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This episode of the Creative Community Podcast is part of the ‘Your Voice, Your Story’ series for Black History Month. Akeisha, our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Development Lead, is interviewing Black staff members and people we support to learn more about their culture, heritage, traditions and lives.

This is part two of our episode with Mawda, a training administrator at Creative Support. She discusses the challenges of colourism, what it means to be perceived as Black, and shares anecdotes from her Libyan heritage about language and music.

Music credit: TuesdayNight from Pixabay

This episode of the Creative Community Podcast is part of the ‘Your Voice, Your Story’ series for Black History Month. Akeisha, our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Development Lead, is interviewing Black staff members and people we support to learn more about their culture, heritage, traditions and lives. In this episode we have Mawda, a training administrator at Creative Support. She discusses her Libyan heritage and some of the traditions, values and norms she’s grown up with.

Music credit: TuesdayNight from Pixabay

Listen to our latest magazine all about our Creative Support community! This is our 40th edition of Creative Life, and the theme is all about ‘Inspiring Ideas’, including stories about the hobbies and passions of the people we support. 

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Welcome to Creative Community, Creative Support's brand new podcast! Each episode we will visit a member of our Creative community from our services around the country. Our first episode features Sheila, a resident at the Laurels Care Home in Carlisle, who spoke to us about the fascinating local history of the town.

If you would like to take part in future episodes of the Creative Community Podcast, please email us at [email protected]

Music credit: Sergii Pavkin from Pixabay