The CoLCast

Listen to the incredible Jan Foster and Karen Mangan as they talk about all things volunteering, the Leap Employee Volunteering platform and the programme for City Giving Day.

In this month's CoLCast, Chamberlain Caroline Al-Beyerty joins Stephanie Keating to share her career journey, reflect on one of the City Corporation's oldest roles, and talk about the transformation shaping our future.

Listen to Josh Wilkin, Dan McKee and Joseph Anstee as they talk about their favourite items from the City Bridge Foundation archiving project with the London Archives.

Take a peak into how an art curator pulls an exhibition together and an inside look at the Underground and Surface exhibition by Jock Macfadyen and Jem Finer.

Join Andrew Buckingham as he speaks with Liz Scott, a former colleague and Head of Gallery and Amphitheatre at the Guildhall Art Gallery, in the heart of the Square Mile.

This month we are doing things a little different.

We are joined by colleagues from Learning and Organisational Development and People and HR as they play a game to mark Mental Health at Work Week and Learning at Work Week.

Listen to Kristina Kendall and Gary Weir speak about the City of London Staff Sports and Activities Club.

This month's episode is an Environment Department takeover, with Katie Lawman, Senior Business Operations Officer in the driving seat, with one of our wonderful City Garden Apprentices, Zac Roubians.

Listen for an inside look at the day to day life of a City Gardener, some tips for green-fingered enthusiasts and some advice on where to spend your lunchbreak... no surprises where Zac chose.

This month we are joined by Cliff Morton, Interim ChiefPeople Officer, and Leah Nelson from People and HR.

Leah asks Cliff all about Building Brilliant Basics, whyit’s important to get it right and how we can all build them together.

In this episode Torri Stewart and Jelani Banks tell us about the fantastic Step-Up Mentoring Programme for care-experienced young Londoners. Town Clerk, Ian Thomas and Chairman of the Education Board, Naresh Sonpar also say a few lines. 

Tune in to hear from Rachel Levy, Head of Community Libraries and Melanie HufkieBaxter, Principal Library Assistant at Artizan Street Library.

In this episode, Rachel and Melanie tell us all about the wonderful Maker's Space at the library and the equipment available.