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"We want our communities to respond to climate breakdown by making sure our political and economic decisions are made by, for and with them as communities rather than done to them".

This week on the Wonderspace Podcast we welcome Olly Armstrong from North Shields in the North East of England.

Olly is the co-founder and Director of Breathe who are a community organising non-profit building solidarity, resistance and change in cities around the UK. They believe that an effective and sustainable climate movement ecosystem requires well-organised grassroots communities led by the people closest to the pain of the climate crisis.

Olly's inspiring story of hopefulness was Nadia Shaikh from www.righttoroam.org.uk

More information https://breathe.build

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This week on Wonderspace we orbit with Prospect from South London. He is a self-appointed Ambassador For The Youth Of The United Kingdom with a vision of bringing about a fairer and more progressive future for Upcoming Generations of Young People. He is the CEO of Prospect Training and Prospect Living who target financially excluded young people and provide them with employability skills and opportunities. Prospect also works alongside the Mayor's City Hall and the Greater London Authority as a Youth Consultant as part of their 'Crime Reduction Unit'.

This week on Wonderspace we orbit with Iva Gumnishka from Sofia in Bulgaria.  Iva is the founder and CEO of Humans in the loop, a social enterprise which supplies diverse and high-quality human input for AI systems. They have provided remote digital jobs and training to more than 1,000 refugees and conflict-affected people in countries around the world.

For our first Wonderspace podcast of 2023 we are joined by Sam Squire from Inspire2Ignite who engage with thousands of young people through entrepreneurship. They also work with 100 young people on a tailored ignite programme to help them start their own business for free.

For our last Wonderspace Podcast of 2022 we welcome Canon Andrew Thompson.  After spending most of his working life in the Middle East, Andy has been honoured for his work to human rights and promoting interfaith dialogue between Christians and Muslims. He holds degrees in Behavioural Sciences and Islamic Studies, and today is the vicar of a church in North London.

This week on the Wonderspace Podcast we ask our six questions to John Brown who as you will hear loves mushrooms, Merlin Sheldrake and helping businesses be part of solving some of society's biggest problems. He is the founder of the creative brand activism agency Don't Cry Wolf and is also a campaigner for more transparent campaigns from brands that are looking to promote their green credentials.

This week on the Wonderspace Podcast we welcome Prudence Muchinouta. She is the Chief Financial Officer of COMACO, a social enterprise that supports wildlife conservation and 225,000 food-secure farmers in the Luangwa Valley in Zambia. She is also a member of The Rallying Cry, an organization focused on supporting climate- and gender-responsive agriculture enterprises in Africa.

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This week on the Wonderspace Podcast we welcome Dirk Bischof who is the co-founder of Hatch Enterprise. Hatch is one of the UK’s leading enterprise support charities that pioneered a unique approach to entrepreneurship for diverse and underrepresented founders. Since 2013 They have supported over 7,000 entrepreneurs to help them launch and grow their ventures.

This week's Wonderspace Podcast comes from the inaugural Anthropy gathering at the Eden project where last week 1,200 people from all sectors of society gathered to be part of a launchpad for national change, a summit for the future of Britain.