Do Good and Do Well

Bernadette Russell is an author, storyteller and artist. In 2020 she released her new book "How to Be Hopeful: Your Toolkit to Rediscover Hope and Help Create a Kinder World". Bernadette creates art nationally and internationally. She was one of the Southbank Centre's 67 change makers for her project "366 Days Of Kindness".

In this episode we talk about:

• Reinventing when Bernadette lost all her work in 2020
• Different kinds of self care and the joy that can come from self-discovery
• Not having all the answers and saying 'I don't know'
• Being open to receiving and seeing the kindness in the world
• Origin stories and knowing the experiences that drive us
• Whether now is the time to be thinking big or small

Links: Bernadette's website: https://www.bernadetterussell.com/ How to be Hopeful by Bernadette Russell: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4562/9781783965229 Bernadette's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bernadetterussell/ Bernadette's Twitter: https://twitter.com/betterussell Discover Wellness: https://discoverwellness.co.uk/ Love Sober: https://www.lovesober.com/ Playing Big by Tara Mohr: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4562/9780099591528 Scriptorium (Revelation Ashford): https://revelationashford.co.uk/events/the-scriptorium/

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Glyn Fenton is a facilitator and performer with Moving Memory Dance Theatre, which she first joined in her 60s. In the ten years she has been part of the company Glyn has performed with Moving Memory in all sorts of places disrupting stereotypical views of older women through thought provoking, funny and surprising performances.

In this episode, Glyn and I talk about:

• Moving Memory Dance Theatre, how it began and how she got involved
• How being content includes having a big raunchy laugh with supportive and non-judgemental friends
• Going into lockdown the day after a performance and how the company have supported each other and continued to make creative work in a virtual context
• What's next for Moving Memory

Links: Moving Memory Dance Theatre: https://www.movingmemorydance.com/ Sarah Fox website: www.sarahfox.co.uk Do Good and Do Well Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/do.good.do.well

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Tiernan Douieb is a stand-up comedian, writer and podcaster. He is known for using his comedy to sift through serious subjects in the friendliest and funniest manner possible. In the last few years Tiernan has been a regular support act for Frankie Boyle as well as writing on his BBC2 series New World Order. Tiernan writes and hosts the Partly Political Broadcast podcast which was one of the Guardian's Top Ten Political Podcasts of 2018.

In this episode, Sarah and Tiernan talk about:

• How Tiernan created his podcast to make politics more accessible for himself and others and why he wants his comedy to do good
• Risk taking in the act of standing on stage being yourself, and learning not to care about what people think of you
• Building the confidence to be on stage AND do the material you want you do
• Learning to be less competitive and knowing that personal achievement is not a race
• The hardship and silver linings of 2020 and what Tiernen did when he lost a year of work overnight
• How comedy can unite people and be a form of protest
• Learning that you can say yes to the things you want to do and not just do what others expect

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Links: Tiernan's website www.tiernandouieb.co.uk Twitter: https://twitter.com/tiernandouieb Partly Political Broadcast: https://www.partlypoliticalbroadcast.tiernandouieb.co.uk/ Comedy Club for Kids: https://www.comedyclub4kids.co.uk/

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: https://twitter.com/AOC

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After 25 years of recording and touring with Chumbawamba, Boff Whalley started to write for theatre - he has written several touring plays for Red Ladder Theatre and large-scale musicals with residents of two East Leeds estates, working with arts charity Space2. He is currently working with Cardboard Citizens Theatre in London, the Welsh National Opera and with Edinburgh Fringe winner Daniel Bye on a show about running. He has published two books ('Footnote' and 'Run Wild') and has just finished writing a biography of notorious punk fell running champion Gary Devine. He also runs an ever-growing and unruly choir – Commoners Choir – combining his passions for community, music and political activism.

In this episode we talk about: * how the transition from being in a pop band to community arts meant that it wasn't all about performance anymore but process * how running, washing up, crosswords and spending time with our children are all part of stopping and feeling connected * what 2020 has looked like for Boff * the stories 95 year old Boff and 95 year old Sarah would tell * imposter syndrome and standing in our power and having confidence * Commoners Choir, anarchy and collective responsibility * Learning about what you love and don't love and learning to love tea to feel more social and connected with others

Links

Boff's website: http://boffwhalley.com/ Commoners Choir website: http://www.commonerschoir.com/ Commers Choir You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf-C9LGhEcpdhtFrmlDKq4w Malcolm McClaren biography: - https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/do-good-and-do-well Sarah Woods and Welsh National Opera: https://wno.org.uk/profile/sarah-woods Red Ladder Theatre Company/Mother Courage and Her Children: http://www.redladder.co.uk/whatson/mother-courage-children/ Dan Bye/Tiny Heroes: http://www.danielbye.co.uk/tiny-heroes.html# Dan Bye and Boff Whalley: These Hills Are Ours: http://www.danielbye.co.uk/these-hills-are-ours.html Space 2: https://space2.org.uk/ Cardboard Citizens: https://cardboardcitizens.org.uk/

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Christina Peake is a British Bajan visual artist, educator and researcher recently awarded the Turner Contemporary Digital Commission. Her practise is rooted in learning, immersive experience and engagement with the natural world and communities creating new worlds that are as mercurial as the stories that informed them.

In this episode we talk about:

• The need to question, be honest and aware about what it means to 'do good'
• How doing good doesn't make you a superhero
• Pleasure activism and helpers high
• Christina's process and artistic practice
• Understanding and reconnecting with your own community and environment
• Impact on self and family when working as an artist and balancing commissions, parenting and homeschooling
• How our work is a nourishing and energising act
• Christina's values of freedom, adventure and legacy and how that has played out in 2020
• Christina's digital commission with Turner Contemporary - The Sacred Ecologist
• How art and creativity can support mental health and wellbeing
• Climate change and leaving a legacy for our children

Links: Follow Christina on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrisillena/ Christina's website: www.christinapeake.com Women@TheWell: https://watw.org.uk/ Turner Contemporary: https://turnercontemporary.org/news/23/10/2020/turner-contemporary-commissions-3-new-virtual-artworks-that-will-launch-online-this-autumn/ People Dem Collective: https://www.peopledemcollective.com/ UN Climate Change Conference UK 2021: https://ukcop26.org/

If you're making a positive contribution to the world in some way and would like to be part of a supportive network to connect with other changemakers and explore doing good and doing well, join my free Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/do.good.do.well

Sarah Fox: www.sarahfox.co.uk Email Sarah Fox: [email protected]

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Matt Dechaine is a leadership, executive and wellbeing coach, having worked previously as a Headteacher for a school in Kent, and as Deputy Director for Education for a children's charity working between UK and Gujarat in Northern India.

In this episode we talk about:

• How Matt's career has been about trying to make the world a better place, and doing the very best job he can
• The power of creating a coaching space for individuals to talk out loud and be heard
• The importance for coaches to talk out loud and get to know themselves so they can best serve their clients
• Getting to know your values and how we live and demonstrate them
• Discovering purpose
• What Matt would tell his younger self
• How Matt found himself again after feeling displaced and disconnected
• Matt's non negotiables and what he is no longer willing to tolerate
• Our new collaboration together Shaping Perspectives - a six month group and development programme for Headteachers starting February 2021.

Links:

Find Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattdechaine Matt's website: https://www.mattdechaine.com/ Email Matt: [email protected] Shaping Perspective website: https://shapingperspective.com Shaping Perspective email: [email protected] Shaping Perspective Twitter: https://twitter.com/HT_Perspective

If you're making a positive contribution to the world in some way and would like to be part of a supportive network to connect with other changemakers and explore doing good and doing well, join my free Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/do.good.do.well

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Matt Peacock is founder and director of Arts and Homelessness International, which aims to bring positive change to people, projects and policy in homelessness, through creativity.

In this episode we talk about:

• The moment that started Matt's journey as founder of Streetwise Opera
• The impact of 2020 on homelessness and the role arts and creativity plays
• How homelessness services are changing to make sure homeless people are at the forefront of the design and delivery of services
• Finding yourself in a position of social change and social action, taking care of yourself and everyone around you
• Living true to your values as an individual and organisation and listening to your instinct
• How Matt's own experiences of mental health have influenced his work and how he puts building blocks in place to operate in a way that's not detrimental to his health
• Creating a co-produced organisational structure
• How work can create stability where there is chaos
• The impact of lone working and how connection and networks are important
• Care and kindness for others
• Being a leader in co-production within the sector and how leadership will be and look different in the future
• Saying focused and knowing that we won't know everything and to just get started
• Returning to a non-negotiable list when feeling lost and not knowing the next step

Links Arts and Homelessness International: http://www.artshomelessint.com/ Streetwise Opera: https://www.streetwiseopera.org/ Haringey London: https://www.haringey.gov.uk/housing/housing-advice/homelessness Coventry City Council: https://www.coventry.gov.uk/homelessness Coventry City of Culture: https://coventry2021.co.uk/ Crisis: https://www.crisis.org.uk/ Underground Lights: https://undergroundlights.org/about

If you're making a positive contribution to the world in some way and would like to be part of a supportive network to connect with other changemakers and explore doing good and doing well, join my free Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/do.good.do.well

Sarah Fox: www.sarahfox.co.uk Email Sarah Fox: [email protected]

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Do Good and Do Well: How to Be a Changemaker Without Losing Yourself is for creative and social entrepreneurs and leaders who want to make an impact in the world. In this episode host Sarah Fox talks about why she was inspired to create this community and podcast and what you can expect from listening. If you want to show up as your best self and feel inspired to be part of making positive social change in your work and business, listen to this podcast and hear from a whole range of changemakers and leaders.

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