Take a moment to listen to this raw, honest and personal conversation between two friends! Ben Lindsay OBE & Guvna B discuss men's mental health, grief, faith, juggling life and the impact these things may have on us...this is not to be missed! #mentalhealthawareness #stayconnected

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Professor Carlene Firmin MBE is an applied social researcher, concerned with safeguarding young people, social justice and inequality at Durham University. Professor Firmin has a particular expertise in social care responses to abuse between young people and ham in extra-familial spaces and places. In 2015 she founded the concept of 'Contextual Safeguarding' to enhance practice and policy in this area. This is her second appearance on PowerTalk. Watch part 1 here: https://youtu.be/SyfSzmHq0Iw

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Professor Robert Beckford is a British academic theologian and currently Professor of Black Theology at The Queen's Foundation and joined the University of Winchester in 2021 as Director of the new Institute of Climate and Social Justice.

Dr Selina Stone is Tutor and Lecturer in Theology at St Mellitus College in London and completed her PhD thesis ‘Holy Spirit, Holy Bodies?: Pentecostalism, Pneumatology and the Politics of Embodiment’ at the University of Birmingham in 2021. Dr Stone’s research and teaching focus on the themes of politics, power and social justice, which she began exploring as a practitioner while working as a community organiser and programme director at the Centre for Theology and Community from 2013-2017.

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Jack Reynolds is Co-Founder and Chief Executive at Football Beyond Borders. FBB works with young people from disadvantaged backgrounds who are disengaged at school, helping them finish school with the skills and grades to make a successful transition into adulthood. They do this by providing long-term, intensive support, built around relationships and young people’s passions, in the classroom and beyond.

PowerTALKs are Short powerful interviews from leading youth violence experts, spreading new ideas and sharing best practice For more information on the work our charity Power The Fight does and to discover how you can help Empower Communities To End Youth Violence please visit www.powerthefight.org.uk

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Jeffrey Boakye is an author, broadcaster, educator and occasional journalist with a particular interest in issues surrounding education, race, masculinity and popular culture.

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Sayce Holmes-Lewis is the Founder & CEO of Mentivity, an inspirational mentoring organisation and alternative educational provision that provides aspirational support for young people, schools, parents and carers across London, Brighton, Kenya and Uganda. Founded in January 2016, Mentivity continues to change the lives of many young people through their adaptable approaches and a proven record of expertise in coaching, mentoring and holistic support for young people.

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Dr Ichechim White is a medical doctor, working as a GP with a specialist interest in adolescent health and lifestyle medicine. She leads a clinic for young people to receive support for their physical, sexual and mental health needs. She believes adolescence is a crucial time for development and that it is imperative for health professions to partner with young people and promote community partnerships, to empower young people and their families to have healthy safe futures.

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Lord Michael John Hastings, Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick CBE is currently the Professor of Leadership at the Stephen R. Covey Leadership Centre at Huntsman Business School, USA & sits on the Concordia Leadership Council. He served as Chancellor of Regent's University London from October 2016 to October 2021. He has been appointed as the current Chair of the SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) Board of Trustees and is an NED at Saxton Bampfylde.

Lord Simon Andrew Woolley, Baron Woolley of Woodford, is a political and equalities activist. He is the founder and director of Operation Black Vote and Trustee of the charity Police Now. Woolley has been a crossbench member of the House of Lords since October 2019, and has been Principal of Homerton College, Cambridge since October 2021. He was chair of the Government of the United Kingdom Race Disparity Unit Advisory Group until July 2020.

Lord Hastings and Lord Woolley talk to Ben Lindsay, CEO/Founder of Power the Fight on a politician's perspective on violence affecting young people.

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Ben Lindsay, Guvna B and Lord Hastings explore what it means to be a ‘father’ and share their experience of fatherhood. Although the biblical language of God as Father can be difficult for some, the idea it presents of a God with an unconditional love for all his children is a powerful one. How do we raise children in light of the murder of George Floyd in America and the subsequent protests and discussions about racism? Ben Lindsay, a Pastor in London, who also runs a charity which works to prevent knife crime will lead the service, and will lead a dialogue around what fatherhood is and hopes for the next generation, especially around fighting against injustice and racism . Guvna B, an award winning grime artist will reflect on losing his father two years ago and becoming a father himself, and Lord Hastings will share his experience of becoming a father figure to young men in prison through his prison ministry.

Reading: Luke 15: 11-23 (The Prodigal Son). Producer: Miriam Williamson

Great is Your Faithfulness – recorded by Marie Bashiru & Terry Tetteh-Martey

We Shall Overcome - London Community Gospel Choir

Good Good Father – Housefires

Revelation 19:1 - Sunday Service Choir

Take My Hand Precious Lord –recorded by Marie Bashiru & Terry Tetteh-Martey

Cast Your Cares - Guvna B

How Great Thou Art - recorded by Ashtyn Michael & Marie Bashiru

Closing music - Revelation 19:1 - Sunday Service Choir

Ellena Valizadeh is Advisory Teacher Children with Physical and Medical Needs at London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Ellena has spent the last 15 years working as a teacher in secondary schools across London. She joins Ben Lindsay to a teacher's perspective on youth violence, knife crime and gangs.

PowerTALKs are Short powerful interviews from leading youth violence experts, spreading new ideas and sharing best practice

For more information on the work our charity Power The Fight does and to discover how you can help Empower Communities To End Youth Violence please visit www.powerthefight.org.uk

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