Conversations on ... Becs Dhillon
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- Religion & Spirituality
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Conversations with people about things we all need to be talking bout. Sometimes it is the most ordinary people who are actually the extraordinary ones. In this podcast we talk about lots of inequalities in our society and globally and how we can try and change it.
To hear more or get in touch please email faithandequalitypodcast@gmail.com would love to hear from you.
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Child Poverty, Parenting - Eli Gardner, CEO of Kids Matter
Eli is a clinical phycologist and the co founder and CEO of Kids Matter. A charity working to reduce impact of poverty on children and equip parents.
We talked about the rise in mental health diagnosis of young people, rising child poverty, permissive parenting and what every parents need to be thinking about.
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Anxiety - Jules Jacob talking through her journey with anxiety and tackling anxiety together
Jules talks about Jules's journey with anxiety and how she has found tools, and created a course to help others. She talks about what anxiety is, how to manage panic attacks, fear and negative thoughts. How we can change the way we think. How do faith and anxiety work together.
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Addiction and Recovery - Clare Kennedy
Clare talks about her and her husband's (former soap star) journey of recovery. We talk about how different alcoholism can look and at the amazing support in the recovery community. Clare runs Kennedy Street Recovery - (kennedystreetrecovery.org) providing support to hundreds of addicts.
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Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Migration
Maggie Filipova-Rivers and Fiona Summerfield talk about the work they do supporting refugees and asylum seekers. Maggie is the East of England Coordinator for City of Sanctuary as well as being a local councillor for South Oxfordshire. Fiona runs the Church of Sanctuary work at Greyfriars church in Reading offering a safe place for asylum seekers and refugees. We discuss the response to refugees and asylum seekers in the UK, the reality of the situation and what support is actually given and ask questions about the stereotypes, preconceptions and challenges that asylum seekers and refugees face.
Find out more about the City of Sanctuary movement here https://cityofsanctuary.org/
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Will James - Cognitive Diversity and what makes difference
We discuss what makes a team 'diverse', how to develop diverse teams and the importance of difference of thought. The need to be aware of power structures and to create psychological safety for people to freely be a different voice. Will James is a leadership coach who works with leaders and teams helping them to develop their purpose, potential and impact.
Check out Will's TedX talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPQ9h0TTUO8
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Children in Care and Orphanages
We talk about the care system in the UK, orphanages, voluntary tourisms impact on orphanages, the impact of the war in Ukraine on orphanages. Ruth a social worker in the UK and Sophie works for an international charity Hope and Homes for Children - https://www.hopeandhomes.org/. Ruth talks about growing up with her family running a children home and the work she does now for children in care. Sophie's charity aims to end institutional care and she explains how they do that and the reality of orphanages around the world as well as the work they are doing right not in the Ukraine with orphanages.
On a side note I have entered a podcast competition. If you vote for me I would be so so grateful. Details are below:
https://www.podcastawards.com/app/signup
1. Follow the link
2. Put your name email etc into the form
3. Verify you email (in your own email)
4. Follow the link again and go down to the 'Religion and Spirituality' section
5. Select 'Conversations on Faith and Equality'
Customer Reviews
Keep It Up, Guys!
I have used The Bible in One Year series for a few years and have loved it absolutely. I also follow Rev. Nicky Gumbel on social media - which is how I came across this podcast. I listened to two episodes - between Becs and Nicky and the one with Ben Lindsay. As a recent immigrant who's been living in the United States, I sometimes find a fundamental lack of understanding about issues of race and diversity especially in this era of polarized uber political environment. I hope more people here will access this podcast and it's refreshing take on this hot topic.
Favourite podcast! ⭐️
I absolutely LOVE this podcast! It is so interesting, thought provoking ...and funny too! Thank you for doing it! It’s my favourite thing to listen to over here in the Bible Belt of the USA! Really important conversations to be having - encourages us all to be thinking of how we can be Christians that model healthy equality in our spheres of influence, wherever they might be. Keep up the good work, Becs!