Necessary Rebels

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Welcome to Necessary Rebels! Hosted by Sandra, co-founded by Sandra and Kanar, this podcast was inspired by the BLM, anti-racism and inequalities work in different sectors. You’ll hear stories from our guests about their experiences of inequalities & racism both in and outside of the workplace. Each episode currently conducted by Sandra will leave you with information on how you can help tackle these injustices and be a Necessary Rebel... Some of the content in these episodes may be uncomfortable and these conversations are never easy. But change needs to come - What part will you play to become a Necessary Rebel?

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Women of colour in Menopause with Meera Bhogal

Jun 10 2022 38 mins  
In this episode we talk to Meera Bhogal who runs healthy eating and wellbeing classes for menopausal women of South Asian descent, as well as healthy eating brand Made from Scratch. When Meera started to develop symptoms of menopause at the age of 40, she didn’t know where to turn for advice. She’s since implemented free menopause training to support women in the workplace and

Swiss, The Creator Of Black Pound Day

May 16 2022 26 mins  
Meet Swiss, best known as a member of BRIT and MOBO award-winning group So Solid Crew, who rose to fame in the early 2000s. And now most recently, the creator of Black Pound Day. BPD first launched in the wake of the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement on June 27 2020 and takes place on the first Saturday of every month. It encourages the community to buy from Black-owned

Black Mental Health with Tashan Jordan

Apr 29 2022 35 mins  
In this episode we sit down with Tashan Jordan to talk about mental health, being released from QPR football academy and racism faced on the job.

Yomi Sode Manorism(s)

Apr 15 2022 43 mins  
Yomi is a poet, playwright, facilitator, and recipient of the 2019 Jerwood Compton Poetry Fellowship. He is known by the public thanks to his acclaimed one-man show titled COAT, which has been performed at Brighton festival and the Last Word festival, among other spaces. He also curates an online blog platform for fathers and guardians called ‘Daddy Diaries’. In this episode we

Shameful assault of Child Q

Apr 01 2022 28 mins  
In our first episode back we talk with Esther, a social worker and team manager with experience in working in child protection, and children's safeguarding about Child Q, as she is called, a 15 year old girl who was made to remove her clothing, underwear and a sanitary pad, spread her buttocks and cough when her teachers accused her of smelling of cannabis. After they failed t

Dope Black Mums, Sisterhood and why we need safe spaces with Nina Malone

Nov 03 2021 35 mins  
Nina Malone is a Talent Agent at IAG and Founder of Dope Black Mums movement, a digital safe space for black women to navigate motherhood together. Dope Black Mums does amazing work supporting Black mothers and their families, and I’m really excited to be chatting to Nina about her work, parenting, and what it means to be a Dope Black Mum.

‘Sometimes a child just needs a home' - The Practice of Farming with Tori Awani

Oct 25 2021 25 mins  
Have you heard of 'farming'? We hadn't. Do a search and you'll see it won’t quickly turn up. It's the practice of private fostering or adoption outside of the local authority. It gained notoriety in response to a growing population of African student families taking up temporary residence at British universities in the mid-1950s. On this week's episo

Life lessons with my friend Louis Howell

Oct 08 2021 42 mins  
On this weeks episode we talk to my friend Louis Howell about his work in the public and private sector on Diversity and Inclusion. We hear him share important life lessons from his childhood and how Black men MUST show up for Black women. Louis co-runs Revolution Hive, a social enterprise equipping young people for life through personal development and social responsibility progra

'England is no Mumma to me' with Author Colin Grant

Oct 01 2021 21 mins  
In this episode, we have the incomparable Colin Grant. He takes us on a journey through the early days of his career. Shared emotional stories of some of the people in his books. Sit back and relax. Trust me when I say you are in good company here. Colin is an author of five books. They include: Negro with a Hat: The Rise and Fall of Marcus Garvey; and a group biography of the Wail

‘Busy Being Black is a f***ing moment’ with Josh Rivers

Sep 23 2021 38 mins  
Josh is the creator and host of Busy Being Black (podcast) and Head of Communications for UK Black Pride. On this episode Josh talks to us about the ways in which he navigates the world as Queer and Black. He drops a million other gems too!