Episodes
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23 September 2024: Financial Wellbeing
Let’s chat financial wellbeing. On the Happy Hour this week we’re joined by Chartered Financial Planner Amanda Redman to discuss a shocking statistic which shows that women need to work an extra 19 years to close the gender pension gap. Plus, we find out how you can make your money and your savings go further as we chat with Personal Finance Expert Andrew Hagger and David Hunt from Investec Bank.
16 September 2024: Social Club, Breathing & Green Day
And this week: a quick breathing exercise for a moment of mindfulness with Kim Jaye, a conversation with a new VI Social Club in Ayrshire, and Paulina chats with Luci Franks about accessibility of concerts and her experience of seeing Green Day live. Plus, random news story leaves Claire with a craving for crisps!
9 September 2024: Back To School Special
On the Back To School Special, Claire and Paulina chat end of summer, going into autumn, some funny animal themed facts and stories. Plus, Paulina chats with Karen Hirst about recourses available for families from RNIB’s Children Young People and Families Team and also hears about Paths To Literacy, a resource hub for teachers of visually impaired children from Lisha Yochimowitz.
2 September 2024: Sport Special Part 2
On part two of the Sport Special we chat with Janet about her love of ballroom dancing, do a nice relaxing tai chi exercise with Chris and also return to our panellists from them mental wellbeing roundtable to chat a bit more about the impact physical activity had on their mental health. Plus, Claire is baffled by a very odd, yet delicious, wrestling championship.
26 August 2024: Sport Special Part 1
With athletes competing at the Paralympic Games this year we bring you a special sporty 2-parter! In part 1 we about See Sport Differently and resources that can help you get active or enjoy spectator sport, chat triathlon and para triathlon with Rob from Blind Focus with Rob Sears YouTube channel, and share an extract from the Mental Wellbeing roundtable in which the panellists Yaya, Roger, Amanda, and Riley, talk about benefits of sport. Catch Part 2 next week!
19 August 2024: Sex Education & Accessibility
This week, Amelia chats with charity Sex Ed Matters about sex education and the importance of making it accessible, misconceptions around sex and desire as well as a need for wider on-screen representation.
12 August 2024: Rainy Day BBQ, & Accessible Architecture
We share some tips from a BBQ expert that will help us hopefully make the most of the rainy weather, and we hear from a young architecture student Emily Annakin about finishing her degree, focusing on accessible design and adaptations she makes to help her study.
5 August 2024: Movember, Ugo Monye, & Berenice Magistretti
We speak with charity Movemeber and rugby legend Ugo Monye, about the need for action when it comes to men’s health and mental health in the UK. Amelia hears from Swiss-Italian writer and disability activist Berenice Magistretti about her love for fashion and colourful canes, plus more silly animal facts and a very relaxing news story.
29 July 2024: Forest Bathing & Travel With Sassy Wyatt
We learn about the mindfulness practice of forest bathing and how to adapt it for kids from Lisha Yochimowitz, a Teacher of the Visually Impaired in USA. Plus chat with travel blogger and accessibility consultant Sassy Wyatt, and Claire and Paulina are left howling over this week’s funny animal fact.
22 July 2024: Afternoon Tea With A Difference, & VI Ice Skating
We head over to Cardiff Bay to hear about VI ice skating lessons, chat with MasterChef winner Jane Devonshire about some of the popular trends for an afternoon tea and find out how we can host an afternoon tea to support cancer research. Plus, more funny animal facts, and Claire wonders what happened to her Celebrity MasterChef invite?