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Dr Monique Charles, Cultural Sociologist, Theorist and Methodologist, is this week's guest on our Leading Communities podcast. Dr Monique has a background in music and uses this to influence her work. She talks about the impact race and culture has on music, and also how people can use music/sounds as a type of therapy. Tune in to hear the full podcast.

Zoe Pope, anti-knife and youth opportunities campaigner, is this week's guest on our Leading Communities podcast. Zoe talks to us about the bereavement she's experienced after her eldest son was killed in August 2018 in a tragic knife crime incident. We're also joined by Hannah Galloway, a newly graduated bereavement counsellor who says "help should be offered to everyone instantly without question". Tune in to hear the full podcast.

Tune in to our fifth installment of the Leading Communities podcast where host Marieanne talks to Director of Open Theatre Company, Richard Hayhow. Learn how the Arts can be a tool to educate young people with learning disabilities, and the importance of partnership working in the  culture sector.

Managing mindsets is no easy task. It's about managing the mind little by little. Like any new skill, it is not possible to become an expert overnight. It is about taking one step at a time and then becoming a master. 

Listen to Sports Psychologist, Dr. Jennifer Cummings and Olympian Athlete, Thomas Bosworth discuss sports and mental health in this edition of Leading Communities.

Join us as we talk to Khakan Quresi, Founder of Birmingham Asian LGBT - Finding a Voice, and Simon Whincup, Vice Chair of West Midlands Police LGBT, about LGBTQI+ issues including sexuality, religion and the recent Birmingham LGBT school row.

Our first episode focusses on policy. We talk to Tom McNeil, Policy Advisor to the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner and Ben Twomey, Head of Policy at the National Youth Advocacy Service, who provide a great deal of practical tips and advice on how to obtain and maintain access to policy makers, so your organisation and service users voice is heard.