How exciting!  Thank you to all that made it to our virtual award ceremony -it was soooo much fun!  We welcomed back some of your favourite guests on one of the hottest Sundays of the month!  Joined by David Farmer, Funmi Ogunde and Dr Rebecca, Nikki Green co-hosted this truly amazing event alongside Salihah live via Youtube and Facebook.  Not to worry if you missed it as you can head over to the recording on Spoken World Productions YouTube Channel and laugh along with us as the panel answer questions, play games and toast to our new success!  We are taking a break for the summer and will be back in the autumn with more guests and fresh topics for you, have a great summer!

*There's still time to enter our giveaways!  We have extended our deadline to 23rd August so feast your eyes on some amazing prizes from some fantastic small businesses below. To enter, you must follow each of the small businesses and Spoken World Productions and answer the question for the prize you'd like to win carefully.  Submit your answers via email: [email protected] or DM your answer with your name and email address.  Good luck!*

The Horniman Museum: Take a magical journey through rivers, seas and oceans in the Horniman's highly acclaimed Aquarium. 1 x Horniman museum family ticket (2 adults, 2 children) for entry to the aquarium.  Read about this amazing museum and it's beautiful gardens here

Follow @hornimanmuseumgardens and answer this question: what is the name of the town The Horniman Museum resides in?

Cook and Craft Collective: Jojo has been running baking classes for over ten years, sharing her love of baking and helping people to unleash their creativity. You can win a French macaron workshop with kit when you answer this question: What are the ingredients for a traditional English pancake?

All the follows and submit your answer as explained above!  Read more and follow Cook and Craft Collective here

Mummy and Trainers: Win a set of Mummy and Trainers Day Out Cards by answering this question: Which primary school year group comes before Year 1 and after Nursery in the UK education system?

Nichole Hughes, also known as Mummy and Trainers, is a qualified primary school teacher with 10 years experience. She specialises in Preschool and Reception education. Nichole's aim is to support parents and carers to implement learning through play at home. Read more and follow Mummy and Trainers here.

Hampers From You: A magnificent gift hamper filled with all sorts of wonderful treats! Including: tea, a candle, foot soak and so much more!   Only UK entrants for this, sorry! To win this amazing hamper, answer this question: Spoken World Productions is referred to as a T.I.E organisation, What does T.I.E stand for? 

Hampers From You makes gifts/hampers for all occasions. Wonu, who runs it believes strongly that there is always a reason to give a gift. Based in SW London /Surrey borders, Hampers From You provide gifts across the UK.  Check out their page and follow here

Modara Home sells hand crafted African decor/accessories beautifully made by African artisans and ethically sourced  To win a set of their beautiful wooden spoons, tell us: What award is Spoken World podcast celebrating?  Read more and follow Modara Home

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Thank you for coming back to Spoken World Podcast, if you are new to us-it’s wonderful to have you join us-thank you. We are an award winning podcast that is growing exponentially and we are still so overwhelmed by your support! You may be wondering what the best way to interact with us might be-well wonder no more-we now have a Facebook group! Yes! You can now join our Spoken World Facebook group, share your thoughts on the shows, give us your suggestions of guests and topics-we can’t wait to get to know you, so please click here and connect with us!

Nadene is an Autism mum and advocate for parents/carers in the community. Nadene is mum to Tegan who was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder in 2011, Tegan is now 20 years old and thriving.

When Tegan was diagnosed, Nadene found she could not meet others due to a full-time job and only found information online about the condition. Nadene really wanted to meet others on the same journey as her, after sitting on the idea for a long time Nadene created Voices for Autism. Voices for Autism started as a monthly coffee morning to meet other parents/carer. Now heading into it's 6th year, Voices for Autism is now officially a charity.

In 2021 Nadene wrote a children's book for her son Tegan called Awesome Super-Duper Me. The book is a short story about Tegan and ASD, she wanted to encourage positive conversations around Autism whether you are affected personally or not.

There is so much work to do within the community and beyond surrounding Autism, Nadene is trying to make a difference no matter how small it may be!

Nadene's recommended read is: The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida 

We also refer to The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

 You can learn more about Nadene by visiting her charity at www.voicesforautism.co.uk 

You can reach us on Instagram @spoken_world_productions_t.i.e  and on our new Facebook page!

Come and learn more about our workshops over on our website: www.spokenworldproductions.com

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Thank you for coming back to Spoken World Podcast, if you are new to us-it’s wonderful to have you join us-thank you. We are an award winning podcast that is growing exponentially and we are still so overwhelmed by your support! You may be wondering what the best way to interact with us might be-well wonder no more-we now have a Facebook group! Yes! You can now join our Spoken World Facebook group, share your thoughts on the shows, give us your suggestions of guests and topics-we can’t wait to get to know you, so please click here and connect with us! Today I share my thoughts and experiences on helping children in the field of confidence.  We use a whole host of techniques in our workshops to show children the power they possess and we present as many opportunities as possible for children to build and further develop their confidence. 

How do you encourage confidence in your children daily? We would love to hear! If you would like to read the article I wrote about this topic for Parents in Biz Magazine, click here The book recommendations are: Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall and You Are Awesome by Matthew Syed You can reach us on Instagram @spoken_world_productions_t.i.e  and on our new Facebook page! Come and learn more about our workshops over on our website: www.spokenworldproductions.com P.S- We love it when you subscribe and share!

Thank you for coming back to Spoken World Podcast, if you are new to us-it’s wonderful to have you join us-thank you. We are an award winning podcast that is growing exponentially and we are still so overwhelmed by your support! You may be wondering what the best way to interact with us might be-well wonder no more-we now have a Facebook group! Yes! You can now join our Spoken World Facebook group, share your thoughts on the shows, give us your suggestions of guests and topics-we can’t wait to get to know you, so please click here and connect with us! 

Sally-Anne runs two social enterprises Tea Dance for Little People and Creative Homes. She holds a Masters in Dance Anthropology which inspired the social businesses to explore how creativity, play, dance and music can inspire families to spend time together. Everything Sally-Anne produces from theatre shows to the toilet sailor visiting family homes to support toilet training has the child at its core,  choosing how they want to enjoy and explore and make sense of the world and their place within it. Starting as an arts cafe where parents, children and artists explored ever- changing imaginary worlds together through play, the business is now commissioned by national museums, children’s theatres and festivals such as V&A, Museum of London, Barbican Centre, Polka Theatre, Horniman Museum and British Library,  Creative Homes works deep in the heart of communities Passionate about early intervention, TDLP and  Creative Homes strive to give every child the best start in life.  Having worked with 1000s of families nationally, this month the business celebrates 10 years of providing theatre, events, parties and targeted programmes for vulnerable families. Sally-Anne has gone on to train and consult charities, children’s services, theatres and community services on designing playful solutions, arts and health programmes and campaigns, accessing vulnerable families and innovative impact measurement. 

Sally-Anne is a single mum of two rising teenagers.  She juggles business, making her kids dreams happen and the monotony of the washing up on a daily basis. This makes her very happy. 

Sally's recommended reads are: Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative by Ken Robinson and The Well Balanced Child by Sally Goddard Blythe You can learn more about Sally at tdlp.co.uk and visit her over on Youtube.

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Welcome to episode 9 where we welcome our guest, Lara Oyedele to our first episode as an award winning podcast!  We are so pleased to be able to say we have been named and awarded by Buzzsprout as the Most Innovative Podcast 2021 in the Quill Awards.  What an honour!  We are super glad to have you with us along for the journey of developing this podcast which we hope to continue nourishing for episodes to come.  We love interaction so don't be shy! Sign up to our email list to suggest guests and topics via: [email protected] or send us a DM @spoken_world_productions_t.i.e and keep an eye out for a shiny, exciting Facebook group that we would love you to join!

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Lara is passionate about reducing homelessness and promoting diversity in leadership. Today's topic is not an easy one! We discuss an issue

very close to Lara's heart which is homelessness, we also take a deep dive into what a home means to us all, how immigration is changing in UK

and what we can do to help those less fortunate than ourselves.  We hope you enjoy this episode.

Originally trained as journalist, she has almost 30 years professional experience working in housing associations, local authorities, private

sector management companies and homelessness charities.  A former Housing Association CEO, Lara was the founding Chair of, and

creative force behind, BMENational, the coalition which promotes the role of ethnic minority housing associations in the England. Lara is an

alumni of London School of Economics and Henley Business School and has served on the Board of Southern Housing Group as well as the equality advisory board to the housing regulator. She is currently a trustee of homelessness charity, Hope Housing (Bradford Ltd). Lara runs a training company, manages an extensive buy to let portfolio and is developing an affordable housing company.

Lara's recommended book is ABC Dictionary of Housing by John S. Scott.

Learn more about Lara by heading over to her page Lara Oyedele on Linkedin and @LaraOyedele on Twitter

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Today we meet the amazing Dr Rebecca Olowookere for an educational and intriguing discussion about sleep.  There is so much to learn here and certainly for me, plenty to change!  Please give us your thoughts on what you take away from this discussion. Enjoy! Dr Rebecca is a medical doctor in Family Medicine with a special interest in mental health.  She has worked in mental health for over 10 years and was strategic lead for commissioning mental health in North London for 5 years and a governing board member of Enfield CCG for 3 years.  Dr Rebecca is a quality improvement specialist and designs and implement clinical pathways and workstreams.  She is passionate about mental health and reducing health inequalities and an advocate for equity for mental health. Dr Rebecca is also a School Governor and is a part of the safeguarding committee dealing with the well-being of young people and is a clinical lead for eating disorders in Health London Partnership. Dr Rebecca's recommended read is The Four Pillar Plan by Rangan Chatterjee.  You can learn more about Dr Rebecca and her initiative Black Mental Health UK, over on Linkedin and on Instagram @thementalwellnessdoctor You can reach us on Instagram @spoken_world_productions_t.i.e  Come and learn more about our workshops over on our website: www.spokenworldproductions.com  P.S- We love it when you subscribe and share!

Today we meet Vanessa Wilde, home-schooling mum of three, Vanessa is well versed when it comes to finding her way around  education, she is an ex teacher, a wife to a travel nurse, and a coach for network marketers.  Due to her husband's job, they are currently traveling around the USA, moving every 2-6 months.  Vanessa has integrated their love of traveling and home-schooling to give her children a unique learning experience.   We discuss the stigma over shadowing home -schooling, what it's like travelling so frequently with three young children and the beauty in discovering your child's talents.  Vanessa has a son that is on the Autism spectrum and we discuss his 'super power' and how Vanessa enriches his education by utilising it.  Enjoy! 

Learn more about Vanessa by visiting vanessawildecoaching.com and listen to Vanessa's podcast Simple Marketing for Network Marketers You can reach us on Instagram @spoken_world_productions_t.i.e 

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Andrew Hampton is the Head Teacher at Thorpe Hall School in Southend-on-Sea. He has been teaching for over 35 years, initially qualifying as a Music Teacher. Andrew has been Head at Thorpe Hall School for nearly 14 years with achievements such as Winners of the Whole School Community Initiative of the year AND Highly Commended for Senior School of the year too, Andrew is not short of experience in this field.         His fantastic “Girls on Board” initiative is what we get into today- described as 'an approach that empowers girls in school to navigate the choppy waters of friendships for themselves', there are plenty of lightbulb moments in this episode!

Andrew's recommended reads are Queen Bees and Wannabes as well as Ringleaders and Sidekicks by Rosalind Wiseman.  

Learn more about Andrew by visiting www.girlsonboard.co.uk

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Today we meet Funmi Ogunde, a Lawyer practicing in Lagos, Nigeria, a freelance voice over artist and a Storyteller.

Living proof that an academic and a creative can reside in one being, Funmi describes herself as a story curator and shows us how it's done with her endearing storytelling podcast for children, Goodnight my Darlings.  Tune in on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and all the usual places you enjoy your podcasts to introduce your children to enchanting African folklore that will have you humming along to the catchy Yoruba songs and laughing at the sound effects Funmi creates without any instruments at all.

Born and raised in Nigeria, Funmi holds a Law Degree from the University of Lagos and a Masters Degree from the University of Manchester.   Funmi is married with two children and enjoys cooking and spending time with her family.

Funmi's recommended reads are: When things fall apart by Chinua Achebe and The Lion and the jewel by Wole Soyinka

You can learn more about Funmi over on Instagram @iletakeout

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Naheed Aslam is a craft designer-maker and business owner of a small Leeds based business that practices mindful crafting.  Naheed hosts demonstrations and workshops for private events, children‘s events, community groups and regional art clubs.

In today' s episode we learn how Naheed utilises her creativity to balance a busy career in the legal field, her crafty business Naheed's Sparkles and Fibromyalgia, a chronic pain disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain accompanied by fatigue, sleep, memory and mood issues. 

Naheed's recommended read is: The Mindfulness Companion by Dr Sarah Jane Arnold

You can find out more about Naheed over on Instagram @naheedssparkle and @plasticfreeveganfest as well as Naheedssparkle.com and she is of course over on Facebook at Naheed's Sparkle.

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