Ways To Improve The World

Today I’m in conversation with the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA). I’m joined by two of Britain’s youngest Imams (or faith leaders) in the UK, that’s Sabah Ahmedi (@TheYoungImam) who works with the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, has been featured on programmes across the BBC including The One Show and is on the Bloomberg Equality Summit Panel. And Noor Hadi (@_NoorHadi), a public speaker, presenter on The Voice of Islam and staff at the International Ahmadiyya Press Office. Musy Malik, Deputy Director for the Department of Charities & Welfare at AMYA, also joins me.

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Ben Wimbush & Andy Walker MBE are tetraplegic, which means they both have suffered paralysis after an accident. Prepare to be inspired, as both these motivational speakers tell their stories of their journey with spinal cord injury, how they dealt with the change and how we can all deal with change in our lives.

Andy has recently cycled across Kenya using a bike operated by his chin and Ben runs inspiring campaigns on social media.

All of our lives changed forever in 2020 - no-one was unaffected, as a planet every single one of us felt the impacts in one way or another. My guests today Andy & Ben have both experienced drastic change in their lives. In 2006, Andy was an ambitious 28 year-old, and had travelled most the world. Whilst exploring India, he had diving accident just off the coast of Goa. Andy became paralysed from the neck down. At age 34, Ben too had an accident after a somersault on a trampoline in 2011, and became paralysed from the chest down.

But we won’t be focusing on the accidents, instead we’ll be focusing on what they’ve done since, as they tell the stories of they’ve dealt with the change and moved forward. And how we can deal with change in our lives.

Andy has ha starring role in Emmerdale, created a dubstep tune with the internationally acclaimed Fresh using his brainwaves and special technology, has been recognised by with an MBE he’s a motivational speaker that works with schools and businesses to help people achieve their dreams.  Ben too is motivational speaker, and with is very active on social media, with his campaigns #TwentyIsPlenty was nominated to be included in The Movers List by The Independent and Lucosade Sport. Both this and his Ate With A Mate campaign continue to inspire people across the world.

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Sexuality is complex, it isn’t black and white, like most things in the world there’s a grey area. This episode will be focusing on bisexuality, what it means and how we can make the world a better place for the B’s for the LGBTQ+, an often marginalised group.

I’m excited to be joined by three very accomplished bisexual journalists, Nicky Hodgson, Lewis Oakley and Ashley Byrne.

Nicky is a journalist, author, broadcaster and dating expert. Featured on The Ranganation and The Big Questions on BBC One and regular contributor to the Guardian, The Telegraph and the BBC.

Lewis is probably the UK’s top male bisexual activist, having spoken on Sky News and ITV news, written for publications including Metro, the Telegraph, Gay Star News and Esquire.

Finally, Ashley also is a presenter, newsreader and producer, previously presenting Witness on BBC World Service and 'Citizen Manchester LGBT' on BBC Radio Manchester. He’s also creative director of production company Made in Manchester.

The three also present a podcast together, just search 'Bisexual Brunch', wherever you get your podcasts.

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In this episode, I’m talking to the team behind a special very special project called S.A.M. It’s a short film that made its’ debut at the BFI Flare film season, and is a coming of age story about love & self-acceptance. It’s created a bit of a hype, being picked by up by lots of places including Attitude Magazine, Pink News, ITV News and Digital Spy.

I’m joined by actors, Sam Retford from Channel 4’s Ackley Bridge and BBC One’s Death In Paradise, George Webster who’s also an ambassador for learning disability charity Mencap, Hollyoaks’ David Tag and filmmakers Neil Ely, and Lloyd Eyre-Morgan, who are both are from Eyre and Ely Productions.

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Hello and welcome to the very first episode of Ways To Improve The World!

I am very excited to joined by the wonderful Julie Hesmondhalgh, the legendary Hayley Cropper from Coronation Street. She’ll be chatting about her wonderful initiative 500 Acts of Kindness, her theatre collective Take Back, the impact of her time on the Corrie cobbles… and she’ll be putting the world to rights!

Graduating from The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 1991, Julie is a National Television Award winner, with her career seeing her play roles in the some of the biggest British television hits including Broadchurch, The A Word, Cucumber and Doctor Who. She’s Patron of TransMedia Watch, Manchester’s People Assembly, The Sophie Lancaster Foundation and a number of other organisations too.

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