Alchemy Arts Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Welcome to the latest instalment of our Salford TEK Eagles COVID-19 special, funded by the NHS Salford Clinical Commissioning Group and supported by Salford City Council / Salford CVS.
Today’s episode sees Rabbi Daniel Walker from Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation discuss the importance of taking the vaccine to protect yourself and those around you.
To watch or listen to more Alchemy TV productions, please visit: https://www.alchemyarts.co.uk/alchemy-tv/
Welcome to the second instalment of our Salford TEK Eagles COVID-19 special, funded by the NHS Salford Clinical Commissioning Group and supported by Salford City Council / Salford CVS.
Today’s episode involves a sit-down Q&A with Dr Girish Patel, GP at The Sides Medical Centre, to answer some of your questions about the coronavirus.
To watch or listen to more Alchemy TV productions, please visit: https://www.alchemyarts.co.uk/alchemy-tv/
Welcome to the final episode of Colours of COVID, the Alchemy Arts series focusing on mental health, wellbeing and creativity during the Coronavirus pandemic.
For those interested in the science and strategy behind controlling a virus, Dr Samia Latif, Consultant in Communicable Disease Control at Public Health England, will be talking about how a country deals with a pandemic, and whether the ‘new normal’ is here to stay.
Welcome to episode number five of Colours of COVID, the Alchemy Arts series focusing on mental health, wellbeing and creativity during the Coronavirus pandemic.
There has been a huge spike in the popularity of podcasts over recent months, and the ability to conduct these in a remote capacity has encouraged many to start podcasts of their own.
We will be speaking to Mark Heads, co-founder of the popular fact-based ‘Baffled’ podcast, to learn a little more about what it takes to make a great podcast.
Welcome to episode number four of Colours of COVID, the Alchemy Arts series focusing on mental health, wellbeing and creativity during the Coronavirus pandemic.
We will be taking a closer look at the idea of art therapy, and the benefits it can bring. To do this, we are joined by Olatunde Spence, leading Art Psychotherapist and Trauma Therapist for Akoma Healing H’Arts.
Staying fit and healthy during lockdown has been a big obstacle for many people, with gyms and health clubs closed for several months during 2020.
In episode 3 of Colours of COVID, we speak with Manchester-based personal trainer Saf Adam Ashraf to find out the best ways of staying physically and mentally fit during these uncertain times.
COVID-19 has had a huge impact on the music scene over the last few months, with gigs and festivals cancelled across the world.
To look at the impact of the virus on musicians, Matt McClenan, lead vocalist for up-and-coming Manchester-based Indie Rock band Kaleiders, joins us for episode 2 of Colours of COVID as he talks about his experiences.
Welcome to the very first episode of Colours of COVID!
Funded by Arts Council England, the Colours of COVID series will focus on mental health, wellbeing and creativity during the Coronavirus pandemic.
By delving deeper into some of the biggest issues and opportunities caused by COVID-19, we hope to encourage some of you to become creative as a result of the pandemic, but also make you better educated about the situation we currently face.
Today, Zulfigar Khan, CEO of Great Health Care and the first confirmed COVID-19 survivor in the Midlands, will be discussing his experiences of contracting the virus.
Welcome to the first instalment of our Salford TEK Eagles COVID-19 special, funded by the NHS Salford Clinical Commissioning Group, and supported by Salford City Council / Salford CVS.
Today's episode looks at what Coronavirus is, and what you can do to minimise your risk of exposure.
We would like to place on record our thanks to the following contributors:
Sheikh Maruf Ahmad: Imam of Eccles Mosque
Sandy Koujou: Community Engagement Lead at the Caribbean & African Health Network (CAHN)
Dr Muna Abdel Aziz: Director of Public Health for Salford
Amira Taha: Public Health Engagement & Inclusion Lead
Charles Kwaku-Odoi: Chief Officer at the Caribbean & African Health Network (CAHN)
To watch or listen to more Alchemy TV productions, please visit https://www.alchemyarts.co.uk/alchemy-tv/
Adil Mohammed Javed is an Actor, Writer and the founder of Alchemy Arts. Adil opens up about his personal struggles with mental health, the people around him that came to him for support, and the work that he is doing to provide a platform for people that are suffering with mental health issues in the community.
Hussain is an activist for South Asian and minority representation in the LGBT community. He describes himself as being part of a minority within a minority, and he has also struggled with mental health issues himself. He wanted to share his story, his concerns with how mental health is treated within the South Asian community he grew up in, and how he is hoping to be part of the change by speaking out and adding transparency to the issues.
Rezwana Akhtar is a pharmacy student and second generation Bangladeshi who suffered with depression during 2012 and 2013. She has chosen to speak out about her experiences with mental health issues, in order to generate discussion on the topic, and to advocate the need for more specialised platforms for South Asians to have their voices heard without feeling stigmatised.
Shahid Latif is a Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Director for Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. His varied roles include school governor and weekly radio anchor for a medical programme on LRB Digital radio from June 2017 until June 2018, occasionally hosting a medical programme on Ramadan Radio on Leicester occasionally. Shahid has worked for the BME groups for more than 10 years and completed qualitative research projects for the minority groups particularly within the Muslim population where he worked on the overlap between cultural beliefs and mental health problems, also publishing papers in this area and presenting at conferences and hosting free workshops within communities. In addition he’s been a regular feature on multi-ethnic television channels and radio stations including BBC Asian Network on their panel of experts providing awareness and understanding of mental health conditions of the minority groups.
Afzal Khan is the Labour Member of Parliament for Manchester Gorton. He is the Shadow minister for immigration and is a former mayor of Manchester. Afzal came to the UK from Pakistan as a young boy and has chosen to speak about mental health in order to fulfil his role as a representative for his constituents and to raise awareness about this issue in the British South Asian community.
Hadar Zaman is chief pharmacist for a mental health service provider called Alternative Futures, located in the North West of England. He is also a senior lecturer in Pharmacy Practice at the University of Bradford, and wanted to share his knowledge on the topic of mental health.
Welcome to the first-ever episode of the TEK Eagles Podcast, one of the creative outcomes developed in partnership with Fatima Women’s Association. The TEK Eagles programme was funded by Ambition for Ageing as part of the community media subculture programme. Alchemy Arts is a media and arts organization that works broadly with the BAME (Black, Asian and minority ethnic) Community across greater Manchester.