Podcasts about rhondda valley

Neurodivergency is an umbrella term that includes people with Tourette's, Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia and more. To mark ‘Neurodiversity Celebration Week' Jonathan Thomas asks whether faith communities do enough to support people with additional needs. Pembrokeshire born artist and writer Sophie Killingley has recently been commissioned to write a book, ‘Blessed are the Neurodivergent'. She shares her experience of raising her two Autistic children, and how churches could be more welcoming to all.We visit ‘Little Cherubs' in the Rhondda Valley, a group set up by Hannah Leyshon to support neurodiverse children and their families. We'll hear from Methodist minister Jon Miller in Carmarthenshire, who's found that his adult diagnosis has helped him understand how his mind works, and also to value the strengths neurodiversity can bring. We'll ask what churches can do to be more accommodating to neurodiverse people, with advice from Anne Laure Jackson who runs a Sensory Healthy Church programme to help churches to be more inclusive. We hear from Emily Prance at St. Mark's Church in Cardiff about the changes they've made to help families with additional needs.

Terry Walton has been growing vegetables, fruit and flowers on his Rhondda Valley allotments in South Wales from a young age. With 50 years' experience, Terry brings a wealth of allotment growing advice, practical gardening knowledge and tips learned over the years. Examining how gardening practises have changed and how climate, location and soil health effects gardening, the benefits of crop rotation and no dig practices, alongside what to grow every year for reliable crops. There are also allotment fails, lively stories and a colourful glimpse inside the world of allotment life. You can hear more from Terry and his allotment antics on his BBC Sounds Plocast podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Latest up from Spoken Label (Spoken Word / Poetry Podcast) features Rhian Elizabeth. Rhian Elizabeth is a trainee counsellor and a writer. She was born in 1988 in the Rhondda Valley, South Wales, and now lives in Cardiff. Her debut novel, Six Pounds Eight Ounces, was published in 2014 by Seren Books and is currently being adapted for TV, and her poetry collection, the last polar bear on earth, was published in 2018 by Parthian Books. Her prose and poetry have been listed in various competitions and prizes and appeared in many magazines and anthologies, as well as being featured on Radio 4's PM programme. She was named by the welsh agenda as one of Wales' Rising Stars- one of 30 people working to make Wales better over the next 30 years. She is a Hay Festival Writer at Work and Writer in Residence at the Coracle International Literary Festival in Tranås, Sweden. girls etc is her latest book of poems, published by Broken Sleep Books. More details can be found at: https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/rhian-elizabeth-girls-etc

As the 20th century poet Des'ree once said: "Money don't make my world go round, I'm reaching out for a higher ground". Sadly, for the rest of us, the acquisition of money is a necessity. So this week we're back into the history books to analyse a series of money making ventures; from the Dutch Tulip craze of the 1600s to the 'Black Gold' of the Rhondda Valley and we wind the clock back to the 2000s and the infamous dot-com bubble. A listener suggested this week's episode, so do you have an episode suggestion yourself? Let us know about that or any of our other AMAZING FEATURES by emailing: hello@ohwhatatime.com Aaannnd if you like it, why not drop us a review in your podcast app of choice? Oh and please follow us on Twitter at @ohwhatatimepod And Instagram at @ohwhatatimepod And thank you to Dr Daryl Leeworthy for his help with this week's research. Thank you to Dan Evans for the artwork (idrawforfood.co.uk). And thank you for listening! We'll see you next week! Ps... THIS IS IT NOW! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nathan from the Rhondda Valley goes up against Andrew in Chester, who'll come out on top?

We chat to Terry Walton, allotment expert from Radio 2's The Jeremy Vine show for nearly 20 years, author, and passionate gardener about his love of gardening and growing food. Terry offers some great advice for beginners from his plot in the Rhondda Valley where he has produced his own fruit and veg since working a plot on the same site with his father at the age of 4! Terry Walton's Plotcast launches today (27th July 2023) and will then be weekly, available on BBC Sounds. It will feature down to earth gardening advice with Terry Walton from his allotment in the Rhondda Valley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The landscape of south Wales has been shaped and defined by coal. In this programme, Helen Mark explores the Rhondda valley – finding out about is history and asking what its future may look like, now the heavy industry has gone. She visits a disused railway tunnel which once carried coal from the mines to the port of Swansea, but which has been closed and sealed off for decades. Now a group of enthusiasts is campaigning to re-open the tunnel as a tourist attraction. They have ambitions plans for it to become the longest cycling tunnel in Europe, with hopes that it could also function as an exhibition space, miniature concert hall and even a wedding venue. Helen puts on her safety helmet and is lowered down through a shaft into the tunnel, to see for herself how the structures of the past could take on a new life in the future. Produced by Emma Campbell

Amanda Blanc is the group CEO of the insurance company Aviva. She is one of a handful of women at the top of FTSE 100 companies and has spoken out against the sexism and misogyny many – including herself - have encountered during their careers. In 2022 she called out disparaging comments made to her by some of the male shareholders at her company's own AGM. Her published riposte received some 1.6m views in the space of a few days. Amanda was born in Treherbert, a former mining village in the Rhondda Valley. Both her grandfathers worked down the mines and she says the miners' strike of 1984 left a lasting impression on her and taught her the value of community. After studying modern history at Liverpool University, Amanda joined a graduate training scheme at Commercial Union. By the age of 29 she was the company's youngest and first female branch manager when she took up the post in Leicester. She joined Aviva in 2020 and the following year she was appointed Women in Finance Charter Champion by HM Treasury. She was named the Sunday Times Business Person of the Year for 2022. Amanda is married to Ken Blanc, who also worked in insurance but gave up his job to support her career. They have two daughters and live in Hampshire. DISC ONE: Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) - Kate Bush DISC TWO: Town Called Malice - The Jam DISC THREE: Thank You for the Music - Abba DISC FOUR: Tainted Love - Soft Cell DISC FIVE: This is Me - Keala Settle DISC SIX: Dignity - Deacon Blue DISC SEVEN: The Man – Taylor Swift DISC EIGHT: Land of My Fathers - Welsh rugby fans at Six Nations Championship, 2013 BOOK CHOICE: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott LUXURY ITEM: A photo album CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Tainted Love - Soft Cell Presenter Lauren Laverne Producer Paula McGinley

In Episode 92 we say a big “Shalom” to Israel as they become country number 38 to join the Null & Void family. We open by looking at the success for Great Britain's athletes in the European Indoor Athletics Championships, with Laura Muir, Keely Hodgkinson and Jazmin Sawyers all taking gold in Istanbul. Meanwhile in the Women's Pentathlon event, one competitor broke the world record only for it to be broken 6 seconds later! As you'd expect we do a post-mortem on Manchester United's 7-0 defeat to bitter North-West rivals Liverpool. Andy takes great delight in Tony's discomfort-although United's women's team going top of the Women's Soccer League (WSL) does provide some silver lining for Mr Grundy! In Rugby Union, Marcus Smith shone in Harlequins' win over Exeter at Twickenham in what some were billing as an audition for the England 10 jersey against France this week. And in the women's game earlier in the afternoon, Quins and Exeter set a UK domestic women's attendance record, pulling in 15,420 to watch the Chiefs win. Our Get a Grip section this week features Ealing Trailfinders Rugby Club for their seeming to confuse the Thames Valley with the Rhondda Valley in proposing to merge with the Ospreys in South Wales so that they can access top flight rugby by the back door. Another magnificent episode.

“I know I've succeeded as a leader when I've made myself obsolete.” Striking words from this week's tech leader, Anwen Robinson, head of UK & Ireland's cloud computing giant Infor. Growing up in the Rhondda Valley, Anwen paved the way for her own success, calling up Cardiff University and talking her way onto a Mechanical Engineering course…and being the only woman didn't deter her either.From feeding punch cards into computers to teaching computer science via the medium of football, Anwen's drive to lead and succeed has carried her up the ladder to lead one of the world's biggest software companies. Here, she delivers her best advice for leadership and stresses the importance of curiosity to keep learning throughout life. Leadership (1.30) Young Anwen's unconventional path (2.35)Bags of drive and ambition (8.02) The importance of ‘stupid' questions (10.42) Key milestones (12.59)First MD role (18.29) How to manage change (25.36)What makes a good salesperson? (28.49) Women in STEM (31.58) The Prince's Trust (35.46) Anwen outside of work (39.26) Advice to 21-year-old Anwen (40.20) Takeaways (42.22) 

In this episode, powered by their fabulous fecundity and political astuteness, the Stuart family line inherited the Scottish and English crowns and spread their power and influence right across the British Isles.The C19th saw a canny member of the Stuart clan spotted a gilt-edged opportunity in Cardiff. As the industrial revolution swept across the world, iron, steel and coal were in great demand and high-grade coal from the Rhondda Valley in Wales became a very valuable commodity. If you could control the supply of this precious resource, there were fortunes to be made.From his castle in Cardiff, John Crichton-Stuart developed the port of Cardiff, which become the busiest in Britain, and as the coal bonanza boomed, feeding an insatiable global hunger, vast quantities of the ‘black gold' were ship out and incredible fortunes poured in.To help support the making of this podcast sign up to Neil Oliver on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/neiloliverNew Videos Every Week Instagram account – Neil Oliver Love Letter https://www.instagram.com/neiloliverloveletter/?hl=en Neil Oliver YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVR-SdKxQeTvXtUSPFCL7g See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this edition of The Little Questions podcast we are out on the road to chat to Amanda Blanc, the Group CEO of insurance giant, Aviva. During this wide ranging interview we discuss her views on confidence being contagious; why good CEO's need to be good communicators and what she really wants from a good PR.  Amanda was born and bred in Wales, having grown up in the Rhondda Valley. She started her career as a graduate at one of Aviva's ancestor companies, Commercial Union. Following success in senior executive roles across the insurance industry, she came back to Aviva as CEO in July 2020. Amanda was formerly Group CEO at AXA UK, PPP & Ireland and CEO Europe, Middle East, Africa & Global Banking at Zurich Insurance Group. She also held executive leadership positions at Towergate Insurance Brokers, Groupama Insurance Company and Commercial Union. Amanda has previously served as Chair of the Association of British Insurers, Chair of the Insurance Fraud Bureau and President of the Chartered Insurance Institute.  What do you think makes a good CEO? We'd love to hear from you. Get in touch on social media or email podcast@apellaadvisors.com The Little Questions podcast is presented by Matt Young and Andrew Brown. Matt Young is an Apella founder partner with 25 years of experience in corporate affairs. He was Corporate Affairs Director at Lloyds Banking Group, part of the senior team which rescued the bank and rebuilt its reputation following the financial crisis. Formerly communications director at Santander UK and board member of the BBA. Apella partner Andrew Brown is a former Director of Communications and Public Affairs at Ageas Insurance. He has more than ten years' experience leading the corporate affairs functions for global firms across a range of regulated and unregulated sectors, developing considerable experience in issues, crisis and change management. Formerly Director of Communications at Drax Group plc and Group Corporate Affairs Director at Regus plc. Find out more about Apella Advisors at www.apellaadvisors.com and you can get in touch by emailing podcast@apellaadvisors.com This podcast was produced by the www.thepodcastcoach.co.uk

In this episode of the Stolen Goodbyes podcast, Karen speaks to Linsey Simmonds in the Rhondda Valley in Wales who lost her father, Kevin Morgans, to COVID-19 on May 3 2020. He was 65.Linsey speaks with a beautiful fondness about her popular father who was due to move into a granddad flat at the back of her home where he looked forward to being woken up by his young grandson every morning.An anguished Linsey describes how the hospital spent a month saying her dad would be coming home with a care plan before suddenly deciding to move him onto a Covid ward because he was having seizures although he had not tested positive for Covid. There was next to no communication from the hospital for a month when Linsey learned her father had signed a Do Not Resuscitate form without her knowledge.Linsey believes her father ticked too many boxes to fight for in the eyes of the hospital. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Chris Jones, the well known "Rhondda Valley" boy was a force to be reckoned with on the rugby pitch as well as off.  A ferocious player who was driven to win at all cost became the only man to receive three lifetime bans from the sport. After his playing career ended, Chris would pour his attention into coaching and developing players to have the desire to win as much as he did.  His life and reputation for fighting wasn't over, not yet. It wasn't until the man, who stated "I really hate losing", would reach the end of himself, driving him to reach up for the true and ultimate victory.  Chris' life would never be the same and neither the multitude of rugby players he would have such a great impact on for nearly 3 decades.

Session recordings from the Advance Global Conference, hosted in Cape Town, South Africa from 29 - 31 May, 2019. "Live with Gospel intentionality" is the charge from Lois Franks. Lois and Ben planted into the Rhondda Valley's of South Wales a few years ago, and have been steadily growing a healthy church in a community facing significant socio-economic challenges. Despite the challenges, she reflects on her own experiences and the many opportunities their church has discovered to reach people with God's good news.

Matthew Hitt is a singer and songwriter from the Rhondda Valley in South Wales. He is the front man of Drowners, an American-Welsh indie rock band based out of New York. Formed in 2011, the band signed for Frenchkiss Records and released their self-titled studio album in May 2013. After seven years performing and touring the world and one more studio album, the band announced a hiatus last year, prompting Matt to produce his first solo record. On this episode, Richard and Gideon chat to Matt about life in New York, what it's like to stay in some of the best and worst hotels in America, and how a surprise scouting in Times Square launched a decade long side-career in modelling.

Actor and theatre director Daniel Evans shares with Michael Berkeley his passions for musical theatre, opera and the piano. Daniel Evans grew up in the Rhondda Valley and won praise and prizes at Eisteddfods as a teenager. Since then his career has been something of a high-wire act: balancing performing versus directing and theatre management, stage versus screen, popular musicals versus edgy new dramas. He first made his name twenty years ago as an actor, in Peter Pan at the National Theatre and then as an outstanding interpreter of Sondheim, twice winning Oliviers for Best Actor in a Musical. He’s also well known for his roles in television and film, from Spooks and Dr Who to Great Expectations. And then in 2009 Daniel Evans was appointed Artistic Director of Sheffield Theatres and he’s now at Chichester Festival Theatre. His stage production of The Full Monty went into the West End and continues to be on tour nationwide, and Flowers for Mrs Harris - a new musical about the life of a post-war char lady being transformed by the sight of a Christian Dior dress – won three UK Theatre Awards. Daniel tells Michael about meeting Sondheim whilst performing in New York, about his passion for singing, and about the importance of the tradition of the actor-manager in British theatre. He chooses music by Sondheim and Bernstein that reflects his passion for musical theatre, and he shares his love of opera with music by Britten and Donizetti. And we hear Bryn Terfel sing a Welsh folk song which takes Daniel back to the valleys and Eisteddfods of his childhood. Producer: Jane Greenwood A Loftus production for BBC Radio 3

A Ffoton recording of Welsh photographers Dan Wood and Paul Cabuts in conversation soon after the launch of Dan's second book 'Gap in the Hedge'. The book documents a childhood car journey he took with his mother every Saturday from Bridgend to visit relatives in the Rhondda Valley via the Bwlch-y-Clawdd mountain and forest pass. “This journey was my first experience of becoming aware of things. I found myself asking questions like, ‘what’s in those forests?’ and ‘what’s behind that mountain ridge?" Recorded Saturday 15th September 2018 in The Workers Gallery, Porth, Rhondda where a small

Tonight I’m delighted to be once again staying in Wales and heading down to beautiful Monmouthshire to talk to farmer and director of the Food, Farming and Countryside commission, Sue Pritchard. Firstly we talk about her early life growing up in the Rhondda Valley, in a family shaped by Wales's industrial heritage, who were mainly miners and smallholders. We also go into how although she was adopted, farming and keeping animals really was in her blood, as she found out much later. We discuss the scholarship that she won to study at a prestigious international school, and the culture shock it meant, before going on to talk about student life in the early 1980's at Bristol University studying politics and social policy, and dyed pink hair and dungarees! We then go on to talk about her career, firstly in the NHS in training and development, and then as an independent consultant specialising in leadership and change. We also go into what makes a good leader.  We then talk about her move back to Wales, and the dream come true that was being able to buy a farm in Monmouthshire with her Parents and family. We discuss the changes they've made there, including working with the resources they have, and helping disaffected teenagers.  Lastly, we talk in detail about the Food, Faming and Countryside Commission, and the detailed report they're compiling, visiting people from all around the country to gather their views about what matters most to them for the future of rural communities.  It was a genuine pleasure to talk to Sue tonight, and learn more about her life and what she's doing.  Check it out folks..      Episode Sponsors: AFTP - Agrifood Training Partnership. Please visit www.aftp.co.uk/podcast to check out a wide range of agriculture-related online courses. For 10% discount on selected courses us the word 'podcast' at check out! NFU Cymru - for more information please visit www.nfu-cymru.org.uk   Podcast Partners: Farmer's Guardian. For the biggest range of news and features from across the Ag industry, please visit www.fginsight.com Rock & Roll Farming is proud to be a part of the Farm & Rural Ag Network. To find more great podcasts and vlogs, please visit www.farmruralag.com   

Guest speaker Ben Franks begins the talk with encouraging stories and news from Rhondda Valley, Hope Church in Wales before beginning (8minutes 42 seconds)his talk on trusting God in the midst of troubles. He goes onto to unpack how God is our shelter, strength and helper.

The adventure continues in part 3 of our epic UK family vacation. We head into the Rhondda Valley to meet up with Wales' Strongest Couple for a customized fitness training session. Then we get interviewed on the BBC and explore some amazing seaside villages. Follow along as we travel to the next destination in part 4! Connect with Rachel Alcyone: http://www.rachelalcyone.com/ http://rachelalcyone.com/a/vip-application/ https://www.facebook.com/RachelAlcyone/?fref=ts Connect with Daniel Alcyone: email = ecstaticexistence@gmail.com http://ecstaticexistence.com/ http://ecstaticexistence.com/self-discovery/ https://www.facebook.com/EcstaticExistence/ Please consider contributing to our Patreon campaign to show support for the conscious content we deliver: https://www.patreon.com/ecstaticexistence Be well beautiful souls!

Welcome to the Leadership Files - series three of The Christians in Sport Podcast. We kick off with Danno catching up again with former rugby wildman turned youth coach Chris Jones. Recorded at the ‘House of Pain' - the home of Pontypridd RFC, the podcast sees Chris share how he learned to coach in the hard but fair style that has brought his Rhondda Valley teams great success. He says: “Any side that I coach, they will be committed, they will be physically and mentally prepared, they will be tough, but they will play within the rules as well.” Chris relates how his Christian faith has shaped him as a leader, why he is still hungry to follow the calling God has given him and where he finds solace in tough times. Listen in as Chris talks about Why you have to be passionate as a coach (5mins 30secs) What's most important to him as he coaches (12.00) Why coaching is so worthwhile (19.30) And much more…

While on our epic family adventure traveling the UK in a rented RV we stopped in Rhondda Valley to train with the strongest couple in Wales. Jamie Leigh Redwood is a two time winner of the Wales' Strongest Man competition and his partner LJ Leigh is a multiple time champion Woman's Powerlifting champion. They both choose a vegan lifestyle and are dedicated animal activists. Nobody is asking these two where they get their protein! Join us in our post-workout discussion with this real power couple as we learn more about their inspiring story! Connect with Jamie Leigh Redwood: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100007439267907 https://www.facebook.com/jamie.l.redwood Connect with LJ Leigh: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009186746269 Connect with Rachel Alcyone: email = allthesethingsandmore@gmail.com http://www.rachelalcyone.com/ http://rachelalcyone.com/a/vip-application/ https://www.facebook.com/RachelAlcyone/?fref=ts Connect with Daniel Alcyone: email = daniel@ecstaticexistence.com http://ecstaticexistence.com/ http://ecstaticexistence.com/self-discovery/ https://www.facebook.com/EcstaticExistence/ Contribute to our Patreon campaign and show support for the conscious content we deliver: https://www.patreon.com/ecstaticexistence Call us with questions, comments, requests, or riddles: 1-206-249-9064 Be well beautiful souls!

In this podcast recorded at the Hay Festival Wales 2017 Welsh and Indian authors and poets reflect on the theme of place and multilingualism in their writing. At the Hay Festival Wales 2017 India met Wales through poetry in the Hay Mela: a series of events that formed part of the UK/India Year of Culture 2017- a year of cultural exchange marking the 70th anniversary of India’s independence. The authors took part in the cross cultural collaboration project the Village, City and Valley brought together Welsh publisher Parthian Books, Kolkata-based Bee Books, Literature Wales and Wales Arts Review. The project is supported through India Wales, by the British Council and Wales Arts International. We spoke to Gary Redmond editor of the Wales Arts Review; Arunhava Sinha, a translator of classic, modern and contemporary Bengali fiction, non-fiction and poetry; Srijato, an acclaimed Bengali poet; and Welsh poet Siôn Tomos Owen who was born in the Rhondda Valley. They talk about their experiences of taking part in the Village, City and Valley project and read work in English, Bengali and Welsh. To find out more about Hay Festival visit http://www.hayfestival.org or follow the festival on Twitter @hayfestival Find out more: https://literature.britishcouncil.org/blog/2017/hay-festival-2017-podcast-india-and-wales-authors-come-together-to-explore-place

We are marking the return of the Six Nations with a foray into the world of rugby union for the latest Christians in Sport podcast, but this month's interviewee has a far from conventional tale to tell. Danno meets wildman turned inspirational youth coach Chris Jones. Although a Welsh junior international, Chris was soon far better known for his violent antics on off the field, which earned him the dubious honour of being banned for life twice. Chris, whose story has been well-chronicled in print, was renowned for carrying an axe in his kitbag and prided himself in being among the hardest men in the Rhondda Valley. Here he speaks of how the culture he grew up in led to him seeking to earn admiration in the best way he knew how – as a thug. Chris' behaviour came to ahead at the most unlikely of places – the Brecon Jazz Festival – after which his life was turned upside down when he came to faith in Jesus. After his first life ban, a journalist put it to Chris that his influence on the young people of the Rhondda Valley was terrible. Chris' reply at the time was “I don't care”. Decades later, he is having a very different impact as he puts his faith into action as Rhondda's rugby development officer. On becoming a Christian, Chris initially felt rugby was his problem and that he needed to abandon the sport, but then he came to realise how God could use him in the world he once terrorised. Listen to this fascinating podcast as Chris talks about: Why he carried the axe in his kit bag (1 min 40 secs) How he looked to earn the respect of his peers (3.45) His numerous sending-offs and brushes with officialdom (7.20) The unlikely turning point in his life (13.00) The influence of a Christian work colleague and his great reaction when Chris came to faith (17.30) His doubts about getting back involved in rugby as a new Christian (22.30) The doubts school teachers had when he became the local rugby development officer (25.00) What he loves most about his coaching role (27.40) His regrets at not coming to faith earlier (30.00) And much more… #sixnations #rugby #wales #danno #grahamdaniels

With Francine Stock. Francine visits the setting and locations of The Proud Valley starring Paul Robeson, actor, activist, singer, linguist, lawyer and honorary Welshman. Historian Phil Carradice explains why Robeson became a folk hero in the Rhondda Valley and about the miners' campaign to get his passport returned when he was blacklisted by the United States government and banned from leaving the country. The Proud Valley is being shown across South Wales and is the opening film at The Phoenix in Ton Pentre, a community cinema that closed its doors last year. There, Francine meets volunteer projectionist Mike Chapman, who has traced the history of the venue to its early days when it was a music hall, starring such turns as Ned Edwards and "His Two Little Queenies, the smallest artistes on the variety stage" as they were billed. Otto Bell, the director of The Eagle Huntress reveals why he spent his life savings to make a documentary about a 13 year old Mongolian girl who tried to become the first female eagle hunter in 12 generations of her Kazakh family. The director of Life, Animated, Roger Ross Williams, takes us behind the scenes of his documentary about an American family who used the language of Disney animations to communicate with their son, who was diagnosed with regressive autism at the age of three.