The Way We Roll

Simon Minty and Phil Friend
The Way We Roll

A seriously funny take on life from the disability driven duo... Simon Minty and Phil Friend.

  1. 20/12/2024

    Keep it light: Assisted Suicide update and when is hypocrisy acceptable? Plus best bits of 2024

    On Friday, 29th November, Members of Parliament voted in favour of a bill to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. Phil, who is part of Not Dead Yet, an organisation that opposed the bill, gives us an update. He was also at the demonstration outside Westminster Palace. On our last podcast, our guest Peter Torres Fremlin said that sometimes, as disabled advocates, we need to mature and accept people’s motives, which might not be the same as ours, but a win is a win. We debate some...

    54min

  2. 29/11/2024

    Has Our Day Arrived? International Disability perspectives with Susan Scott-Parker and Peter Fremlin Torres

    This month, to coincide with the International Day of Persons with a Disability 2024, we will explore the international progress of disability inclusion with our two guests.Susan Scott Parker is a renowned global expert and an authoritative voice on disability and its effects on global business.Peter Torres Fremlin is the editor of Disability Debrief, a newsletter that reports on disability news from around the world and the people who are making change happen.We asked Susan and Peter about t...

    1h3min

  3. 01/11/2024

    Keep Making Change - Euan’s Guide and Abbi Brown

    We were very sorry to hear of the recent passing of Euan MacDonald MBE. Among Euan’s many achievements was the creation of Euan’s Guide, the award-winning disabled access charity. Perhaps best known for the disabled access review website EuansGuide.com, they also make accessible toilets safer and carry out a huge Access Survey. We remember Euan and talk about his impact.We’re delighted to welcome back Abbi Brown, although for not the best of reasons. We spoke in July this year about Abbi beco...

    48min

  4. 04/10/2024

    We don't want Purple Washing - Stephane Leblois, The Valuable 500

    Since its launch in 2019, the Valuable 500 has signed up more than five hundred senior executives from worldwide companies and organisations to put disability on the board agenda. So far, so pretty good. But as the Valuable 500 matures, it is now asking more of its members and wants them to report back on progress. It is holding a meeting in Tokyo in December 2025.At the centre of this is our guest, Stephane Leblois, Chief Community and Programmes Officer for Valuable 500. Stephane leads prog...

    46min

  5. 30/08/2024

    Getting the partnership right and being bold: Alice Maynard CBE DBA and Richard Hawkes OBE

    Our guests this month are Alice Maynard and Richard Hawkes, formerly of Scope, a leading disability charity in the UK. In 2010, Alice became Chair, and shortly after, Richard joined as Chief Executive Officer. During their time leading Scope, it went through a significant transformation and a turbulent time. Significant changes included closing services used by disabled people, which attracted praise and condemnation. Getting the organisation on a stronger footing by restoring its reserv...

    53min

  6. 02/08/2024

    It hurts my head and saddens my heart - NHS, disability and being trapped in your own flat

    Phil speaks of his disheartening recent experiences at A&E at his local NHS hospital. We grapple with the oh-so-simple task of trying to make the NHS better, as it feels like it’s broken, and how that can break us. A previous guest and friend of the pod, Abbi Brown, was recently trapped in her flat for days. The lift in her block was broken, and although there was another lift, it was beyond a locked door, and her property managers refused her access. Abbi is a wheelchair user and ha...

    46min

  7. 05/07/2024

    Suzanne Bull: Live Music, Breast Cancer and me.

    If we’re lucky in life, we might find a role that makes sense to us and makes a difference to others. Our guest this month has achieved that and more. A huge music fan, especially of live music, and a disabled person who’d experienced barriers accessing gigs, Suzanne Bull MBE founded Attitude it Everything in 2000. It a charitable organisation which connects disabled people with music and live events industries, to improve access together. Suzanne tells us how it started, who helped and...

    44min

  8. 07/06/2024

    U.N.ited We Fail and PIP PIP away

    We’ve had a show like this before, where we ask what the UK government are doing when it comes to disability and why now. We’re not sure they know what they are doing. PM Rishi Sunak has ‘started a conversation’ on reviewing Personal Independence Payment, the main disability benefit in the UK. He decided to start this just before the local elections and also knowing it cannot be finished before the next general election. The Guardian calls it a ‘full-on assault on disabled people’ and Th...

    46min
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A seriously funny take on life from the disability driven duo... Simon Minty and Phil Friend.

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  • Criado por
    Simon Minty and Phil Friend
  • Anos de atividade
    2016 - 2024
  • Episódios
    111
  • Classificação
    Livre
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    © 2024 The Way We Roll
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    The Way We Roll

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