Helen Manchester is an Associate Professor in Digital Inequalities and Urban Futures, at the University of Bristol. Helen is interested in ageing futures, digital inclusion, social connectivity, culture and the arts. She develops methodologically innovative approaches to research in collaboration with artists, technologists, civil society organisations and policy-makers. Helen has led a number of funded research projects working with cultural value, arts and older people, including Tangible Memories: Community in care, Tangible Memories: Parlours of Wonder and currently the Connecting through Culture as we Age project, funded by the Social, Behavioural and Design Healthy Ageing research programme.