Helen Vigors
Helen is UnLtd India's European Coordinator. Having graduated from Trinity College, Oxford (B.A.Hons., M.A.) and the University of Perugia Helen completed a diploma with the Royal Society of Art/Christies Education and continued to work in the furniture departments for Christies', Asprey and The Victoria and Albert Museum. She subsequently moved to The National Trust as Researcher and then became Historic Building Representative (Thames and Chilterns, East Anglia) and then Curator (Interiors). In 2002 she moved to The World Monuments Fund to work on a project jointly funded by UNESCO in northern Argentina and then in 2006 continued to work in architectural conservation projects in India. During her 3 years spent in Bombay she also became CEO of the Mithu Alur Foundation, a subsidiary of ADAPT (formerly The Spastic Society of India) becoming one of the founding members. The aim of the project is to develop an inclusive village model to be replicated all over India where education, healthcare, medical care, empowerment of women and the disabled through livelihood will be combined. Helen has since moved to Hamburg with her husband and 2 children.