Meet the Mancunian Podcast: social impact stories from Manchester

Hello dear listener. Welcome to the fifth season of the Meet the Mancunian podcast: social impact stories from Manchester. I am Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe, your friendly host. It is a privilege and a pleasure for me to interview some of the most inspiring people working in Manchester's social impact sector and feature them on this podcast.

My guests are leaders and worker bees associated as employees, trustees and volunteers with social enterprises, non-profits, and community groups. They share their life stories and passions with you, dear listener. My aim through this podcast is to inspire you and share a bit of good news. My guests tackle serious concerns in Manchester, but most of these are also universal themes resonating in many parts of the globe.

All my guests talk about the power of collaboration and how together we are stronger. They of course expand on their pride in Manchester and Mancunians as well. I hope you enjoy listening to the podcast on Apple, Spotify or Google or any of your favourite podcasting platforms. You can also listen to the podcast episodes and read the transcripts on my website www.meetthemancunian.co.uk

The first episode of the new season features John Galloway from the charity Speed of Sight talking about enabling people of all ages and abilities to experience the excitement of driving. Tune in next Tuesday, 18 April 2023 to listen to the episode.

If you are a new listener, you can log onto www.meetthemancunian.co.uk [http://www.meetthemancunian.co.uk/] to listen to the first 4 seasons of the podcast and read more about my podcasting story. If you are a returning listener, welcome back. Thank you for your support.

I hope you enjoy the new season.

Good morning. Presenting a bonus episode in Season 4 #MeettheMancunian #podcast #mancunian #manchester #lifelessons #advice #community #socialimpact Hosted by Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe (https://www.instagram.com/meetthemancunian/). This special bonus episode is a curation of the life lessons shared by Season 4's inspiring guests. They span the professional and the personal. One of my guests even offers you practical tips for framing an email or a complaint in a more effective way. I hope you enjoy this bonus episode and take away some tips for your life.

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Good morning. Presenting Season 4, Episode 12 of the #MeettheMancunian #podcast #mancunian #manchester #terminallyilladults #grantingwishes #community #socialimpact Hosted by Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe (https://www.instagram.com/meetthemancunian/). This week's Mancunian guest is Susan Roughton, Founder, Purple Heart Wishes (https://www.purpleheartwishes.org/) [https://www.purpleheartwishes.org/]. Purple Heart Wishes grants wishes to terminally ill adults across the UK. The charity invites both volunteers and donors to get in touch with them and have just had Sacha Lord (https://sachalord.com/) become their patron. Sacha Lord is the nighttime economy adviser for Greater Manchester.

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Good morning. Presenting Season 4, Episode 11 of the #MeettheMancunian #podcast #mancunian #manchester #disabledpeople #diversity #community #socialimpact Hosted by Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe (https://www.instagram.com/meetthemancunian/). This week's Mancunian guest is Alex Winstanley. Managing Director, Happy Smiles Training (https://www.happysmilestraining.co.uk/) [https://www.happysmilestraining.co.uk/]. Happy Smiles Training aims to empower disabled people to create positive social change and have delivered disability confidence training to over 10,000 people. Alex has also written a series of children's books called the 'My has' to create awareness about a range of long-term health conditions like dementia, cerebral palsy, and depression. Alex was recognised on the Disability Power 100 list in 2022.

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Good morning. Presenting Season 4, Episode 10 of the #MeettheMancunian #podcast #mancunian #manchester #integration #diversity #community #socialimpact Hosted by Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe (https://www.instagram.com/meetthemancunian/). This week's Mancunian guest is Nidhi Sinha, Trustee, We Stand Together (https://www.westandtogether.org.uk/) [https://www.westandtogether.org.uk/], and Co-ordinator, Sangha Manchester (https://twitter.com/sanghamcr) [https://twitter.com/sanghamcr]. We Stand Together is focused on promoting diversity, challenging hate, and promoting community cohesion. Sangha Manchester is also focused on community cohesion and bringing people together.

Read the episode transcript  at www.meetthemancunian.co.uk

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Good morning. Presenting Season 4, Episode 9 of the #MeettheMancunian #podcast #mancunian #manchester #healthandwellbeing #black #community #socialimpact Hosted by Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe (https://www.instagram.com/meetthemancunian/). This week's Mancunian guest is Charles Kwaku-Odoi, Chief Officer, Caribbean and African Health Network (CAHN) (https://www.cahn.org.uk/). CAHN's vision is to eradicate health disparities for Caribbean and African people within a generation. CAHN supports the health and wellbeing of the Black African community through an intersectional approach to community engagement. They organise weekly webinars, health clinics and advocate for the community to health service providers and the government by sharing lived experiences.

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Good morning. Presenting Season 4, Episode 8 of the #MeettheMancunian #podcast #mancunian #manchester #sustainablefashion #sustainability #community #socialimpact Hosted by Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe (https://www.instagram.com/meetthemancunian/). This week's Mancunian guest is Sarah Revington, Event Co-ordinator, Stitched Up (https://stitchedup.coop/). Stitched Up is focused on inspiring action on sustainable fashion. They have a sustainable clothing hub in Stretford Mall, run workshops on sewing, mending and recycling, and also run campaigns to create awareness on garment worker rights with organisations like Labour Behind the Label (https://labourbehindthelabel.org/).

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Good morning and a very Happy New Year to you. Presenting Season 4, Episode 7 of the #MeettheMancunian #podcast #mancunian #manchester #disabled #diversityandinclusion #community #socialimpact Hosted by Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe (https://www.instagram.com/meetthemancunian/). This week's Mancunian guest is Ben Andrews, Author and Managing Director, Beyond Empower (https://benandrewsinc.com/). Ben is a disability rights advocate writing a children's book series – Better Places (https://www.tinytreebooks.co.uk/shop/p/better-places-nicky-candys-street-ben-andrews). His firm Beyond Empower helps make services offered by institutions and places more accessible, to enable disabled people to lead healthy, active lives (https://beyondempower.co.uk [https://beyondempower.co.uk/]).

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Good morning. Presenting Season 4, Episode 6 of the #MeettheMancunian #podcast #mancunian #manchester #homelessness #community #socialimpact Hosted by Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe (https://www.instagram.com/meetthemancunian/). This week's Mancunian guest is Lauren Rosegreen, Business Development Manager, Invisible Cities (https://invisible-cities.org/). Lauren is also Trustee, Greater Manchester Mayor's Charity (https://gmmayorscharity.org.uk/) and Policy and Influence Manager, MACC (https://macc.org.uk/).

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Over the year, I have met some wonderful #Mancunian guests through hosting the Meet the Mancunian #podcast – all doing some amazing work in #socialimpact or supporting the #community in #Manchester. It's been a very hard task to identify 5 lessons my podcast taught me for my #Christmasspecial. After much reflection, here are my picks. Hope they resonate with you, dear listener.

I would also love to hear from you if my podcast has been of any help with your own dreams and goals. You can reach me on www.meetthemancunian.co.uk [http://www.meetthemancunian.co.uk/] or any of my social media channels.

If you are new to the podcast, please do check out the inspiring guests who have featured through Seasons 1-4. If you are an existing listener, I hope this encourages you to keep listening, and to share the podcast with a friend.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year and wish you amazing new beginnings in 2023.

Thank you to Mahua Roy for the Christmas creatives.

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