Ciara's Pink Sparkle Podcast!

Jan 19 2025 54 ep. 34 mins 38

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Ciara's Pink Sparkle Podcast is all about raising positive awareness of people who live with a learning disability like me to challenge attitudes and stigma. I'm joined by fab interview guests for all of my episodes. My Podcast is Not linked to my employer. All views & thoughts are my own!

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Classic FM Presenter and writer Joanna Gosling!

Jan 19 2025 30 mins

I chatted with the Classic FM Presenter and Writer and mediator Joanna Gosling. we talked about how we met through a TV interview opportunity, learning disability, our work jobs, our careers and about our favourite pieces of classical music and why we liked them!

Chat with Jon Connell - Broadcaster & Writer!

Jan 15 2025 31 mins

Chat with Broadcaster and writer Jon Connell. We chatted about why we both love the TV show The Masked Singer, the fun of guessing the celebrities who are masked and who we have guessed so far on the show and we talked about media representation and about our work careers!

Craig Monaghan - charity founder

Dec 20 2024 25 mins

I chatted with craig about the organisation he has founded called the Spearhead Foundation. we also chatted about how we came to meet an event we were both speaking at recently. Craig's own story is powerful and inspiring. He used to be in th army and was wounded in afghanistan in 2009.

Pat Carty - Arts Journalist

Dec 17 2024 31 mins

My chat with Arts Journalist Pat Carty- we talked Dublin, u2, media representation & our careers!

chat with Mark Rowland CEO Mental Health Foundation

Dec 12 2024 32 mins

Mark Rowland & I talked about why mental health is so important to talk about and he shared the story with me of how his own brother took his own life and how he wanted to work for an organisation that supports people with their mental health

Chatting with Model and presenter Marcus Ramtohul

Dec 11 2024 31 mins

Chat with the presenter and model Marcus Ramtohul! https://www.marcusramtohul.com/

chat with Rob Holland - Director NAS Scotland

Dec 04 2024 57 mins

Chat with my friend Rob Holland who is Director at the NAS Charity in Scotland. We talked about our work, and disability and media representation of people with a disability and much more!

Talking disability and Friendship with Stevie Benton!

Nov 21 2024 31 mins

I chatted with my lovely friend Stevie Benton. We talked about his how we met through our careers at the Shaw Trust Disability Power 100 List event a few years ago. We also talked about the importance of positive disability awareness and how people with a disability should be seen and represented in the media!

Getting Sporty with Gold Medal Paralympian Aaron Phipps MBE!

Nov 21 2024 27 mins

I chatted with Aaron Phipps MBE about living his life with his disability, about all his amazing achievements in his sport which is wheelchair rugby and all his achievements at the Paralympics including winning a gold medal. We also chatted about who our role models are in our lives and about how you can achieve a lot in life and turning a negative into a positive. We also chatted

Jamie Hale - founder and Artistic Director of Criptic Arts

Nov 13 2024 34 mins

I had a Chat with Jamie Hale. He is the artistic director at Criptic Arts! https://cripticarts.org/events/