The Secret Life of Mothers is a new podcast from Maggie Gordon-Walker at Mothers Uncovered from our Spokesperson Network. In this blog she shares the inspiration behind her new podcast series and why we need to talk about the highs and lows, the ins and outs of becoming a new mother.
Jenny is a domestic worker born in the Philippines. She worked in the government sector but the salary was not enough to feed her family. She left this good job and ventured abroad to work for her family’s future. She is now one of the active members of The Voice of Domestic Workers and was part of our Future Voices Programme partnership. Here she shares her story.
Dareen from The Voice of Domestic Workers tells her story of surviving modern day slavery and how she came to be an active campaigner for fellow survivors. Dareen was part of our Future Voices Network in partnership with The Voice of Domestic Workers.
Today is Anti-Slavery day putting a spotlight on the hidden crime of modern slavery. In this blog Marigold from our Future Voices Programme with The Voice of Domestic Workers writes on how the governments hostile environment policies are making it harder for victims of modern slavery.
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.
It is Fostering Fortnight, The Fostering Network’s annual campaign to raise the profile of fostering and show how foster care transforms lives. Fostering is something close to the heart of Beckie Clark, growing up in foster care from six months old. In this blog she shares her story, and why we need more foster carers.
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.
We’re proud to announce that applications are now open to recruit a new cohort of leaders to take part in sounddelivery’s Spokesperson Network Programme and I’d love you to share it with your networks or if you see yourself in the applicant profile – apply! “Being involved with the Spokesperson Network is an experience IContinue reading “Be part of a movement to put lived experience at the heart of media conversations”
Beth Thomas is the mentoring scheme co-ordinator and Safeguarding Director at Our Place Support in the West Midlands. She is currently studying an MSC in child and adolescent mental wellbeing. She is part of the sounddelivery spokesperson network and in this guest blog she shares why urgent action is needed for children’s mental health in the UK.
Zinthiya Ganeshpanchan is the Founder and CEO of the Zinthiya Trust a charity set up in 2009 aimed at supporting women and families in Leicester and Leicestershire to be free from poverty and abuse. Zinthiya is a member of the sounddelivery media Spokesperson Network and in this guest blog she reflects on the Pandemic’s Impact On Black, Asian And Ethnic Minority Women In Leicester.
