Episodes

  • Fearless Voices - From care to where?
    Apr 22 2021

    Alison Alexander has lived and breathed the care system her whole life.

    Now Strategic Director of Antser, she helps to deliver transformational solutions to the health, education and care sectors. In this podcast she explains how her background has shaped her current role, and what she thinks needs to change before we see a fearless future for all.

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    38 mins
  • Fearless Voices - Let's talk about mental health
    Apr 12 2021

    How do you feel when you hear the words 'mental health'?

     

    In this episode of Fearless Voices we chat to Leanne Stant Head of Mental Health at TalkOut. Leanne drives initiatives to support mental wellbeing in the workplace. We discuss our own journeys with mental health, and how we can move from being fearful of ill mental health, to feeling empowered.

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    45 mins
  • Fearless Voices - Would you start a new business in a global pandemic?
    Apr 1 2021

    Would you start a new business in the middle of a global pandemic?

     

    Greg and Jill Hartigan did. In this Fearless Voices podcast Bryony Morris chats to them about the driving ambition to launch into a new career, when others may be expecting them to wind down.

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    32 mins
  • Fearless Voices - AI and the future of healthcare
    Mar 19 2021

    This year we have seen huge changes in the healthcare sector, with scientists and drugs companies pushed to deliver a successful COVID vaccine. In this episode of Fearless Voices we speak to Loubna Bouarfa, the founder and CEO of OKRA Technologies, on the future of the healthcare sector and how AI can help.

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    Less than 1 minute
  • Fearless Voices meets Pink Palace: An LGBTQ+ History Month Special
    Mar 4 2021

    In this Pink Palace Fearless Voices special for LGBTQ+ History month, host Shane Sidaway meets Key Assets CEO Steve Jacques, Martin James Group Head of Sales Ledger Sharon Burch, and Birmingham based photographer Kate Green.

    Together they chat about growing up gay, being open in the workplace, and fostering and adoption as an LGBT family. They also discuss the importance of representation in the media and what has changed from Brookside to It's A Sin.

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Fearless Voices - Unpacking inequality on Zero Discrimination Day
    Mar 1 2021

    Every year on 1 March, UNAIDS highlights the urgent need to take action to end the inequalities that continue to persist around the world.

    In this powerful episode for Zero Discrimination Day, Eleanor Covell from the Martin James Foundation’s EPIC Youth programme, and Cliff Faulder from AboutFace share personal experiences where they have faced discrimination. 

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    50 mins
  • Fearless Voices - Using fear to drive social change
    Feb 18 2021

    In Episode Two of Fearless Voices, Richard Morcombe CEO of UK Fire Training talks about using fear as a motivator to create social positive outcomes.

    He also discusses how he overcame a personal obstacle by changing his way of thinking, and how he hasn't let it hold him back throughout his career.

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    50 mins
  • Fearless Voices - Cancer in times of COVID
    Feb 4 2021

    In this first Fearless Voices podcast, Bryony Morris chats to The Martin James Network's Teresa Cotton. In March 2020 Teresa was diagnosed with breast cancer.

    In this emotional episode, they talk about facing the ultimate fear during a global pandemic, and finding a support network that works for you.

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    33 mins