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.
The Sounddelivery Media Spokesperson Network has become the backbone of our charity’s work and supporting other charities and organisations to develop their own networks of leaders with direct experience of social injustice is key to our mission. That’s why we are excited to announce a collaboration with The Voices of Domestic Workers to develop theirContinue reading “Introducing The Voice of Domestic Workers Future Voices Programme “
Chloe Juliette started out in community arts alongside government co-production projects focused on developing social care policy. She is now a qualitative research and engagement practitioner, enabling the public and service users to feed into policy decisions. She is a passionate and active member of the care experienced community, having recently facilitated the CEP young people’s network and is a member of sounddelivery media’s Spokesperson Network. In this guest piece she blogs on why you should care about care.
Jazz Moreton is an interdisciplinary artist who has multiple disabilities as a result of surviving a stroke as a teenager, and a passion for activism and equality. She strives to use her enthusiasm for the Arts to create work that has the power to ignite action and discourse around the many inequalities that people with disabilities endure on a daily basis. This International Stammering Awareness Day #ISAD2021 she blogs on why there is #NoDiversityWithoutDisfluency in the voices we hear in the media.
Debs Teale is an advocate of creativity in health following her own remarkable journey. She advocates creativity as an additional service to improve wellbeing and offering hope and aspiration. She has completed a MSc in mental health recovery and social Inclusion and 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 our sounddelivery media Spokesperson Network Programme. In this guest blog she shares how social prescribing gave her back her life.
Donna Weaver is the proud kinship carer of three, and Director of the not-for-profit Kinship Carers UK. Donna is generating awareness and seeking change for future kinship carers. Donna is a member of the sounddelivery media spokesperson network. In this guest blog she share her experiences becoming a kinship carer, and asks why so many kinship carers go under the radar, unsupported.
Chantal Hughes is the Chief Executive of Hampton Trust who deliver frontline services tackling root causes of domestic abuse with specialist early intervention and rehabilitative programmes for adult offenders and young people in a range of settings. In this guest blog she shares her experience of working with a production company to contribute to the documentary Ian Wright:Home Truths, giving her advice to other charities.
New comedy BBC Three pilot PRU shines a light on an often misunderstood world. Where kids kicked out from mainstream school get the chance to turn things around. In this guest blog Exec Producer Leah Henry shares how Fully Focused came to make the pilot and why TV and Film need to listen to young voices.
Being the Story Live is our immersive storytelling event providing a platform for people who don’t normally have one, to inspire new ideas, challenge perceptions, and stimulate conversation on issues. Think social sector meets TedTalks. sounddelivery hosted our very first online edition of Being the Story live on the theme of ‘Life in Lockdown’. At BeingContinue reading “Onjali Rauf ‘The Night Bus Hero’”
