About Karin Weatherup

After youth work with inner-city children trapped by poverty, low expectations and sometimes abuse, Karin Weathrup decided that she ‘wanted to change the world at least a little bit’.

She went on to become press and public relations officer at the Muscular Dystrophy Group, then started her career as a writer at the agency group Burnett Associates. Now, 15 years later, she is creative director at communications agency Burnett Works. During that time she has worked for around one hundred not-for-profit clients and produced many award-winning communications, including the famous Amnesty ‘pen’ pack. But her aim has remained the same, ‘To inspire people, in the same way those kids did for me, to want to do something practical to help.’