Season 12 of the Meet the Mancunian podcast: social impact stories from Manchester will launch in March 2026.

Sustainability Episodes

Making homes greener and warmer with Charlie Baker
April 20, 2026

Making homes greener and warmer with Charlie Baker

In episode five of the Meet the Mancunian podcast, host Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe speaks with Charlie Baker, founder of Your Home Better, about making existing homes greener, warmer and healthier through retrofit. Charlie shares...

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Talking community gardens with Alun Morris
April 13, 2026

Talking community gardens with Alun Morris

In the fourth episode of Season 12 of the Meet the Mancunian podcast, host Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe speaks with Alun Morris, creator of the Red Lane Growing Project in Bolton and a community engagement worker with Bolton at Hom...

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Turning waste into community meals with Norton Robinson
April 6, 2026

Turning waste into community meals with Norton Robinson

Host Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe speaks with Norton Robinson, director of Fungall CIC, about tackling food insecurity sustainably through community mushroom farming. Norton shares how his interest began at university and through e...

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Talking food literacy with Seb Linares
March 30, 2026

Talking food literacy with Seb Linares

In the second episode of Season 12 of the Meet the Mancunian podcast, host Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe speaks with Seb Linares, Development Manager at Farm Urban, about using sustainable, hydroponic urban farming to improve health...

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Taking climate action with Sophie Jones
May 5, 2025

Taking climate action with Sophie Jones

In the season 10 finale of Meet the Mancunian podcast, host Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe speaks with Sophie Jones, Community Engagement Lead at In Our Nature about taking climate action in communities across GreaterManchester. Soph...

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Supporting sustainable clothing with Ghada Soliman
April 14, 2025

Supporting sustainable clothing with Ghada Soliman

In the ninth episode of Season 10 of the Meet the Mancunian podcast, host Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe speaks with GhadaSoliman, Founder, of Sustainable Threads. They discuss Ghada's journey from overcoming a serious health conditi...

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Creating awareness for the environment with Lydia German
March 25, 2025

Creating awareness for the environment with Lydia German

Join host Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe in the sixth episode of Season 10 of the Meet the Mancunian podcast as she interviews Lydia German, Senior Content and Campaigns Officer at Lancashire Wildlife Trust. Lydia discusses her journ...

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Championing Environmental Conservation with Simon Owen
March 17, 2025

Championing Environmental Conservation with Simon Owen

In the fifth episode of Season 10 of the Meet the Mancunian podcast, host Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe interviews Simon Owen,founder of Standby Productions and the first-ever ambassador for the Wildlife Trust of Lancashire, Greater...

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Transforming Manchester's green spaces with Claire Biggs
Nov. 5, 2024

Transforming Manchester's green spaces with Claire Biggs

A warm Mancunian welcome to all my listeners from your host Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe. In the third episode of Season 9 of the Meet the Mancunian podcast, I interview Claire Biggs, Director of Sustainable Northmoor Urban Greenin...

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Community-led architecture with Charlie Butterwick
Nov. 7, 2023

Community-led architecture with Charlie Butterwick

A warm Mancunian welcome to all my listeners. Presenting Season 6, Episode 10 of the #MeettheMancunian #podcast #GM #manchester #community #architecture #socialimpact. I'm Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe, your friendly host.In the t...

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Food waste and climate change with Corin Bell
Sept. 19, 2023

Food waste and climate change with Corin Bell

A warm Mancunian welcome to all my listeners. Presenting Season 6, Episode 3 of the #MeettheMancunian #podcast #mancunian #manchester #sustainability #foodwaste climate change #foodinsecurity #community #socialimpact #nonprof...

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Social value and youth with Matt Richardson
Sept. 12, 2023

Social value and youth with Matt Richardson

A warm Mancunian welcome to all my listeners. Presenting Season 6, Episode 2 of the #MeettheMancunian #podcast #mancunian #manchester #sustainability #socialvalue #community #socialimpact #youth #nonprofit Hosted by Deepa Tho...

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Climate-friendly businesses with Hannah Cox
July 4, 2023

Climate-friendly businesses with Hannah Cox

Good morning. Presenting Season 5, Episode 12 of the #MeettheMancunian #podcast #mancunian #manchester #climatefriendly #betterbusiness #purposeled #community #socialimpact #nonprofit Hosted by Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe (https:/...

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Climate action with Hannah Ballard
June 6, 2023

Climate action with Hannah Ballard

In the eighth episode of Season 5, the Meet the Mancunian podcast talks to Hannah Ballard, Director, Sustainable Change Studio (https://www.sustainablechange.studio/) [https://www.sustainablechange.studio/]about using storyte...

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Sustainable fashion with Sarah Revington
Jan. 10, 2023

Sustainable fashion with Sarah Revington

Good morning. Presenting Season 4, Episode 8 of the #MeettheMancunian #podcast #mancunian #manchester #sustainablefashion #sustainability #community #socialimpact Hosted by Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe (https://www.instagram.com/me...

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Sustainability with Dan Scott
Sept. 27, 2022

Sustainability with Dan Scott

Presenting Season 3, Episode 10 of the #MeettheMancunian #podcast #mancunian #manchester #sustainability #volunteering #community Hosted by Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe (https://www.instagram.com/meetthemancunian/). This week's Man...

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Plastic waste with Camilla Reghenzi
June 14, 2022

Plastic waste with Camilla Reghenzi

#podcast #Season2 #mancunian #manchester #recycling #sustainability #plasticwaste. This week's Mancunian guest is Camilla Reghenzi, Co-Director, Plastic Shed (https://www.plasticshed.org/). Plastic Shed is a social enterprise...

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Urban homesteads with Cath Broadhead
March 29, 2022

Urban homesteads with Cath Broadhead

This week's Mancunian guest is Cath Broadhead, Co-Founder, This is the Promise (https://www.instagram.com/this_is_the_promise/). Cath shares how she started an urban homestead bringing local produce and sustainable living to ...

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Volunteering with Aaron Fletcher
Jan. 18, 2022

Volunteering with Aaron Fletcher

This week's episode features Mancunian Aaron Fletcher who is the Owner of Buzzing Sounds and Advisor to Step Up Manchester (https://www.stepupmcr.org/). Step Up Manchester is the place-based giving scheme for Manchester. Step...

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Environment with Jean Wright
Jan. 11, 2022

Environment with Jean Wright

This week's Mancunian guest is Jean Wright is the Eco Lead for Wythenshawe Waste Warriors (https://wythenshawewastewarriors.co.uk/). Wythenshawe Waste Warriors are a group of volunteers focused on cleaning up the parks and gr...

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