Alex Rush ‘The Indispensables: Working class heroes of the pandemic’
Alex Rush is a 15-year-old from Rochdale. He believes the media negatively stereotypes young working class lads like him but he’s passionate about mak...
Being The Story
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Being the Story is a new podcast to inspire new ideas, challenge perceptions, and stimulate conversation on the big issues facing society today. This podcast series, recorded in front of a live audience, features thought-proving talks given by individuals who’ve faced life-changing experiences and who are using their experiences to come up with solutions to create social change. Our Being the Story podcast, live events, training and spokespersons network diversify the voices we hear in the media and beyond introducing new voices and perspectives into mainstream conversation. For more information go to www.beingthestory.org.uk
Onjali Rauf ‘The Nightbus Hero’
Onjali is an award-winning children’s author; her debut book The Boy At the Back of the Class won the Blue Peter’s Children’s Book of the Year 2019 an...
Craig Spillane ‘We need to talk about male suicide’
Electrician by day, Craig set up Men Unite one morning in 2019 before work. He wanted to give some friends an outlet to speak and not be judged. Men U...
Nylah Abitimo-Jones ‘Black Lives Matter: What it means to be Young, Gifted & Black in 2020’
7-year-old Nylah had a very memorable experience of lockdown. She performed her poem ‘Black’, inspired by rapper Dave’s song, in front of over 5000 pe...
Dom Raban 'Xploro: filling the hospital information vacuum'
Dom’s 13 year old daughter, Issy, was diagnosed with rare bone cancer in 2011. Issy’s treatment was characterised by two extremes; the fantastic care ...
Marina Cantacuzino 'The Restorative Power of Storytelling'
Marina is an award-winning journalist who responded to the invasion of Iraq, by collecting narratives of people who’ve lived through injustice and tra...
Ric Flo 'Creativity For Change'
East-London based Creative Director and Rapper, Ric Flo uses rap to explore his own experience in foster care and create positive change for young peo...
Simeon Moore and Dylan Duffus 'Dats TV Reshaping Culture'
Simeon Moore and Dylan Duffus were members of rival Birmingham gangs. They were brought together by award-winning filmmaker Penny Woolcock for the doc...
The Geezers 'The Geezer’s Guide to Growing Old'
Life begins at 70 chief geezer Ray says. The Geezers are a group of east-end pensioners changing the way we see ageing, creating local change and brin...
Onjali Rauf 'No Action Too Small'
Onjali has been a self declared feminist from the age of seven, specialising in Women’s Studies at the University of Wales and Oxford University. In 2...