Taking The Dis!

By The Knights Foundation

Taking The Dis! is a podcast from The Knights Foundation Youth Ambassadors - who share their stories of living life with a disability. Expect openness, harsh truths and more than a splattering of humo... more

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The podcast currently has 29 episodes available.

Taking The Dis! episodes:

April 30, 2025 Olivia Gallagher: Pushing For Paralympic Glory
Paralympic hopeful Olivia Gallagher joins the team to talk about how she is setting her sights on a place at LA 2028. After overcoming a number of setbacks, Olivia has changed her sport in order to give herself a better chance of competing on the biggest stage. Olivia shares stories of the battles she has faced and talks about her determination to make workplaces more inclusive.
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21min
March 20, 2025 Making Money Make Sense: MyBnk Share Top Tips
Pensions, savings and interest rates are all things we need to understand, but are rarely taught about them in school. As the Taking The Dis! team head towards independence, they quiz the team from MyBnk about all things finance in this episode. Their finance habits are analysed and they start to question the decision they make with money!
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40min
February 20, 2025 George Dowell: Meeting Royalty, Documentary Stardom and Worthing FC's Football League Dream | Part 2
Join us for Part 2 of our chat with Worthing FC owner George Dowell, who shares his hopes for the future of the football club he saved. George also talks about what it was like to have a documentary made about his life and relives the special moment when he was awarded an MBE by Princess Anne at Windsor Castle.
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18min
February 06, 2025 George Dowell: A Life-Changing Accident Saved My Local Football Club | Part 1
Worthing FC owner George Dowell joins us to share his incredible story of how a life-changing accident led to him saving his local football club. George also opens up on family life, becoming a reality TV star on The Undateables, having a documentary (The Club That George Built) made about him and being awarded an MBE.

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25min
January 16, 2025 Developing Meaningful Opportunities: Reach Social Enterprises
Reach Social Enterprises has the objective of offering people with a learning and/or physical disability the opportunity to engage in meaningful activities and projects following social enterprise values. Rich and Steve join Lewis to chat about what they do and share some of the success stories from the projects they have worked on. This episode was recorded at the Knights Foundation Business Expo.
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10min
December 19, 2024 Making Higher Education Accessible: Dr Rachel Horton from University of Reading
We go to the University of Reading to meet up with Sophia, who is studying law. She tells us how life as a university student has changed her and helped develop a greater sense of independence. She also introduces us to one of her lecturers, Dr Rachel Horton, who is an associate professor in the law school at the university, as well as the academic disability advisor within the law school. Rachel shares how accessibility to higher education has changed over the last two decades and outlines the steps the University of Reading takes to ensure an inclusive environment is provided to students.
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28min
November 28, 2024 Working Together: Meet Our Patrons
Taking The Dis! is a podcast from The Knights Foundation, which is a charity supporting young people with disabilities and their families. We are lucky enough to be supported by a large group of patrons. These businesses and organisations provide financial backing to the charity, as well as continued support to our projects and events. Why do they do it? We have caught up with some of them to find out more. This episode features Vicki Clements from Stewart&Co., Martin Nicholson from ProAction HR, Paul McFarlane from McFarlane Money Matters and Michael Eslami from Estate Plan Office.
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26min
November 15, 2024 Let Me In! The College Group Driving Change
Let Me In is a business idea from students at Treloars College, who are urging companies to become more accessible. They've devised a system which allows members of the team to visit business premises and carry out an audit to see how easy it is for disabled people to access the site. Their aim is to create accessible communities, improve employment opportunities, raise awareness and, essentially, change lives. Hazel, Archie and Cameron have joined us on Taking The Dis! to tell us all about it.
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19min
November 01, 2024 A Day To Celebrate! The Knights Foundation Children of Courage Awards
The Knights Foundation Children of Courage Awards give special people the chance to be recognised for the amazing things they do. From inspiring young carers to incredible fundraisers and from sporting superstars to unbelievably brave individuals, the 2024 awards saw trophies presented to some truly wonderful young people. Luckily, the Taking The Dis! team was there to meet the winners.
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23min
October 17, 2024 Step Aside Bansky! Milo's Art Gallery Debut
Milo has often spoken of his love of art and he got the surprise of his life on a visit to Southampton City Art Gallery when he saw his work on display in the gallery. After recovering from the shock, he sat down with Callum and the gallery's exhibition officer, Jessica Whitfield, to chat about the surprise, as well as their hopes for the future of the art industry.
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20min

FAQs about Taking The Dis!:

How many episodes does Taking The Dis! have?

The podcast currently has 29 episodes available.