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- Episode 12 - Implementing a volunteer management system at St Werbughs City Farm
Take a listen to this joint episode as both funder and grantee explore the important of digital funding to strengthen sustainability of community business.
Power to Change are funders of a Powering Up programme, a 12-month funding programme to support community businesses in England that need capacity strengthening.
In this episode we are joined by Sona Mahtani, Community Connector for Power to Change, and one of their programme grantees, St Werburghs City Farm. Nestled in the heart of Bristol, St Werburghs City Farm is an integral part of the local community, strengthening connections between land, animals and people for more than 40 years.
St Werburghs City Farm offer a number of therapeutic services, adult engagement support and group skills building opportunities.
We hear from Alex Bowsher, the Volunteer Manager as he reflects on the process to introduce a volunteer management system for the organisation - from managing data, to engaging leadership and volunteers through the implementation process.
37 min - Episode 11 - Increasing access to Cyber Security Jobs for 3.5 million
Chris Newton is VP of engineering at Immersive Labs, a cyber security company based in Beautiful Bristol. Immersive Labs are one of the South West’s biggest sucuess stories and to date they have raised $189 million, employing over 300 folk across the UK, US and EMEA. Their technology is already helping over 300 enterprises around the world and around 5,000 labs are completed every single day.
In this episode Chris talks about Immersive Labs inclusive approach to recruitment and their new initiative – Cyber Million. The cybersecurity industry currently faces an enormous talent shortage. An estimated 3.4 million security roles are currently vacant, and traditional approaches to recruiting are failing. Cyber Million will help fill these open roles, reducing barriers to entry for job seekers by increasing access to opportunities and uncovering hidden talent. Unlike traditional hiring modes, the program takes a skills-first approach to recruiting.Enjoy.24 min - Episode 10 - Digital Sustainability and Green Tech South West
Hannah Smith shares her journey to digital sustainability, representing the Green Web Foundation, and founding Green Tech South West - a community championing the application of tech in the South West of England to heal Climate Change.
36 min - Episode 9 - Bath Digital Festival and strengthening the tech community
Lucy Paine talks to us about what to expect from this year's Bath Digital Festival. We discuss he digital divide, which is this year's Tech for Good theme at the festival and we talk more widely about her work with TechSpark to strengthen the tech community.
22 min - Episode 8 - Developing tech for good solutions
Richard Godfrey is CEO at Rocketmakers, investor, entrepreneur and technology innovator with a proven history of delivering major systems via Rocketmakers, Microsoft and Deloitte over the last 30+ years. Richard holds the Queens Award for Enterprise: Innovation and Lifetime Achievement.
Based in Bath, Rocketmakers is a team of software developers that build innovative software, apps and websites for startups, scale-ups and large organisations who are working to have a positive impact in the world. Richard shares the Rocketmakers journey to tech for good, becoming B-Corp certified and hopes for the South-West as a centre for tech for good.
24 min - Episode 7 - Developing digital talent in young people with John Bradford
John Bradford is the inspiration behind Digilocal charity initiative supporting coding sessions for young people from 8 years old + across Bristol. Digilocal also refurbish and redeploy laptops to those most in need.
In this episode John shares with us the inspiration for launching Digilocal in particular to tackle the diversity in tech agenda to provide access to learning spaces for those most excluded from access to technology. John explains how the Digilocal coding clubs run, the role of volunteer mentors and the impact for young people. https://digilocal.org.uk/
38 min - Episode 6 - Supporting digital in community businesses with Ed Howarth
Ed Howarth is Programme Delivery Lead for Power to Change supporting community businesses. In particular Ed has championed the need for strengthening community businesses through digital.
Ed was co-founder of Tech for Good Bristol which was subsequently merged to become and Tech for Good South West.
Follow Ed's Medium page for regular work notes and further discussion of the topics raised during our conversation.
33 min - Episode 5 - Digital development with charities with Emma Millington
Emma Millington is owner of the agency Modular Digital, a UX design and build agency based in Bristol focused on charity websites and apps.
Emma discusses her focus on learning, relationships and building skills in charities as they build their digital products.
26 min - Episode 4 - Scaling carbon removal with Will Foulkes
Will Foulkes is Co-Founder and CEO of Stabiliti. Stabiliti is a globally scaleable carbon removal solution. Full end-to-end transparency across carbon offset lifecycle, live transactional offsetting accurate to the gram.
''We're the first generation to feel the effect of climate change and the last to do anything about it.'' Will talks about climate, carbon offsetting and the immediate changes we ALL need to make. Also his journey from Lawyer to Tech Founder and his secret weapon...
26 min - Episode 3 - Driving digital in youth work with Arielle Tye
Arielle Tye is Head of Development at social enterprise and charity ProMo-Cymru, co-founder of Tech for Good Organisers UK and steering group member of Tech4Good South West.
Arielle talks about her tech for good work in Wales, her move to Bristol, and a passion to enhance youth work using digital.
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About Tech4Good Voices
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What does it actually look like when technology is used for good not in theory, but in practice, with real organisations and real communities?
Tech for Good Voices brings you honest,…
story-led conversations with the people at the heart of a growing tech-for-good movement. Hosted by Annie Legge of Tech4Good South West, each episode features practitioners, innovators, and changemakers from charities, social enterprises, tech businesses, and community organisations — sharing the challenges they've faced, the changes they've made, and what they've learned along the way.
From AI ethics and digital inclusion to community-led innovation and grassroots practice, the conversations range from local South West stories to themes shaping the sector nationally and beyond.
Whether you're a non-profit professional, a tech specialist with a social conscience, or someone trying to figure out how to make technology work for people, you'll find something here that resonates, inspires, and helps you see what's possible.
Visit us at Tech4Good South West