Abeer Macintyre shares the story of her career in this episode. As a BBC News Journalist, Abeer went to interview the founder of Mary's Meals, and her conversation with Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow changed the direction of her career, and life for ever.
 A wonderful conversation, in which Abeer acknowledges that some of her decisions where a bit scary, but every one was perfect and led her to the next right place.

Michelle Campbell of BTA joins us for this episode to chat us through her career, both in and out of the third sector. We also learn about what the role of Executive Assistant to the CEO is like, the contribution it is able to make within organisations and how the private sector and charities differ when being in this pivotal role within any team.

This episode welcomes Alan Clayton of Revolutionise - simple truths that spark great change.

Alan's career in the third sector began more than 30 years ago. First as a student and then into fundraising as a career. As he moved through his first few roles Alan recognised that he had a unique talent to help organisations accelerate their fundraising and so began helping charities throughout the world grow. 

This is a great insight into the sector from yet another angle and offers a wealth of experience and wisdom.

In this episode with Iain McWhirter of MS Revive we find out all about his journey into Fundraising and on to becoming CEO in recent months.
This offers great insights into the skills he had built to be ready to lead an organisation.
Iain also shares great stories from his career including raising half a million pounds in three weeks with a bit of a crazy concept that could just as easily have not taken off.

A conversation about the Third Sector from yet another angle as Gemma Branney joins the conversation.
Starting out in Marketing & Comms Gemma found her first job out of University in a charity she had been volunteering for. This allowed her to have a bigger glimpse at the range of roles that exist within Third Sector Organisations and led to a move into Fundraising. Here Gemma finds her place in Corporate Fundraising which she shares much wisdom on. 
Her journey brings us up to her current role, one she had actually dreamed of while studying. 

This episode looks at the Third Sector from another perspective, as we welcome Joette Thomas of Animate Consulting onto the podcast.
Moving to Scotland in the 1990s from the USA Joette's career has always been steeped in the Third Sector and after a number of roles she took her degree in psychology & commitment to helping organisations through change and became a coach. 
As a member of ACOSVO, much of Joette's work is with CEO's and their teams as they tackle adapting their work to the shifting priorities within the sector.

In this conversation with the very new CEO of Judo Scotland we chat about the similarities between Third Sector Organisations & Sporting Organisations.
After a long career in Scottish Curling Judith recognised that her skills and what drives her meant she was perfectly suited to a move over to the Charity Sector.
Lots of insights here from a different perspective which offers real insights into the number of paths into the sector that are available.

Sophie Castell joins us just over two months into her role at Chief Executive of Myeloma UK.

In this episode we take a walk through a really varied career. From starting out as a scientist, Sophie went on to have a significant career in the corporate sector even working for Global brand Coca-Cola in the USA. Upon returning to the UK and getting involved in a charity she felt passionate about Sophie's career took a change of direction into the Third Sector.

As well as chatting through her work roles, Sophie has also prioritised her voluntary work over more than a decade, serving as a Trustee on a number of charities. 

Director of Fundraising at Teenage Cancer Trust, Paul McKenzie shares his career journey in this episode which focuses on the strength of the people you meet in every role you do and what you can learn from them.
Paul chats about the impact of previous leaders he's had and how he now intentionally leads his teams to success. He also recognises the strengths people have and very much believes in working with these and using good communication to ensure his team reach their goals. Also, great reflection on our power to influence those around us, and when you learn how to do this well, the impact it can make. 

A wonderful conversation with Celine Sinclair, CEO of The Yard.
As Celine chats through her career the wisdom she has gathered shines through in this episode of BTA Charity Voices Podcast. As well as sharing her thoughts on having a good framework and the importance of strategic planning we also hear lots of useful insights on team culture. 
Celine believes that how you respond to peoples needs; good support and supervision and being ambitious are all key to creating a team your people want to be a part of.