Anna Whitehouse is a journalist, editor, Heart radio presenter and mother, turned Flexible Working Campaigner. The trailblazing, straight-talking best-selling author, presenter and campaigner, Anna Whitehouse is best known for her Flex Appeal movement that shone a blinding light on the need to implement flexible working for all across the UK,... Read more
Anna Whitehouse is a journalist, editor, Heart radio presenter and mother, turned Flexible Working Campaigner. The trailblazing, straight-talking best-selling author, presenter and campaigner, Anna Whitehouse is best known for her Flex Appeal movement that shone a blinding light on the need to implement flexible working for all across the UK, which was finally achieved this year. Having been included in The Independent’s ‘Most Influential Women’ list of 2023, Anna actively uses her platform as a positive force for good, to ignite change and speak up on subjects that most people are too afraid to.
Recently, Anna Whitehouse has featured in numerous news outlets, speaking up about her experience of receiving online sexual harassment for the last 5 years. She is currently campaigning alongside UN Women, Grazia and Bumble to petition to change the law to cyberflashing, to prevent this happening to others. Anna was a finalist for this years MBCC Awards, as the social campaigner of the year.
When she’s not campaigning or writing her next Sunday Times Bestseller, you can find Anna presenting her own show on Heart Radio every Sunday evening and hosting her award-winning podcast Dirty Mother Pukka. Her hugely successful podcast airs the dirty laundry of its brilliant guests in the most straight-talking, gritty and hilarious way possible. Anna Whitehouse uses her podcast as an insightful portal for news, events and honest reviews, whilst also digging the dirt and uncovering the highs and lows of modern parenting. Previous guests include Myleene Klass, Helen Thorn, Mary Portas and Stella Creasy to name a few. Dirty Mother Pukka recently topped the Apple Kids & Family Chart at No.1. Unfiltered, unashamed and unapologetic – no wonder she has gained her 4.9* from over 1000 glowing reviews.