Dr Helen Bell - CAMBRIDGESHIRE Hub Director

Helen (BSc Hons, PGDip, ClinPsyD) qualified as a Clinical Psychologist in 2000 and has worked therapeutically in the NHS, Social Care and community throughout her working life. She is passionate about intervening early with families to make the greatest difference so that their relationships can flourish in the longer term.

Helen’s favourite words are ‘being-with’; how can we be alongside one another in a relationship? Helen has a heart for community living, spending time in a L’Arche community in Canada, being-with people with learning disabilities.

Helen has undertaken the four-day Circle of Security Parenting Facilitator training and 3 Day Core Sensitivity Training.

Helen has worked closely with Connected Lives for several years and in January 2021 she is excited to take on the role of Director of the first Hub of the charity in Cambridgeshire. Helen also offers therapeutic support to the Adoption Support Team in Cambridgeshire.

Helen is undertaking a Professional Doctorate in Practical Theology where she hopes to understand more about what ‘being-with’ looks like and she will explore the ‘in-between spaces’ of relationships.

Helen is a mum of three children and enjoys learning more about herself and her family through their everyday life together.

Katie Logan - CAMBRIDGESHIRE Hub Manager

Katie Logan worked in the urban regeneration field for over 15 years. Providing strategies and developing action plans for local communities in need of both social and financial regeneration. She provided hands-on advice, research and good practice to enable stakeholders to run much needed projects in local communities as well as providing membership provision and organising many awards, courses, conferences and events on behalf of industry associations.

Following the birth of her twins, she had a change of focus and in 2013 helped Jenny Peters and Dr Clare Gates set up The Centre as a Community Action project. Since then she has helped to develop the work of The Centre and now Connected Lives, organising and hosting many seminars and conferences both on a local community level for parents as well on a national level for professionals. She has undertaken the 4 Day Circle of Security Parenting Facilitator Training and 3 Day Core Sensitivity Training and since 2014 has been running COS-P groups in Westminster and now in Cambridge where she is also excited to help set up the new Hub.