Eli has 15 years of experience as a youth and community worker, working in a wide range of frontline delivery and project management roles in not-for-profit youth organisations across Sussex and the wider UK. As a former Youth Board Member with Time to Change and now as a Patient Leader with Just Treatment, Eli works to reduce stigma and discrimination about mental health, whilst actively campaigning and striving for equitable and accessible mental health care for all.

Currently unable to work full-time due to chronic health conditions, Eli is excited to be able to work with The Blagrave Trust in this capacity as a Regional Adviser and put her lived and professional experience of youth and community services in Sussex to good use.