Tea with the Changemakers

Mar 27 2023

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Connecting with changemakers every Tuesday. Inspiring you to be the change. Launched in 2022, Tea with the Changemakers is fast becoming essential listening for people from all over the world who want to make a difference. Inclusive, informative and with unquenchable optimism, each 20-to-30-minute episode takes a deep dive into the way tenacious leaders are tackling the challenges of the day and bringing hope to those without voices. Tea with the Changemakers is presented by hosts Kelly Evans and Andy Senyszyn.

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Dad La Soul - The Bizness of Fatherhood

Mar 27 2023 65 mins

Fatherhood is a brilliant yet daunting concept in any man’s life. While you’re worrying whether you’ve sterilised enough bottles or how many nappies to take out friendship is the least of your worries. But as we age and become fathers it can become an increasingly lonely and isolated time, you’ve got your family unit but outside of that, there may not be an awful lot.Well,

Jennie Agg - The Uterus Monologues

Mar 20 2023 61 mins

This week on the podcast we're opening the box marked too difficult once again - we're talking about miscarriage, discussing it openly and tackling the stigma surrounding it.Jennie Agg, an award-winning freelance health journalist, who has been featured in newspapers and magazines including The Times and the Daily Telegraph joins us on this episode to talk about her lived

Sebbie Hall - A real life superhero

Mar 13 2023 38 mins

If you could have a superpower, what would it be? Invisibility, or maybe the ability to fly? Well, in this week’s episode, we’re speaking to a real-life superhero called Sebbie Hall, whose superpower is perhaps the greatest of all - his superpower is kindness.Sebbie first discovered his superpower during the pandemic, whilst we were all in lockdown. He had told his mum that the

Gina Martin - The Voyeurism (Offences) Act 2019

Mar 06 2023 52 mins

Upskirting, as defined by the UK government, is a highly intrusive practice which typically involves someone taking a picture under another person’s clothing without their knowledge, with the intention of viewing their genitals or buttocks (with or without underwear). Shockingly, it wasn’t a specific criminal offence until 2019 – but had been in Scotland for over 10 years. On

Extinction Rebellion - "It's not ****in' rocket science!"

Feb 27 2023 59 mins

‘Extinction’ – probably a word you associate with long-gone dinosaurs. How about ‘rebellion’? Thousands giving all for the cause on historical battlefields? Well, on this week’s Tea with the Changemakers, we welcome you to the rebellion, as we speak with Clare Farrell, who proudly co-founded the movement, Extinction Rebellion (XR). (You can choose not to join the rebell

Jack Monroe - The Duracell bunny of anti-poverty campaigning

Feb 20 2023 35 mins

Did you know there are now more food banks in the UK than there are branches of McDonald’s?Shocking we know, but foodbanks are now vital and sadly accepted part of society; and for the survival of an ever-increasing number of people up and down the UK who are struggling through the cost-of-living crisis.On this episode of Tea with the Changemakers we’re talking to an anti-pover

ape2o - The anti-plastic bottle water company

Feb 13 2023 27 mins

Globally, 500 billion plastic bottles are used every year – that’s 66 bottles for every person on the planet! This week, we’re chatting to ape2o’s Anthony Newman, the man on a mission to tackle that alarming statistic. Anthony identified that a lot of people clearly have a thirst for water on the go, and favour the taste of bottled water, but there is an indisputable crisis

3 Dads Walking - Campaigning for suicide prevention, one step at a time

Feb 06 2023 44 mins

This episode contains conversations about and references to suicide.This week on the podcast, we’re talking to Mike, Andy & Tim, the 3 Dads Walking. Coined ‘the club that no one wants to be part of’, the 3 dads all lost their daughters to suicide and have staged two country-spanning walks to support the charity, PAPYRUS (Prevention of Young Suicide), and to raise awarenes

Simon Akers - Embracing neurodiversity in the workplace

Jan 30 2023 24 mins

Neurodiversity and equality should be present in every business, and there’s one man who’s built his entire business around those principles.This week, Simon Akers joins us on Tea with the Changemakers for a chat about his marketing agency, Archmon, and how he works with clients to grow their businesses the right way and promote inclusion at every step. After working in ‘agen

The Oliver King Foundation - 64+ lives saved, 20,000 defibrillators rolling out

Jan 23 2023 57 mins

Mark King, the man responsible for the rollout of over 20,000 defibrillators to over 18,000 state-funded schools, joins us on the show this week.Mark founded The Oliver King Foundation after his son, Ollie, sadly and unexpectedly died from a cardiac arrest while competing in a swimming race in a PE lesson at school. Ollie had Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome (SADS), which is a hidd