Transforming Our Futures: Recent Episodes
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Join our conversations where we discuss how we can transform our future in the 21st century at a time of great change and crisis. Learn what we can all do to make a difference.
In this Podcast we talk to Dr Beryl De Souza about the different ways medics engage communities in a time of climate change. Beryl is a plastic surgeon but she is also a community activist. She works closely with the Enfield Racial Equality Council (EREC) and is a passionate supporter of the work they do in the diverse community of Enfield.
In the Podcast she talks about how medics can engage over the issues of public health and climate change and explains how climate change will and has already created a health crisis.
Medics of all kinds are getting increasingly concerned at the impact that climate change is having on air pollution, heat exhaustion, on well being and mental health and on the possibility of disease spreading as well as future pandemics.
She talks about the need for agencies to work together in collaborative networks and the importance of creating relationships with communities and individuals.
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Trevor Blackman works for the Edmonton School Partnership but he also wears another hat in that his is involved in Maritime Radio a steaming radio station. He used to work with local radio in the BBC.
Here Francis Sealey who also worked as a Producer in the BBC talks to Trevor about engagement in the media and how it has changed over time. When Francis started there were no audio or video cassettes let alone streaming and the change over the years has been enormous.
Both Francis and `Trevor talk about those changes and how they have affected the way we communicate in the new media.
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In this Podcast we interview David McKelvey and Maggie Fay who are both medic - one a GP and another a nurse and they arrested for demonstrating outside of JP Morgan
In all six healthcare professionals were arrested after cracking eight panes of glass at investment bank JP Morgan’s offices in Canary Wharf as part of a non-violent protest.
JP Morgan is the world’s biggest funder of fossil fuels, having poured $384.2 billion into the sector since the Paris Climate Agreement in 2016. The financial services giant and investment bank funded the fossil fuel industry to the tune of $61.7 billion in 2021, the same year the International Energy Agency stated that new oil, gas or coal investment must end if the world is to reach net zero by 2050.
Heatwaves are known to pose a variety of health risks, including an increased risk of stroke, and heart failure. [6] Periods of extreme heat have also been linked to negative impacts on mental health and increased suicide rates, according to a study published in Nature Climate Change looking at data from the U.S and Mexico. [7] Experts have warned that thousands of people in the UK could die as a result of the coming heatwave, with both the vulnerable as well as the fit and healthy at risk.
Here we talk about the climate crisis, the role of civil disobedience and the dysfunctional nature of our democracy that seems unable to face the health emergency that we face through climate change
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Here we interview Katies Knight about her efforts and that of others to achieve a “green NHS” that has sustainability embedded in all it does. Katie is a Paediatric Emergency Medicine Consultant in the North Middlesex Hospital and has taken a lead in forming a Sustainability Group within her trust. .
Working together they try to collaborate with the Trust to ensure that the site of the Trust and its practices follow green principles in how the site is organised and in its procurement.
Katie is passionate about climate change and tells us that many of the younger generation of doctors are increasingly feeling this way as they see the emergency of climate change threatening the health of the children they work with.
We are pleased to do this interview with Katie and equally pleased that sh has also agreed to join our EnCaf Core Group.
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In this interview we talk to Rebecca Nestor who is a member of the Climate psychology alliance and has become part of what is know as the Climate Cafe movement.
Rebecca talks about the growing anxieties that people are feeling about climate change and the stress and guilt they sometimes have of feeling helpless and concerned they can do nothing about it.
Climate Cafes were set up so that people could join with others to talk about their feelings and share their anxieties. They take different forms in the many locations where they are found and some develop into other forms as the cafe develops. One cafe for example turned into a book group.
But having a place where people can talk openly and freely with others is important and climate cafes fulfil a need that is growing as the impact of climate change is every more visible.
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In this Podcast we talk to Andrew Samuels who is the Group CEO of WislPort and they have a team to help organisations set up a whistleblowing strategy and they also help individuals who want to whistleblow about wrong doing or unethical practices in their company or organisation
Often information about climate change, emissions, the success of offsetting and much more is not always totally transparent within local authorities. One way to address this is through creating gateways for employees to whistleblow.
In many local authorities there has been doubt about the information they give out on pollution or waste and recycling and officers are often pressured to only give out limited information or collaborate only with groups that support the ruling party of whatever colour.
Here we look at what whistleblowing is, how authorities and individuals can use it, how anonymity is ensured and who to contact should anyone feel so strongly that they see whistleblowing as their only way for the truth to be told.
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In this Podcast we interview Stephen Cox about his second novel - Our Child of the Stars. Stephen uses science fiction to explore a number of crucial issue including family relationships, existential threats, personal ambition and the enduring quality of compassion.
Small-town USA, entering the Seventies. A childless couple Gene and Molly adopted a strange, wounded child of the stars they call Cory.
Molly is the main narrative voice – a passionate nurse fighting for her own extraordinary child. Cory is gentle, vibrant, excitable, endlessly curious and loving – and both joy and danger comes from his otherworldly origins.
In Our Child of Two Worlds a figure from the past brings uncomfortable truths and Gene and Molly face the terrifying loss of everything they took for granted. Humanity needs Cory’s people to return to save the Earth – but if they take Molly’s son, it will break her heart.
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In this Podcast we talk to Sarah Eastwood who is the Emergency Planning Officer for the North Mid Hospital Trust.
We explore what emergency planning is around a crisis incident. However we also discuss what emergency planning means when the crisis is long term such as climate change and whether that needs a new way or working and also of thinking.
We loo at how working together in bottom up collaborative networks is important and how over time these need to be improved.
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In this podcast we interview Maggie Brookes about her latest novel - Acts of Love and War: A nation torn apart by war. One woman caught in the crossfire.
- Civil war in Spain. A world on the brink of chaos . . .
Although this is a climate change site we like to promote the work of local authors and a world in conflict today and threatened by climate change this novel is highly relevant.
21-year-old Lucy feels content with her life in Hertfordshire - not least because she lives next door to Tom and Jamie, two very different brothers for whom she has equally great affection.
But her comfortable life is turned upside down when Tom decides he must travel to Spain to fight in the bloody Spanish Civil War. He is quickly followed by Jamie who, much to Lucy's despair, is supporting General Franco.
To the dismay of her irascible father, Lucy decides that the only way to bring her boys back safely is to travel to Spain herself to persuade them to come home.
It is a novel that looks at one of the seminal moments of the 20th century and how love expresses itself in extreme circumstances
Maggie is an ex-journalist, BBC TV producer as an historical documentary writer / producer / director and she has also been a creative writing lecturer, and is now full-time novelist and poet. Maggie was born in London and has been writing stories and poems since she was six. Her novel ‘The Prisoner’s Wife’ was published in March 2020, in the first Covid lockdown. She has published six poetry collections in the UK under her married name of Maggie Butt. Her poetry website is: www.maggiebutt.co.uk.
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In this Podcast we interview Richard Gourlay who is the Director of Strategic Development in the North Mid Hospital NHS Trust.
Here he talks about the fact that the climate crisis is a health crisis and the impact this has on his own Trust in the way they plan for the future and develop their services.
Not only do they try to make their own site more sustainable but they also work with other statutory authorities and communities to tackle the problems that climate change will make worse like air pollution, the lack of green spaces and heat stress.
They know that it is the most vulnerable and marginalised communities that will suffer the most and work in partnership to reach out so that there is a greater equality of health provision.
Richard took up his current role in May 2016, having joined the hospital in February 2011 as General Manager for clinical support services and specialist medicine. From 2012 he led the hospital’s operational reconfiguration for the Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Clinical Strategy. He has 20 years of acute hospital management experience, working predominantly across north London, managing medical and surgical specialties.
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In this Podcast we interview Jenny Chapman who talks about her work of those of her colleagues in the London school eco network.
This is a network of schools that have got together to collaborate on addressing climate change both in creating carbon zero schools but also on integrating climate change into the school curriculum.
They are part of the Sustainable Schools Network and they host their website on “Transform Our World.”
Jenny talks about the work she and others do around issues such as food, air pollution and much more. She tells us how important integrating climate change in the whole school curriculum is and although that is beginning to happen, she says there is still a long way to go.
Jenny recommends that we look at the following websites for more information.
https://letsgozero.org/
https://addresspollution.org/
https://www.actionforcleanair.org.uk/campaigns/clean-air-day
https://www.transform-our-world.org/ukssn
https://www.transform-our-world.org/ukssn/london-schools-eco-network
https://www.transform-our-world.org/
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sustainability-and-climate-change-strategy/sustainability-and-climate-change-a-strategy-for-the-education-and-childrens-services-systems
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In this Podcast we interview Geof Jukes who is a music promoter who managed Kate Bush, Bob Geldof, Underworld and a number of other notable British musicians and bands.
But recently he has turned his attention to climate change and with his colleague Robin Bath has produced a book where through illustrations and photographs children tell their story about climate change, their hopes for the future and also their deep anxiety.
This book is now available for schools and many are already using it as part of their efforts to address climate change in the classroom. The response was enormous. Schools and even Tibetan monasteries were eager to share young people’s thoughts, fears and feelings on how climate change is rapidly unfolding to their peril, in art works which are heartfelt and creative
In this Podcast we talk to Geof about this and the campaign they are now launching around the work they have done.
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In this Podcast Melanie Harwood from EduCCate Global discusses how climate change can be taught in schools. EduCCate Global has set up three levels of teacher training around climate change that focusses on how to teach it in schools using a cross curriculum method.
It is an essentially team approach to teaching climate change where the emergency of climate change is embedded in the total school. It is a system that goes beyond merely teach about mitigation and adaptation but engages students in a problem solving approach to taking action to transform their environment.
EduCCate Global has schools engaged in this across the world with several hundred in the UK.
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In this Podcast we interview Rudi Page a policy implementation specialist for Workforce Development, Knowledge Transfer and a skilled facilitator within politically sensitive environments at Board and senior management levels.
Here we discuss how you can create dialogue to extend engagement hard to reach groups and we look at this around the important issue of climate change and public health.
Rudi has specialised in the initiation and strategic direction of programmes and projects that influence the way that individuals and organisations access, communicate and engage with and respond to education, healthcare, cultural learning, regeneration, business support and local economic development.
Rudi devised the “Synergy Project”, a strategic communication and development tool now being used by Government Agencies, Academia, Private, Public and Not-for-profit organisations.
The Synergy Model provides institutions with a cultural insight into the needs and aspirations of diverse communities (hard to reach groups), whilst building the capacity of ethnic communities to understand the wider political and strategic context within which they are placed.
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Join us in this Podcast where we interview Gregory Cohn from the Charity Seeds For Growth.
They are an amazing organisation that works with disadvantaged communities and often tenants, through a series of activities and projects to help develop well being. These include community gardens, food co-ops, support for the unemployed and they also have a criminal justice initiative in operation.
They work towards reducing our carbon footprint and sustainability which they know at a time of climate change is vital for all our communities.
They started it all in Tower Hamlets but are now planning to expand their work throughout the UK
They are a great example of how the health and well being of disadvantage communities can be improved at a time of climate change through engagement and the development of community resilience.
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In this Podcast we interview Isaac Beevor from Climate Emergency UK where we explore their efforts to score the success of Local authorities climate action plans. It has already scored the efforts of Enfield Council and placed it below average.
With the help of may councillors and council officers they have developed a Climate Action Explorer that collects UK Council Climate Action Plans in a single database, alongside some data on area emissions estimates within the scope of influence of councils.
It’s being developed by Climate Emergency UK and mySociety, with input from a range of council climate officers, climate specialists, researchers, and journalists.
It assesses the success of local authorities in several areas like mitigation, adaption, community engagement, diversity and more - and does this with the use of volunteers across the UK
It is an ongoing project that will continue as the months go on as local authorities are scored as they implement their climate action plans.
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In this Podcast we interview Chandra Bhatia. Of the Enfield Racial Equality Council (EREC)
Enfield Racial Equality Council’s mission is to actively promote and seek to implement a racially just, fair and equitable society which will enhance the quality of life for all who live, work and learn in the London Borough of Enfield.
We discuss how it started, what it does and how it has changed over the years as Enfield has become a much more diverse community of people.
How important is it to still fight for equality and how do the new challenges of climate change and the Borough East/West divide impact on the work that EREC does.
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Join this Podcast with Anthony Fisher where we discuss the power of ideas.
Anthony is interesting as he says he has a “butterfly mind” and that the excitement of ideas is important in business, in our communities and in government.
Anthony founded Chela a company that supplies a range of specialist industrial cleaning solutions for the mass transport market but it has a research department that works to ensure that the products it produces are sustainable and with a low carbon footprint. In business he believe that having the idea about sustainability is the first step to creating a company that reflects it.
He is also a founder of Enfield poets and believe that poetry is a major way of communicating ideas and surpassing the constraints of conventional language.
Idea he believes are powerful and they can change the world.
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Join us in this Podcast with Rembrandt Koppelaar where we look at the circular economy and how can be and should be applied locally. How do we move from a linear production mode where we produce, make and then waste to a circular one where we produce, make and then reuse is a central question when addressing climate change.
Rembrandt talks about how this could be done and especially how we can tackle waste without long term plans for incineration. Rembrandt is Head of the Circular Economy at Ecowise who ambition is to improve sustainability in urban ecosystems by continuing to develop smart analytics and cloud-based software solutions
Rembrandt is a senior expert in Circular Economy, Economics, Modelling, environmental material/product assessment, and techno-economic analysis. He holds a PhD degree from Imperial College London’s Centre for Environmental Policy and is experienced in leading work packages in large EU projects. He also has published two books and several articles about the future of energy, materials, society, technology, and the circular economy.
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An Interview with Kristiana Heapy
In this webinar we interview Kristiana Heapy who works with a coalition of Friends of Parks groups across one London Borough.
Friend’s groups across the borough of Enfield have come together for the first time to collectively ask everyone standing in 2022’s council election to commit to protecting and enhancing Enfield’s green spaces.
The Covid pandemic and subsequent lockdowns have highlighted how important local, easily accessible green spaces are to the mental and physical health of Enfield’s residents. Further to this, greater awareness of the climate crisis and the impact of years of destruction of the UK’s natural habitat has resulted in more people wanting to protect green existing spaces and grow precious native natural habitats.
However, there have been concerns by many volunteers in local community groups that warm words on the importance of green spaces have not been met with action and investment by councillors of all political parties and none. Green spaces are not a nice to have, they are essential to the wellbeing of all Enfield residents.
The Enfield Friends’ Collective has therefore launched the ‘Love Our Parks’ Manifesto. We ask all those standing for election to sign our manifesto and talk with Friends groups in their area about what they want
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In this Podcast we interview Ruth Donaldson the Director of Commissioning in the North London Central Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) in the NHS
They are developing some interesting and innovative ideas in how you deliver health and social care in times of increasing and complex difficulties and here we discuss some of these idea.
In doing so we look at the relational welfare model developed by Hilary Cottam in her book “Radical Help” and discuss how we can move from the top down impersonal welfare model that has been in operation since the middle of the last century to one that is more personalised and patient/client centred.
It is really encouraging as the CCG is developing some interesting projects, collaborating with other statutory agencies and civil society and understand fully that the future delivery of health and social care has to be a whole society endeavour if it is to work for the benefit of all.
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Join us in this Podcast with Tamsin Ellis and Zoe Garbett. Tamsin is a GP and Zoe is the Assistant Director, Communities in the North Central London Clinical Commissioning Group (CCGO)
In this Podcast we will be discussing the World Heath Organisation’s (WHO) declaration that the climate emergency is a health emergency and how this can be tackled at a local level.
Tamsin has been involved in Sustainable Healthcare and Greener Practice London which brings together GPs to address the climate emergency. And Zoe has established a network of statutory health organisations and civil society groups to do this as well.
We will discuss what they have been doing both to help mitigate climate change as well as develop strategies to adapt to the changes that will happen because of greenhouse gas emissions.
We will also discuss the importance of establishing collaborative networks to address the climate emergency in a strategic way.
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Join us in this Podcast interview with Alex Tambourides the CEO of MIND in Enfield and Barnet. MIND provides local services in Enfield and Barnet working with people who use all mental health services to help shape and improve what we do.
They have an expert team to advise, shape, educate and lead on campaigning and creating mental health service provision ensuring across the two boroughs.
In this webinar we will look at some of these problems and especially that of social isolation. Many people especially those older are living alone and these creates for many mental health problems.
This has increased since the COVID crisis and the climate emergency will make this problem far worse.
How can we tackle this and create communities that are resilient and networks that are adequate to tackle this problem.
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In this Podcast when we interview Nick De Bois about his first novel “Fatal Ambition.”
Nick who was the MP for Enfield North has joined a handful of ex MPs who have taken to writing a political thriller. Tom Watson and Chris Mullin had already successful launched their novels before and now Nick has joined them.
It is a gripping novel that combines a global conspiracy, betrayal, corruption, naked ambition and even murder. At times you would be forgiven in thinking this is real and not a product of a vivid imagination.
Nick who’s been there first hand at the highest levels of government and in the heart of the establishment is very well placed to portray in novel form the machinations of government but not just because he had been close to government. Nick like one of his fellow MPs of some years ago, John Biffen, was always semi detached from government and the strictures of party politics.
This semi detachment has enabled him to weave into his novel some critical questions about the nature of our democracy and political system and this gives the novel a cutting edge. In the framework of a story the novel raises questions about how decisions are made, who makes those decisions and whether the electorate is manipulated by those who do.
Nick has already written a memoir called “Confessions of a Recovering MP” which also sheds some light on the “noises off” stage in politics and this novel adds to that never ending story of political intrigue.
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In this Podcast we interview Paul Everitt the former head of arts and culture at Enfield Council.
Paul is a well respected character across the London Borough of Enfield and beyond and is well know in art and entertainment circles and in this webinar we will interview him about his past job, the manner of his leaving and his hopes and plans for the future. The Enfield Dispatch reported that,
“Paul’s redundancy from the council was made as part of an internal restructure, with his job role made obsolete. He was placed on gardening leave in the summer prior to his official redundancy in October. The civic centre restructure included a shake-up of council arts venues and the way they are managed, which Paul had opposed and voiced concerns about. Talking about some of the issues he dealt with at the council prior to his departure, Paul described a “toxic culture” of “bullying and intimidation” and said: “When you are working in that toxic culture you are in a state of fear, you don’t trust every part of the organisation and it closes in around you. There is nowhere to go. A survival instinct kicks in.”
Paul said that although other roles were being made available within the council it became clear “they wanted me out of the organisation” and that being put on gardening leave “meant there was no proper transfer” to the council’s new culture team. He added: “My whole career is about culture, so being in charge of street cleaning didn’t really appeal to me.” We will discuss this with Paul and also his new position with Love Your Doorstep and his position on the Enfield Climate Action Forum’s Task Group.
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In this Podcast we interview Clare Moloney who is involved in a project called Hinterlands.
Hinterlands is a national arts programme promoting wellbeing and connecting communities, with participatory events along three remote rural, urban and suburban waterways: Pontymoile, Sheffield and Enfield & Tottenham.
Hinterlands forms part of the national Arts on the Waterways portfolio of Trust-led, partnership and third party projects, which aim to support and promote:
artistic quality and ambition: to work with high quality contemporary artists across art forms and support upcoming practitioners
being local: to build closer connections with communities, particularly those that are underserved
collaboration: to nurture more co-creation and work with agile, inventive practitioners and collectives
resilience and sustainability: to follow environmental responsibilities and to leave as small a carbon footprint as possible.
We will discuss how art and waterways can help people express themselves and also how at a time of climate change they can get a better understanding of the impact of climate change and what can be done
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Join us in the interview with Sam Bentley-Toon of Thames21 on Monday November 8th at 11.00am.
Thames21 is the voice for London’s waterways, working with communities to improve rivers and canals for people and wildlife.They mobilise thousands of volunteers every year to clean and green the capital’s 400 mile network of waterways. Thames21 aims to transform neglected waterways into areas that everyone can use and enjoy, by using innovative and tailored community approaches.
They have developed projects in Enfield where London’s first beaver reintroduction is taking place at Forty Hall. They are also part of Enfield Council’s Restoration of Enfield Chase project to help create one of London’s newest woodlands and at Pymmes Park they will be managing habitat to make sure the wetlands are functioning as they should.
We will discuss this with them and also their work around climate change. Wetland restoration and rewinding are a part of their mission to create natural regeneration as well as resilience.
They believe that river groups must work collaboratively across the globe and put pressure on governments, businesses and society to take swift action on rivers to tackle the impacts of climate change on communities.
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In this Podcast we discuss with local author Sangeeta Waldron social responsibility and business.
Sangeeta believes in the power of serendipity for business, writes for international news platforms on sustainable business news and sits on different boards, which has included the UK Taskforce for Women In Enterprise
Sangeeta has just published her book Corporate Social Responsibility is Not Public Relations where she argues that corporate social responsibility is more than public relations. She tells us,
“When companies feign interest in company responsibility to improve their bottom line, it is known as greenwashing; a term that was coined in the 1980s to describe shameful corporate environmental claims. It has since become a familiar term for companies pretending to be interested in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to improve their bottom line. We know that people like to support companies that are socially conscious, so when a corporation greenwashes they’re setting themselves up for failure. Feigning interest in social responsibility can have short-term benefits, but if — or rather, ‘when’ — you’re discovered, it can have a lasting negative impact on your reputation”
Many companies are becoming more sustainable and are taking seriously their responsibility to the planet and how important this is we will discuss with Sangeeta in this webinar
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In this Podcast we interview Michael Wailing of Border Crossings
Michael runs an Enfield-based arts organisation called Border Crossings. One of the things they organise is a Festival of Indigenous cultures called ORIGINS. The current edition is very focussed on climate issues. They will be at Cop26 with a totem, carved by a Totonac artist from Mexico .
Many indigenous communities face environmental insecurity, corporate aggression and the criminalisation of indigenous lifestyles and social protests.
We discuss with Michael how Border Crossings encourages intercultural dialogue between artists, audiences and communities, working through theatre and the arts to facilitate mutual understanding, creative collaboration and positive development
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Vincent Sheehan describes himself as a classical music analyst, writer of weird rock songs, Church of England priest and teacher. Growing up in a musical family, Vincent was immersed in an eclectic array of music from an early age learning to play the violin at primary school in Hertfordshire and being taught to play the guitar by his guitarist Dad. Music was always going to play a major part throughout his life. Vincent studied music at Liverpool University, trained to be a music teacher at Middlesex University, trained to be a priest (Church of England) and gained a theology degree at St Mellitus College. Vincent is now a Primary School teacher at Freezywater St. George’s and Associate Vicar at St Peter’s Grange Park.
In this Podcast we will explore three particular songs played through guitar and violin that has influenced Vincent Sheehan’s life thus far. We will also explore what philosophers have said about music and how important it is in our everyday life, having major influences in the direction of our life and the decisions we make both consciously and unconsciously.
Music is and originates from a unique sort of science. As such, it intertwines with our everyday lives and shapes us. Whether it is in a public place or the comfort of our homes, music makes a difference. Without it, influential German philosopher Nietzsche said, “life would be a mistake”. Plato once said “music is a moral law. it gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.”
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In this Podcast we interview Anthony Fisher the founder of Chela and Mario Elia their marketing manager.
Chela is a company that supplies a range of specialist industrial cleaning solutions for the mass transport market but it has a research department that works to ensure that the products it produces are sustainable and with a low carbon footprint.
They work towards ensuring that their supply market is also sustainable and work with their customers to not only sell their products but also have a training arm to help their green agenda.
Anthony Fisher who founded the company believe that collaboration between companies to achieve a sustainable future is an essential business model in the 21st century
You can find out more about Chela and what they do on the website at www.chela.co.uk
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In this Podcast we talk to Clare Donovan about how she set up Cooking Champions to help those in need and how it has now expanded into a project that has served 40,000 meals to local people.
Cooking Champions is an Enfield based, food focused social enterprise. The emphasis is on supporting local business and they work with the Enfield Food Alliance - a network of food organisations working together to improve access to healthy food.
Clare not only tells us about what they do but also about their ambitious plans for the future
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In this Podcast we will be interview Natasha Robinson about her studies, her concerns and her hopes for the future - and ask he whether these concerns reflects those of her generation.
Students are becoming increasingly concerned about their future in a time of climate change. So many are studying climate change both at undergraduate and graduate level. They do this not only to increase their knowledge but also because they want to make a difference. They want to do something about climate change and help create a more sustainable future.
Natasha is doing a Masters that looks at how you can best get the message about climate change across to citizens and particularly whether Festivals are an active means of doing this. She also wants to find out whether events like Festivals can lead to further action once the events are over.
Natasha wants to get involved in community action once her research is over so she can translate her ideas into practical action and so we will also explore with her the relationship between ideas and action.
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In this Podcast Hannah Dyson talks to Tony Kelly about what drives him to educate young people and adults on the dangers of gambling and how he turned his life around to lead the battle against gambling addiction. In this webinar we will discuss Tony’s personal journey including recovery tools and will explore Tony’s current work with Red Card and why it is important to educate young people and adults on the dangers of gambling.
After growing up with his sister and five brothers, including his twin Mel in Coventry, Tony Kelly became the youngest ever player in the Bristol City first team at the age of 16 before being snapped up as a pro by Stoke City where he spent 3 years under managers Alan Ball and Lou Macari. Tony played in the Swedish second Division as well as the second, third and further Divisions of the English Football League in a 9 year career.
Tony’s career saw highs of scoring a last-minute goal against Liverpool at Anfield in the 1991 League Cup to the lows of suffering from racial abuse and pervading this much longed for football career was a gambling addiction.
Despite hanging up his boots in 1999, at the age of 35, his gambling demons were still a part of his life as nothing had prepared him for how to deal with his addiction.
Tony’s gambling addiction led to him to lose over £500,000, his house and partnerr. Tony was able to overcome this and now works with young people to educate them on gambling and the dangers of this getting out of control in anyone’s life.
Tony teamed up with the Professional Footballers’ Association to write a book called "Red Card" with the aim of ensuring that everything is done to give all footballers the knowledge of what can be done.
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In this Podcast we interview Diana Finch about how she and her colleagues created local networks to restore the local economy to Bristol.
The problem is that mainstream economic thinking is still based on a theoretical approach where economics is considered in isolation from people and planet. The well-being of the people, the natural resources that we use to make our goods, the pollution and waste we create - these are all considered external to the economic model
Diana believes we urgently need to change our economic system so that it respects the planet's ecosystem and addresses social inequality.
With others Diana created the Bristol Pound and is committed to developing projects to do to address social inequality and to also ensure our economy works within the constraints of our finite plane
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In this Podcast Jane Maggs and Ian Harvey will discuss how local voices can be heard and how communities can be engaged.
Two years ago it was revealed that a 17-storey redevelopment was being proposed in Southgate that would substantially alter the look and feel of the town centre, a designated conservation area. Jane, as vice-chair of Southgate District Civic Voice (SDCV), led a campaign to ensure the views of local people were listened to.
She helped organise a community planning weekend in a local church to encourage the wider community to come together to discuss and respond to the application. Jane then contacted Civic Voice, a national charity representing the civic movement, to seek their help in facilitating a series of workshops to give local people a better understanding of the issues at hand – more than 250 people subsequently attended.
So we will be interviewing Jane and also Ian Harvey from Civic Voice about the initiative they set up of a community Panel and whether this can be replicated in Enfield as an important tool for wider engagement.
Civic Voice is the national charity for the civic movement in England. They aim to make places more attractive, enjoyable and distinctive and to promote civic pride.
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In this Podcast we interview Councillor Isidoros Diakides on the Edmonton Incinerator and his views about being a representative from Haringey on the North London Waste Authority (NLWA)
Recently at a meeting of the NLWA several deputations were made to the meeting held there expressing objections to the development of an enlarged Incinerator in Edmonton, North London.
The NLWA is made up of representative of seven North London Boroughs and Councillor Isidoros Diakides is one of the representatives from Haringey.
After the deputations Isidoros asked for a discussion of members there because he said he felt disturbed by what he had heard but his request was turned down by the chairman.
In this Podcast we will ask him about the doubts he had and whether the NLWA is a truly accountable body and whether that accountability is open and transparent.
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Are you curious to know about how the climate emergency is being taught in the national curriculum?
In this Podcast Katie English will discuss with Helen Karamallakis how climate change is addressed in schools and how it should be.
This webinar will explore the experiences of secondary school teacher Helen Karamallakis. Helen has worked in education for over 36 years, specialising in the science and health and social care fields.
During this time Helen has witnessed the horrors of climate change and how it is being taught in the national curriculum. We conclude by asking: “what can be done in schools to highlight the importance of the climate emergency?”.
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In this Podcast we talk to Sarah Cotton from the Palmers Greenery that is a cafe in a local park but plans to be much more.
At a time of climate crisis when action is needed to confront an emergency for our planet small actions are as important as any as they create awareness, help to change culture and lead to further action. So we talk to Sarah about her plans to turn her cafe into a centre of learning and action and how she wants to do this in partnership with others.
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In this Podcast we talk to Martin Drewry who is the CEO of Health Poverty Action.
Health Poverty Action is a progressive international NGO established in 1984. They take a strongly justice-oriented and approach - developing strong community roots, creating comprehensive and integrated public health systems, and addressing the social and political determinants of health.
They work in solidarity with people around the world who are pursuing change, often working in their own communities. Together they demand health justice, and challenge the power imbalances that currently deny people their rights. They believe health is not just the absence of disease, but a combination of physical, mental and social well-being.
They draw strength from the knowledge that we are not alone, but part of a global movement for health justice – the People’s Health Movement (PHM). The PHM is today’s embodiment of the primary health care movement that achieved groundbreaking success at the UN Alma-Ata Conference in 1978. Such was the power of this moment, that 40 years later the radical vision it set out continues to rally health workers and policymakers worldwide.
We will discuss in this podcast the imbalances there are in the world today, the nature and scale of the problem and what can be done to address it
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In this Podcast we talk to Cllr Ayfer Orhan who has spent two years of abuse and harassment after wrongly being accused of anti semitism. The Labour Party nationally exonerated her but took two years to do so and the High Court ruled that such delay amounted to being unlawful.
In March 2019, Cllr Orhan posted a tweet that questioned a drilling contract in the Golan Heights, which had apparently been awarded to a private energy company. The Golan Heights, an area internationally recognised as belonging to Syria, is currently occupied by the State of Israel.
Following the publication of the tweet in 2019, the Leader of Enfield Council Cllr Caliskan issued a public statement, carried by various media outlets, labelling the tweet “anti-Semitic”. That allegation has now been rejected by the Labour Party. Cllr Caliskan also claimed that Cllr Orhan had been “suspended” from the Labour Group.
Despite an intervention from the national Labour Party, which clarified that Cllr Orhan was merely under investigation and could continue as a Labour representative, Cllr Orhan says that the council leader’s remarks triggered an “avalanche of abuse” against her, which formed part of a “culture of bullying and harassment”.
Over the past two years, Cllr Orhan has been subject to strict confidentiality requirements but now is able to speak freely about the incident and the abuse aimed at her and the stress caused.
This is a shameful episode in Labour Party history both at a national and local level and it is important that it should never happen again
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We have already done an online hustings of the main candidates for the Bush Hill Park by-election (minus the Labour Candidate who declined.)
Here we will do a short interview of one of the other candidates John Dolan of the Trade Union & Socialist Party (TUSC)
You will be able to view it here on Enfield Voices and make comments
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This is a Podcast hustings for the main candidates standing in the by-election on July 1st in the Bush Hill Park Ward.
We felt it important to hold the Hustings not just for those in the Bush Hill Park Ward but because whoever is elected will be making decisions for the whole Borough it was also important that all In Enfield could hear their views. It is a shame that Labour turned this opportunity down as democratic engagement is so important.
Three of the Candidates, the Conservatives, Lib Dems and Greens all accepted but Labour declined.
We discussed some of the big issues that will confront all candidates when the whole Council is being elected in 2022 - so this is a curtain raiser of what is to come
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Join us in this Podcast we interview Jackie Weaver about her campaign to bring back civility to local government
Jackie Weaver famous for chairing the Parish meeting at Handforth Parish Council has agreed to do a webinar with us where we will look at her campaign to have Councillors removed from their position if they breach the Council Code of Conduct.
Jackie faced abuse when she chaired a meeting of Handforth Parish Council and then shot to national fame through the manner in which she dealt with it. It has made her start a campaign for civility in local government.
Here in Enfield we have seen the Leader in breach of the Council Code of Conduct on two occasions and Council meetings have descended into chaos with filibustering and heckling to prevent some Councillors making their voice heard. The Enfield Council chamber has become a bedlam rather than a deliberative chamber.
Other local authorities have also behaved in a way that is partisan, hectoring and that shows little respect to rational debate.
How can we change this and how across the UK can we get Councils to behave in a civil way is what we will explore with Jackie.
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In this Podcast we talk to Sue Halawa of the Skills & Training Network (STN) about her work.
The Skills & Training Network is a no profit organisation that offers education training, advocacy, mentoring, careers advice and guidance, outreach, job brokerage, and projects to support young people and adults and to help them to make the most of their skills/ abilities and expand their aspirations in life.
They work with disadvantaged young people and especially with the migrant community. They also offer welfare advocacy and advice.
STN was set up to serve the community and we take the responsibility to help disadvantaged people in the local communities. They provide individual and community support.
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In this Podcast we talk to Vicki Pite who until recently was a Councillor in the London Borough of Enfield. However she resigned from the Council because she felt unable to serve the people in her Ward when faced with a rigid and autocratic local authority.
When you have given your life to politics what happens when the door is shut and you are a Councillor no longer and when you still have a passion for politics and improving the life and well being of those around you.
Is there a life after formal Party politics or are you shut out in the cold. This is what we hope to discuss with Vicki. Is it a case of being shut out or an example of being liberated. Party politics can be a nasty business with bickering and inflated egos and the constant battle for power of ten takes over from the pursuit of principle.
Can being free of this create a new life where you are liberated to express your views and not be whipped into submission by the controlling Party elites. Can being free allow you to create alliances with civil society more freely and effectively? In other words does freedom from Party politics give you more influence as you work with civil society to make a difference.
These and other issues we will be discussing with Vicki and try to discover is life without the Party a better life.
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In this Podcast that we will be offering in partnership with the Enfield Over 50’s Forum. There will be a presentation by and an interview of Tim Dixon
Tim works with IEAGHG that studies and evaluates technologies that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions derived from the use of fossil fuels.
One of these technologies is carbon capture and we will be discussing this with him. Is carbon capture now essential if we are to meet the Paris targets of keeping temperature rises below 1.5% by the end of the century.
And can it be developed fast enough when some scientists are arguing that the 1.5% increase in temperature will happen in the next five to ten years with a trajectory of 4% by the end of the century?
And are the new and developing technologies around carbon capture sufficiently developed yet to ensure they work successfully.
And finally is carbon capture and excuse for not reducing emissions or something that will complement that reduction.
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In this Podcast with Charith Gunawardena we will discuss the role of the Councillor and how important it is for Councillors to be free to develop innovative ideas and to engage openly with their communities.
We will talk to him about this and his views on housing, the need to have adequate consultation with communities and the importance of holding Council decision makers to account especially through scrutiny.
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In this Podcast we talk to Delia Mattis about racism in the UK and how she attempts to combat it in her own locality in Enfield North London.
Delia is a leading member in her locality of Black Lives Matters which became a global movement after the death of George Floyd at the hands of US police, and which took place on May 25, 2020.
Through her activities in Black Lives Matters and her engagement in local politics Delia has been involved in a number of local campaigns as well as having a national profile.
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In this Podcast we talk to Kathleen Kelley about her work in LocalMotion “to support local people to address social, environmental and economic priorities selected and driven locally and derive as much learning as possible from that process”.
The circumstances facing communities and charities across the country are increasingly difficult. The long-term and continuing squeeze on funding to local government and for local services against a backdrop of long-established regional differences, has left charities – themselves resource constrained – increasingly having to pick up the pieces.
Kathleen Kelley is now working with a number of independent funders who have been investing and supporting charities to survive and adapt for a number of years but they know that there is more they should do to support and boost the potential of people and communities, and crucially to do so through a place-based approach.
Kathleen through her work is keen to understand how to be more effective collectively in supporting issues facing communities across the UK and how this might change practice
Kathleen has led the development of the National Lottery Community Fund’s partnership funding approach, establishing strategic partnerships across the charitable, public, private and funder sectors. More recently she was Assistant Director of Communities and Social Policy at Greater London Authority implementing the Mayor’s strategies on Social Integration and Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion. Previously she worked at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation for 10 years
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In this Podcast we discuss with Alex Rainbow of Cornwall County Council how they are adopting the “doughnut economics” model of Kate Raworth to create a sustainable county that can deliver services within the planetary constraints of sustainability.
Cornwall Council has identified the ‘Doughnut economics’ model as a useful framework to pursue the goal of meeting people’s needs within environmental limits, and has developed a decision-making wheel based upon the model which it is using to assess the impact of specific policy decisions or interventions.
The hope is that with this model Cornwall can develop a higher-level assessment of the current state of social and ecological conditions across Cornwall to inform progress towards agreed strategic priorities.
This requires the identification of appropriate indicators of progress across all of Cornwall’s service delivery and the metrics of this will form part of the discussion in this webinar
This is a model that is increasingly being adopted across the globe and Amsterdam and Brussels are two Cities working with Doughnut economic.
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In this Podcast we interview Emmanuel Gotora the Lead Organiser of The East London Communities Organisation (TELCO), the founding Chapter of Citizens UK.
We will discuss what is Citizen UK and what it hopes to achieve and how it hopes to do it.
Citizens UK is a people power alliance of diverse local communities working together for the common good
Community Organising is a method of social change with a rich history in the US Civil Rights movement and a 30-year track record here in the UK. Their approach is to use Community Organising to build diverse alliances of local communities, capable of making change on a range of issues for the long-term.
Theur projects, grown out of the many successful campaigns our members have created, help underrepresented groups, like low-paid workers, refugees and new parents win justice, settle into our communities and achieve change.
Before joining the staff team at Citizens UK in 2008, Emmanuel was a TELCO Leader on the Living Wage campaign through the Wood Green New Testament Church of God. Emmanuel worked with cleaners, staff and students at the University of London to win the Living Wage for over 150 cleaning staff in 2010. In the lead up to the 2010 General Elections, Emmanuel worked with 10 Pentecostal churches across London Citizens to form the Black Clergy Caucus.
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In this Podcast Alan whitehead MP the Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) will be interviews by the young people of EnCaf Youth.
They will be discussing climate change, tackling waste and the future of energy. They discuss issues around climate change, the green new deal, incineration, community energy and more
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In this Podcast we interview Nicola Peel about her work and campaign in the Amazon rain forests.
The Rainforests in the Amazon are one of the lungs of our planet absorbing carbon dioxide and helping us to combat climate change but they are under threat. But they are not just under threat because of deforestation. They are also threatened by oil spills. Nicola tells us,
'Where I work in the Amazon it is like heaven and hell. I can lie in my hammock and look one way at mango, avocado, coconut, sapote and it's paradise; look the other and it's huge gas flares and the oil industry. I've seen rivers running black with oil spills, kids covered in skin lesions and lots of sick people. When most people think about the Amazon they think of the deforestation but know nothing of the oil spills.”
In this podcast we will ask Nicola to tell her story and what lay behind her making of the film “Blood Of The Amazon.”
Nicola Peel, environmentalist and film-maker, has spent the last five years in Ecuador working on rainwater catchment systems for families whose groundwater is contaminated from the oil industry; while at the same time filming the unfolding ecocide for her latest documentary, Blood of the Amazon.
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In this Podcast young people from the Enfield Climate Action Forum (EnCaf Youth) discuss with Lara Rudar form Dubai in the UAE the difference young people can make to tackling the climate crisis.
Lara Rudar is a 17 year old filmmaker, photographer and VR artist. She was also the official UAE Ambassador for Nature and Education Coordinator at the Re-Earth Initiative - a youth-led climate change organisation.
Lara was also selected by the Oxford Climate Society for the Hilary 2021 Cohort of School of Climate Change and joined 330 delegates representing over 140 countries for a Mock COP26 which helped produce a treaty for urgent climate action
At only 17 Lara is passionate about climate change as it will have devastating impacts in the Middle East.
Members of EnCaf Youth are also equally passionate about climate change and are developing ways to involve Enfield Schools in addressing this issue for young people.
So a cross border discussions like this is really exciting and illustrates that this problem is global and we must all work together.
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In this Podcast we interview Lucy Stephens who was tired of ‘shoehorning’ pupils through tests. Her new school has no Sats, no behaviour policy – and an idea for a novel funding system
The New School, based in Croydon, south London, opened its doors in September. It has no Sats and no behaviour policy, and operates on a “democratic” decision-making model for pupils and staff. It can escape statutory testing because it is a private school – but one with no fees. It is funded by philanthropic company donations – £1m of seed funding this year – although Stephens hopes to move to a completely different funding model involving her local authority, believing she can offer a social partnership approach which could be copied by other schools that want to innovate.
The main aim is to create a mini democracy. Many schools have become focused on maintaining a hierarchy to control children’s behaviour, rather than listening to them or building meaningful relationships with them, she says. “We live in a democracy, but we don’t practise that model in schools. And then we expect young people to come out aged 18 and operate democratically in society.” The idea is for “self-determination within a community of equals”.
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In recent months local authorities across the UK have been queuing up to declare a climate emergency but in the rush not to be left out have they really thought through what this means? They may have set net zero targets for the years ahead but have they gone beyond that or have the relied with on a conventional approach that is often consultant rather than community led.?
In this Podcast we will look at how some local authorities globally have gone beyond the conventional and have set up a process and outcome that is truly inclusive and comprehensive.
We will particularly look at two major initiatives that does this. One will be the development of local green new deals (GND) local GND hubs and GND Town Hall meetings.The second will, be those local authorities that have taken up the “doughnut economic model” to both pursue and also measure sustainability in localities.
These are exciting and organic developments that ensures that tackling climate change and sustainability locally is an ongoing process.
We will discover that these are initiatives that truly involve the local community from the start and right through the process. They are based on the principle that we are all in this together.
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In this Podcast members of EnCaf Youth (Enfield Climate Action Forum) interview Georgia Elliott-Smith.
Georgia Elliott-Smith, a sustainability consultant who is fighting the expansion of the Edmonton incinerator, is seeking a judicial review of the omission of what legal papers say are “staggering” levels of CO2 emissions from waste incinerators. She is now waiting the decision of the Court.
Georgia has been a very brave person and this has been a David against Goliath story but thus far Georgia has been successful and has gained immense support from both citizens and professionals
In the UK, around 60% of our household waste ends up being burned in incinerators – even though most of it could be recycled if there were stricter government regulation. You know why there’s not? Because it’s cheaper to burn it.
Members of EnCaf Youth (sixth formers from Enfield schools) will question Georgia about her opposition to the Incinerator and why she felt it necessary to take legal action
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In this Podcast we talk to Ben Hudson from Global Action Plan to discuss pollution and how localities can take action to reduce it.
Global Action Plan are the people behind Clean Air Day, the UK's largest air pollution campaign. They bring people together to inspire each other to go further and exert their voice to ensure policy makers and organisations play their part.
To breathe clean air every day we need to make rapid changes: adopting electric vehicles, avoiding millions of car journeys, slashing industrial and construction emissions and stopping buying products that cause pollution in our homes.
To see change at this scale requires us to work as a movement, with changemakers across the country modelling that change, and exerting pressure on government and major polluters.
Air pollution causes heart and lung disease and results in over 36,000 people in the UK dying each year. Clean air is essential for our health, and the co-benefits of clean air measures are also good for our wellbeing as well as being good for the planet.
We will discuss this with Ben Hudson in this webinar and also what action we can take locally and also what action local authorities should also be taking to ensure clean air for everyone.
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In this Podcast we speak to artist Heath Roselli about her oil painting “Dr J” which was commissioned in May 2020 when a family friend asked her to create a painting depicting frontline staff in the pandemic. Originally Heath wanted to depict what it must be like to be put on a ventilator as a patient and to create a snapshot of dedicated staff in ITU. The painting has succeeded in so vividly capturing the sheer relentlessness of a prolonged pandemic together with the mental toll on NHS staff.
Heath’s diverse and powerful work has attracted national media attention. In particular, her compelling series of portraits painted for healing purposes and stigma removal associated with issues including self-harm, widowhood and cancer, have commanded international acclaim, having been featured in the Times, the Telegraph, the Daily Mail, ITV News and BBC Radio 2. In 1999.
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In this Podcast we interview local author Elaine Graham Leigh who tells us about her new book that has just been published. It is a science fiction novel based in the future when planets and galaxies are populated and travel possible.
It is is also a future where humanity has gone to the stars, but taken exploitation and oppression with them, this is a story of imperialism, resistance, friendship and ultimately, liberation
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In this Podcast when we discuss the student researcher Katie English whether aiming for net zero to tackle climate change is enough or whether we need to aim for carbon zero,
Many local authorities and government’s Climate Action plant are largely based on trying to achieve carbon net zero at a target date like 2030 or beyond.
There has been considerable criticism of net zero targeting both nationally and globally because aiming for net zero means an organisation can continue to emit greenhouse gases as long it offsets this by developing carbon sinks to soak up emissions. James Hansen the world famous climate scientist has called this monkey business because offsetting is dubious in its effectiveness and avoids the real issue of reducing organisational emissions.
Many organisations are now developing carbon zero targets and not net carbon targets. Richard Murphy the economist working with the eminent group that developed the Green New Deal has argued that it is carbon zero that is vital and not net zero.
So in this Podcast we will will discuss with research student Katie English this issue and the debate raging around net zero targeting and to assess the Government & Council’s plans in the light of this debate. We will be looking at one North London Council as a case study of this.
Katie has recently done a Master’s Dissertation on the resistance to the Edmonton incinerator and its impact on public health and we did a webinar with her on this.
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In this Podcast we will be talking to Phil Armstrong from The Gower Institute and ask the question does money grow on trees?
During the economic crisis of 2008/2009 money seemed to appear from nowhere to bail out the Banks from the crisis of debt. It was called quantitive easing. And now during the crisis of Covid billions of pounds have been found to provide back up for those suffering the economic consequences and to fund the National Health Service.
And now many ask if it can be done now then why was it not done before. And others ask - are we not building up a national debt that will have to be repaid someday?
Well these two crises above are producing a new group of economists who argue that there is no such thing as national debt. Currency sovereign countries if they want money can create it by the flick of a computer switch. The only restraint on them is inflation. If inflation begins to rise then they can use fiscal policies to control it.
This new school of economics is called Modern Monetary Theory or MMT and it is a growing discipline that is fast challenging the monetarist theorists that influenced politicians like Regan and Thatcher leading to a period of austerity for many.
We will explore this and see if money does indeed grow on trees.
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In this Podcast we talk to Kath MGuire from the Cambridge who with a group of local citizens and academics from Anglia Ruskin University are exploring how the “doughnut economics” described by Kate Raworth (in her book of the same name) can be applied to local authorities and communities.
It maybe a strange term to talk about doughnut economics but many communities and indeed cities across the globe are using Doughnut economics as a framework to bring what they do within the sustainability limits of the planet.
Amsterdam has adopted the Doughnut economic model as Brussels has and other cities are looking at it as well. Together with the Green New Deal it can provide a model for us to use to achieve the world we want and provide well being to all.
Cambridge now have a group working with Anglia Ruskin University to look at how it can be applied to their city and other cities in the UK are looking at it as well.
Doughnut economics was inspired by Kate Raworth in her book and it is has caught the interest of many local authorities as well as nation states.
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In this Podcast we interview Alison Teal who faced up to two years in jail for allegedly ignoring an injunction brought by Sheffield city council over its controversial programme, which has resulted in about 5,500 mature trees being chopped down. This was dismissed by the judge when it went to Court.
Alison has worked closely with Rupert Read an academic and a campaigner and a spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion. Read is a reader in philosophy at the University of East Anglia. The precautionary principle in climate and environmental affairs underlies many of his talks and presentations as he believes without precaution we are on the way to ecological disaster.
Alison has advocated ways we should act to avoid ecological catastrophe. So in this webinar we will discuss how climate change and the decline in bio diversity is endangering our future and what immediate measure we need to take to avert disaster.
Alison’s professional background is in psychology and family therapy and I’ve worked with enough individuals, couples and families to know how damaging low income, inequality, poor health and lack of opportunity can be to a person’s wellbeing and relationships. I’ve previously been involved in campaigns for social justice, women’s equality, the environment, and democracy..
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In this Podcast we interview Lia Dover who was born in Argentina when her country was under a dictatorship and who then came to the UK and then stayed. In this interview we will explore her journey that saw 40 years of activism in the United Kingdom.
What led Lia to be so active in many causes from amnesty International, the United Nations, from work with the homeless to environmental issues. Was it her escape from the dictatorship in Argentina that made her passionate about human rights and environmentalism
Is this battle a universal one that we should all be conscious of whatever country we live in?
Lia was born in South America and came to England, the land of her ancestors, at a time when her country was under a military dictatorship. She only intended to stay for a year, but she is still here, 40 years on. She has a passion for the defence of human rights, and worked as a researcher and campaigns director for Amnesty International for many years, before moving on to do consultancy work for the United Nations and then to become a solicitor. She dedicated her legal work to helping the homeless in London. After retirement she became involved in environmental issues. She is a volunteer at The Ark, a community service based at St John ‘s Church in Palmers Green, and she is currently the Acting Chair of the Fox Lane and District Residents Association.
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In this Podcast we talk with Chantelle Purcell & Mark Beattie from Hive Artist Studios in Edmonton North London where their mission is to bring art to the community.
Artist Hive Studios (AHS) is a unique studio hub that fosters the development of an artist’s career, providing affordable studio spaces in a creative environment. AHS is a space run by artists for artists.
Artist Hive Studios (AHS) is a unique studio hub that fosters the development of an artist’s career, providing affordable studio spaces in a creative environment. AHS is a space run by artists for artists.
Our social purpose is to provide access to the arts bridging the gap between culture and community. We believe in the importance of creativity and how it can help transform the world in which we live.
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These are just two of the ents taking place in the next seven days and you are welcome to come and join us.
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In this Podcast we interview Richard Murphy on what a Green New Deal is and how it can be applied to our localities to achieve both sustainability and climate justice.
Richard is one of the leading authorities in the country and helped to design the elements of a new green deal that combines tackling emissions and achieving climate justice. I doing this he worked with a group of prominent people including Anne Pettifer of the Jubilee Campaign.
Richard believes that whilst it would seem that many of the Green New Deal issues require major upfront funding (and that is indisputable) as much can be done by highlighting how local people might work together to effect change. This is what we will mainly discuss in the interview
Richard Murphy is a chartered accountant and a political economist. He has been described by the Guardian newspaper as an “anti-poverty campaigner and tax expert”. He is Professor of Practice in International Political Economy at City University, London and Director of Tax Research UK. He is a member of the Progressive Economy Forum. Richard was a co-founder of the Tax Justice Network and Green New Deal, as well as the Fair Tax Mark. He is the founder-director of the Corporate Accountability Network.
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In this Podcast we talk to Steve Hurd about the development of Humanist schools in Uganda
Uganda has two main religions that is taught in schools but there is also a growing Humanist tradition that respects all religions and none and teaches the ethical values of Humanism.
Uganda Humanist Schools Trust helps schools in Uganda working to offer liberal, humanist education to needy children. Founded by Ugandan Humanists and run as charities, the schools are inclusive and do not discriminate on grounds of religion, social or ethnic background.
Uganda Humanist Schools Trust was established in November 2008 as a charity to raise funds to support the efforts of Ugandan Humanists, who have founded schools which offer students the alternative of liberal secular-humanist education:
Peter Kisirinya and Moses Kamya met as students at Makerere University, where they became founder members of the Uganda Humanist Association (UHASSO). In 2004 UHASSO, took the bold step of inviting the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) to host a “Humanist Visions for Africa Conference” in Kampala. Discussions at this meeting provided the catalyst for the creation of pioneering schools, which embrace Humanist principles.
In November 2008, they took the further step of forming the Uganda Humanist Schools Association to foster collaboration between the schools. The Association, chaired by Peter Kisirinya, is dedicated to monitoring educational standards, sharing good practice, promoting professional development and pioneering a secular-humanist approach to schooling.
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In this Podcast we talk to Katie English who has done a Master’s Dissertation on the resistance to the Edmonton incinerator and its impact on public health.
The overproduction of waste materials in the UK has created a national waste emergency. The UK government have focused using ‘quick fixes’ mainly incineration, to resolve this.
This research explores the case of the redevelopment of the Edmonton incinerator at Edmonton Ecopark in North London. It focuses on the political activism of local environmental groups protesting the presence of unsustainable waste infrastructure in their community.
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In this Podcast we will be talking with Stephen Twigg who was the MP for Enfield Southgate after 1997 winning his seat in that famous “Portillo moment.” Stephen was also until he left Parliament after the last General Election the Chair of the International Select Committee. He is now Secretary General of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association that links Parliamentarians across the Commonwealth. What is the role of the Commonwealth in the 21st century and what is the benefit of Parliamentarians working together. And can they link with the growing civil society across the Commonwealth?
These are some of the issues we will be discussing
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The importance of open dialogue about mixed ethnicity
In this Podcast Christian MacNamara tells his story of growing up in various towns and cities in the UK and the challenges this entailed whilst trying to fit in.
Now a mature successful man in his thirties on the brink of fatherhood and enjoying a flourishing career at the GLA helping the mayor of London launch homelessness projects Christian looks back at those tentative early years with renewed insight and different perspectives.
Trips to Christian’s mother’s birthplace in the Philippines in 2016 and 2018 with his partner Ceri, gave Christian the confidence and impetus to embrace his identity and understanding of a true clash of cultures
Christian has a mixed ethnic heritage with roots in the Philippines as well as the UK. He has always been aware of the difference his dual heritage gave him growing up in largely white communities, and since the events of summer 2020 and the Black Lives Matter movement, has gained an appreciation of the importance of speaking more openly about the mixed race experience.
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In this Podcast we continue discussions about the impact of our purchasing decisions on the Climate Emergency and the future that we face.
Fairtrade fortnight 2021 begins on 22 February and Adam Gardner, currently Head of Campaigns (interim) at The Fair Trade Foundation will be talking about his work as Communities Campaigns Manager at the Fairtrade Foundation, and how towns and counties across the UK can gain Fair Trade status, our ambition for Enfield. Bill Linton will talk about what is happening in Enfield.
Adam can provide first-hand experience of the importance of Fairtrade for individuals and communities overseas and will remind us that to make trade fair, we have an important role to change society here in Enfield.
Local Groups like Fair Trade Enfield and EnCaf are vital for raising awareness and campaigning about Fairtrade and Climate Emergency and reminding us of the fundamental links between the two and the important decisions we each make in “Choosing the World We Want”
Adam’s first-hand experience includes attending the first International Fairtrade Towns Conference in the Lebanon, meeting with banana farmers and co-operative members in Panama, and also in the Cote d’Ivoire, meeting and learning from cocoa farmers.
The need to continue supporting, promoting and advocating for Fairtrade is clear. The impact of supporting Fairtrade in these communities, on poverty, education, climate and sustainability are part of our shared responsibilities at home and afar.
2019 Adam Gardner celebrating 25 years of the Fairtrade Mark recognising all the work groups and individuals do to promote and support Fairtrade across Cumbria and the UK.
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In this Podcast we discuss with Ruth Bergan from Trade Justice whether trade deals are often done in secret and equally often conflict with climate change goals. Trade is neither just or fair.
Greenhouse gas emissions and carbon dioxide concentrations are increasing at an ever faster rate. As a result, weather patterns are changing, leading to extreme drought in some areas and rainfall in others, with serious implications for human, animal and plant life.
But binding trade rules govern significant areas of the economy in which countries need the freedom and flexibility to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. For example, investment protection provisions, either in Bilateral Investment Treaties or chapters in trade deals, can be used as both a sword and a shield to protect and advance investments in fossil fuel extraction, shipping and consumption.
Existing trade rules, agreed at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) or bilaterally, place trade promotion and liberalisation ahead of climate goals and threaten to undermine key climate targets.
And ISDS (corporate courts) and the lack of democratic scrutiny mean that openness and transparency is absent.
Ruth Bergan leads the Trade Justice Movement’s strategic direction in partnership with 70 member organisations and board, including managing the organisation’s response to Brexit.
She works with partner organisations to develop new and innovative work on economic justice issues. In particular: exposing the injustice in international investment treaties and highlighting links between climate change and trade.
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This Podcast is with with Fiona Dear the Campaign Manager of the Climate Coalition when we talk about the work of the Coalition and their plan to hold a nationwide Festival in September this year prior to the COP26 Summit in Glasgow the following month.
We discuss with her how we can all get involved in local Festivals during that month to make it clear that we are in an emergency and that governments must act urgently and that COP26 is crucial for this
The Climate Coalition is the UK’s largest group of people dedicated to action against climate change. Along with our sister organisations Stop Climate Chaos Cymru and Stop Climate Chaos Scotland, we are a group of over 140 organisations — including the National Trust, Women's Institute, Oxfam, and RSPB — and 22 million voices strong. We are reaching across the UK to show our love for all the things we want to protect from climate change, and to ask politicians to put aside their differences and commit to doing whatever is necessary to protect them.
Fiona is a passionate campaigner with 12 years experience of working with UK and international climate coalitions, managing projects and engaging supporters at a community level in climate change campaigning. Focus in recent years has been on engaging organisations and new public audiences in climate change campaigns. Enjoying applying experience to voluntary local environmental campaigning.
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In this Podcast we interview Sue Sanders on the importance of good governance for local authorities
In local government the idea of “governance” is different from the practice of government. It is about how a local authority relates to its stakeholders and citizens. Some local authorities although they govern are not always good at involving their citizens and those they work with in an open and transparent way.
In this Podcast we will look at what local authority governance means and also look at Enfield in north London an authority that illustrates serious deficiencies in good governance,
In some authorities governance is good but this is not universal and in some authorities governance is under strain, as funding reduces and responsibilities and exposure to commercial pressures change. There are worries about audit committees that do not provide sufficient assurance, ineffective internal audit, weak arrangements for the management of risk in local authorities’ commercial investments, and inadequate oversight and scrutiny.
So we will discuss this and also how governance means the way a local authority relates to civil society and citizens, how a strong and free local press is important and how local authorities can learn from each other through case studies of good practice
We will be interviewing Sue Sanders who has worked with several local authorities on governance and is now a consultant on good governance to local authorities.
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In this Podcast we talk with Anuka Gazara Anthony and Ashley Nelson about the powerful concept of self compassion and how this can be used to support community building especially with a focus on the difficulties faced by communities over lockdown in London at the moment and in the future.
Self compassion is made up of three components. Kindness, common humanity and mindfulness. We will explore the concept of self kindness v self judgement and particularly the desire to alleviate suffering (any pain or emotional discomfort- large or small) with regards to building communities.
We also will talk about the idea that self compassion builds communities because it is linked to motivation. When we exercise self compassion, we have less fear of failure more likely to try again and persist in efforts after failure. Self compassion means we have more personal responsibility and motivation to try repair past mistakes.
When brain scans are taken of people who have experienced self compassion, the motor cortex is often activated. Therefore there’s a desire to help and alleviate suffering which in the context of building communities is key.
Anuka Gazara Anthony mentors executives, entrepreneurs, and individuals to help them become more confident, mindful, and effective leaders. A Certified SIY Teacher, she is also a trained Hypnotherapist and Hypnobirthing Practitioner, and has extensive experience supporting organizations in Human Resources, Program Management, and Executive Officer roles.
Ashley Nelson has completed rigorous training in neuroscience, mindfulness, and emotional intelligence from the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute and UC San Diego’s Mindfulness Based Professional Training Institute in the School of Medicine. A former senior leader at a Fortune 500 company, she is also a Certified SIY Teacher, Qualified Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Teacher, executive coach, certified hatha yoga instructor, and the founder of Inseus. Patrice is an executive coach, speaker, facilitator, and the founder and principal of Prevention Strategies, LLC. In addition to being a Certified SIY Teacher, she is also certified in the EQ-i 2.0 and EQ 360 Emotional Intelligence assessment tools, the Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument® and as a professional and executive coach.
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In this Podcast we talk to Tony Koutsoumbos about the importance of learning the skills of debate and the value it has in shaping our ideas and arguments.
Recently debates and debating has had a resurgence in schools and colleges as an important tool not only for learning but also for engagement. It is not the only approach to discussing crucial issues but it is one that helps to sharpen our minds both to our own and our opponents arguments.
We shall talk to Tony about why he thinks debate is valuable and why he has spent much of his time developing community activities around the skills and practice of debate.
We shall also discuss whether in public life the intrinsic value of debate has been lost whether because politicians no longer understand it or because social media has generated a more visceral approach to public discourse.
Tony has over many years developed workshops and training around debate and set up a meet-up group of people interested in using the tool of debate to discuss major issue as well as acquired its skills. He has been a major influence in the work of debate and has inspired many to take part in what has been an exciting venture.
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In this Podcast we interview Lynda Brennan who has written a remarkable book called “Looked After Boy.” It raises questions about young people and care, about deprivation and county gangs. We are left wondering whether we have a care system around both children and problem families that is fit for purpose.
For readers Joe the 13+Looked after Boy tackles difficult, but topical, issues. It is a gritty, but moving, tale of a marginalised group; that of children in the care system at risk of involvement in County Lines gangs.
Joe s unique voice and sparkly personality speaks out from every page and, despite the topics tackled, young readers will empathise with Joe as his story deals with familiar issues of fear, separation and loss. The story doesn't t shirk away from the telling of Joe’s experiences, but it does offer hope too.
Lynda M Brennan was a drama teacher for many years in schools and Pupil Referral Units. She created Acting Out, a therapeutic drama project working with vulnerable children using creative drama and story. With Islington Virtual School, she trained foster carers and became a foster carer thus gaining insight into the needs of vulnerable Looked After young people. She is now the Artistic Director of Tottenham Theatre - a community-based theatre
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In this Podcast we interview Tracey Brown who founded Sense about Science an independent charity that champions the public interest in sound science and ensures evidence is recognised in public life and policy making.
This is particularly relevant for the discussion we are having globally about disinformation. Tracey argues that policy should be based on science and empirical evidence and not just upon opinion and a whim. How do we establish empirical evidence and how can we get the general public to value that when they form an opinion is an important issue.
Sense about Science is an independent campaigning charity that challenges the misrepresentation of science and evidence in public life. Their campaigns challenge the misrepresentation of evidence in public life and advocate open and honest discussion of research findings.
Tracey Brown has been the director of Sense about Science since 2002. Under her leadership, the charity has turned the case for sound science and evidence into popular campaigns to urge scientific thinking among the public and the people who answer to them. It has launched important initiatives to expand and protect honest discussions of evidence,
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In this Podcast we explore with Hilary Cottam the ideas of changing the welfare state
The welfare state was revolutionary: it lifted thousands out of poverty, provided decent homes, good education and security. But it is out of kilter now: an elaborate and expensive system of managing needs and risks. Today we face new challenges. Our resources have changed.
We must work with individuals, families and communities to grow the core capabilities we all need to flourish. Radical Help describes the principles behind the approach, the design process that makes the work possible and the challenges of transition. It is bold - and above all, practical.
Hilary Cottam is one of our foremost social thinkers and actors and she has a radical approach. Starting in the lives and homes of those who face every day struggles - teenage depression, poor health, a lack of good work or a lonely old age - she asks people what they would do, with help and collaboration, to design a better way forward.
We can recover the original and powerful intention behind the welfare state with Cottam's ideas: crucial shifts in the way we can think about welfare. At the heart of these new systems are human relationships - the simple bonds with one another that enable us all to flourish.
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In this Podcast with Charlie Cotton we discuss if travel can ever be sustainable.
In this time of Covid19 travel has been severely curtailed and this has profoundly affected the travel industry. Travel can congregate people together in such a way that pandemics can spread. They can also be highly intensive in their carbon footprint.
So in a time of climate change when we are trying to reach net zero in greenhouse gas emissions can we justify mass tourism and is it possible that such travel can be sustainable.
In this Podcast we will explore these questions with Charlie Cotton who runs a sustainable travel company. Charlie believes that travel can be organised in such a way that reduces the carbon footprint and thus lessens the environmental impact. Travel organise this way is not costly and can give a positive return on investment.
One of the ways this is done is by using common sense and technology to calculate just how streamlined supply chains are and to do so through stakeholder engagement and with clear transparency.
How successful is this and how authentic sustainable travel can be is something we will discuss in this Podcast
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In this Podcast we discuss how Enfield Council lacks a digital strategy but where individual councillors have developed their own.
The digital age has profound implications for local authorities in the way they use big data for community benefit and for the way they communicate and engage.
So why does Enfield do it so badly
This webinar will look at how Enfield can embrace the digital world more effectively as well as look at some examples of local authorities that already have.
We will also look at how individual Councillors have taken things into their own hands and developed innovative ways of working digitally like the Conference recently on Cervical Cancer Awareness organised by two councillors and a recent ex councillor and organised uniquely across Party lines.
Also James Hockney will join us and tell us how he as a Councillor has arranged online surgeries and recently engaged in an innovative online Ward Forum
We will look at how important these initiatives are but also how important it is for Enfield as a whole to have a digital strategy that is central to every Council Department and that engages with community stakeholders and follows good practice.
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In this Podcast Katrice Horsley discusses how to unravel the narratives that form us and our identify. Where do they come and how do they form our own story
"Katrice Horsley is an International Narrative Consultant and former UK National Storytelling Laureate.
She has a background in Child Play and Development and worked for many years within Birmingham delivering their City Play Training Course as well as working as a Youth and Community Worker.
She lived and worked in Ghana for 6 years and whilst there delivered and designed training for UNICEF, DFID and UNHCR as well as developing a TV show that used storytelling to help children learn.
She is published by Routledge (The Evaluator’s Cookbook) and is presently working on a workbook about her Narrative4Change Training. She has also written an award winning bereavement resource for the British Heart Foundation that is available online.
Her passion is to ‘give voice’ to those who feel they have no story to tell or who are unable to speak it out. This work has taken her into high security prisons, to areas of high conflict such as Gaza and into the slums of Nairobi.
She has started a podcast Un-Stuffing Our Story about the stories about ourselves and others. "In this podcast we start unravel the narratives that form us, identify where they came from and own our own story."
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How my relatives taught me resilience and strength to deal successfully with adversity.
In this Podcast Emma Radway-Bright recounts the most uplifting and inspirational stories from her international childhood and explores how these experiences can shape our identity and ultimately, our life. Emma lived in Africa for 5 years during her childhood before moving to Dublin then south London, then Nigeria and back to London again.
We will explore how childhood experiences can influence our mentality, ambition, decisions through life. How do our experiences observing, interacting and learning from our grandparents influence relationships, our approach to life and our confidence? Emma Radway Bright originally trained as a scientist and is now a counsellor and psychotherapist with a thriving Private Practice based in South East London. Emma works with people who are experiencing depression, stress, anxiety and the general pressures of modern day living.
She specialises in trauma - big and small - and works with people to resolve the emotional, physical and behavioural effects of any trauma they have experienced in the past, or more recently. Emma is Afro-Caribbean and also works with people from similar backgrounds, as she finds that often sharing similar cultural & ethnic heritage; and the context in which we experience life in the UK, helps the therapeutic process.
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Following the successful interview of Kate Osamor MP and Feryal Clark MP by EnCaf Youth, here Bambos Charalambous MP is interviewed by EnCaf Youth and members of the Enfield Youth Parliament Ain this webinar.
The young people doing the interviewing have been amazing in both their research and in the way they have questioned their guests So come and join the future generation as they question MPs about their concerns for their future over climate change
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In this Podcast we talk to Hayley Pinto about the psychology of Climate Change and why many people although concerned still do not take action. What are the barriers that prevent concern turning into action and what can we do about it.
Dr Haley Pinto an activist in Norfolk and Chair of CHAIN - a group bringing local groups together around climate change. Hayley will lead this discussion. Hayley has made several presentations on changing psychology on climate change.
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In this Podcast one in the Conversations Across Borders series where Nerina Finetto from Traces Dreams and Francis Sealey from GlobalNet21 will interview Maggie Dugan this Thursday December 17th at 11.00am
Here we speak with Maggie Dugan, founder of Inclusive Innovation. Inclusive Innovation designs and delivers programs that unlock people's thinking. Their workshops, innovation labs, hack-a-thons and other convening events are highly interactive, and ultimately lead to economic opportunities for the excluded population in developing countries and regions.
Events like hackathons have become very popular in recent years where people come together to effect change. So how does this happen and how sustainable is it?
Maggie Dugan will discuss with us the meaning of inclusive innovation, cultivating an inclusive environment, inviting the right people to the table, uniting people from different backgrounds to work towards a common goal, the qualities of a world-class facilitator, her efforts to empower women, women mentors in her life, and her dream for inclusive innovation.
Maggie Dugan is an international business and innovation facilitator and has been a leader/presenter at creativity conferences worldwide, including the South African Creativity Conference, Creativity Istanbul, and the Intercultural Creativity conference in Brighton, UK. She has been a facilitator at the CREA European Creativity Conference,
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In this Podcast we interview local author Mark Quinn.
Mark has just published his new novel Europejski which is an historical novel based in Poland from the late 1970’s to the fall of the Berlin Wall and beyond and explores troubling questions of when it is right to withhold the truth, and when deception is justified by the greater good.
It certainly does that but through exploring political intrigue we get to know more about the balance of forces that made up Poland in the time of Soviet occupation, about the power of the Unions through Solidarity and the role of student occupations, the balance in Communist Poland between church and state and the relationship between the Soviet Union and Poland when the edifice of communism is falling apart.
It is also a love story of frustrated passion imprisoned by politics and upheaval and also of political ambition that raises the crucial question in all societies of what is the driving force of politics, conviction or personal ambition.
It is incredibly well researched and a feast for those who like their history embroidered with political intrigue that makes hard fact spring to life so that through the form of fiction a novel as well written as this can help us to understand the truth.
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Join us in this interview with Simon Hooper where we discuss how the digital age can enhance the quality of life for the older people in our communities.
Recently we interviewed Nicolas Kee Mew from Elsyng Care Home where he stressed how the digital age can enhance the wellbeing of the elderly. In this webinar we take this one stage further.
Simon Hooper has developed a project and App that brings care homes, the elderly living at home together with service providers, friends and indeed entertainment. It is a service that also links in with Alexa so easily accessible for older people
By using block chain technology he ensures that the information is secure and can be used by those involved to improve the wellbeing of the elderly without their information being stolen by others.
It is a system that also uses tokens as payments similar to those used by time banks and baby sitting circles so there is no exclusion by those unable to afford the exchanges that take place.
It is a very innovative idea that Simon has been working on for a considerable time because of his own passion of developing a quality of life for us all as we get older.
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Following the successful interview of Kate Osamor MP by EnCaf Youth, Feryal Clark MP here is the next MP being interviewed by EnCaf Youth and members of the Enfield Youth Parliament
The young people doing the interviewing have been amazing in both their research and in the way they have questioned their guests
So come and join the future generation as they question MPs about their concerns for their future over climate change.
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In this Podcast we interview Matt Burn of Better Homes, Enfield.
Enfield has not met its housing targets and is the 2nd worst performing outer London Borough in terms of increased housing stock.
There is concern that its policy of hyper density such as high rise flats has been designed to meet paper housing targets rather than to meet family needs or to offer homes affordable to rent or buy.
There is also equal concern that Enfield does not have a long term strategic plan for housing development in a time when climate change will make such a plan essential.
Matt Burn from Better Homes Enfield will join us to talk about these and other issues around homes in Enfield.
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In this Podcast in our Conversations Across Borders series with Joanna Sells will explore the value of storytelling and listening to restore potency to ourselves and the world we live in
We live in a VUCA world - one of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. It is a world that becomes more difficult for us and others to navigate. So how can we cope?
How can global leaders inspire, influence and motivate people if they are not familiar with their own “world of obviousness” and do not know the needs, dreams and fears people from different corners of the world bring to the table?
How do we cross borders with conversations about covid, climate change and the constant turmoil of uncertainty for ourselves, the organisations we belong to and to future generations.
Joanna Sell is an intercultural coach, trainer, facilitator, expert in collaboration across borders with storytelling and story listening.
This is one of the webinars in the Conversation Across Borders with
Nerina Finetto from TracesDreams and Francis Sealey from GlobalNet21
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In this Podcast members of EnCaf Youth (Enfield Climate Action Forum) interviews MP Kate Osamor On Climate Change
Kate Osamor MP has agreed to be interviewed by EnCaf Youth (Enfield Climate Action Forum) and members of Enfield Youth Parliament about climate change.
We are really pleased that Kate has agreed to do this with us.
This is the first Podcast where we hope young people from EnCaf Youth will interview MPs and other key figures.
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In this Podcast we interview Nicolas Kee Mew who is the new manager of the Elsyng House Care Home. Nicolas will talk about his new position and how to protect the elderly at a time of crisis like that of Covid and Climate Change
His passion and curiosity for dementia has led him to studying his Master's Degree in Dementia at Stirling University. His philosophy is one that embraces holistic care, He prides himself in leading a care team that delivers person-centred and culturally sensitive care which is provided to residents, family and friends.
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In this Podcast members of EnCaf Youth and the Youth Parliament interview Henry Greenwood on The Green School Project.
The idea of a Green School is one that is gaining traction across the globe. On November 19th at 7.0pm members of EnCaf Youth and the Youth Parliament will be interviewing Henry Greenwood who has started a Green School Project in the UK.
As part of the first cohort of Teach First in 2003 Henry trained as a Maths teacher at Kingsmead School in Enfield. During his time at the school he created and developed the role of Sustainability Coordinator. He assembled a group of enthusiastic Year 12 students who then embarked on an energy saving campaign that saved the school around £35,000 over 3 years, started a recycling competition in which 93% of forms took part, installed solar panels, created a vegetable garden selling potatoes, onions and carrots to staff, and carried out various other projects for which they were awarded the Eco-Schools Green Flag.
After 2 years as Head of Maths at Skinners’ Academy in Hackney he decided to step out of teaching in order to start Green Schools Project. The ideas and resources built up during the successful programme at Kingsmead have been used as the basis for this.
There are now over 20 schools involved in The Green School Project and we are really pleased that EnCaf Youth are interviewing him so the idea can spread to Enfield from where the idea originally started.
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In this Podcast we Interview with Emma Lundie who is the Head of Operations at Forty Hall Vineyard and the Founder of The Food Gatherer.
During the Covid pandemic and as we look to a future of climate change farming sustainability and food security will become increasingly important.
How we can work with consumers and local businesses to ensure that security and to foster sustainability will demand great imagination.
In this webinar we will interview Emma who has developed a model through her work at Forty Hall and through the founding of the The Food Gatherer that is important now and will become even more so as the years go by.
We will talk to Emma about the network model she has created and her passion for food and for her own locality.
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A podcast with Anuka Gazara-Anthony. In this Podcast we explore how mindfulness and hypnobirthing can empower parents with anxiety and fear in Covid birthing environments. We also will discuss how and why language and narrative surrounding pregnancy, birth and postnatally, can have an effect on outcomes for parents, entire families and also societies
Anuka was born in the UK and attended Queen Mary University. She moved to South Africa with her family for a while before settling to live in Washington USA. Anuka is a mother of two small children, a hypnotherapist, a hypnobirthing practitioner and a self-proclaimed mindfulness addict!
Anuka supports people with their health concerns, such as fears and phobias and is dedicated to supporting mums and dads to have a positive birth experiences
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Low Traffic Neighbourhoods & Supporters
This is the second of two interviews where we interview protagonists in the dispute that has arisen over Low Traffic Neighbourhoods. Today’s interview will involve those who support low traffic neighbourhoods.
The introduction of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods as a result of central government finance being made available during the Covid pandemic has caused furore across London with accusations flying from each and every side.
Often there is so much in common between the antagonists in this debate. They all want calmer streets, lower emissions and a greener environment. The dispute seems to be about whether one model fits all, the seemingly absence of strategic planning and the lack of consultation.
So we have been asked to interview both sides in this discussion and we are more than happy to do so, This second one will include representative from from the Bowes and Fox Lane areas and members of Better Streets for Enfield.
The hope is that we can find some common ground as all are concerned with improving the environment of our streets and addressing the pressing issue of carbon emissions.
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In this Podcast we talk to Melanie Smith about the new Enfield Debt Churches Centre just about to be launched. There are something like 6 million people in debt in the UK and the average debt per adult is almost £32,000.
Covid has increased the burden of personal debt and as the ravages of climate change impact on us in this coming century then it can only get worse.
So Melanie together with a number of Churches in Enfield have got together to help tackle the problem of debt and they will be working with other organisations to help as well. They want to help families tackle debt, provide advice and support and also tackle some of the structural problems that make debt such a huge problem.
They have also been talking to Feryal Clark MP about a covid-debt cancellation initiative and how this maybe taken forward.
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Low Traffic Neighbourhoods & Doubts
In this first Podcast of two we interview protagonists in the dispute that has arisen over Low Traffic Neighbourhoods. Today’s interview will involve those who have reservations about low traffic neighbourhoods and the lack of consultation.
The introduction of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods as a result of central government finance being made available during the Covid pandemic has caused furore across London with accusations flying from each and every side.
Often there is so much in common between the antagonists in this debate. They all want calmer streets, lower emissions and a greener environment. The dispute seems to be about whether one model fits all, the seemingly absence of strategic planning and the lack of consultation.
So we have been asked to interview both sides in this discussion and we are more than happy to do so, The first one will be on this coming Thursday November 5th at 6.0pm and will include representative from Bowes & Bounds Voice, Lakes Estate One Community and Winchmore Hill Residents.
In the following week on November 11th at 7.0pm there will be an interview with residents in favour of LTNs including residents from the Bowes and Fox Lane areas and members of Better Streets for Enfield.
The hope is that we can find some common ground as all are concerned with improving the environment of our streets and addressing the pressing issue of carbon emissions.
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In this Podcast we interview Amelia Hadfield who is the Head of Politics at University of Surrey
As the world descends into crisis with pandemics, climate change and nuclear proliferation the world order seems unable to respond in a coherent way.
In this webinar we will discuss whether the global system of Governance that we have created since World War 2 is now fit for purpose. Is the United Nations able to fulfil the task of its charter and do organisations like the World Bank and the IMF reflect the needs of our world of turbulence.
We will discuss if there are other models that might offer some answers to the growing global chaos and whether one of the these is the Commonwealth model which emphasises collaboration, citizen involvement and learning.
Amelia joined the University of Surrey in January 2019 as Head of the Department of Politics, and Chair in European and International Affairs. She is a regular commentator on a wide range of media outlets, including: BBC World Service, BBC News24, Radio 5Live, BBC Radio London, BBC Asian Network, BBC Radio Ulster, Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC). TV appearances include BBC One, BBC News Channel, BBC Arab Network, Victoria Derbyshire Show, RussiaToday, and various outlets in Asia.
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In this Podcast we interview Zoey Cooper from Southgate and who became an environmental activist in the last few years.
Zoey has wide experience in marketing and has always been interested in the environment but it was not until she joined an XR demonstration on Waterloo Bridge that she began to fully realise the seriousness of climate change. And as she says,
“Passionate about sustainability and permaculture, I leverage my 15+ years of communication and brand experience to inform and engage as wide an audience as possible on the climate and ecological emergency – and how to do something meaningful about it.”
Zoey now realises that if we do not take action now and not in a few years time then humankind could well be heading for extinction - the Sixth Extinction of life that our planet has known in its history.
Zoey now gives talks on the journey we are making towards extinction and tries to create awareness that we must do something now. Zoey has also offered to be active in the Enfield Climate Change Action Fortum as part of her mission to arouse awareness and to galvanise people to take action.
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In this Podcast we interview Tony Gaye a Professor from Loughborough University about the need for global wellbeing at a time of turbulent change.
Wellness and wellbeing are something we have discussed on here many times when we have discussed resilience, mindfulness and other ways of creating a positive attitude to life.
But how can we make wellbeing a global imperative at a time when many are thinking mainly of survival. This will be the focus of this interview where we look at how reflective learning and a goal orientated focus in life can create the conditions for a better world.
How do we scale up this approach to make it global and can it succeed when the odds against it are so huge.
This will be one of the interviews in the Conversation Across Borders series organised by GlobalNet21 and TracesDreams.
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In this Podcast we discuss the idea of the Little Free Pantry.
The Little Free Pantry is a grassroots project applying the Little Free Library concept to address hyperlocal food insecurity. Motivated individuals or groups provide small, watertight structures at their site of choice and coordinate stocking however they choose
Individuals and groups may provide direct support to The Little Free Pantry project in two ways. Purchase items when grocery shopping, find a location, and place items inside. Or start your own Little Free Pantry!
The original Little Free Pantry was conceptualised and piloted by Jessica McClard in the USA. An avid reader and runner, she browsed Little Free Libraries popping up along her run route and became intrigued by the concept and the fact it had become viral. Conceptually, Jessica believes “Little Free” structures speak to people because they create space for community, enhancing quality of life for neighbours, while also facilitating manageable, direct action toward intractable issues—literacy and food insecurity.
Jessica with be joined by Lara Mackie who has developed this idea in Southend and Maria Lee who has done the same in Chelmsford.
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In this Podcast we discuss with Adrija Biswas the theme of Gender and Equality.
Ardija is a survivor of 2001 and was there when two passenger planes were flown into the towers, ultimately bringing them down killing over 3,000. She says, “Those 45 minutes will remain with me forever, all trains and metro were halted and I could not travel back into New Jersey or to uptown NY into my university.
I witnessed employees wanting to return back into the burning building for work, mothers frantically looking for their daughters, husbands looking for their wives, team leads looking to collate their employees. I also saw burning bodies fall out of the windows and a Japanese woman next to me just stared in shock stating that it was her sister.”
She was also crowned as Mrs India UK Platinum 2019 in a Beauty Pageant.
Now holding a high position in an International Bank Ardija has found her inspiration in fighting for women’s rights across the globe.She is the “Ambassador of Peace” bestowed by the Universal Peace Federation United Nations.
She tells us,
“Being a 9/11 survivor, an innovator, a mother of two kids, having three degrees from three continents yet struggling through challenges, like losing the will to live at the lowest point and bouncing back and grabbing hope with both hands, makes me feel I have an inspirational life.”
Adrija is lovingly called “Queen of Hearts” by many women who feel she represents women from multi cultural backgrounds .She is an Inclusion and Diversity advocate, involved with CSR and UK Girls in STEM activities promoting women leadership, 50:50 gender balance as well as Mental Health awareness as a Mental Health Ally.
“She is also being the called the pride of Bengal who is already touching hearts and encouraging women to be brave, fearless and courageous.”
Born in India, the mother-of-two had a happy childhood in Mumbai.
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Enfield Labour Party is split and this has caused some Labour Councillors to leave and form a group called Community First.
In this Podcast we interview two of these Councillors Dinah Barry and Derek Levy to find out why they left the Labour Party and why they felt the need to develop a new group - now consisting of four members.
What is it about Enfield that makes politics so toxic and how can it be mended or indeed can it be mended at all? And how can Enfield develop a leadership that is bottom up and collaborative rather than top down and somewhat dictatorial?
Does local government need reform so we move away from the Party silos and is indeed Enfield fit for purpose for the challenges facing our modern and troubled society.
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In this Podcast we interview Maggie Brookes on her first novel “The Prisoner’s Wife.
Many will know Maggie as Maggie Butt as she has been an Enfield resident for many years and is well known for her poetry and has several publications to her name. She has now written her first novel based on a true story in World War 2 of love, imprisonment, escape and both the cruelty and humanity of those in what is an intriguing story.
It is a compelling read and it will be intriguing to hear why Maggie wrote it and the tragic story that inspired her to create a novel that will remain in the memory.
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In this Podcast we interview Bernie Rees about how Permaculture can make a difference in living a sustainable life and tackling the twin but related problems of climate change and the decline in biodiversity.
Permaculture is a design approach based on understandings of how nature works. At its heart permaculture has three ethics:
- Earth Care
- People Care
- Fair Shares
This makes permaculture a unique toolkit that is used to design regenerative systems at all scales - from home and garden to community, farms and bioregions around the world.
We will talk over with Bernie what this actually means in practice and whether it is an individual approach or one that can be scaled up to make a real difference.
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In this Podcast Zaid Hassan and Lucy White discuss how groups of individuals can get together to help reduce carbon emissions through the gigatonne challenge
Averting dangerous climate change is imperative. While we know “what” should be done, there seems to be little clarity as to “how” to do it.
According to the science, global emissions need to peak and start declining by at least a billion tonnes of CO2e per year. If this doesn’t happen within the next decade we will likely see global temperatures breaching +3-6 degrees, leading to the catastrophic failure of key systems that we depend on for survival.
If you imagine the challenge of reducing a billion tonnes of emissions a year as climbing Mt Everest, how do we learn to climb such a daunting peak?
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In this Podcast in our Conversations Across Borders series we interview Gill Tiney about her network to develop global collaboration in business, government and civil society.
The whole world over people are finding themselves disconnected, from themselves and their communities. The epidemic of loneliness is spreading. It is causing depression, anxiety and stress. As a society we are becoming more isolated.
Gill argues that collaboration is our natural state, it helps us to achieve more than we can alone, yet we struggle to build strong successful relationships that pull for successful collaborations.
We are restricted by a school system, negative media and society as a whole that pulls only for academic prowess and supposed success, we are challenged daily to understand our own limiting beliefs and triggers that prevent our ability to collaborate.
To this end Gill has set up Collaboration Global - a physical and online community that identifies these issues and come together to free each of us from our limiting beliefs and show limitless opportunities.
Conversations Across Border is a Joint initiative of Tracesdreams and GlobalNet21 and will be streamed live on Facebook
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In this Podcast we interview Cellina Memola Daswell of REACT in Edmonton.
REACT is a community group that has grown to over 3,000 households and started originally as a neighbourhood watch scheme.
It has now expanded and represents a community that is in a deprived area of the Borough in Enfield, marginalised economically and suffering multi deprivation.
It is faced with a major development of their doorstep Meridian Water but are fearful that the homes developed there will be too expensive for the long standing local community. They also face the prospect of a new Incinerator on their patch and fear for the pollution it will cause and its adverse impact on climate change.
It is an interesting case study of a vibrant community that is organising itself to ensure it is not the forgotten part of Borough it which not is placed.
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Join us in this Podcast when we will be interviewing Alice Roberts from the Campaign To Protect Rural England and the Better Streets Scorecard.
She will be discussing how the work she does is as relevant to urban as well as rural areas and also about her work to create better streets in London and the give a score to their achievements.
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In this Podcast Hannah Dyson interviews Ozgur Korkmaz on his epic cycle journey
Ozgur Korkmaz put the breaks on his old way of life by buying a bike and embarking on an epic journey from London to Istanbul in 2018. Cycling through 11 countries, covering a cool 2115 miles overall, averaging 45-50 miles per day with one day off per week, mental and physical strength was just one of the requirements.
We explore why Ozgur chose to cycle to Istanbul, his experiences cycling through 11 countries and what those countries taught him. We will discuss what Ozgur’s concerns were before the journey, what went through his mind during the highs and lows and how this has changed his life for the better.
Ozgur is a huge advocate for the benefit of cycling and how it can improve our mental and physical health. He is also a driving instructor so will give us this unique insight on both road and cycle safety and how we incorporate cycling into our lives and still use the car.
We explore why it is so difficult to get people to give up their car and the idea driving makes people feel good.
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In this Podcast we discuss with Julia Valentine & Catriona Leggat the issue of gender and active travel.
The active travel and gender report of 2018 shows that women’s journeys around cities are typically shorter than men’s, use different modes of transport and are more likely to involve ‘trip-chaining’ (multi-stop journeys) which tend to be for a balance of child care, work and household responsibilities.
And, whilst women are motivated to travel actively for physical and mental health reasons, worries about their personal safety, convenience (particularly when taking multi-stop trips) and appearance are all barriers to preventing them from cycling and walking.
Julia Valentine & Catriona Leggat are in the Women’s Equality Party and have been concerned for some time about active travel for women especially women travelling alone. In this webinar we are going to explore their concerns and what the solutions might be.
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In this Podcast Hannah Dyson interviews Enfield Councillor Clare De Silva about widening participation in both work and politics. Clare De Silva , Conservative Councillor for Bush Hill Park will explore how society is surfing a tidal wave of change.
Widening participation in politics is something Clare is passionate about and believes that the option of working remotely can widen access to all kinds of jobs and careers, ensuring the best possible pool of talent
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In this Podcast Emma Rigby and Francis Sealey interview Cormac Russell where we discuss enriching local communities through community mapping and asset based development.
In this Podcast Emma Rigby and Francis Sealey will be interviewing Cormac Russell one of the leading experts in Europe on asset based community development where we will be discussing how you can map your local community by using the assets based community development principles
We will look at how community mapping can enrich a local community and create new connections as well as build on its strengths
Cormac is Managing Director of Nurture Development and a faculty member of the Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) Institute at Northwestern University, Chicago.
Over the last 20 years Cormac has worked in over 30 countries around the world. He has trained communities, agencies, NGOs and governments in ABCD and other strengths based approaches in Kenya, Rwanda, Southern Sudan, South Africa, the UK, Ireland, Sweden, the Netherlands, Canada and Australia.
He is passionate about the proliferation of community-driven change and citizen-centred democracy, and has supported hundreds of communities to make ABCD visible through what he calls ABCD Neighbourhood Learning Sites.
Cormac has just published his book “Rekindling Democracy: A Professional's Guide to Working in Citizen Space”
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In this podcast we interview Duncan Law about the importance of community energy in local planning around climate change
In North London there is much controversy over the Edmonton Incinerator and their claim that using waste to make heat is a form of community energy. But is it and what really is community energy.
Well in this podcast we will be joined by Duncan Law the Policy and Advocacy Manager of Community Energy England to discuss community energy and its contribution to tackling climate change.
Community Energy England represents and supports those committed to creating the conditions within which the community energy sector can rapidly scale and grow across the country. Community energy includes the delivery of community renewables, energy efficiency, demand reduction and energy supply projects.
In this podcast we will discuss how community energy has developed in other parts of the UK and how it can do that in Enfield. Together with the help of Community Energy England it would be great to develop a Community Energy group in Enfield as part of the Enfield Climate Action Forum.
Local and community energy is becoming increasingly important and it seems essential that it should be included in any local authorities climate action plan
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In this webinar we interview Roger McKenzie the Assistant General Secretary of UNISON and a candidate to be their General Secretary.
Here we interview him on the problem of institutional racism in society and the role of Trade Unions in combatting this.
We will talk about how years after the McPherson Report following the death of Stephen Lawrence racism is still widespread in our society. Roger believes that there is increasing abuse suffered by union members and public service workers who are migrants or who are Black, including himself.
How do we combat this and how do we go further and address the racial discrimination that there is in our public services, in companies and in the criminal justice system.
Recent opinion polls have shown the British public are more tolerant towards our diverse communities so why does racism still exist. This we hope to explore in this interview.
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Theo is a cancer survivor has won the Rotary Young Citizen Award after being nominated by Enfield Chase Rotary Club.
Theo Sergiou, 19, was diagnosed with eye cancer aged two and, aged four, was told it was terminal. But the tumours stopped growing and although he remains partially sighted, Theo survived.
A UK Youth Parliament representative, the Enfield teenager is committed to community work such as tackling knife crime. During the pandemic, Theo has written to the prime minister about the lack of provision for children with special educational needs, who he says are suffering mental health problems and not getting an education.
He is passionate about reducing knife crime, Enfield being one of the worst boroughs. He was recruited to the Youth Advisory Forum which reports directly to the Cabinet. This is the first ever youth civil service body and Theo is the youngest person in British history to contribute to a No. 10 Cabinet meeting. He compiled an academic report on ‘Our Generations Epidemic: Knife Crime’ in the hope of producing a more accurate policy.
Theo was instrumental in forming the Youth Violence Commission document which was delivered to former Prime Minister Theresa May leading to a Knife Crime summit last April with a variety of professionals
Theo said: “As my motto goes, I don’t need a reason to do things, I need a reason not to. I hope this Award inspires other people to try the same outlook. With the recent outbreak of Covid-19, I draw even closer to these principles, knowing how precious life truly is. This Award has allowed me to reflect over my life experiences and have hope that growth behind barriers is always possible; never before has this message been so importance to us all”.
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In this Podcast we interview Jasmine Sanders in our Conversation Across Borders series. Jasmine is the CEO of Our Climate based in Washington DC.
Our Climate mobilises and empowers young people to educate the public and elected officials about science-based, equitable climate policy solutions that build a liveable world.
In this interview we will discuss the intersecting effects of climate change and how they disproportionately impact communities of colour, the importance of youth climate change advocacy and the impact climate change has and will increasingly have on migration in the United States and around the world.
Our Climate empowers young leaders to advocate for equitable and science-based climate policy.
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In this Podcast one in our “Conversation Across Borders” series we will talk to Veronica Polinedro about how Sweden dealt with the influx of migration that swept Europe after 2015
During 2015, a record 1.3 million refugees crossed into Europe. Between 2015 and 2016, more than 2.5 million people applied for asylum in the EU.
Sweden is considering a “Welcome Card.” Upon arrival in Sweden, asylum seekers place a request for asylum and get registered with the national migration agency. Registered asylum seekers receive one Welcome Card per individual (based on age) to be used during the asylum application process, as both an identification card and as a key to their case status.
The card is to ensure the well-being of asylum seekers during, and after, the asylum seeking application process, revise the asylum seeking decision-making process for the national migration agencies and foster connection between asylum seekers, refugees and the local communities:
The story of the "Welcome card" began on May 20, 2016, when a team of experience designer, software developer, social entrepreneurs and business administrators came together during a 12-hour workshop to tackle the refugee crisis through design
Veronica is Polinedrio is a product UX designer working with transdisciplinary research and empathy to answer complex systemic challenges. In 2016, she founded The Welcome Card, where she lead product, design, and research. She has served as an advocate and coordinator for several community development projects, non-profit organizations, and start-up companies between the United States, Honduras, Sweden, and Italy. She is passionate about immigration and social dignity, designing solutions that build empathy and promote ethical practices for socio-politico-economical change within our communities
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In this Podcast we will be interviewing Dan Scrimgeour who sometime before the Covid outbreak chose to live in China and is still there.
In this interview we will look at the experiences he went through as the pandemic started there and then spread across the globe. How did they handle it and what measures did they take. Did their institutional structure make it easier to institute track and trace than it did in the UK and how did they engage their own population.
There were differences of approach that are worth exploring and discovering if there are lessons to learn.
We will also discuss with Dan the re emergence of China on the world scene. China has always seen itself as the “middle kingdom” and perhaps is now reasserting itself as the “centre of the world.” What does that mean to us all?
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In this Podcast we interview Despina Johnson of Enterprise Enfield about the work they do and about their future plans.
Enterprise Enfield is a not for profit enterprise agency offering information, expert advice, guidance and training to help people start new businesses as well as develop and expand established ones.
They run a number of activities including support for women entrepreneurs and also offer training webinars. They also work in partnership with other organisations like Love Your Doorstep in Enfield and the North London Credit Union.
They are about to open their new London Business Hub in Southgate and will tell us about their plans for that and also how they have coped and helped others during the present pandemic
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In this Podcast Hannah Dyson will be interviewing Taemin Oh who is the Vicar of Saint George in Enfield
Taemin originally came from South Korea and Hannah will explore with him his journey to the UK, why he came here and how he came to be the Vicar of an Enfield Church.
Taemin is involved with lots of community action in Enfield and has been involved with the Felix Project as well.
It will be interesting to hear South Korean perspective on how we do things in the UK, how he’s had to adapt to life in London and Colchester.
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In this Webinar Interview with Jo Ruxton we discuss the huge problem of plastic waste and its impact on the oceans of our globe.
350 million tonnes of plastic are being produced each year. This could weigh more than humanity, estimated at 316 million tonnes in 2013. 8 million tonnes of plastic enter the ocean every year. If waste management practices don't improve, scientists predict this amount could increase tenfold by 2025
Plastics make up to around 75% of marine litter, although this can be up to 100% at some sites. Plastic in the ocean breaks up into smaller fragments called microplastics, which have been identified in commercial fish consumed by humans.
Jo Ruxton is the Founder Director and Producer of “A Plastic Ocean” the award winning documentary. It’s been named by Sir David Attenborough as “one of the most important films of our time” and has ignited mass consumer awareness.
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In this Podcast we discuss with Chief Gordon L. Wiborg, Jr the consequences of the George Floyd’s killing for race relations in America.
Chief Gordon L. Wiborg, Jr is a retired Police Chief in the United States and who is now President of National Judicial Conduct and Disability Law Project, Inc. (NJCDLP)
The NJCDLP was set up to examine abuse in the judicial system in the US and how it adversely impacts on minorities and specifically black people. Gordon with others have now set up the the Blue Sky and Golden Badge Projects involving an international support group for pro-reform law enforcement officers including prison correctional officers.
We will examine the need for judicial reform in the USA and how the Black Lives Matter movement has been a catalyst for this and for those like Gordon L. Wiborg, Jr who have campaigned for justice for those discriminated against by the judicial system.
We are joined in this Podcastby othersinvolved in judicial reform and these could nclude NJCDLP’s Executive Director, Dr. Zena D. Crenshaw-Logal; Mr. Maurice Morris, Golden Badge’s National Membership Recruiter and a former Deputy Sheriff as well as candidate for Sheriff in Lucas County, Ohio where he is the Safe Cop Coordinator for the National Police Defense Foundation;.
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In this Podcast we talk to Alyson McGregor of Altogether Better.
Altogether Better works with people in health and social care across the UK and beyond to develop Collaborative Practice, a new way of organising that makes life better for everybody.
Altogether Better is an NHS national network organisation, supporting health and care services across the UK to introduce their model of Collaborative Practice. Their network approach is used in over 130 GP practices and has also been tested in other health and care settings, including acute hospital trusts, mental health, young people’s services and care homes.
Collaborative Practice invites local people to gift their time to a local GP practice or health service, working alongside people who deliver health services in a new, collaborative relationship. As a result, the practice and how it works changes.
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In this Podcast we talk to Ade Adeshina from the O”-Bay Community Trust
The last two weeks have been traumatic experiences for many as the death of George Floyd has made many of us rethink our attitudes to discrimination. . Here we talk to Ade Adeshina about how it has affected him and his community here in Enfield. Has the protests and demonstrations given hope or yet more despair?
We will also talk about how he views the performance of the London Borough of Enfield in creating an inclusive community. Ade feels that Enfield has much work to do to become inclusive to the Black and African and Caribbean Community.
O”-Bay Community Trust is a voluntary organisation with
its head office in Enfield, North London. It was funded in 1990 with the aim to support local BME groups and individuals. We provide free confidential and impartial information, advice and guidance on issues pertaining to education, welfare rights, childcare provision, housing, health, debts, environment, local community events, and black history and heritage events
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In this Podcast we discuss with Elaine Graham Leigh a Marxist view on the climate crisis
From the youth climate strikes to the Green New Deal, climate change has moved up the political agenda. Elaine Graham Leigh a local author has just published a book on “Marx And The Climate Crisis.”
For many that may sound a strange title to relate a 19th century writer of the industrial era to a post industrial world we live in but Elaine says,
“Marx’s analysis of capitalism provides the basis for understanding how the system’s destructiveness is driving the climate crisis. Elaine Graham-Leigh shows how Marx’s ideas explain the climate breakdown and how we can create a society that protects both people and planet. This is a manifesto for system change as well as an account of why humanity faces its greatest crisis.”
Well is this webinar we discuss this with her and find her reasons behind the argument of her book
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In this Podcast we talk to Feryal Clark MP about how the pandemic of Covid 19 has affected her work both as a case worker for her constituents and as a scrutiniser of Government.
Over time the role of an MP has changed . The traditional role of an MP is to represent their constituents in the House of Commons and hold the government to account – participating in debates, asking questions, and voting on legislation. If we look back to even a couple of decades ago, MPs were not expected to engage much with their constituents. Many felt they didn’t have to answer letters, hold surgeries, or assist with complex issues – they just had to turn up at the Commons when it was sitting, make sure they kept their whips happy, and return to their constituencies when there was an election.
Nowadays, the role of an MP has expanded dramatically. Every MP is now expected to do casework – answering queries from constituents and helping to fix their problems. Not doing so is not only viewed as electorally damaging – people are less likely to vote for an MP who doesn’t help them – but also as undermining the ethos of public service that forms the basis of the job. Those who run to become an MP know that they are expected to help people as well as perform their democratic duties, and a great many of those who are elected have a true commitment to doing so.
In this period of the corona pandemic the role of the MP has changed yet again with problems arising that they rarely faced before and having to respond to these problems from home. At the same time they have not been in the House of Commons to hold the Government to account and their traditional role initially began to slip considerably.
How has this changed the role of the MP and will some of these changes have lasting effects?
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In this Podcast we talk to Charlotte Gath about public health and whether the Covid 19 epidemic has highlighted a deeper crisis in public health in the UK
Public health is the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities. This work is achieved by promoting healthy lifestyles, researching disease and injury prevention, and detecting, preventing and responding to infectious diseases.
Overall, public health is concerned with protecting the health of entire populations. These populations can be as small as a local neighbourhood, or as big as an entire country or region of the world.
Coronavirus is the biggest public health crisis in a generation, but it is also highlighting the crisis in our working culture, our social care system and the NHS.
Charlotte Gath worked as a GP in Rugby for nearly ten years, as a tutor at Warwick Medical School and latterly as a Consultant in Public Health for Warwickshire County Council for four years.
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In this Podcast we interview Samara Croci who is a Brand and Communication Manager for Aquafil USA. Aquafil is a company that has placed the circular economy and sustainability at the heart of the company’s mission which is to save resources, give new life to otherwise lost materials and increase efficiency along the value chain.
Samara has 15 years of experience in communications for advertising, media production, social media, and branding.
In this webinar Samara will discuss the fascinating challenge - communicating the environmental problems we face today. It is an excellent school for a communications professional as it deals with something that you cannot always see, that is technical and complicated, and that we tend to avoid.
How can a company respect the environment go green and communicate its values to both its customers and to other businesses as well.
Samara is particularly interested in digital resources, and meaningful social media communication as well as video story telling to get her message about sustainability across.
This will be streamed live on Facebook where you can ask questions and make comments
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This Podcast is the next episode in the Conversations Across Borders” series. It is about the journey of Ragnhild Larsson a journalist who made the journey to become a climate change activist
This was a knowledge journey through the different aspect of this issue - a journey in the forefront of the climate change movement. A personal transformation, from a journalist to an activist.
In September 2015 Ragnhild Larsson . a Swedish journalist, based in Gothenburg started the podcast "The klimatpodden" about climate change. In her statement she told us
"I am worried and upset. The climate crisis changes everything. Why is this not the top priority in the media? How come our politicians don't address the climate crises we are in in a proper way." In Klimatpodden, the Swedish podcast about climate change you will meet researchers activists and entrepreneurs who act to handle the climate crises we are in the midst of."
This will be streamed live on Facebook where you can add your questions and comments
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In this Podcast we explore what it means to be a writer and to guide others, particularly students, to a love of reading and creativity. Allan believes everyone has a novel in them. Allan is also passionate about climate change, the beauty of the world and nurturing the planet.
A key figure in Extinction Rebellion, Allan is no stranger to literally standing up for what he believes in, blowing the whistle, having brought the Enfield Full Council Meeting to a halt in January 2020 Scribblings on a packed tube train, nestled in between pinstriped suits and sharp elbows, Allan Boroughs had a dream of swapping sweaty commutes for writing full time, visiting schools as an author to inspire young people, spending more time with family and living part of the time in the countryside.
The stars aligned for Allan Boroughs in 2014 when his debut novel “Ironheart” was published by Panmacmillan, swiftly followed by his second novel in 2016.
Fast forward to 2020 and Allan is about to embark on an exciting literary adventure. On 1st June 2920, he will release the first of a series of 6 adventure books.
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In this Podcast we discuss with Cllr Derek Levy ( a former Labour Party member) if the scrutiny and overview of Enfield Council is working properly and whether it is independent and robust.
Derek is in a strong position to discuss this as he is a previous chair of the Overview and Scrutiny committee. In 2018 the Leader of Enfield Council Nesil Caliskan was found to have breached the Council code of conduct after suggesting that Cllr Levy. should meet with her regularly to ensure he was “more closely aligned to key decisions” on Labour Group priorities.
The overview and scrutiny committee’s role is to hold the council’s decision-makers to account. It is supposed to remain independent of the cabinet and it was felt that this was an attempt to compromise that independence
Derek will discuss with us whether that situation has improved or whether Enfield Council is lacking in the proper scrutiny of its affairs - a scrutiny especially needed in times of crisis.
When we see nationally that Select Committees and Prime Minister’s Questions can be held online digitally then we need to ask what is happening in Enfield and to our local democracy
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In this Podcast we discuss if there is a deficit of democracy on Enfield Council.
Democratic discussion, scrutiny and accountability of Government both national and local, are important at all times and especially at times of crisis. During the War, Winston Churchill always respected the House of Commons and made himself available for criticism through the darkest hours.
But there are some who believe that this is not happening in Enfield. The Leader of the Council is not following the Churchillian model of holding herself to account. The Cabinet has not met and no attempt has been made to have online digital sessions where accountability can take place - and at a time when there have been questions that need answering.
This is a feeling held by a large section of the Labour Party, the Greens, the Lib Dems and the Conservatives. So we have invited representatives of those Parties to discuss this on a Webinar and Joanne Laban for the Conservatives, Rob Wilson for the Lib Dems and David Flint of the Greens have all accepted. We have also written to the Labour Group but have had no answer..
The digital world offers great opportunities to engage and answer questions in depth and we thank all those who have agreed to engage this way and hope the Council Leadership will follow suit.
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In this Podcast we interview Georgia Ellliott Smith on what a “green business” is and how you can make business green
A green company claims to act in a way which minimises damage to the environment. As global warming continues apace and becomes an increasingly prevalent topic amongst world governments, many companies are doing their part to become environmentally more responsible or “green".
But how green are they in actuality. Many companies has adopted the banner of corporate social responsibility but it is sometimes just a tick box operation and not embedded in the whole of the companies operations.
To ensure that a business is “green” with a minimal carbon footprint then what must it do and how can we ensure it does what it says on the label?
This is the discussion we will be having with Georgia who is an active member of Extinction Rebellion but also has a consultancy company that works with businesses that genuinely want to be sustainable and lower their carbon footprint - and with her colleagues she develops strategies to help them do that.
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In this Podcast Interview Katy Davies speaks to Rev Mark Meatcher about the aims of the campaign and his personal experience of helping families preparing for and dealing with bereavement.
Death is a subject that many of us prefer to avoid at the best of times but in a time of crisis where close friends or family are at risk of becoming seriously ill it is pushed to the forefront of our minds.
11-19 May is Dying Awareness Week which strives to make the topic more accessible and help people have those important conversations with loved ones.
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In this Podcast we discuss with Iboro Otu from Nigeria how the Covid 19 pandemic has affected the African Continent and especially Nigeria.
In the UK and much of Europe we have had basic infrastructures like health services as well as an active voluntary sector ( as in Enfield) and although hugely under strain they have coped in the most difficult of circumstances.
But what happens in countries where that infrastructure is not there and where water is not always available and on tap. How do countries with widespread urban as well as trial communities enforce lockdown and social distancing. And how do Governments both cope and respond.
These are some of the issues that we will discuss in this podcast which is one in our “Conversation Across Borders” series done through a collaboration of Travesdreams and GlobalNet21
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In this Podcast interview we look at discussions between some voluntary Friends of Parks in the London Borough of Enfield to create a common approach towards climate change.
We will be interviewing Kim Lumley from the Friends of Broomfield Park - an attractive Park in the London Borough of Enfield about his ongoing discussions to collaborate with others to develop a strategy for Parks in the Borough.
Here we will focus on the potential benefits of Urban Parks and the Friends plan for Broomfield Park with the idea that collaborating with other Friends of parks and Greenspaces groups being raised as a future proposal. Doing this would great potential both for actions but also engagement and increasing involvement with volunteers and the community.
At present their focus is on their actions in Broomfield Park and they are in the early stages having carried out a review before moving on to an Action Plan for the Park to agree with the Council for the coming year. So we will discuss the ideas that Kim and his colleagues have had and are having with others, how he views sustainability and local bio diversity and how a strategy can be developed the would involve others
You can visit Friends of Broomfield Park Here … https://www.friendsofbroomfieldpark.org/
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The Covid 19 emergency has shown that there is such a thing as society and that the community can organise at great speed at a time of crisis. But can it do that with the even bigger crisis that will affect us all this century - climate change.
In this Podcast we we will be discussing with Emma Rigby and Adam Mcgibbon how they think civil society can contribute at such a time of crisis
Emma mobilised her local community in Enfield almost immediately the corona virus went global and within days she had assembled 600 volunteers. She has also mobilised volunteers to run community safety patrols around schools where students had been mugged. Adam also organised volunteers to help those in need because of the corona crisis in his local are. As well he has run a campaign with others to get Enfield Council to divest from fossil fuels.
So how important will this type of mobilisation be as the climate change crisis unfolds on us and how can the community become involved. What can they do and how can they help us all to adapt to this crisis and mitigate some of its effects.
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In this Podcast we talk to Dr Rosalyn Sarah Miller a doctor who works in General Practice and believes that we should try to stay positive at this time of crisis. In the webinar she will tell us about the importance of this.
And she will do this not just in words but in song as well as Ros is a singing GP and you can see both sing, talk and give advice about being positive.
So Ros will give us the medicine of song and not just words to make our day have a smile and underline the need to remain positive at a time of crisis.
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In this Podcast we discuss with Marie Elisabeth Mueller the power of storytelling in the digital age and how the news we hear can be democratised by the power of story telling. This is one of the interviews we are doing jointly with Tracesdreams as one in the series of Conversations Across Borders.
Stories have been used to hand down learning and knowledge for thousands of years. A good story engages our curiosity, emotions and imagination. Stories are the way we understand and make sense of the world we find ourselves in.
But in the digital age story telling takes on a new form that involves text, graphics and video and makes the power of story telling something that crosses borders. And when so much news on the media is manipulated by the powerful story telling can provide a platform for all of us to correct the balance.
When people connect to political issues through personal stories, they see them in a different way. They don’t just see democracy in the abstract, they see ‘my democracy.’ The transformative potential of storytelling is written into the fabric of our lives.
Dr. Mueller who was born in Duesseldorf holds a Ph.D. in Digital Storytelling, Media Science from the University Constance. She has been teaching interactive multimedia, crossplatform storytelling and trends in the media industry since 2014 at the Stuttgart Media University in Germany I work with people at the intersection of emerging technologies, digital literacy and communications.
Marie has been able to constantly grow her professional skills and experience in hands-on training and learning together, developing new media products and leading diverse teams within a wonderfully diverse network across borders.
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In this Podcast we discuss the opportunities and problems of working from home. As businesses close down their offices many people are having to work from home and this often brings new problems as well as opportunities.
In this webinar Katy Davies interviews Hannah Dyson and Francis Sealey. Hannah had just got a job working at the Royal Free when the Corona virus struck and she then faced working from home. So how much of a cultural shock was that and how did she adapt. Francis has worked from home for many years and can talk about his experiences of doing that.
What we hope is that this webinar will help those now working from home by looking at the experiences of those who have - one recently and one for many years. What have they leaned that makes working from home easier and with less stress.
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In this Podcast we interview Leonie Campbell where we will be discussing how can we deal with isolation and how do we cope with our anxieties and you are invited to make comments and ask questions in the chat box of the webinar.
Leonie Campbell - a BPS chartered and HCPC registered counselling and occupational psychologist, and is the founder of Psychology For Success.
Many people will be experiencing socialisation at this time and many will be doing it alone. Others will feel anxious and concerned about themselves and their families.
We discuss how those facing social isolation can cope positively
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In this Podcast we discuss how we can develop resilience as we go through this crisis of Covid-19
Resilience is something that most people need to make it through the rougher times of life. Everyone will experiences difficulties in life, and some people will even experience traumatic events that create an upheaval in their lives. Resilience is not a character trait - it can be learned by anyone, but learning it does require time and effort.
Mindfulness means maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding environment, through a gentle, nurturing lens.It also involves acceptance, meaning that we pay attention to our thoughts and feelings without judging them—without believing, for instance, that there’s a “right” or “wrong” way to think or feel in a given moment. When we practice mindfulness, our thoughts tune into what we’re sensing in the present moment rather than rehashing the past or imagining the future.
To help us with this we discuss both resilience and mindfulness with Katy Davies and Harriet Piercy. Katy has studied resilience and run some course on this and Harriet is a life coach and mindfulness is an approach that she encourages especially when people are anxious and worried.
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In this podcast Simon Nicholson an Assistant Professor in the School of International Service Contact is interviewed by Nerina Finetto and Francis Sealey about climate change and whether we will be able to meet the target set by the International Panel on Climate Change to reduce carbon emissions sufficiently to keep temperature rise below 1.5 degrees by the end of the century.
We know climate change is happening and we will have to adapt but are the measures to mitigate climate change and its impact enough or do we need more drastic measures like geo engineering. And if we do how safe is that and what are the unintended consequences.
We also discuss how scientists communicate their concerns to both politicians and the general public so that the issues are understood clearly
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The World Health Organization in collaboration with arts and entertainment influencers and public personalities as well as leading arts and cultural entities are launching #SolidaritySessions and #SolidarityShows to a global audience.
Art, alongside science, is the way we can make sense of this moment of uncertainty and isolation, through an expression of solidarity and love with family, friends, as a community, a nation or as a species.
Celebrity musicians are sharing #SolidaritySessions, powered by Global Citizen, which are live performances taped in intimate settings and offered for free on social media to help share important updates and guidelines, show solidarity and raise funds for emergency programs. Tune into the sessions by following hashtag #TogetherAtHome
We will be interviewing Lisa Russell who is a consultant/curator for the World Health Organization. Lisa is an Emmy-winning filmmaker, UN/NGO Storyteller and Artist Curator, 2x TEDx Speaker, Fulbright Specialist and Founder whose work lies at the intersection of arts, social justice and global development.
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As the corona virus pandemic takes hold and social isolation affects so many of us then social networks become important as a means of contact and communication.
In this Podcast Francis Sealey discusses with Gary Kousoulou and Joy Cowley-Smith the vital importance of social networks as well as some of the pitfalls.
Gary is one of the founders of a large social network in North London called Loving Local and Joy runs another such network in the same area called Enfield Matters. Both have used their respective networks to keep people in touch with what is happening and also to galvanise volunteers. And both of them combined together have run regular online phone in videos so people can ask questions and express their concerns.
Social networks is where people go for help and advice as well as news about what is happening and so are an important focal point in a crisis like the one we are facing today and we discuss this with both Joy and Gary.
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In this Podcast we interview Nick Dearden the Director of Global Justice Now - a democratic social justice organisation working as part of a global movement to challenge the powerful and create a more just and equal world. They mobilise people in the UK for change, and act in solidarity with those fighting injustice, particularly in the global south.
Today we face two existential crises the corona virus pandemic and climate change and both bring the need for global justice strikingly to the forefront. As these crises unfold although they will impact on us all, it is the poor and vulnerable that will be affected the most.
Ho do we in a world in crisis, where fear and concern often makes us inward looking, find solutions to provide justice for those who need it the most.
The is what we will be discussing with Nick and how Global Justice sets about championing the poor and disposed globally and with what success.
This is one the the webinars that we are doing as part of the “Conversations Across Borders Series” together with tracesdreams and involving a global audience.
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In this Podcast we talk to Neil Woods who spent many years as an undercover cop seeking out drug gangs through the contacts he made with addicts.
It was a dangerous job and he was responsible for many arrests. However he came to realise that the more arrests that were made the more this crime increased. He felt there had to be a different approach to tackle the crimes around drug use.
In this Podcast we discuss Neil’s career as an undercover cop and how he became disillusioned with the effectiveness of that way of tackling the crime. We look at what he considers the alternatives that focus on denying the opportunities to criminal gangs and dealers.
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In this Podcast we interview Robert Wickham the Bishop of Edmonton about Faith in the Community.
Today religion is playing a more important part in many people’s lives than it did a decade or so ago even though the number attending traditional churches has declined.
Why is this and how important is it that faith organisations engage with communities not to just to increase their numbers but because they want to confront some pressing social problems.
Bishop Rob is passionate about civil society playing a major part in tackling the issues of knife crime, youth violence, school exclusions and poverty. Bishop Rob studied at the university of Durham, where he studied geography, especially urban regeneration, and perceptual geography.
He has worked in some Parishes before becoming a Bishop that were some of the most deprived in the UK and has been involved in the food bank and credit union movement.
What then does religion play in a society that faces huge social and economic problems. This is what we will discuss with Bishop Rob.
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In this Podcast we interview Nina Lewis of Platinum Performing Arts which offers vocational training for young people in stage productions giving them the industry experience they deserve.
Nina also believe that performing arts can play an important role in combatting youth crime and she will tell us about the work that they do to achieve this.
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Here we interview David James Parker who believes that our international institutions are not fit for purpose in the present century. He believes they were created in a different epoch and times have now changed.
How do we reform them so they can deliver on crucial questions like climate change. James was a Parliamentary Research Intern for the Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP (when Hilary was the Cabinet Minister for International Development) and Research Intern for the leading think tank the Fabian Society. James has been a Policy Advisor for the Government on Energy and Climate Change.
This is part of the Conversations Across Borders series of interviews done by tracesdreams and GlobalNet21
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In this Podcast we interview Melanie Smith about her campaign over a member of her church Madhi. - a gay Christian man from Iran currently being detained.
Melanie and friends feared that his life was at risk if he is forcibly deported. Madhi, after having been detained and tortured in Iran twice before escaping to Europe, was then homeless and abused in Germany before making his way to the UK. Here he met his partner, Ian, and started attending Melanie’s church.In the webinar
Melanie will tell us how this all happened, what she and others have done about it and the serious issues this raises.
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In this webinar Podcast we interview Tolga Aramaz - a Councillor in Enfield and we discussed the Meridian Water development in Edmonton
He and other Enfield Councillors as well as many other Enfield residents have got together to set up, Meridian for Council Homes (M4CH).
They are a campaign group demanding that public land is used for the public good and that the council must build 100% council homes at social rent and that we provide 100% secure tenancies for all
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In this Podcast we interview of Candice McDonald who has lived in Edmonton, North London, for most of her life and has seen the impact poverty has had. She decided to use her allotment to do something about it, setting up a community kitchen to help feed her neighbours with the produce she has grown.
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In this Podcast we interview the grand niece of Dag Hammarskjöld who was the second Secretary General of the United Nations and who died in a mysterious plane crash.
Caroline Hammarskjöld talks about the legacy of her great uncle, the international situation today and also about her own work to further the vision of Dag Hammarskjöld.
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In this Podcast we interviewed Carina Millstone of the Stop the Incinerator campaign in Edmonton when we ask questions about whether incinerators are the right solution at a time of climate change. This is not just a local issue but one that affects North London and indeed it is a nationwide concern At a time of climate emergency how we deal with the problem of waste is a concern that affects us all.
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In this Podcast we talk to Jenny Edwards who was the Chief Executive of Homeless Link and a consultant with local authorities and the voluntary sector advising on how to create frameworks for change.
This is a critical task in the links between statutory authorities and the voluntary sector when creating strategies around climate change. She explains how they can work together but how they must change to do so
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In this Podcast we interview Camila Berens and Giovanna Speciale from SELCE about their project of providing community energy, addressing climate change and tackling fuel poverty. South East London Community Energy (SELCE) is a not-for-profit social enterprise. It was formed by residents of Greenwich and Lewisham who want to play an active role in shaping the energy future of South East London. Taking action on climate change and fuel poverty lies at the heart of our business model.
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In this Podcast we talk with Pete Kenyon-Holt, one of the founders of the Sleep Pod project which has just been awarded charitable status.
Sleep Pod is a non-profit organisation, driven to help the most vulnerable members of our society who are sleeping rough.
The Sleep Pod project is a non-profit organisation driven to help the most vulnerable members of our society who are sleeping rough. Sleep Pods can never make sleeping outside safe, however their hope is that they can offer some meaningful protection from the elements to help rough sleepers through the night
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This podcast is an interview with James Cracknell of the Enfield Dispatch. James started the Dispatch about a year ago as a community newspaper in Enfield and here we ask him how it started, how it has developed and what he hopes for the future.
We also talk about the importance of community newspapers and social networks for information and engagement in the 21st century.
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In this Podcast with Nishan Dzhingozyan we talk about the Bulgarian Community in London and also in Enfield.
18 years ago, when Nishan started hi life in the UK and was surprised to find that the relationship between Bulgaria and its diaspora in the UK were not at the level he would have expected. Today the Bulgarian community in the UK is much bigger, much better organised and has become probably the biggest Bulgarian diaspora abroad.
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In this Podcast we interview Councillor Victoria Pite about climate change. What can local authorities do to make a difference. "A climate emergency has been declared by Haringey Council amid growing fears that time is running out to prevent “catastrophic” global warming.
Vicki introduced a similar motion in Enfield and we will discuss with her why she thinks this important and what she thinks can be done.
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In this Podcast interview with Perry Walker we discuss how local authorities can set up a number of deliberative democracy projects like citizen assemblies citizen juries and other forms democracy by dialogue.
Perry is a Fellow of the New Economic Foundation and Involve. He has spent the last 20 years developing tools that allow people to “do democracy.” Perry with others has developed Talk Shop whose mission is to invigorate democracy by involving ordinary people in informed convocations that enable them to have greater influence over the decisions that affect them
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In this Podcast we talk to Penny Power OBE who started Ecademy the first scoop network for business people. It became very successful but ran into problems with the economic crash and when Linkedin Started up.
Although having achieved an OBE, Penney found her self worth and self esteem challenged and then had to start anew and had to reassess her life and her goals. In this webinar we will discuss the journey she went through.
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In this Podcast we interview Louis Bamber of the liveyourlifdroptheknife campaign. Live your life drop the knife was founded in Runcorn in response to rising violent crime and knife crime against residents of Halton. The campaign hopes to educate young people that its not OK to carry weapons, that its OK to run away and that there is always an alternative option – to Live Your Life and Drop The Knife!
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In this Podcast we interview Mark Meacher on the importance of interfaith dialogue in the Borough and some of the efforts that he and others are involved in to bring people together of all faiths and none.
We discuss the role of faith in society and indeed in politics, their up and coming interfaith festival and the interfaith initiative to confront the international arms trade.
Mark is a Minister in the London Borough of Enfield working with a number of churches and with his wife Melanie believes in the importance of enabling and promoting civil society.
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In this Podcast Hannah Dyson speaks to Daniel Allen from Feed Up Warm Up, a homeless charity in Hertfordshire. Daniel is a DJ, a councillor, dad of seven and star of Marrying Mum and Dad on CBBC.
Daniel tells us why he got involved with the charity, why Grace the van is so important and how everyone in society can play a role in lifting someone from the depths of despair back onto their feet.
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In this Podcast, Katy Davies interviews local author Jay Hollis about his book Haunted Enfield, which includes some of the most well known ghost stories in Enfield.
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In this Podcast we interview Julia Daniel on Credit Unions, what they are and how they promote fair finance. North London Credit Union is a not–for-profit financial co-operative established in 1994.
They are owned and controlled by their members, managed and staffed by local people and have a strong voluntary element They believe that everyone deserves appropriate, fair financial products that meet their needs and improve their financial well-being.
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In this Podcast we talk to Brian Lewis who runs an enterprising cafe called Mytime and who is passionately interested in high street regeneration.
He discusses how the High Street can change in an age of online shopping and large corporations through creating public space and where the High Street is not just a retailing outlet but one that delivers services, engagement and advice
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In this Podcast Nerina Finetto and Francis Sealey talk with Rickard Ydrenäs about how Europe views there British General Election result and what impact it will have in the coming decade Founder of the pod cast "Brexitpodden" - a pod cast about Brexit & EU" and the podcast "Tullpodden" - a podcast about customs and trade.
Richard is a political scientist, journalist and communications specialist with expertise on the European Union's work, the EU's legislative process and financial markets regulation.
Nerina Finetto and Francis Sealey are the co-producers of the Conversations Across Borders series of which this is one episode.
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In this Podcast Barbara Ball from ASEND talks about schools, exclusion and mental health. She also tells about the difficulty in dealing with the different authorities and the important need for join up working and developing a strategy that involves all the stakeholders concerned.
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In this podcast we talk to Emma Rigby about the Enfield Town Community Patrol initiative. This was an initiative started by Emma and the Love Your Doorstep social network in response to muggings outside of Enfield Grammar school.
The Enfield Town Community Patrol has now been running for 3 months and has proved to be a big success within the community. It was always our intention to open up communication channels and work with the local police, businesses, schools and the community.
Our community-led initiative based on street patrols is carried out by members of the public with no police powers. This is a positive initiative to help keep the children safe to and from school at lunchtimes and after school.
We talk to Emma about how this has progressed and what she hopes of this for the future
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In this Podcast we interview Caroline Bernard Moxley about the work she has been doing to address the problem of homelessness. In the interview we will discuss the general problem of homelessness, the extent of it and its causes.
But we will also look at solutions and especially the importance of Streetlink that brings together referrals from the general public who wish to do something and the agencies that have to respond.
Streetlink is a way of networking this together.
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In this Podcast we talk to Charles Appleby about how we can address climate change in our own lives and in that of our communities. Charles believes that unless we do something about it, climate change will wreck the world as we know it
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In this Podcast we interview Ginnie Newby Landon of Enfield Women’s Centre (EWC) a registered charity working for women and girls and their families in the borough of Enfield.
They aim to explore and provide services which will enable women and girls to achieve fulfilment in their lives. These will range from their physical and mental health needs, training, recreational and creative skills.
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In this Interview Hannah Dyson will talk to Liba Ravindran about how language, particularly poetry plays an integral part in encouraging or discouraging BAME inclusion within green movements and local community action.
Liba is about to embark on an exciting new adventure when he moves to Bristol after 16 years of being a major player in Enfield’s art scene. A talented poet, writer, performer and teacher, Liba has the world at his feet.
We also explore how language has helped Liba contribute to the recent actions. and strategy of Extinction Rebellion Enfield. Liba’s poetry depicts the desperation of the protesters, their passion for change and the grave situation our planet faces if we don’t act now.
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In this Podcast we talk to Sharron Spice an Enfield Resident and she has written a play about universal credit because she fears that it has blighted the lives of many and resulted in countless lives being lost.
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In this Podcast we discuss with Emma Carlitos home schooling. Emma has chosen homeschooling for her children. Around 57,800 children were home schooled in 2018, up from 45,500 in 2017 and 37,500 in 2016.
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In this Podcast we interview Mercy Francis who will tell us about her journey as a BAME individual and how important identity politics has been to her. She will discuss how identity politics has changed over time and how the BAME community itself is diversifying in many ways in terms of business, community and politics.
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In this Podcast we hear four speakers who address the issue of how we can tackle climate change. Each has a different view from life style change to alternative energy and from system change to climate repair. These were speeches made to an audience at Conway Hall and was followed by an extensive discussion
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In this podcast we interview Frances Scott the founder of the 50 50 Parliament Campaign with the aim to have equal gender representation in our Parliament.
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Benita Matofska in this Podcast tells us how ‘Sharing change the world?’ By highlighting the myriad of ways Sharing is creating an impact, we help millions discover and participate in the Sharing Economy – a socioeconomic movement promoting the sharing of, and access to, resources, while putting people and planet first.
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In this Podcast we talk to Elaine Graham Leigh from Extinction Rebellion and David Flint about the importance of local authorities declaring a climate emergency.
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This podcast is an interview with James Cracknell of the Enfield Dispatch. James started the Dispatch about a year ago as a community newspaper in Enfield and here we ask him how it started, how it has developed and what he hopes for the future.
We also talk about the importance of community newspapers and social networks for information and engagement in the 21st century
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In this Podcast we interview with Robin Chandler where we discuss present day identity politics and whether it is at odds with older views of race and class and with democratisation itself.
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In this podcast we interview when we talk with Alison Gordon of Age UK Enfield. Age UK Enfield is an independent local charity.
They have been working in the local community to help older people for 30 years. They have 40 dedicated staff and over 100 volunteers helping us to deliver services and activities for older people in Enfield.
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In this podcast we talk to Anita van Rossam about Ecocide where damage against our planet is considered a crime against humanity.
The late and remarkable Polly Higgins’ proposed to make ecocide the fifth Crime Against Peace. As an international crime alongside genocide, any entity or individual committing ecocide could be prosecuted by the International Criminal Court.
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Jo’s father Sir Anthony Berry was killed in the bombing in the Grande Hotel in Brighton during a Conservative Party Conference. To try to understand this Jo sought out the perpetrator of that bombing, Patrick McGee when he was released from prison after the Good Friday Agreement.
Here we can listen to Jo’s story and how she believes by addressing our common humanity we can overcome even the most horrific of conflicts.
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In this podcast we interview Amanda Bronkhorst where we discuss with her the social enterprise that she has established to develop an initiative that makes it simple for individuals, schools and businesses to collectively combat global warming.
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In this podcast Paige Ballmi explains why she is campaigning to change the government’s spouse visa laws. As a result in December 2017 she was stood on a bridge over the A10 attempting to end her life.
Despite many efforts to communicate their errors to them, the Home Office refused to listen and take me seriously, knowing that I was a vulnerable young woman who just wanted my right to a family life. I was essentially punished for falling in love with a foreigner.
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In this Podcast we talked to Suzanne Kelly from Stitch based on Green Lanes in Palmers Green. Stitch is an innovative enterprise to bring classes and crafts to the High Street.
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In this Podcast we talk to Stephen Cox a local author about being an author and what advice he gives to those who wish to see their work published. He also talked about his recently published book "Our ~Child Of The Stars."
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In this Podcast we look at how new technology, robotics and machine learning can help develop better services in social care. We know there is a crisis in social care but we rarely discuss the innovative work developing to adopt the new age of digital technology to tackling some of the problems of social care.
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Julia Daniel interviews Jill Harrison of the Enfield Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) Citizens Advice Enfield is a charity that offers free, accessible,quality advice to anyone who lives in Enfield. We can help with all kinds of problems whether they are housing, employment, benefits, debts or immigration issues for example. They have been providing advice in the London Borough of Enfield since 2nd September 1939.
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After years of being a BBC Producer and then free lance Roger Penfound was able to follow his passion of writing and wrote and published his first book. Since then he has published three more,
In this Podcast we will talk to Roger how he set about writing his first book and the path he sought to have that book published. And we will also discuss that first book “The Guest Who Stayed” and what inspired him to write it.
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In this Podcast we talk to Emma Rigby about a Community Patrol initiative that was set up in a North London Borough This was an initiative started by Emma through her social network Love Your Doorstep in response to muggings outside of a local school. Now other schools are interested and their has also been interest nationwide and also from the police
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In this Podcast Julia Daniel speaks to Albert Wright, London Region National Councillor for the FSB (National Federation of Self Employed & Small Businesses Limited) and a key contributor to their London Policy and other special interest groups.
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In this Podcast we interview Julia Daniel on Credit Unions, what they are and how they promote fair finance. North London Credit Union is a not–for-profit financial co-operative established in 1994.
They are owned and controlled by their members, managed and staffed by local people and have a strong voluntary element They believe that everyone deserves appropriate, fair financial products that meet their needs and improve their financial well-being.
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Join this Conversation Across Borders Podcast where Nerina Finetto and Francis Sealey will interview Alex Kagansky on the biodiversity of life and how it is being threatened thus creating a crisis for humanity.
The loss of biodiversity both eliminates possibility to learn nature, and importantly to survive and help the future sufferers, including ourselves and our relatives and friends, as it minimises the potential for harvesting new medicines.
This is due to the interdependence of sustainability of the environment, human wellbeing, and the development of new public health practices. We aim to mobilise the skills and expertise to address this issue. Earth’s finite natural resources are essential for healing purposes and requests the support from society at large able national, religious, or other interests . With the expanding loss of biodiversity, we must act now to avoid losing new solutions for human-focused problems
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