Our Lives, Our Stories with Carl Chinn

Carl Chinn sits down in conversation with Claire Holliday to talk about her life story, motherhood and the power of community. Claire discusses her son Vinnie, who was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, and the campaign she led to fundraise for an accessible classroom at his school.

Trigger warning: This episode contains discussion of childhood illness and the death of a child. Please do take care whilst listening or skip this episode if this could be distressing for you.

If you’d like to find out more and support other young people like Vinnie and their families, you can visit Little Hearts Matter: https://www.lhm.org.uk/. You can also find out more about NHS organ donation here: https://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/.

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Our Lives, Our Stories is a brand new podcast hosted by social historian, Carl Chinn.

Carl will sit down in conversation with a range of guests, from grassroots campaigners to well known names and changemakers, focusing on their personal histories, achievements and the challenges that made them who they are.

The series will also have standalone episodes with Carl providing deep-dives specific areas of social history.

Follow the show on Instagram and TikTok @ourlivespod.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.