KindTalk ACE Hub Wales

This episode, we speak Clare Budden Chief Executive of Clwyd Alyn Housing Association, Suzanne Mazzone, Exec Director of Housing Services and Elaine Gilbert Exec Director People/Comms and Marketing

Clwyd Alyn is Housing Association in North Wales, their mission is “to work with others to beat poverty”. They are developing trauma informed practice and are truly living their organisational values of hope, trust and kindness. They have almost 800 employees, more than 6000 homes and they run Care homes/homeless hostels/DV refuge/provide housing for people with Learning disabilities and they also have lost of ordinary houses and apartments

Hello and welcome to KindTalk, the podcast brought to you by the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Support Hub for Wales, where we chat to inspirational people who are making a difference through kindness and trauma informed practice.

This episode's guests are Lucy Donovan from Positive Futures and Laura Tranter, Community Lead from the ACE Support Hub. Positive Futures is an organisation working with young people from disadvantaged and deprived areas of Gwent, providing alternative education, mentoring and community provision. Lucy talks to us about the challenges of working in this space and how they've adapted through the lockdown period and the power of kindness and relationships.

Welcome to KindTalk, the new podcast brought to you by me, Sarah Ingham, communications lead from the ACE Hub for Wales.

Over the past few years, I’ve met hundreds of inspirational people with incredible stories to tell. Each episode will feature passionate guests doing wonderful things within their communities. We’ll be joining the dots between Adverse Childhood Experiences, trauma informed practice and the mechanics of kindness, learning how every single one of us can do more, and make a difference to the lives of others.

So if you’re looking for a rainbow in these challenging times, subscribe to KindTalk, and stay tuned for this podcast series!