Amanda Hailes is part of the Hull-based women’s collective An Untold Story – Voices, campaigning for women’s rights and social justice, and is in the Sounddelivery Media Spokesperson Network. Here she writes about her experience of challenging self-limiting beliefs and practices and unlocking the power of lived experience to build her own power.
Zain Hafeez is a Community Organiser and a Team Leader at Citizens UK where he supports asylum seekers, victims of domestic abuse and modern slavery. He possesses more than 10 years of lived experience of going through the asylum and immigration system. He writes on how the current cost of living crisis will further marginalise asylum seekers.
The 1st October marks Stoma Aware Day, this year Steve Arnott from our Spokesperson Network has had a breakthrough around his Stoma of three years and is now campaigning and raising awareness to challenge the stigma that surrounds Stomas. He shares his experience in this guest blog.
The 6th September was a breakthrough day for JENGBA in Parliament, as their bill passed its first reading. But why were they made to leave the public gallery? Jan Cunliffe blogs on their experience.
Samantha Billingham is the founder of SODA. SODA raises awareness, reduces isolation and supports those who have, or who are experiencing domestic abuse. In this guest blog she writes how the reality show Love Island is exposing what unhealthy relationships look like. Samantha is part of our 2022 Spokesperson Network Programme.
Sabrina Jones is the Founder and CEO of a not-for-profit called Say It With Your Chest. Say It With Your Chest exists to empower young people who are at risk of school exclusion or need support with their personal development to overcome obstacles and cultivate happy, positive and fulfilling futures. Sabrina is part of the 2022 Sounddelivery Media Spokesperson Programme, in this guest blog she reflects on the new BBC Three comedy PRU and how it mirrors the reality she sees.
Debs Teale is an advocate of creativity in health following her own remarkable journey. She is a Trustee at the National Centre for Creative Health as well as a member of the Social Prescribing Network and Social Prescribing Academy. Debs is part of the Sounddelivery Media Spokesperson Network Programme and in this blog she shares why she’s supporting the College of Medicine’s #BeyondPills Campaign.
Sharon McPherson, co-founder of Families in Harmony and kinship care expert, writes on how the care review fails to “deep-dive” into practices through the lens of racial equity.
Today we are excited to announce our new cohort of 14 people who will be taking part in our new spokesperson programme for grassroots leaders with lived experience of social injustice and social inequality.
This week marks Neurodiversity Celebration Week which encourages a shift in thinking from the perceived weaknesses and deficits of being neurodivergent, toward the many strengths and positivity that neurodiversity brings. In this guest blog Anne-Marie Douglas, Founder of Peer Power UK blogs on her ADHD diagnosis and what being a neurodivergent charity leader is like.
