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

Episodes

Community newspapers with Mel Page
March 1, 2022

Community newspapers with Mel Page

The ninth episode of the Meet the Mancunian podcast features Mel Page, Co-founder, Drawing Board Productions Community Interest Company (https://www.drawingboardproductions.co.uk/). Mel and her business partner Amanda Fourie ...

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Poetry communities with Bryan Dunne
Feb. 22, 2022

Poetry communities with Bryan Dunne

The eighth episode of the Meet the Mancunian podcast features Bryan Dunne, Founder, Northern Poets Society (https://twitter.com/PoetsNorthern). Bryan set up the Northern Poets Society during the lockdown, to provide an online...

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Youth with John Swallow
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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Life coaching with Helen Calvert
Feb. 8, 2022

Life coaching with Helen Calvert

The sixth episode features Mancunian Helen Calvert (https://www.clear-day.co.uk/), a life coach to female business owners and podcast host. Helen hosts a podcast The No Bullsh*t Guide to a Happier Life (https://tinyurl.com/MT...

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Poetry with Anthony Parker
Feb. 1, 2022

Poetry with Anthony Parker

The fifth episode features Mancunian Anthony Parker, a primary school teacher by day and a poet by night. Anthony Parker (https://thepoeticprince.home.blog/) uses his creative talent to raise funds for homelessness charities ...

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Hobbyist musicians with Kat Browning
Jan. 25, 2022

Hobbyist musicians with Kat Browning

The fourth episode features Mancunian Kat Browning, founder, Tea & Jam. Tea & Jam (https://teajam.live/) is a community for hobbyist musicians. Kat hosts a concert series and a weekly Practise-along session called Work-In-Pro...

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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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Employability with Diana Bowden
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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Trailer - S 1
Jan. 3, 2022

Trailer - S 1

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