This week Justine is joined by Brian Gilvary, former Chief Financial Officer at bp.

They talk how levelling up Britain really relies on businesses understanding the opportunity gap and having a plan for how they can help close it.

Justine talks to Lord Bird. Growing up in a London he credits the prison system with teaching him the basic skills of reading and writing. In 1991 he co-founded the Big Issue which has been a life changing support for our country’s most vulnerable and in 2018 we got together to create the Social Mobility Pledge.

Still today his enthusiasm and passion for fighting injustices is as strong as ever. They talk about the current lockdown and how it offers the chance to turn a corner on homelessness.

This week Justine talks to Dominic Arnall from Just like us the schools LGBT+ charity.

They talk School Diversity Week, coming out and where the LGBTQ+ movement goes next.

This week Justine talks to Professor Toby Wilkinson, Deputy Vice Chancellor at the University of Lincoln. Toby is responsible for the university’s work with outside organisations including the Social Mobility Pledge.

They talk lockdown, the effect that all of this is having on students and the work that the university has been doing to boost social mobility in Holbeach in Lincolnshire.

This week Justine talks to Professor Toby Wilkinson, Deputy Vice Chancellor at the University of Lincoln. Toby is responsible for the university’s work with outside organisations including the Social Mobility Pledge.

They talk lockdown, the effect that all of this is having on students and the work that the university has been doing to boost social mobility in Holbeach in Lincolnshire.

Justine talks to Lord Bird. Growing up in a London he credits the prison system with teaching him the basic skills of reading and writing. In 1991 he co-founded the Big Issue which has been a life changing support for our country’s most vulnerable and in 2018 we got together to create the Social Mobility Pledge.

Still today his enthusiasm and passion for fighting injustices is as strong as ever. We talk about the current lockdown and how it offers the chance to turn a corner on homelessness.

Justine talks to Lord Bird. Growing up in a London he credits the prison system with teaching him the basic skills of reading and writing. In 1991 he co-founded the Big Issue which has been a life changing support for our country’s most vulnerable and in 2018 we got together to create the Social Mobility Pledge.

Still today his enthusiasm and passion for fighting injustices is as strong as ever. We talk about the current lockdown and how it offers the chance to turn a corner on homelessness.

Justine talks to ITV’s Paul Brand. Paul grew up in Bridgend and went to his local comprehensive which started a journey to the very top of his industry. Now as a lead political correspondent at ITV news he offers a unique insight into the current Coronavirus outbreak. They talk raising aspirations at a young age, being true to yourself and the power that being different has.

Justine talks to ITV’s Paul Brand. Paul grew up in Bridgend and went to his local comprehensive which started a journey to the very top of his industry. Now as a lead political correspondent at ITV news he offers a unique insight into the current Coronavirus outbreak. We talk raising aspirations at a young age, being true to yourself and the power that being different has.

Justine talks to Sandra Wallace. She grew up in Birmingham, and set her sights on a career in law, a profession that’s harder than most to crack into and has struggled for a long time to be genuinely diverse in inclusive. She rose - so far - to be Managing Director of the UK and Europe in one of the world’s biggest law firms DLA Piper. Rated as one of the top 100 most influential black people in Britain in the Powerlist 2020 -  we talk Imposter syndrome, resilience, advice for her younger self.