In this latest episode of your Baba Meets...Podcast we catch up with writer, playwright and co-founder of Claybody theater Deb McAndrew as she talks to us about life in lockdown running a theater company and looks forward to the release of the company's latest production Greewood Dreams: The Silver Arrow, which is taking place at Stoke Minster at the end of June. 🎭

In this month's episode of Baba Meets...we catch up with Journal therapy practitioner Helen Dalley who after working for many years as a journalist in Hong Kong, returned to Staffordshire and a change of working scenery, retraining in journal therapy and then helping others in supporting their own mental well being. She speaks with Adam Gratton in this episode of the #babatastic #local #community #podcast

Welcome to Baba Meets...Extra! A monthly podcast where you can tune in to hear Baba Baboon's Sonya Farrall & Adam Gratton take a relaxed look at what's going on in and around the communities of #Stoke-on-Trent and #Staffordshire and delve into what they and the rest of Baba Baboon have been, and are, up to. 🎙🎧🥳 #local #community #podcast #localbusiness

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In this episode of Baba Meets... we catch up with, co-founder of the Stoke-on-Trent based Affordable Foods, Duane Barrett.  Among their many social and charitable initiatives Affordable Foods support the local residents and community through opening up access to food at an affordable price. 

In this month's episode of Baba meets...we catch up with Teri Elder the founder of, community Interest Company, WalK Talk Action. Set up following her own journey and struggles with mental health Teri has created a support network based around helping people with their mental health through getting  each person outside in the fresh air of Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire. 

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In this month's episode of Baba meets...we catch up with Stoke-on-Trent Life Coach Darren Brookes as he talks about his own career journey, along with the challenges he's faced as well as those of the past year. He also reveals how he is supporting people to realise, set and achieve their own aspirations, plus he gives us the lowdown on his work with Alice Charity in supporting dad's, and also gives an insight into his forthcoming new book.

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In this first episode of Baba meets...we catch up with community champion for the Stoke-on-Trent town of Fenton, Alan Gerrard, a lead for the Lidice Lives campaign. Here he chats to us about the history and inspiration behind the campaign, to remember the atrocities which befell the Czechoslovakian village of Lidice at the hands of the Nazi regime, during WW2, and the current multi-national project to create a memorial garden here in Stoke-on-Trent. 

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