Our Ambassadors

Charlie Beswick

Charlie Beswick is a speaker, author, and advocate dedicated to helping individuals and organizations embrace difference and overcome adversity. As a mother to a son with a rare craniofacial condition and autism, Charlie has transformed her personal journey into a powerful platform for raising awareness, providing support, and promoting inclusion for families and individuals impacted by disability.

She is the author of the best-selling book Our Altered Life, a brutally honest account of how she came to terms with a life she never expected. As part of Our Altered Life, Charlie has, to date, educated over 8000 children and young people on visible differences and behaviours typically associated with autism.

Charlie is the founder of S.E.N.D Gin and Cheese CIC, that provides parental mental health support before, during and long after their children’s diagnosis of disability or additional needs.

She is a passionate advocate for employed parent carers and offers guidance to improve the well-being of carers, helping both individuals and employers understand how to better care for carers through talks and workshops that emphasize the importance of empathy and inclusion. She empowers audiences to shift their perspectives, embrace vulnerability, and champion inclusivity both within the SEND community and beyond.

Becca Maberly

Becca Maberly is an antenatal, postnatal and parenting expert and the founder of A Mother Place – famed for telling it like it is about pregnancy, birth and what comes after!  

She is the author of Nobody Tells You (over 100 honest stories about pregnancy, birth and parenthood) and more recently The Mother of All Journals – a paper-based space where you’ll find support, encouragement, hacks and humour to help you grab a slice of calm in the chaos!

Her online courses guide women and their partners from conception through to birth, feeding, sleeping, going back to work and everything in between, with honesty and humour.

She is never afraid to tell it like it is and to shine a light on some of the topics that have traditionally felt taboo in the parenting world. And above all, she wants to make sure you never feel like you are the only one.

Elliott Rae

Elliott Rae is the founder of the parenting platform MusicFootballFatherhood, called the ‘Mumsnet for Dads’ by the BBC.  Elliott’s book DAD is an Amazon Top 10 bestseller. DAD is a deeply moving collection of 20 stories that represent the diversity of modern fatherhood and challenges the traditional ideas of masculinity.  

Elliott has been recognised by the United Nations for his work on gender equality and was awarded the #HeForShe award by UN Women UK.  

Elliott presented the BBC One documentary ‘Becoming Dad’ in January 2022 which is the first show of its kind to bring issues around dad’s mental health and masculinity to the mainstream. Becoming Dad was one of the most watched documentaries across the BBC network in 2022. 

Elliott is a media commentator on issues around fatherhood and mental health, having written for The Independent and The Telegraph and featured live on Loose Women, BBC News, Channel 4 and Radio 5 Live. 

Anna Whitehouse 

Journalist, editor, mother and voice of those who just happen to be parents – Anna Whitehouse is the honest, always well informed and forever hilarious voice of Mother Pukka; a platform created to share the trials and tribulations of parenthood and beyond. Having written for the likes of Marie Claire, Stylist, The Telegraph and former Vice Editor for Time Out Magazine Amsterdam – Anna is a force to be reckoned with not just within the parenting space but for anyone who has a penchant for honest accounts of how to navigate your way through life with wit and purpose.