Confessions Of A Troublemaker

Welcome back to the 'Confessions Of A Troublemaker' podcast. Season 2 continues with Waistcoat Dave talking to changemaker, facilitator and low-key dancer Stephanie Leonard-Wong. Stephanie is the Founder and Director of Act Build Change, a training and facilitation organisation working across the UK and beyond to tackle inequalities and social justice with a focus on authentic voices. The discussion delves into the link between activism and humanity and how we can facilitate and spotlight individuals and communities to amplify their voices. Act Build Change - https://actbuildchange.com/ Stephanie Wong - https://twitter.com/StephWong__ Compassionate Troublemaking - https://twitter.com/CompassionateT1 & https://medium.com/compassionatetroublemaking Waistcoat Dave - https://twitter.com/WaistcoatDave & https://waistcoatdave.medium.com/

Welcome back to the 'Confessions Of A Troublemaker' podcast. We kick off Season 2 with Waistcoat Dave talking to Mel Smith, Deputy CEO of Coventry Grapevine. The discussion explores what creative activism can look like and how we can ensure it's person focused and accessible to all. Compassionate Troublemaking - https://twitter.com/CompassionateT1 / https://medium.com/compassionatetroublemaking Waistcoat Dave - https://twitter.com/WaistcoatDave / https://waistcoatdave.medium.com/ Grapevine Coventry - https://twitter.com/grapevinecandw

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This week Waistcoat Dave is joined by Alex Barker, Quartermaster at the Be More Pirate Movement. The discussion touches on merging radical kindness with active dissent, scaling up social movements in authentic ways and how we tackle some of the deeply imbedded change obstacles even in the third sector. Compassionate Troublemaking - https://www.compassionatetroublemaking.org/ or Be More Pirate - https://www.bemorepirate.com/ Alex Barker - https://twitter.com/AlexandraBarke1 Waistcoat Dave - https://twitter.com/WaistcoatDave

This week host Waistcoat Dave is joined by Carly Attridge from The Loss Project to explore how loss, grief and bereavement can guide creative and compassionate social change.

In our 4th interview, Waistcoat Dave is joined by Ewan Hilton from the wellbeing & social change company Platfform. Ewan and Dave talk all things organisational culture change and explore the differences between diagnosis in mental health and trauma influenced practice.

This week host Waistcoat Dave is joined by Suzanne Smith, Social Entrepreneur, Teacher and Politician. Suzanne's organisation Social Impact Architects has been a guiding light in Social Changemaking for over 11 years. Suzanne and David talk everything from Social Alchemy theory and the future of Changemaking to representation in politics and how to deal with self doubt. Compassionate Troublemaking - https://www.compassionatetroublemaking.org/ Social Impact Architects - https://socialimpactarchitects.com/

This week Dave is joined by Maff Potts, founder of the Association of Camerados. Whether it's pitching Teepees in hospitals or just putting on a cuppa, the Camerados movement is all about creating comfort, intimacy and mutual support to allow vulnerable conversations the opportunity to occur. Maff and Dave talk about difficulties in funding, land power and whether asking for "permission" to cause trouble is a smart, or necessary, way forward.

Welcome to the first-ever 'Confessions Of A Troublemaker' podcast from 'Compassionate Troublemaking'.  Each week host Waistcoat Dave will be joined by a different change-making misfit to delve into the highs, lows and the hows of mischief-making.   This weeks guest is Mariaangela Abeo, Seattle-based photographer and storyteller focused on opening up the narrative of surviving suicide through her incredible work in 'Faces Of Fortitude'. In our interview, we talk about grief, loss, mental health and how all of these can influence meaningful troublemaking.  Faces Of Fortitude - https://twitter.com/MariangelaAbeo / https://www.instagram.com/facesoffortitude Compassionate Troublemaking - https://twitter.com/CompassionateT1 / https://www.instagram.com/compassionate.troublemaking Waistcoat Dave - https://twitter.com/WaistcoatDave / https://www.instagram.com/waistcoatdave

Welcome to 'Confessions of A Troublemaker' , the podcast from 'Compassionate Troublemaking'. Each episode I'm going to chat with amazing Misfits and Changemakers from around the world. We're gonna celebrate the highs, share the lows and dissect the hows behind meaningful mischief making. I hope you can join us. https://twitter.com/CompassionateT1