Anna Freud
Rhys Owen is an experienced professional in event management and training coordination, currently serving as the Training, Conferences, and Events Lead at Anna Freud since March 2021, after previously holding the position of Training and Conferences Officer. Prior to this role, Rhys worked as an Events Officer at LTE Group from February 2020 to February 2021, and as a New Business Consultant at Digital Theatre for a brief period in 2019. Earlier career experiences include serving as a Business Development Executive at Robertson Cooper from August 2017 to August 2019. Rhys holds a BA in Business Management from The University of Sheffield, where studies were completed between 2013 and 2017, and attended Upton-by-Chester High School from 2006 to 2013.
Anna Freud
We are a children's mental health charity and have been developing and delivering pioneering mental health care for over 60 years. Our aim is to transform current mental health provision in the UK by improving the quality, accessibility and effectiveness of treatment. We believe that every child and their family should be at the heart of the care they receive, working in partnership with professionals. We are unique in bringing together leaders in neuroscience, mental health, social care and education to work together to improve understanding and practice. Our goal is to develop, disseminate and deliver the best possible evidence-based treatment, through scientific innovation, research and collaboration and underpinned by the direct experience and insight of children and their families. To transform the experience of children, young people and their families with mental health issues we: •Carry out research to improve understanding of mental health and resilience and to evaluate and improve the treatments and services children and families are offered. Develop new approaches, tools and services that aim to support children, young people and families in distress. •Teach and train a new generation of clinicians and researchers in the latest skills and tools to improve mental health globally. •Take a leading role in the development of policy and practice in the UK and beyond to ensure that it is built on science, tested experience and has the input of children, young people and their families. •Creatively collaborate nationally and internationally in partnerships which jointly develop a step change in child mental health and wellbeing.