Lydia Stockdale

I’m a writer, editor and communications leader with a background in journalism and senior roles across both agency and in-house communications.

For more than 15 years, I’ve helped people tell their stories well. I began my career as an award-winning journalist, writing features and long-form pieces and learning how to listen carefully, find the heart of an idea and shape it into something clear and compelling. I went on to become Assistant Editor of Inside Housing, part of the editorial leadership of the UK’s leading housing sector publication.

That grounding still shapes how I work today. Good communication starts with listening, thinking clearly and understanding what really matters.

Since then, I’ve advised CEOs and boards, led communications teams and helped individuals and organisations find the words for what they stand for — particularly in housing, the third sector and purpose-driven organisations.

I bring agency experience from my time as PR Director at See Media, and senior in-house leadership experience as Director of Communications & External Affairs at Eastlight Community Homes, leading organisation-wide communications with residents, colleagues, communities and partners.

Today, through Good Point PR, I work with leaders and purpose-driven organisations who want to communicate with clarity and integrity.

I’m a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), a Chartered PR practitioner and an Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM)-accredited coach.