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A Slice of Advice with Advice Services Alliance

A Slice of Advice with Advice Services Alliance

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ASA is proud to present to you our debut podcast 'A Slice of Advice with ASA'. A podcast where we will be 'slicing' into the key issues for the social welfare advice sector and the communities we serve.

We will be bringing together a range of people from the advice sector to share their thoughts on recent challenges, opportunities and initiatives in the sector and give their recommendations for how we can strengthen our services to better help the people we exist to support.
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S1 EP 3 Building the Next Generation of Advisers with Kani Kundu, Sector Support Executive at MAPS and Jason Tetley, Director at Greater Manchester Law Centre

A Slice of Advice with Advice Services Alliance Oct 14, 2021

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S1 EP 3 Building the Next Generation of Advisers with Kani Kundu, Sector Support Executive at MAPS and Jason Tetley, Director at Greater Manchester Law Centre

S1 EP 3 Building the Next Generation of Advisers with Kani Kundu, Sector Support Executive at MAPS and Jason Tetley, Director at Greater Manchester Law Centre

In this episode we discuss the sustainability of the advice sector workforce and the issues facing advice organisations in recruiting and retaining advisers. The podcast hosts are joined by Kani Kundu, Sector Support Executive at MAPS. Kani wrote the 'Building the Younger Generation of Advisers' report for the ASA back in 2020 and in this interview she reflects on the workforce challenges facing advice organisations, what's been working well and her recommendations for the future of the advice sector workforce. Secondly we speak to Jason Tetley, Director of Greater Manchester Law Centre who provides a case study for how certain workforce challenges can be addressed by stressing the importance of their social policy and campaigning work.

Oct 14, 202158:54
S1 Ep 2 The Value of Advice for Generation Covid Part 2 with Valerie Clark and James Kenrick

S1 Ep 2 The Value of Advice for Generation Covid Part 2 with Valerie Clark and James Kenrick

In the second part in our series on the value of advice for 'Generation Covid'. ASA's podcast hosts speak to youth advice experts Valerie Clark, Director and Senior Solicitor of Youth Legal and James Kenrick a freelance consultant specialising in young people's access to justice. 

We discuss the main issues facing young people in the UK today and why specialist advice services for young people are so important in helping them. Valerie and James draw on their experience to explain the biggest challenges facing youth advice services and give their advice on how both youth advice services and 'mainstream' advice organisations can better engage with young people. They conclude by giving their view on what the future of youth advice should look like. 

Related resources: 

Youth Legal's website: https://www.youthlegal.org.uk/ 

Details about Youth Legal's Young People's Legal Rights 2021 Conference: https://www.youthlegal.org.uk/events/young-peoples-legal-rights-conference

Youth Access's Make Our Rights A Reality Manifesto: https://www.youthaccess.org.uk/resources/practice-resources/17-make-our-rights-reality-manifesto

Aug 25, 202148:13
S1 Ep 1 The Value of Advice for Generation Covid Part 1: Simone Spray 42nd Street

S1 Ep 1 The Value of Advice for Generation Covid Part 1: Simone Spray 42nd Street

This episode is the first in a mini-series on the value of advice for 'Generation Covid'. I am joined by Simone Spray CEO of 42nd Street, a Greater Manchester based charity that provides free and confidential services to young people who are experiencing difficulties with their mental health and emotional well-being. We discuss the challenges facing young people today and how they have been exasperated by the pandemic and the value of advice for young people's mental health and wellbeing. Simone explains how 42nd Street include their service-users in service design and delivery and the importance of doing this right. She gives her recommendations for how advice services can better engage with young people and how funders and policy-makers can support youth advice organisations and ensure young people have access to them. 

Find more information about 42nd street on their website here: https://www.42ndstreet.org.uk/

Jul 28, 202137:44
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