvement

Contact Sarah: [email protected] 

Natalie Mosson-Kelly
Professional Development Officer – Perinatal & Infant Mental Health

MA (Hons), MSc, Registered Midwife

Responsible for:

• Supporting the production, delivery and quality assurance of iHV mental health training programmes
• Supporting the national and international work of the iHV Mental Health Department
• Supporting the iHV Mental Health Department to develop iHV Perinatal & Infant Mental Health strategy, projects and practice development
• Support engagement and co-production with parents and professionals in relation to mental health projects

Contact Natalie – [email protected]

In 2023, the iHV awarded Honorary Fellow awards to individuals who have served the iHV generously through their tenures on our Board as iHV trustees. At the iHV, we want to thank all our Trustees for the time, commitment and effort they bring to our organisation.

Jane Williams was awarded the Honorary Fellow award this year. Jane is regarded by many as one of the ‘giants’ of health visiting. She joined the Institute’s Board after running one of the most successful health visiting services in England – and generously shared her wealth of rich experience from her long career. Jane was a Trustee for nearly eight years and her tenure ended during the pandemic in 2021 – which meant we couldn’t celebrate all of Jane’s contributions in person as we had hoped. Some of Jane’s particular contributions were in helping the Board to understand how the Institute’s work could successfully dovetail with the needs of local health visiting managers, as well as with practice.

In 2023, the iHV awarded two Honorary Fellow awards to individuals who have served the iHV generously through their tenures on our Board as iHV trustees. At the iHV, we want to thank all our Trustees for the time, commitment and effort they bring to our organisation.

The first of these awards was conferred to Pamela Goldberg OBE who was the Chair of the iHV Board for 7 years, until her tenure came to an end in July this year. Prior to joining the iHV, Pamela had a distinguished career in both the commercial and voluntary sector, latterly as CEO of Breast Cancer Campaign. This wealth of experience was so valuable to our organisation which was only a few years old when Pamela joined as its Chair. During Pamela’s two terms at the helm of the iHV, the organisation has grown considerably into the successful organisation that it is today. Pamela has also overseen considerable change, with a new CEO and ways of working during the pandemic.

Professor Jane Barlow’s Honorary Fellowship is awarded in recognition of her ongoing support for our work over many years. Jane is a staunch and vocal advocate for early intervention – and a champion of health visiting – and has worked tirelessly with us at the iHV on numerous shared projects, including our current research partnership with The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood. We are particularly grateful for Jane’s ongoing contributions to our work in perinatal and infant mental health and her weight of support for our call for more Specialist health visitors in this field. Unfortunately, Jane was not able to join us during the evening to collect her Honorary Fellowship due to travel disruptions.