Hopeful: Recent Episodes
Emma Penney
The world often feels like a scary place and it can be easy to forget all the wonderful things going on. This podcast talks to people about how they stay hopeful, the people who inspire them and the good news in the world.
For more Hopeful content - visit our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hopefulpodcasts/ With music by Josh Christopher and graphics by Sophie de Salis.
In this episode I talk to the lovely Alexa Netty, vet student and executive director of SolidariTee, an international charity fighting for long term change in the refugee crisis.
SolidariTee:
IG: @teesofsolidarity
Twitter: @SolidariTeeUK
FB: https://www.facebook.com/teesofsolidarity
Website: https://www.solidaritee.org.uk
Hopeful:
IG: @hopefulpodcasts
FB: https://www.facebook.com/hopefulpodcasts
Apologies for the slightly questionable sound quality of this episode - lockdown Zoom recordings are not conducive to happy podcasting
This episode features the incredible Mikaela Loach, an anti-racism and climate justice activist who co-hosts the Yikes podcast. Based in Edinburgh, where she studies medicine, she is passionate about collectively combatting the climate crisis.
Mentioned in this episode:
The Loveland Foundation: https://thelovelandfoundation.org/loveland-therapy-fund/
STAR Edinburgh: https://www.facebook.com/STAREdUni
Mikaela:
IG: @mikaelaloach
Twitter: @mikaelaloach
Hopeful:
IG: @hopefulpodcasts
FB: https://www.facebook.com/hopefulpodcasts
2020 needed some hope.
The second series of Hopeful kicks off with Hannah Gaffey, a recent graduate whose research draws attention to the challenges and triumphs of being a young person seeking asylum in the UK. She is currently volunteering for Mosaik Education, an NGO which assists refugee students in accessing university using guidance programmes, English lessons and peer-to-peer support networks.
Hannah:
https://instahangaf.com/
IG: @instahangaf
Twitter: @HannahGaffey
Mosaik:
https://mosaik.ngo/
IG @mosaik_education
Twitter: @MosaikEducation
Hopeful:
IG: @hopefulpodcasts
FB: https://www.facebook.com/hopefulpodcasts
This episode features the fabulous Tiara Sahar Ataii, founder and president of SolidariTee, an intiative founded at Cambridge to highlight the refugee crisis and to raise funds for legal aid in Greece.
SolidariTee:
Website: https://www.solidaritee.org.uk
IG - @teesofsolidarity
Twitter - @SolidariTeeUK
Hopeful:
IG: @hopefulpodcasts
FB: https://www.facebook.com/hopefulpodcasts