PUBLIC SECTOR: New youth helpline brings in comms chief

Get Connected, the one-stop helpline which directs young people in need to a range of charities that can help them, has brought in Justin Irwin as its communications manager. The role is the first PR position to be created in the charity, which launched in February this year. Irwin’s brief will be to work closely with director Di Stubbs on PR strategy and to raise the profile of the charity among its key audience of under 16-year-olds, with a target of doubling the number of calls to the charity’s helplines over the coming months.