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Why we can’t wait for Pods Up North

October 26, 2019October 7, 2021
by Vic

It was about this time last year when we came up with the idea to do a podcast event dedicated to supporting and celebrating the incredible podcaster community in the North of England.

Fast forward twelve months and our founder Vic Turnbull, alongside Audio Industry expert Kate Cocker and pro Podcast Producer Ant McGinley are booking speakers and getting bums on seats for ‘Pods Up North’, the North’s first event dedicated to bringing together and bigging up the skills of the region’s podcasting community! We’ve also got the lovely Charles Commins on the team (who some of you may know from MIC meetups), the delightful Fran Rooke and MayKingTea from FOMO – who’s going to be reporting on our day in glorious, full colour social media.

a photo of three people smiling an d looking directly at the camera. A man and two women — (L-R) Ant, Vic & Kate

So, this utter madness is called Pods Up North and it’s is a one day event to celebrate and support podcast makers.

It’s in Manchester on 23rd November at the awesome Federation.

The first event of it’s kind upp North, Pods Up North brings together the super talented and diverse podcast community for a day packed-full of panel discussions, workshops and talks with top speakers from across the audio world, including BBC, Spotify, Social Chain and Audio Boom and international, award-winning podcasts like the Two Shot Pod and The Naked Podcast.

Honestly we’re so chuffed to bits with the speakers that we’ve got for you.

From getting listeners to making money, you’ll learn the latest techniques, get insider-industry advice, learn some killer new skills and meet other awesome, podcasters. All with the aim helping you to create and continue to produce great podcasts.

Who’s it for?

You don’t even have to have a podcast to come to Pods Up North. We’ve designed the day to be for podcasters of all levels. So whether you’re just starting out, or you want to discover how to take your podcast to the next level, Pods Up North is the event for podcasters you don’t want to miss.

Sessions include

building your audience
starting a podcast from scratch
making the most out of your content
personal branding
how to put on a live show
understanding listener statistics
booking guests
putting on a live show
how to be a great presenter
and much, much more…

Speakers confirmed include
(look, just look at these lot 😍)

Jonathan Wall – Controller of BBC Sounds
Craig Parkinson – Two Shot Pod
Katy Leeson – Managing Director of Social Chain
Colin Gray – The Podcast Host
James Barr – Gay and a Non Gay Podcast
Natalie Silverman – The Fertility Podcast
Amy Woods – Content 10x
Hywel Evans – The Box Set Pod
Matt Deegan – Folder Media, UK Podcast Awards
Mike Newman – Head of UK Content Partnerships, Audioboom
Kieran McKeefery – Co-founder & CTO, Rebel Base Media
Kat Harbourne & Jenny Eella – The Naked Podcast
Jim Salveson – On The Left Side Podcast & XS Manchester
Councillor Luthfur Rahman – Executive Member for Skills, Culture & Leisure for Manchester City Council
Clare Freeman – ASFB Productions
Mike Cunsolo – Podcast.co
More to be confirmed soon!

Tell me how to get a ticket then, I’ve read this far!

Ok! Read more about all of our speakers AND book your ticket here

We’re seriously so looking forward to seeing you in Manchester on the 23rd November.

Podcasts

SMW: Episode 14 – Priya Chopra

October 23, 2019July 8, 2021
by Vic

For the last 20 years, this Strong Manchester Woman has been supporting Asian women and children who are victims of domestic abuse – a cause that is made more difficult by the cultural norms and traditions of the communities that she works in.

In this episode, your host Vic Elizabeth Turnbull speaks to Priya Chopra, CEO of the Saheli Asian Women’s Project. She has campaigned for policy changes on forced marriage and honour-based violence amongst the South Asian community, and has highlighted the extremities of this issue on a domestic and international level

Priya has spoke at the House of Commons and was part of the delegation to Prime Minister Theresa May’s consultation on the proposed changes to the Domestic Abuse Bill – ensuring that the issues faced by BAMER survivors of domestic abuse from communities were highlighted to policy makers.

14: Priya Chopra
Listen to this episode from Strong Manchester Women on Spotify. An inspiring conversation with Priya Chopra, Chief Executive of the Saheli Asian Women’s Project – a charity that supports women from Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee communities who are victims of domestic abuse.

In this episode Priya talks about,

The challenges of finding funding
What it’s really like to work in a community where domestic violence is taboo
How the women she supports, inspire her to keep going
How this podcast has become as useful tool to inspire her and her team
Finding the courage to speak out against domestic violence
Making people uncomfortable to instigate change
The increased demand for the services she provides
Her approach to risk taking

Links and information
Find out more about the Saheli Project, contact them or to find out how to support their incredible work, visit their website here

This is the last episode of this series of the Strong Manchester Women podcast. Listen to the end of the episode to hear if they’ll be a Series 2.

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The podcast is inspired by the annual Strong Women campaign. The 14 women profiled in this series were selected for the 2019 campaign. For more information about the women visit The Pankhurst Trust’s website

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SMW: Episode 13 – Chloe Cousins

October 16, 2019July 8, 2021
by Vic

This Strong Manchester Woman stands up proud to say, “I’m really happy with who I am.” She takes the lessons that she’s learnt on her journey, to help others to be comfortable with themselves too;, from the young LGBTQ people she works with, to the LGBTQ community she helps to run.

In this episode, your host Vic Elizabeth Turnbull speaks Chloe Cousins, the voluntary organiser for Rainbow Noir, Manchester’s social and peer support group for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and intersex people of colour. The group celebrated their sixth birthday in 2019 and provide a vital space for people to find family and community, a place to be 100% themselves, something which isn’t always possible in faith, cultural and LGBT communities.

Chloe, who was born and raised in Birmingham ‘but grown in Manchester’, also coordinates the programme for LGBT young people of colour at The Proud Trust, Manchester’s LGBT youth charity. Here she supports young people of colour and works within communities of colour to raise awareness and help build confidence and capacity to support LGBT young people within their communities.

13: Chloe Cousins
Listen to this episode from Strong Manchester Women on Spotify. An inspiring conversation with Chloe Cousins, the voluntary organiser for Rainbow Noir, Manchester’s social and peer support group for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and intersex people of colour. She also works at The Proud Trust, an LGBT youth charity.

In this episode Chloe talks about,

Starting and maintaining a thriving community
Understanding and managing anxiety
Getting comfortable with yourself
Childhood ambitions (includes being lovely & catering!)
Utilising her recognition as a platform to promote Queerness
The importance of achieving a better work/life balance
What it’s really like being an LGBT+ woman in Manchester
Why we need to start rephrasing questions around inequality

Links and information

Discover more about Rainbow Noir on their facebook page
Chloe works at the fantastic Proud Trust, a LGBT+ youth support organisation
Here’s Kate Cocker’s blog post about helping you to curb your ‘comparisonitis’.

Next Episode

Released 23rd October

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Strong Manchester Women Podcast: Episode 12 – Dena Murphy

October 9, 2019July 8, 2021
by Vic

This Strong Manchester Woman was just eleven years old when World War II started. She saw first-hand the camaraderie and sense of community that the conflict sparked. It is no surprise then, that throughout her life she’s helped people – whether that’s been as a nurse, or leading local projects from Girl Guides, to award-winning neighbourhood gardens. Now at the age of 91 and a pillar of her local Manchester community, she continues to support and give strength to others.

In this episode, your host Vic Elizabeth Turnbull speaks to Dena Murphy, a former nurse and the Chair of resident’s group NEPHRA Good Neighbours, which improve the lives of people in their neighbourhood in North Manchester. Their community-run allotment, that’s managed by Dena, feeds over 50 pensioners at luncheon clubs each week, and provides training and qualifications for volunteers.

Dena is a passionate gardener and has won more than 40 awards from the Royal Horticultural Society. The huge contribution she’s made to life in her community was acknowledged in 2017 when she was nominated for the Pride of Britain Awards and in 2019 when she won the ‘Community Partner of the Year’ at the Pride of Manchester Awards.

12: Dena Murphy
Listen to this episode from Strong Manchester Women on Spotify. A non-nonsense chat with Dena Murphy, a former nurse in early nineties who chairs a local resident’s group and manages their allotment. It’s here that Dena provides for over 50 pensioners at luncheon clubs and provides training and qualifications for offenders.

In this episode Dena talks about,

How she’s set up multiple community garden projects
…and why lots of them stop blooming
Learning to swear in Czech
The secret to living to the age of 91 (includes vegetables & cigarettes)
How to get your local council on side
What it’s really to working with offenders
Why we’re losing a sense of community
Talking leeks with Prince Charles
How she caught the gardening bug at aged just 3

Links and information

Find out more about Nephra, the organisation that Dena chairs and runs the allotment for – there’s info on here about how you can volunteer and donate too NephraGoodNeighbours.org.uk
Edith Cavell Close (not street!) in Manchester is here if you fancy a pilgrimage, and Dena is right, it’s tiny!

Next Episode
16th October

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SMW: Episode 11 – Stacey Copeland

October 2, 2019July 8, 2021
by Vic

This Strong Manchester Woman has played football for England and is a championship boxer. For one person to achieve both of these in their life time is huge.

But because of gender, she’s received knock backs at every impressive milestone. It’s these experiences that have spurred this Strong Manchester Woman, to make the patriarchal world of sport more equal for the next generation of sports women who come after her.

In this episode, your host Vic Elizabeth Turnbull speaks to Stacey Copeland a professional boxer and the first British female boxer to win the Commonwealth title.

As a passionate advocate for women and girls in Greater Manchester, she presents a weekly show on BBC Radio Manchester and has spoken in the European Parliament and at the United Nations as well as delivering more than 100 talks to schools and businesses. She is also involved in a number of charity and community initiatives, including as founder of Pave The Way, a foundation to challenge gender stereotypes and pave the way for girls and women in sport.

11: Stacey Copeland
Listen to this episode from Strong Manchester Women on Spotify. A passionate conversation with professional boxer Stacey Copeland. She’s also the founder of Pave The Way, a charity to challenge gender stereotypes and to support women and girls to get ahead in sports. On top of all that she’s a BBC radio presenter.

In this episode Stacey talks about,

Becoming a spokesperson for women in sport
Not being able to compete in major sporting events like the Olympics
Nailing your why
Not dwelling on negativity and turning into an impactful, positive
How a one-off project turned into a charity
Fighting sexism to become the first British female boxer to win the Commonwealth title
Why playing football for England started off on a sour note
What it’s like to navigate a male dominated and designed sporting world.

Links and information

Follow Stacey’s boxing journey and what’s happening with Pave The Way on twitter
Listen to Stacey’s weekly show on BBC Radio Manchester
Find out more about Caroline Criado Perez’s book ‘Invisible Women’ here

Next Episode
9th October

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SMW: Episode 10 – Nasima Begum

September 25, 2019July 8, 2021
by Vic

From a young age this Strong Manchester Woman felt that she wasn’t accepted into society. She grew tired of the narrative that went along her identity as a South Asian, Muslim woman. To put it simply, she wasn’t having it. So she decided to fight back and write her own narrative, by becoming a performance poet and producer.

In this episode, your host Vic Elizabeth Turnbull speaks to Nasima Begum. When she’s not being a badass poet, Nasima works in youth development – with a focus on building the confidence and resilience of young Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee girls.

In early 2019 she was awarded a prestigious Jerwood Creative Fellowship to make new work for that year’s Manchester International Festival.

10: Nasima Begum
Listen to this episode from Strong Manchester Women on Spotify. A passionate conversation with Nasima Begum, a performance poet, producer, creative practitioner. She also works with young Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee girls to boost their confidence and resilience. ————————————————–

In this episode Nasima talks about,

Pushing back against stereotypes
Being a cat mum
What really spurred her to become a performance poet
Learning the hard way about the importance of looking after yourself
Battling with self-doubt and getting comfortable with being uncomfortable
Life after loss
Being the most unorganised woman in the world
How she’s #NotHavingIt and standing up for herself

Links and information

Nasima’s on twitter
This is the Bangleshi Women’s Organisation where Nasima works
There’s more info about her involvement with Manchester International Festival here
Nasima’s a board member for Young Identity, a spoken word collective for young people in Manchester

Next Episode
2nd October 2019

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Strong Manchester Women Podcast: Episode 9 – Kate O’Donnell

September 18, 2019July 8, 2021
by Vic

Former drag queen gets handed babies in airports. Sounds like a headline from scandalous woman’s weekly magazine! But for this Strong Manchester Woman, this her life – well that is since she closed the door on her male privilege.

In this episode, your host Vic Elizabeth Turnbull speaks to award-winning performer and writer Kate O’Donnell. Kate’s also the founder of the pioneering arts company Trans Creative, who make award-winning theatre and curate the Manchester trans arts festival, Trans Vegas. Trans Creative uses creativity to reach communities and organisations across the country, sharing trans experiences to help create trans allies.

9: Kate O’Donnell
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In this episode Kate talks openly about,

what it’s really like to live as a trans-woman
why she looks up to Mary Portis
fighting negativity with fabulous creativity
making space for older women
leaving a stable, well-paid job to follow her passion
finding love in her fifties
sobriety

Links and information

Find out more about Trans Creative on their website (you can also get the ‘Stand by your Trans’ t-shirts here too)
Kate’s on twitter here
Mermaids is the charity that supports young trans people, children and their families

Next Episode
25th September 2019

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SMW: Episode 8 – Sarah Judge

September 11, 2019July 8, 2021
by Vic

At 25 years old, this Strong Manchester Women decided to take action against the injustices she was seeing in society and tackle community issues and concerns right at their core. She put herself forward become a councillor in her local community of Wythenshawe in Manchester.

In this episode, your host Vic Elizabeth Turnbull speaks to Sarah Judge, Manchester City Council’s member for Woodhouse Park and the Lead Member for women.

Born and raised in Wythenshawe, Sarah is passionate about ensuring young women believe in themselves and have the opportunities and support they need to achieve their dreams. She has worked as a community organiser developing grassroots campaigns and was the brains behind the ‘Scrap the Fee’ campaign, which opposes financial charges for women who need medical professionals to confirm that they are suffering domestic abuse. She also helps to run Wythenshawe Safespots, a user-led domestic abuse charity.

8: Sarah Judge
Listen to this episode from Strong Manchester Women on Spotify. An open-hearted conversation with Sarah Judge, a local councillor and the Lead member for women at Manchester City Council. Sarah also runs a domestic abuse charity in her local community. ———————————————–

In this episode Sarah talks about,

the shift from a normal 25 years old to councillor
how to be a resilient and authentic public leader
what it’s really like on election night
dealing with public backlash
balancing day jobs and being an elected council member
the reality of working alongside her councillor dad
the spark that instigated her desire to help people
the long process of becoming a local councillor

Each problem that someone comes to you with is the most important thing in their world at that moment. So I have to make it the most important thing in my world at that moment.” Sarah Judge

More info about the things mentioned in the episode

Safe Spots is the charity that Sarah runs
Sarah’s on twitter here
There’s a website that explains how to become a councillor, it’s (obviously) called BeaCouncillor.com

Next Episode
18th September 2019

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SMW: Episode 7 – Bernie Wood

September 4, 2019July 8, 2021
by Vic

In 1978, this Strong Manchester Woman’s life changed forever. It was the year her Geoffrey, her youngest son was born. Geoffrey has Down’s syndrome and Bernie struggled to cope. That was until she came across a unique support service designed for especially for mums like her.

In this episode, your host Vic Elizabeth Turnbull speaks to Bernie Wood, the general manager of Talbot House, a brilliant user-led support service for parents carers of children with severe learning disabilities. The service is based in North Manchester and is ran by Bernie, who’s 80 years old and has been doing this for 40 years and shows no sign of slowing down!

Trigger Warning – in this episode we discuss some sensitive issues, including suicide. So, if you think that this episode could affect your mental health, then please do skip it.

7: Bernie Wood
Listen to this episode from Strong Manchester Women on Spotify. A passionate and touching conversation with 80 year old Bernie Wood, manager of Talbot House, a unique, user-led support service for parent carers. Over 40 years ago, Bernie brought her then, baby son to the service, and now she runs it.

Bernie talks passionately about,

the reality of giving birth to a disabled child in the 1970’s
what life’s really like as a parent carer
using humour as a way to keep going
the importance of staying healthy in order to be able to help others
writing to the government to instigate change
the human-side of caring for a disabled child
hitting rock bottom and picking herself back up
visiting Buckingham Palace and what winning awards really mean to her

Get Mam and Dad’s heads ok and the kids will be ok.
Bernie Wood

More info about the things mentioned in the episode

The amazing service that Bernie runs is Talbot House, they support families of people with learning disabilities. Visit their website here for more info, including how to visit, donate or support.
If you’re not around the Greater Manchester area, there’s links to other helpful services here
Write to your local councillor, MP or MEP – this helpful website will tell you who they are and send the message for you WritetoThem.com

Suicide Prevention helplines
- Samaritans – for everyone. Call 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org
- Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) – for men. Call 0800 58 58 58 – 5pm to midnight every day or Visit the webchat page
- Papyrus – for people under 35Call 0800 068 41 41 – Monday to Friday 10am to 10pm, weekends 2pm to 10pm, bank holidays 2pm to 5pm, Text 07786 209697 or Email pat@papyrus-uk.org

Read the full transcript of this episode here

Next Episode
11th September 2019

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SMW: Episode 6 – Sharmila Kar

August 28, 2019July 8, 2021
by Vic

From being a little girl growing up in India, helping people for a living was always the ambition for this Strong Manchester Woman, well that or being a train driver.

In this episode, your host Vic Elizabeth Turnbull speaks to Sharmila Kar, who’s the Director of Workforce and Organisational Development at Manchester Health and Care Commissioning. She is passionate about the development of people and organisations, and ensures that equality and inclusion are at the heart of what she does.

She’s worked in the public and not for profit sectors, on a portfolio of human resources, operational development and equality related projects.

6: Sharmila Kar
Listen to this episode from Strong Manchester Women on Spotify. A frank conversation with Sharmila Kar, Director of Workforce and Organisational Development, Manchester Health and Care Commissioning. Equality and inclusion is at the heart of everything Sharmila does. She’s also a trustee at the LGBT Foundation ——

Sharmila talks Frankly about,

growing up in India, in a mixed race family
being encouraged to make her voice heard from a very young age
navigating a new country as a young gay woman
the path to a career in the public sector via B&Q and hospitality
changemaking amidst the bureaucracies of the public sector
role-modelling starting at home
battles with self belief and imposter syndrome
finding your tribe

“In the climate that we’re currently in, we have a duty to challenge. People forget history and if you’re not careful, you see history repeating itself and not in the best way. You have to keep up the good fight. “
Sharmila Kar

More info about the things mentioned in the episode

The organisation’s Sharmila’s currently involved with are Manchester Health and Care Commissioning and the LGBT Foundation
Sharmila’s previously worked / volunteered for NACRO and Amnesty International UK.
Get yourself to Alexandra Park
Sharmila’s on twitter here

Read the full transcript of this episode here

Next Episode
4th September 2019

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It’s in Manchester on 23rd November at the awesome Federation.

Who’s it for?

Sessions include

Speakers confirmed include(look, just look at these lot 😍)

Tell me how to get a ticket then, I’ve read this far!

Speakers confirmed include
(look, just look at these lot 😍)