Can We Just Ask

Episode 7 is here and today we come equipped with some lovely stories from the week.

99 year old Tom Moore has raised over £17.5 million for the NHS walking in his garden https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/tomswalkforthenhs

Pivot are supporting young homeless people and have created a special bookmark in the shape of a hug to help their makers build a future makepivot.org

Banksy has been working from home, creating his latest piece in his own bathroom https://www.instagram.com/banksy/?hl=en

A tweet by  twitter.com/sara_rose_g has got #chlamydia trending - but not how you’d expect.

Matt Muir showed his support for the NHS on Strava.

Festival fans can seek a little solace knowing that Glastonbury generators will now be used to support Covid-19 testing centres.

Please keep sending in your good news stories, we are @canwejustask and at www.canwejustask.co

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We are back with episode 6 of “What’s the good news?” bringing a twice-weekly dose of uplifting stories and good news bulletins from our hallway to lockdown wherever you are!

Today we chat about:

Penguin Random House UK is distributing free books to some of the communities most affected by the coronavirus crisis, including families on low incomes and older people facing isolation.

https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/company/news/2020/april/penguin-random-house-uk-distributing-free-books-to-communities-f.html

Joy4All project set up by students of the Ever Active Schools recreational leadership program run by the Calgary Board of Education to share a hotline for Isolated seniors to listen to pre-recorded messages of positivity. Jokes, stories, meditations & educational messages.

https://www.instagram.com/joy4allproject/

TOMS have updated their giving model to offer £1 for every £3 made to their charity partners during this crisis. You can read more about this here

https://www.toms.co.uk/global-giving-fund

Jay’s Pub Quiz, a family friendly online pub quiz has raised over £90k for the NHS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_XoxB9hJ7Y

Please keep sending in your good news stories, and let us know if you're enjoying the show - we are on social media @canwejustask

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Join Annie and Will for a dose of good news in episode 5 of What's The Good News? In today's show, here's the positivity we're sharing:

Zane Powles - Assistant head teacher from Western primary School in Grimsby has been walking 5 miles a day to deliver 76 packed lunches to disadvantaged children from the school. 

Sports commentator Andrew Cotter has been keeping his skills well practiced with his dogs, Olive & Mabel.

After 30 years, the reduction in air pollution and rise in air quality in India has brought the Himalayas bak into view!

Chelsea Flower Show might have been cancelled but you can still get your floral fix.

Love under Lockdown - Jeremy Cohen asked his neighbour in New York out by drone and they have been dating ever since whilst respecting the social distancing laws in Italy. @jeremycohenjeremy

For more good news, head to our instagram page @canwejustask and please leave a rating and a review if you enjoy the show! 

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Episode 4 of Can We Just Ask: What’s the good news?

Join Annie and Will for a dose of good news including:

Face masks adapted to support American Sign Language Users. https://www.gofundme.com/f/reuasble-masks-for-the-deaf-and-hard-of-hearing

A doctor whose adapted his bedside manner with a scan of his own face.

New laws in China to prevent the sale and consumption of wildlife, cats and dogs.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-52131940

More streaming services - including a tour of the Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough and Fleabag on the Soho Theatre's on demand service.

Plus - a dad who cleverly timed exercise to finish his run home at the same time as the clap for our carers.

For more good news, head to our instagram page @canwejustask and please leave a rating and a review if you enjoy the show!

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In episode 3 of Can We Just Ask: What’s the good news? we talk about bear hunts, shoeboxes for postmen, scientific innovations and more streaming of the arts.

Today we are winding down the week with some more positive stories and initiatives that have uplifted us over the past few weeks.

1. People of the Pandemic: An instagram project by Jaz O’Hara of The Worldwide Tribe to champion the unsung heroes of the Covid-19 Pandemic. Find the project on instagram @peopleofthepandemic
2. Former Commonwealth Games Athlete, James Campbell, has put his time in isolation to good use and run a whole 26.2 mile marathon in his 6 metre long back garden. He live streamed the whole thing to raise money for the NHS. You can donate here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/james-campbell0104  #6mgardenmarathon
3. Pai Skincare put their lab and know-how to great use and have developed the Action Spirit hand sanitiser in a matter of days in response to the shortage a few weeks ago. They are now selling these on a 1-for-1 basis. You can buy one here and for every one purchased, another is donated to a NHS frontline worker, care home, homeless charity or beauty bank https://www.paiskincare.com/products/acton-spirit-hand-sanitizer?variant=31626028679255
4. Amazon will be screening films due to be playing at the SXSW film festival. No further details have been released at time of recording but keep an eye out for details and updates.

If you enjoyed the show, please rate and leave us a review, share with your friends and let's continue to spread the good news.

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Tune in for a twice-weekly dose of positive and uplifting news - each episode our hosts, Will & Annie, bring stories from around the world that are lifting spirits and reminding each other of the good going on around us.

In this episode we talk freeing elephants, fighting loneliness with WaveLength, The Great British Sing-Along, Re-wilding and how to watch plays from the National Theatre Stage in your own living room.

You can find out about the initiatives we shared here:

Wave Length https://wavelength.org.uk/

BBC Sing-along https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52090318

Heal Rewilding https://www.healrewilding.org.uk/

National Theatre At Home https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/nt-at-home?queueittoken=e_safetyevent25mar20~q_169b09e1-a37b-4d27-bcac-f28dcbb4c0ad~ts_1585640643~ce_true~rt_safetynet~h_afeca701440f2adca73ec1d6911738c8a377d69e6d5d2815180f2cb22701c49d

If you enjoyed the show, please rate and leave us a review, share with your friends and let's continue to spread the good news.

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Can We Just Ask: What's the good news?

The world has been turned upside down, it can be quite difficult to take and really hard to manage some days. So instead of continuing the same conversations that we hear on the news every day, we've decided to create our own positive news bulletin. Every Tuesday and Friday we'll bring 2 stories or initiatives each that we've come across to the show, to hopefully shine some light in the darkness.

Whether it's businesses adapting to help those in need, new charities popping up or just people helping to spread joy - we hope our 10-15 minute episodes can bring you some happiness every week.

This is the first episode of What's the good news? and today, we're talking about an acai business who found themselves with a little bit too much acai, a charity helping children get nutritious school meals from home, Help the Elderly - a charity helping the most vulnerable people in society, and a car business lending their fleet to some tired bums.

For more info on each of the stories we mentioned, you can find them here or sign up to our newsletter.

Grow Wild Acai: https://growildacai.co.uk/

Chefs in Schools: https://www.chefsinschools.org.uk/

Help the Elderly: https://www.helptheelderly.org/

Virtuo: https://www.govirtuo.com/uk

For more, please head to our website www

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It's the final episode of season 1! We are so grateful to each of every one of you who has listened, sent us questions or come to an event. In episode 10, CWJA hosts Annie Clarke and Will Clempner discuss the over-arching question of How can we stand for a better tomorrow? The theme of the whole season has been focussed on inspiring change, and we look back over the panel discussions and interviews from the previous 9 episodes to hopefully do exactly that.

Annie and Will share their own thoughts on the panel discussions on masculinity, gender equality, activist and social enterprise and also give a little hint about what might be to come in Season 2.

TOMS have been our partner for the whole series, and we can't thank them enough for their support.

If you want to send us a question or topic for next season, you can get in touch with us on instagram or on our website www.canwejustask.co

We hope you enjoy listening and we'll be back in 2020!

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This episode of the Can We Just Ask Podcast in partnership with TOMS was recorded live, with a panel of four guests. This the second of our episodes on activism, and the focus of the discussion is on the question - Can Anyone Be An Activist? with questions from our audience as well as CWJA hosts Annie Clarke and Will Clempner.

The panel includes activist and writer Gina Martin, documentary photographer and filmmaker Alice Aedy, presenter and broadcaster Richie Brave and Deputy CEO of The Diana Award - Alex Holmes.

We discuss the challenges activists face, where people can start when wanting to create change, what the role of government is and ultimately - whether everyone can and should be an activist.

We're very proud that all of the proceeds from this event went to our charity partner The Mix, and all of the tickets were sold via ethical ticket platform Ticketpass HQ.

This is the final live panel discussion of season 1, we will be back in 2020 for season 2 and you can find more information on our website www.canwejustask.co

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In this episode we chat to Thais and Angelina from Gucci Gang, a collective of Parisian creatives who have started Safe Place - an online community to support women with the aim of changing the gender conversation entirely. Their work involves allowing women a safe space in which to talk and to ultimately create change - which brings us onto the wider conversation of how groups of individuals can actually make a difference?

This is the first of two episodes that will dive into the topic of activism, with the next one being a live panel discussion on November 20th in London.

Angelina, Thais, Annie and Will share personal stories that explore why the world of activism is changing, how we ensure we don't put people off by the large-scale, media grabbing headlines of spokesperson-led activism and ultimately ask, can small voices ever make a big enough difference?

If you are affected by anything discussed in this episode, please speak to a professional. We are not experts, and everything we talk about is from personal experience. Our charity partner for the series is The Mix UK, who provide essential support for Under 25 year olds, and would be a good place to start if you want someone to talk to.

TOMS, our partner for the episode, are also partnering with Gucci Gang to bring Safe Place events to women in Paris, allowing them to build communities, share and grow as a movement.

This episode was recorded at L'Orangerie Studio in Paris.

Our next panel, which will be recorded as Can We Just Ask episode 9, is entitled 'Why are women still paying for their sex?' on November 20th. For tickets visit https://ticketpass.org/event/EQRFKX

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