By Any Means Possible Podcast

By Any Means Possible

As women youth workers with limited resources we had to get the job of supporting young people done by any means possible. Our practice focused on young people, their lives, their achievements, their stories. Well now it’s our turn! These podcasts focus on our stories as youth workers: the favours we pulled, the collaborations we made, the small untruths we told, the antics we got up to and the lives we changed, which of course included our own.

Episodes

  1. 02/20/2024

    Episode 005: I wanted to wear trainers and drive a minibus

    In this episode we discuss the impact of what we learned as youth workers on our own lives, what was expected of us as women from working class backgrounds and how we challenged that CreditsAll the women youth workers who’ve given the time to share their stories with us.Hindley and Leigh Libraries for providing our meeting and recording space.The Empowerment People for funding the project and Sally Carr and Mary Kenny for coordinating.Marie Brookfield and Sue Lewis for coordinating the group, venues and refreshments for our meetingsPaul Lewis for recording, editing, producing, composing the music and general podcast knowhow - https://www.mrlewismedia.co.uk (archived link) https://www.linkedin.com/in/paullewis1/ Ali Hanbury for coordinating our launch eventArtByFlatboy for our launch artwork @flatb0yArden Fitzroy whose training set us on the path to podcasting @ardenfitzroyPolly Playford Design for our logos and podcast artwork - https://pollyplayford.comChapter One Cafe and Gracious Grub  for feeding us @graciousgrubYouth Focus North West for giving our resources a home - https://www.youthfocusnw.org.ukAnd all the wonderful youth workers who have believed in us and supported us over the years.And all the young people who enriched our lives.

    Episode 005: I wanted to wear trainers and drive a minibus

  2. 12/15/2023

    Episode 004: I could not let a young woman walk past me

    Reaching out to young women and overcoming the barriers that them participating, the importance of creches and their wider pos impact, interagency working, complementary work with young men. CreditsAll the women youth workers who’ve given the time to share their stories with us.Hindley and Leigh Libraries for providing our meeting and recording space.The Empowerment People for funding the project and Sally Carr and Mary Kenny for coordinating.Marie Brookfield and Sue Lewis for coordinating the group, venues and refreshments for our meetingsPaul Lewis for recording, editing, producing, composing the music and general podcast knowhow - https://www.mrlewismedia.co.uk (archived link) ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/paullewis1/⁠ Ali Hanbury for coordinating our launch eventArtByFlatboy for our launch artwork @flatb0yArden Fitzroy whose training set us on the path to podcasting @ardenfitzroyPolly Playford Design for our logos and podcast artwork - https://pollyplayford.comChapter One Cafe and Gracious Grub  for feeding us @graciousgrub (archived link) Youth Focus North West for giving our resources a home - https://www.youthfocusnw.org.ukAnd all the wonderful youth workers who have believed in us and supported us over the years.And all the young people who enriched our lives.

    Episode 004: I could not let a young woman walk past me

  3. 12/01/2023

    Episode 003: Can I not? Well then, I’ll show you!

    We discuss the impact on ourselves of being involved in women’s work, educating ourselves so we could support young women, and we talk about some of the women who encouraged us and pushed for resources for work with girls and young women.CreditsAll the women youth workers who’ve given the time to share their stories with us.Hindley and Leigh Libraries for providing our meeting and recording space.The Empowerment People for funding the project and Sally Carr and Mary Kenny for coordinatin.Marie Brookfield and Sue Lewis for coordinating the group, venues and refreshments for our meetingsPaul Lewis for recording, editing, producing, composing the music and general podcast knowhow - https://www.mrlewismedia.co.uk (archived link) ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/paullewis1/⁠ Ali Hanbury for coordinating our launch eventArtByFlatboy for our launch artwork @flatb0yArden Fitzroy whose training set us on the path to podcasting @ardenfitzroyPolly Playford Design for our logos and podcast artwork - https://pollyplayford.comChapter One Cafe and Gracious Grub  for feeding us @graciousgrub (archived link) Youth Focus North West for giving our resources a home - https://www.youthfocusnw.org.ukAnd all the wonderful youth workers who have believed in us and supported us over the years.And all the young people who enriched our lives.

    Episode 003: Can I not? Well then, I’ll show you!

  4. 11/18/2023

    Episode 002: Feminism was seen as a dirty word

    We look back on a time in the 80s when women youth workers came together to pioneer work with girls and young women.CreditsAll the women youth workers who’ve given the time to share their stories with us.Hindley and Leigh Libraries for providing our meeting and recording space.The Empowerment People for funding the project and Sally Carr and Mary Kenny for coordinating.Marie Brookfield and Sue Lewis for coordinating the group, venues and refreshments for our meetings Paul Lewis for recording, editing, producing, composing the music and general podcast knowhow - https://www.mrlewismedia.co.uk (archived link) ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/paullewis1/⁠ Ali Hanbury for coordinating our launch eventArtByFlatboy for our launch artwork @flatb0yArden Fitzroy whose training set us on the path to podcasting @ardenfitzroyPolly Playford Design for our logos and podcast artwork - https://pollyplayford.comChapter One Cafe and Gracious Grub  for feeding us @graciousgrub (archived linke)Youth Focus North West for giving our resources a home - https://www.youthfocusnw.org.ukAnd all the wonderful youth workers who have believed in us and supported us over the years.And all the young people who enriched our lives.

    Episode 002: Feminism was seen as a dirty word

  5. 10/31/2023

    Episode 001: I get to do this and get paid?

    For our first podcast, we are focussing on how we got into youth work in the first place. What made us want to work with young people? What opportunities were open to us? Who encouraged and supported us? And how were we supported in our development as respected and valued professionals?In our stories from the 1980s we’ll be touching on a range of themes that we’ll be returning to in other episodes: positive female role models, fighting for a fair share of resources for girls and young women, and access to the opportunity for working class women to go to university.CreditsAll the women youth workers who’ve given the time to share their stories with us.Hindley and Leigh Libraries for providing our meeting and recording space. The Empowerment People for funding the project and Sally Carr and Mary Kenny for coordinating.Marie Brookfield and Sue Lewis for coordinating the group, venues and refreshments for our meetingsPaul Lewis for recording, editing, producing, composing the music and general podcast knowhow - https://www.mrlewismedia.co.uk (archived link) ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/paullewis1/⁠ Ali Hanbury for coordinating our launch eventArtByFlatboy for our launch artwork @flatb0yArden Fitzroy whose training set us on the path to podcasting @ardenfitzroyPolly Playford Design for our logos and podcast artwork - https://pollyplayford.com Chapter One Cafe and Gracious Grub  for feeding us @graciousgrub (archived link)Youth Focus North West for giving our resources a home - https://www.youthfocusnw.org.ukAnd all the wonderful youth workers who have believed in us and supported us over the years.And all the young people who enriched our lives.

    Episode 001: I get to do this and get paid?
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As women youth workers with limited resources we had to get the job of supporting young people done by any means possible. Our practice focused on young people, their lives, their achievements, their stories. Well now it’s our turn! These podcasts focus on our stories as youth workers: the favours we pulled, the collaborations we made, the small untruths we told, the antics we got up to and the lives we changed, which of course included our own.

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  • Creator
    By Any Means Possible
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodes
    5
  • Rating
    Explicit
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