Season 10 of the Meet the Mancunian podcast: social impact stories from Manchester launched 11 February 2025.

Employability Episodes

March 31, 2025

Empowering youth through play with Ryan Miemczyk

In the seventh episode of Season 10 of the Meet the Mancunian podcast, host Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe engages with Ryan Miemczyk, Chair of Trustees at Manchester Young Lives. Ryan shares his journey into social work, driven by h...

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Nov. 12, 2024

Supporting women's employability with Jan Iceton

A warm Mancunian welcome to all my listeners from your host Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe. In the fourth episode of Season 9 of the Meet the Mancunian podcast, I interview Jan Iceton, Board Chair of Smart Works Greater Manchester. J...

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Sept. 3, 2024

Empowering youth through technology with Hemant Patel

In the 14th episode of Season 8 of the Meet the Mancunian Podcast, host Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe interviews Hemant Patel, CEO of Anumana. They discuss Hemant's passion for community support, inspired by his mother and Indian cu...

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Oct. 31, 2023

Youth careers with Jane Wells

A warm Mancunian welcome to all my listeners. Presenting Season 6, Episode 9 of the #MeettheMancunian #podcast #GM #manchester #careers #youth #socialimpact #nonprofit #employability. I'm Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe, your friendly...

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April 12, 2022

Volunteering with Tony Nugent

This week's Mancunian guest is Tony Nugent, a local business owner & volunteer job coach (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonynugent1/). Tony volunteers at a local school helping young people learn about the world of work. He is ...

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Feb. 15, 2022

Youth with John Swallow

The seventh episode of Meet the Mancunian podcast features John Swallow, Senior Youth Worker, GroundWork (https://www.groundwork.org.uk/). Groundwork is a federation of charities mobilising practical community action on pover...

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Jan. 4, 2022

Employability with Diana Bowden

Diana Bowden is the founder of the employability charity - Let's Go Forward (https://letsgoforward.org.uk/). Let's Go Forward creates a supportive community for job seekers in Manchester. Diana shares how she started the char...

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