To mark Disability History Month 2024, host Gina Patel within her network chair role presented NHS England's Disability and Wellbeing Network (DaWN) 'in the style of TEDx' event featuring three members of the network sharing their story.

Emily Steventon, Katie Frankland and Marie Ahern.

Emily's ‘Invisible No More: Creating Community through Understanding’ explores how her lived experience with a hidden disability feels often isolated but through learning about the power of vulnerability and sharing her story has led to her building understanding and empathy within the disability community.

Katie's ‘Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole’ shares how her assistance dog created a community for her and her achievements to date.

Marie's ‘Leaning in - hurt and healing in community’ explores how she embarked on a personal journey with her dyslexia whilst managing Rejection Sensitive Dysmorphia (RSD) and whilst she values community, she will share the difficulties and challenges she faces in participation and her approaches she takes to overcome the barrier.

For Transgender Day of Remembrance, our host Gina Patel talks to Kara Bridgman on the importance of the day to her and how we can become allies to the trans community.

Host Gina Patel talks to Scott Whitney about his charity All4Inclusion, his perspective on life on the disability community before he had a disability and his life now and the work of Tanni-Gray Thompson and Sophie Morgan.

Following the recent success of our host Gina Patel winning the Diversity category at the Rising Star Awards, organised by the highly esteemed WeAreTheCity, Gina Interviews 2024 winner Leah Brooks in Healthcare about her journey and future aspirations.


 TEDxWolverhampton 2021 ‘Disability and Ambitions’ https://youtu.be/wPRGQjbd9KM?si=68gjZSxiYXyAhVcQ

To find out more about the Rising Stars, please check out the links: 
 Rising Star https://wearethecity-risingstars.com/rising-star-awards-winners-ceremony-2024/


 If you need talk, you can reach the following charities: Mind support line Call Mind's support line on 0300 102 1234 Open 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday (except bank holidays).

Samaritans

Contact Samaritans 24 hours a day, 365 days a year: Call 116 123 (free from any phone) Call the Samaritans Welsh Language Line on 0808 1640123 (7pm–11pm every day) Email [email protected]  Visit some branches in person.

SANEline Call SANEline on 0300 304 7000 (4.30pm–10pm every day).

National Suicide Prevention Helpline UK Call the National Suicide Prevention Helpline UK on 0800 689 5652 (6pm to midnight every day).

Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM)  Call the CALM on 0800 58 58 58 (5pm–midnight every day) if you're affected by suicide or suicidal thoughts. Or if you prefer not to speak on the phone, you could try the CALM webchat service.

Shout  Text SHOUT to 85258. Shout offers a confidential 24/7 text service.

Papyrus HOPELINEUK If you're under 35 and struggling with suicidal feelings,or concerned about a young person who might be struggling, you can call Papyrus HOPELINEUK on 0800 068 4141 (24 hours, 7 days a week),email [email protected] or text 07786 209 697.

Nightline  If you're a student, you can look on the Nightlinewebsite to see if your university or college offers a night-time listening service. Nightline phone operators are all students too. Switchboard  If you identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender,you can call Switchboard on 0300 330 0630 (10am–10pm every day), email [email protected] or use their webchat service. Phone operators all identify as LGBT+. C.A.L.L. If you live in Wales, you can call the Community Advice and Listening Service(C.A.L.L.) on 0800 132 737(open 24/7) or you can text 'help'followed by a question to 81066. 
 


Following the recent success of our host Gina Patel winning the Diversity category at the Rising Star Awards, organised by the highly esteemed WeAreTheCity, Gina Interviews 2022 winner in Technology as well as Women in Tech 100 Awards by WeAreTechWomen about her journey and futureaspirations.  

To find out more about the Rising Stars or WomeninTech100, please check out the links:

Rising Star  

https://wearethecity-risingstars.com/rising-star-awards-winners-ceremony-2024/

WomeninTech100

wearetechwomen.com/tw100-women-in-tech-awards

If you need talk, you can reach the following charities:

Mind support line

Call Mind's support line on 0300 102 1234 Open 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday (except bank holidays).

Samaritans

Contact Samaritans 24 hours a day, 365 days a year:

Call 116 123 (free from any phone)

Call the Samaritans Welsh Language Line on 0808 1640123 (7pm–11pm every day)

Email [email protected] 

Visit some branches in person

SANEline

Call SANEline on 0300 304 7000 (4.30pm–10pm every day).

National Suicide Prevention Helpline UK

Call the National Suicide Prevention Helpline UK on 0800 689 5652 (6pm to midnight every day).

Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) 

Call the CALM on 0800 58 58 58 (5pm–midnight every day) if you're affected by suicide or suicidal thoughts. Or if you prefer not to speakon the phone, you could try the CALM webchat service.

Shout 

Text SHOUT to 85258. Shout offers a confidential 24/7 text service.

Papyrus HOPELINEUK

If you're under 35 and struggling with suicidal feelings,or concerned about a young person who might be struggling, you can call Papyrus HOPELINEUK on 0800 068 4141 (24 hours, 7 days a week),email [email protected] or text 07786 209 697.

Nightline 

If you're a student, you can look on the Nightlinewebsite to see if your university or college offers a night-time listening service. Nightline phone operators are all students too.

Switchboard 

If you identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender,you can call Switchboard on 0300 330 0630 (10am–10pm every day), email [email protected] oruse their webchat service. Phone operators all identify as LGBT+.

C.A.L.L.

If you live in Wales, you can call the Community Advice and Listening Service(C.A.L.L.) on 0800 132 737(open 24/7) or you can text 'help'followed by a question to 81066.

Our host Gina talks to a disability advocate Ciara Lawrence about her lived experience as a person with a learning disability, her work at Mencap, her media appearance in Lorraine and her own podcast for Disability Pride Month.

Lorraine interview:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9uUtR_VWUA

Ciara's Pink Sparkle Pod Podcast:https://open.spotify.com/show/33Bz9WPOgooHXPhXhCq9EC?si=da2ba751232d4b55

This is the second episode out of two focusing on Pride Month, here our host Gina Patel talks to Sophie Molly.

Marking Loneliness Awareness Week talks to Caroline Keep sharing advice on making adult friendships, the impact of our host’s interview in the national media last year on loneliness and the role the media has.