Podcasts about Royal Commonwealth Society

Join us for a very special episode of the Commonwealth Poetry Podcast brought to you from Buckingham Palace to celebrate the winners of the Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition 2024 - the world's oldest international schools' writing competition. In this episode Gyles and Aphra Brandreth meet the brilliant young winners and hear from some of the supporters of the Royal Commonwealth Society. Guests this episode include actors Tanya Reynolds and Toby Stephens, comedian Richard Ayoade and award winning journalist Clive Myree. Alongside the exec chair of the Royal Commonwealth Society, Linda Yueh CBE, and the brilliant young winners: Evangeline Khoo – Senior Winner, Erynn Liew – Junior Winner, Cristabelle Yeo – Senior Runner Up, and Victor Kiyaga – Junior Runner Up. Their winning essays can be read online at https://www.royalcwsociety.org/post/qcec2024winners

Marking the birthday of HM Queen Camilla on 17 July, Gyles Brandreth and Aphra Brandreth MP introduce a special episode of the Commonwealth Poetry Podcast, reprising our first ever episode recorded with Queen Camilla and the actress Dame Joanna Lumley at Clarence House in London and talking about the Commonwealth, the Royal Commonwealth Society and the University of Chester at Chester Town Hall.

Nostos Homes is a youth-led UK-based charity that provides first-of-its-kind sustainable homes for forcibly displaced families around the world. Nostos Homes and its leadership have received extensive international recognition and support including from the World Bank, IFC, Goldman Sachs, HRH Prince William, Royal Commonwealth Society, and The Diana Award. Nostos Homes Chief of Staff Devika Narayanan joins the podcast to discuss how a youth-led volunteer only nonprofit can be sustainable and successfully engage with significantly more established international organizations.

This series is presented in partnership with Black Magic Woman, Cairns Indigenous Art Fair and Bumma Bippera Media 98.7 FM. The Cairns Indigenous Art Fair will run from 13th-16th July 2023 in Cairns, go to https://ciaf.com.au for more information on what's on and for tickets.Jack Wilkie-Jans is an artist, arts worker and Aboriginal affairs advocate from Tropical North Queensland. He is of Aboriginal, British, Danish and Vanuatuan heritage and the Tribal Great Grandson of pre-eminent artist, Dr. Thancoupie Fletcher James AO.​Exhibiting as an artist since 2011, in numerous solo & group exhibitions, as well as at the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair and the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair over the years, Jack is an alumnus of the National Gallery of Australia's Indigenous Arts Leadership Programme. In 2011 he was awarded the Senator Jan McLucas Volunteer Recognition Award for his work with youth at risk, youth charities and for his efforts in strengthening the local Cairns arts & cultural scene. In 2011 Jack was a recipient of a Starburst grant which was funded by Youth Arts Queensland. Managed by him, the ensuing project entailed arts mentoring workshops, resulting in the first exhibition opportunity for a number of young & emerging Cairns artists.​Also a writer, Jack's work includes freelancing as an arts researcher, grant writer and reviewer (as well as an Aboriginal affairs commentator). He served as the Grants Writer, Sponsorship Officer and Media & Promotions Officer for the Australia: Defending the Oceans project. Launching in Monaco in 2016, the project was a series of twelve exhibitions across North America and Europe (including the United Nations headquarters in both New York City and Geneva) and showcased the largest collection of purpose-commissioned contemporary Indigenous sculpture. The project concluded late 2018.Jack has been acknowledged for his work as an artist and across the art industry many times: In 2013 he was nominated for the Cairns Region Australia Day Awards for the Cultural Award, in 2015 was made an inaugural Associate Fellow of the Royal Commonwealth Society, in 2018 he was a Baton Bearer for the Commonwealth Games relay.Jack Wilkie-Jans holds a Bachelor's Degree of Arts, majoring in Political Science & International Affairs from James Cook University. He is currently engaged with the Cairns Indigenous Art Fair as the event's/organisation's Marketing & Communications Manager.Recommendations throughout this episode: https://ciaf.com.au/cairns-indigenous-art-fair-ciaf Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.auFollow us on Instagram - @blackmagicwomanpodcast The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities. Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do. If you enjoyed this episode, please ‘Subscribe' on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow' on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about us! If you'd like to contact us, please email, info@blackmagicwoman.com.auSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/black-magic-woman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Obehi Podcast, Nikita Nkese, the Founder and Creative Director of Sweetest Kiddies Empire will tell us about Child Welfare Programs in Nigeria. Nikita Nkese is an Associate Fellow of The Royal Commonwealth Society, London. And currently serves in the capacity of an international judge for The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition in Nigeria since 2019. A competition of more than 20, 000 entries annually from children in 54 Commonwealth countries. ____________________________ For more about Obehi Podcast, visit our YouTube channel - ObehiPodcast. Check out also our official website Obehiewanfoh.com. Join our Content Membership for content creation strategy and digital entrepreneurship --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/obehi-podcast/message

Actor Rory Kinnear plays ten characters- all the male roles but one- in the new psychological horror film from Alex Garland, Men. He joins Samira Ahmed to discuss how he approached playing multiple roles in this exploration of fear and loathing in the English countryside. The UK's new City of Culture 2025 is announced. The Minister of Arts, Lord Parkinson reveals which bid from the shortlist of Bradford, County Durham, Southampton and Wrexham County Borough has been successful and what the title will mean in terms of investment and attracting visitors to the area. Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall is involved with the Queen's Commonwealth Essay Prize as vice patron of the Royal Commonwealth Society. She spoke to Tina Daheley about how the world's oldest international writing competition for schools promotes literacy and empowers young people. Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Julian May Photo: Actor Rory Kinnear in the film Men Credit: Entertainment Film Distributors

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3wWXVvr There is a ‘Commonwealth Advantage'. A Commonwealth country's trade with another member is likely to be a third to a half more than with a non-member – so concluded an influential 2010 paper, “Trading Places: The ‘Commonwealth Effect' Revisited” by Joanna Bennett, Paul Chappell, Howard Reed, and Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, sponsored by the Royal Commonwealth Society and the Worshipful Company of World Traders. The UK experienced the Brexit vote of 2016 and leaving the EU in 2021, while the world has experienced a tremendous amount of geopolitical change, even war. Trade agreements proliferate, while trade relations become more fraught and less multi-lateral. Some pundits claim that globalisation is going into retreat. How can the UK grow its role in world trade using this Commonwealth Advantage? This webinar draws upon the work of Lord Marland and the Commonwealth Enterprise & Investment Council in growing the business and economic links among Commonwealth countries to explore what the future of intra-Commonwealth trade may hold, and what the role of the Commonwealth as a trade association might presage. Speaker: Lord Marland is chairman of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council. He retired as the Prime Minister's Trade Envoy and chairman of the business ambassador network on 1 January 2014. Lord Marland is the former chairman of the Commonwealth Business Council and was Minister for the Department of Energy and Climate Change in 2010 and subsequently for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. Lord Marland was one of the founding directors of Jardine Lloyd Thompson plc a multinational insurance business, and he founded the Jubilee insurance company. He led the acquisitions of: Janspeed Ltd (automotive engineering and manufacturing) Hunter Boot Ltd Insurance Capital Partners Jubilee Insurance Ltd WH Ireland Ltd (stockbroker) Wisden Cricketer Ltd Tamara Mellon, LLC (fashion) He is Chairman of Tickets for Troops and the Churchill Centre, President of The Commonwealth Youth Orchestra and Choir, Trustee of Peggy Guggenheim (UK) and Atlantic Partnership, and Patron of Salisbury and South Wiltshire Cricket.

Dr Hillary Briffa looks at what characterises small states, their challenges, and the strategies they utilise to overcome these. She argues that small states can very successfully protect their autonomy and security, and exert considerable influence. When major powers clash, or grow more competitive, the historical record shows that small states are the first to be buffeted by the actions of their larger counterparts. Small states do not set the international agenda. This means that if the fears of a breakdown of the rules-based order are well-founded, it will have profound implications for their security. Thus, these actors must look within their own armoury – at the tactics and strategies available to them, within certain bounds – and consider how much leverage they can exert within the context in which they operate. Can small states do anything more than move swiftly to avoid being trampled when elephants collide? This talk will examine the strategies pursued by small states to safeguard their autonomy (including ‘strategic hedging' and ‘seeking shelter'); as well as innovative means of projecting influence (ranging from the harnessing of multilateralism to bind great power behaviour, to serving as ‘smart states' in the international system). Today, increasing antagonism between great powers is already creating serious dilemmas for smaller international actors, and this is likely to intensify in the near future. However, the ability of small states to strategically navigate risk and influence the behaviour of Great Powers means that they can be expected to adapt to these changes. As small states navigate a fading rules-based order, this talk will argue that they have several time-tested strategies in reserve. Dr Hillary Briffa is a Lecturer in National Security Studies and the Assistant Director of the Centre for Defence Studies in the Department of War Studies at King's College London, where she read for her Ph.D, asking whether small states can have a grand strategy. She is also a founding member of the Centre for Grand Strategy at King's, where she serves as the research lead for the Climate Change and International Order portfolio. Previously, she has taught courses across the spectrum of global politics, international relations, defence, foreign policy, security and strategy at the Royal College of Defence Studies, the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, University College London, Birkbeck University of London, and Queen Mary University of London. Beyond academia, she served as Malta's official Youth Ambassador to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) for three years, and worked at the Malta High Commission to the UK throughout Malta's tenure as Commonwealth Chair-in-Office. After running peace-building projects in Eastern and Central Europe, in 2015 she was appointed an Associate Fellow of the Royal Commonwealth Society, and in 2016 became a recipient of the U.S. State Department's inaugural Emerging Young Leaders award.

Governor Phil Bryant (2012-2020) joins America's Roundtable Radio co-hosts Natasha Srdoc and Joel Anand Samy for a conversation on Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky addressing a joint meeting of the House and Senate to press his case for more aid to Ukraine. According to Reuters: "Over 2 million refugees have entered Poland from Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion on Feb. 24, the Polish border guard said on Friday." Estimates from Europe suggest that the numbers will rise to more than 5 million Ukrainians fleeing their homes in the coming weeks. The program features America's state legislatures and governors around the nation who are condemning Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Through a principled endeavor, both the Mississippi House of Representatives and Senate passed resolutions barring any business between state entities and Russia. Governor Bryant served two terms as Mississippi's 64th governor from 2012 to January 2020 and served as Mississippi's lieutenant governor, as state auditor, and as a legislator in the Mississippi House of Representatives. Phil Bryant is a founding member of Bryant Songy Snell Global Partners where he provides strategic advice and counsel and business development services to some of the world's largest industry leaders. He is a distinguished guest-host of America's Roundtable and serves on the International Leaders Summit's leadership board. While serving as Mississippi's chief executive officer, Governor Bryant largely centered his efforts on creating new economic opportunities, among other things. Under Governor Bryant's leadership Mississippi saw its lowest-ever unemployment rate, its lowest-ever high school dropout rate, its lowest-ever teen pregnancy rate, its highest-ever number of jobs, its highest-ever number of graduating physicians, its highest-ever K-12 reading and math improvement scores, and its highest-ever high school graduation rate. Governor Bryant's dedicated focus on economic development yielded more than $8 billion in private sector investment in Mississippi as well as the largest economic project in state history—a landmark agreement with Continental Tire to build a major manufacturing facility in central Mississippi and create more than 2,500 new jobs. Governor Bryant dovetailed public education reforms with a strong focus on workforce training programs and job creation. His administration worked to improve career-technical training programs and their delivery through Mississippi's top-rated community and junior college system, pairing program offerings with local workforce opportunities and collaborating with the K-12 system to strengthen high school vocational programs. He worked closely with the University of Mississippi Medical Center to build a new School of Medicine and to increase the number of graduating physicians each year; to position Mississippi as a national leader in telemedicine services and technology; and to create a state-of-the-art residential facility to care for medically fragile children. Governor Bryant served as chairman of the Education Commission of the States; chairman of the Southern States Energy Board; chairman of Jobs for America's Graduates; and chairman of the Royal Commonwealth Society of the United States. https://ileaderssummit.org/services/americas-roundtable-radio/ https://ileaderssummit.org/ | https://jerusalemleaderssummit.com/ America's Roundtable on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/americas-roundtable/id1518878472 Twitter: @supertalk @PhilBryantMS @ileaderssummit @NatashaSrdoc @JoelAnandUSA America's Roundtable is co-hosted by Natasha Srdoc and Joel Anand Samy, co-founders of International Leaders Summit and the Jerusalem Leaders Summit. America's Roundtable radio program - a strategic initiative of International Leaders Summit, focuses on America's economy, healthcare reform, rule of law, security and trade, and its strategic partnership with rule of law nations around the world. The radio program features high-ranking US administration officials, cabinet members, members of Congress, state government officials, distinguished diplomats, business and media leaders and influential thinkers from around the world. America's Roundtable is aired by Lanser Broadcasting Corporation on 96.5 FM and 98.9 FM, covering Michigan's major market, SuperTalk Mississippi Media's 12 radio stations and 50 affiliates reaching every county in Mississippi and also heard in parts of the neighboring states, including Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee, and through podcast on Apple Podcasts and other key online platforms.

Governor Phil Bryant (2012-2020) joins America's Roundtable Radio co-hosts Natasha Srdoc and Joel Anand Samy for a conversation to address the growing concerns of skyrocketing inflation and how it is impacting families and small businesses across the country. The discussion will also highlight history's economic lessons of recession and the urgency to curtail government spending and reduce the national debt. The national security crisis at the U.S. southern border with 2 million illegal immigrants crossing over into America during fiscal year 2021, and serious challenges for state goverments across the country. On the foreign policy front, the Russia-Ukraine crisis is brought to the forefront. The program highlights the importance of advancing principled solutions for America and advancing peace through strength. Governor Bryant served two terms as Mississippi's 64th governor from 2012 to January 2020 and served as Mississippi's lieutenant governor, as state auditor, and as a legislator in the Mississippi House of Representatives. Phil Bryant is a founding member of Bryant Songy Snell Global Partners where he provides strategic advice and counsel and business development services to some of the world's largest industry leaders. He is a distinguished guest-host of America's Roundtable and serves on the International Leaders Summit's leadership board. While serving as Mississippi's chief executive officer, Governor Bryant largely centered his efforts on creating new economic opportunities, among other things. Under Governor Bryant's leadership Mississippi saw its lowest-ever unemployment rate, its lowest-ever high school dropout rate, its lowest-ever teen pregnancy rate, its highest-ever number of jobs, its highest-ever number of graduating physicians, its highest-ever K-12 reading and math improvement scores, and its highest-ever high school graduation rate. Governor Bryant's dedicated focus on economic development yielded more than $8 billion in private sector investment in Mississippi as well as the largest economic project in state history—a landmark agreement with Continental Tire to build a major manufacturing facility in central Mississippi and create more than 2,500 new jobs. Governor Bryant dovetailed public education reforms with a strong focus on workforce training programs and job creation. His administration worked to improve career-technical training programs and their delivery through Mississippi's top-rated community and junior college system, pairing program offerings with local workforce opportunities and collaborating with the K-12 system to strengthen high school vocational programs. He worked closely with the University of Mississippi Medical Center to build a new School of Medicine and to increase the number of graduating physicians each year; to position Mississippi as a national leader in telemedicine services and technology; and to create a state-of-the-art residential facility to care for medically fragile children. Governor Bryant served as chairman of the Education Commission of the States; chairman of the Southern States Energy Board; chairman of Jobs for America's Graduates; and chairman of the Royal Commonwealth Society of the United States. Further reading: WSJ | Worried About Inflation and Supply Constraints? Try Being a Small Business. Larger companies have used their heft to turn higher demand into increased earnings, but smaller firms are adding debt and burning cash https://www.wsj.com/articles/worried-inflation-suppy-chains-small-business-11645463508 https://ileaderssummit.org/services/americas-roundtable-radio/ https://ileaderssummit.org/ | https://jerusalemleaderssummit.com/ America's Roundtable on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/americas-roundtable/id1518878472 Twitter: @supertalk @PhilBryantMS @ileaderssummit @NatashaSrdoc @JoelAnandUSA America's Roundtable is co-hosted by Natasha Srdoc and Joel Anand Samy, co-founders of International Leaders Summit and the Jerusalem Leaders Summit. America's Roundtable radio program - a strategic initiative of International Leaders Summit, focuses on America's economy, healthcare reform, rule of law, security and trade, and its strategic partnership with rule of law nations around the world. The radio program features high-ranking US administration officials, cabinet members, members of Congress, state government officials, distinguished diplomats, business and media leaders and influential thinkers from around the world. America's Roundtable is aired by Lanser Broadcasting Corporation on 96.5 FM and 98.9 FM, covering Michigan's major market, SuperTalk Mississippi Media's 12 radio stations and 50 affiliates reaching every county in Mississippi and also heard in parts of the neighboring states, including Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee, and through podcast on Apple Podcasts and other key online platforms.

Our first episode for Season two is called ‘Rebuilding'. Over the past few years we've witnessed more young people standing up and fighting for their future and the future of their communities. In today's episode 24 year old Madhav Datt from New Delhi shares stories of young people in India and Bangladesh who've turned experiences of adversity into positive change. ------------------------------ Episode production: Madhav Datt Special thanks to: Shomy Hasan Chowdhury, Shreya Aneja , Devika Narayanan, Tanay Raghavendra and Pulkit Mahajan Story coaching: Irit Pollak Hosted by: Ekram Esmael Mixing: Laura Brierley Newton Theme music: James Taylor and the SoundMix team with Yousef Essa at the UK Refugee Council Episode art: Devanshu Bhardwaj (www.bluntpencil.in) Episode music: Blue Dot Sessions Release date: 26.10.21 ------------------------------ Shomy Hasan Chowdhury is a multi-award-winning Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) activist from Bangladesh. Shomy is the Co-Founder of global youth-led org Awareness 360, a Global Changemakers Fellow, a US Dept. of State Alumna, a Global Citizen Youth Advocate, the Asia Representative of the Commonwealth Students' Association, a Royal Commonwealth Society Fellow, Youth Advisory Board Member of Youth Combating NTDs, a certified Commonwealth Leader, Commonwealth Youth Forum 2021 International Taskforce Policy Lead, a Global Youth Ambassador for Theirworld UK, a TEDx Speaker, a Schwarzman Scholar '21-22, and an International Election Observer. She has addressed keynotes and inspired millions across 5 continents. She has received many recognitions for her social work of over a decade, notably the President's Volunteer Service Award (Gold) from President Barack Obama and the Princess Diana Legacy Award. She was titled as a UNDP-Samsung Global Generation17 Young Leader and was named to the 2021 Forbes 30 Under 30 list in the Social Impact category. Shreya Aneja is an architect and a student at Architectural Association, London - pursuing a Master of Architecture degree in Sustainable Environmental Design. She is also a Design Consultant at UK based NGO, Nostos Homes, which builds homes for forcibly displaced people. She is a professional Kathak dancer and an avid spoken word poet. Madhav Datt founded Green the Gene as a small environmental club in his school when he was 8 years old. Today, Green the Gene is one of the world's largest completely youth-led environmental non-profits, with over 7,000 young volunteers and projects in 62 countries. Madhav was named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list in the social impact category in 2021. His work has received international recognition including from HRH Prince William, Prime Minister of India, CTO of Tesla, Royal Commonwealth Society, and Audi. Madhav co-founded Nostos Homes, and chairs its Board of Trustees.

Join America's Roundtable co-hosts Natasha Srdoc and Joel Anand Samy for a conversation with Governor Phil Bryant, the State of Mississippi (2012-2020), executive advisory board member, International Leaders Summit, guest co-host of America's Roundtable and partner at Bryant Songy Snell Global Partners. We focus on the U.S. Constitution and discuss the significance of the Second Amendment. Governor Phil Bryant served as Mississippi’s 64th governor from 2012 to 2020. Before becoming the state’s chief executive, the Honorable Phil Bryant was lieutenant governor, state auditor, and represented his legislative district in the Mississippi House of Representatives for five years. Governor Bryant served as chairman of the Education Commission of the States; chairman of the Southern States Energy Board; chairman of Jobs for America’s Graduates; and chairman of the Royal Commonwealth Society of the United States.The Moorhead native and former deputy sheriff earned his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Southern Mississippi and a master’s degree in political science from Mississippi College, where he also received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws Degree. Before being elected governor, he served as an adjunct professor of government at Mississippi College. As governor, the Hon. Phil Bryant led Mississippi in implementing transformational public education reforms, promoting economic development, advancing strategic trade missions, and building a competitive business climate that attracted major employers like Amazon, Yokohama Tire Corporation and Continental Tire. According to published reports: “Under Gov. Bryant’s administration, 80,000 jobs were created and some $7 billion in private investment were brought into the state of Mississippi.” Governor Bryant serves on the executive advisory board of International Leaders Summit, a distinguished guest host of America’s Roundtable and is spearheading initiatives at Bryant Songy Snell Global Partners - where he provides strategic advice and counsel and business development services to some of the world’s largest industry leaders. Relevant articles and video: Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) Mississippi unites with Israel at Jerusalem Leaders Summit (https://www.jns.org/mississippi-unites-with-israel-at-jerusalem-leaders-summit/) The Jerusalem Post: Love from Mississippi (https://www.jpost.com/jerusalem-report/love-from-mississippi-573674) Phil Bryant, governor of Mississippi, speaks about the U.S.-Israel relationship. Video: Gov. Phil Bryant, Mississippi - Steve Linde, Editor, Jerusalem Report | Jerusalem Leaders Summit (https://www.jpost.com/jerusalem-report/love-from-mississippi-573674) https://ileaderssummit.org/services/americas-roundtable-radio/ https://ileaderssummit.org/ | https://jerusalemleaderssummit.com/ America's Roundtable on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/americas-roundtable/id1518878472 Twitter: @PhilBryantMS @ileaderssummit @NatashaSrdoc @JoelAnandUSA America's Roundtable is co-hosted by Natasha Srdoc and Joel Anand Samy, co-founders of International Leaders Summit and the Jerusalem Leaders Summit. America’s Roundtable radio program - a strategic initiative of International Leaders Summit, focuses on America’s economy, healthcare reform, rule of law, security and trade, and its strategic partnership with rule of law nations around the world. The radio program features high-ranking US administration officials, cabinet members, members of Congress, state government officials, distinguished diplomats, business and media leaders and influential thinkers from around the world. America’s Roundtable is aired by Lanser Broadcasting Corporation on 96.5 FM and 98.9 FM, covering Michigan’s major market, SuperTalk Mississippi Media’s 12 radio stations reaching every county in Mississippi and also heard in parts of the neighboring states, including Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee, and through podcast on Apple Podcasts and other key online platforms.

Resilient, Realistic and Radiant. Alex Wallace, founder at The Mintridge Foundation and Associate Fellow of the Royal Commonwealth Society. Starting out her career as a sportswoman playing hockey to becoming a true inspiration to 60,000 young people. Whilst coaching hockey and netball to young people in Fiji, Alex realised the far-reaching impacts and lifeskills sport brought into communities. Her experience in dealing with internal pressure, perceived failure and imposter syndrome stemmed the very successful Mintridge Foundation. Alex's charity promotes sport to improve the mental and physical well-being of young people to help them find their pathway in life. Alex embraced her “just do it” attitude, found herself at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth games and ventured with various Olympians, paralympians and professional athletes. She provides a realistic journey of the challenges to becoming an entrepreneur and how you can transform negatives into positives. Tune in to find out how Alex took the leap from the English farmlands to the Olympic games! #sport #passion #entrepreneur #entrepreneurship #charity #mentalhealth #transition #transformation #alexwallace #haigbarrett

Yunquan Qin has been described as ‘the epitome of strength’. The first woman in Asia to be certified as both a counter-terror shooting instructor by the Israeli Tactical School in the US, and also to earn a blue belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu; Yunquan is CEO and chief instructor of Kapap Academy, a social enterprise dedicated to empowering ordinary people, with Yunquan having taught practical self-defence moves to thousands — from abused women to the deaf and the elderly. For her efforts in empowering others and educating them about their own personal safety, she was the recipient of the Queen's Young Leaders Award in 2017. In 2018, Yunquan was recognised as a honouree of Forbes' 30 Under 30 Asia list - featuring 300 young disruptors, innovators and entrepreneurs from across the region. She was also named by Singapore Tatler, Generation T, as one of the 50 most promising individuals in Singapore. In the same year, Yunquan was made an Associate Fellow of the Royal Commonwealth Society, a charity committed to youth empowerment, education and advocacy.   ​ Yunquan was a finalist in the Women of the Future Awards Southeast Asia 2019 in the Social Entrepreneur Category and in 2020 was one of 25 women named on the Kindness in Leadership Leading Lights Southeast Asia.   ------- For more information on the Women of the Future Programme and initiatives, please visit: www.womenofthefuture.co.uk

For this episode, we headed to Ghana to speak on social entrepreneurism with the Founder and CEO of 1 Billion Africa, Prince Adu-Appiah. Prince shares his vision of ‘Turning problems into projects' and how he approached developing a movement whose projects and activities have impacted over 12,500 Africans, with the majority being youth, women and children. We discuss his love of leadership, his tech background, his start up story, branding, marketing and how he activated a base of supporters, donors, and leaders. We also discuss leadership principles and what it means to inspire Africa's Youth to find problems in their communities and to turn them into projects. Prince Adu-Appiah is a social entrepreneur, a thought leader, a development worker, and a tech consultant whose passion is to help eradicate poverty in Africa and to raise young leaders. He is the Founder and CEO of 1Billion Africa (www.1billionafrica.org). His work has attracted honors and recognitions both locally and globally including; receiving the JCI 2015 Top 10 Outstanding Young Persons in Ghana Award, recognized as part of JCI World's 2015 Top 20 Outstanding Young Persons in the World, recognized in 2015 Top 30 Under 30 Future of Ghana young talents in Ghana, recipient of Unsung Hero People of Distinction Humanitarian Award, USA, and listed in Leadership Expert Gordon Tredgold's 2014 TOP 10 F.A.S.T Leaders list. Prince is a 2-time TEDx Speaker, a 2017 Kumvana Fellow, a 2016 Brightest Young Minds alumnus, an Ashoka Changemakers Scholar, and an Associate Fellow at the Royal Commonwealth Society. He holds a Master of Arts degree from the University of Ghana Business School in Organizational Leadership & Corporate Governance.  Connect with Prince on LinkedIn at: www.linkedin.com/in/princeaduappiah or via social media:  Facebook: www.facebook.com/princeaappiah  Twitter: www.twitter.com/princeaappiah  Instagram: www.instagram.com/princeaappiah  #socialentrepreneur #CEO # founder #startupstory #nonprofit #ngo #Ghana #SDGs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abbey Wemimo, Co-Founder, Esusu Abbey Wemimo is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Esusu, a financial technology platform that reports rental data to build tenant's credit scores while helping property owners increase revenue, lower evictions powered by differentiated data and insights. Prior to Esusu, Abbey founded Clean Water for Everyone, a global social venture providing affordable access to clean water for 250,000+ people in six countries. He also founded a data analytics company designed to gather machine-readable data on NGOs operating in Africa which was acquired in 2014. Previously, Abbey was a mergers and acquisitions consultant at PwC, where he worked on more than 20 buy and sell-side deals valued at over $50 billion. He also gained valuable experience working with Accenture, European Commission, and Goldman Sachs. Abbey and his work have been recognized in the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Quartz, Fortune, Teen Vogue, Vice, Black Enterprise, and Cheddar. Abbey was selected by Queen Elizabeth II as a Queen Young Leader. He was inducted into The Royal Commonwealth Society in 2017 and named to the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 list. He speaks at global conferences and has presented at the United Nations, the Vatican, the World Food Prize, and Clinton Global Initiative among others. Abbey graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management. He holds a Masters of Public Administration degree from New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School School of Public Service and a Leading Change Scholar from The University of Cambridge.Samir Goel, Co-Founder, Esusu Samir Goel is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Esusu, the leadinga financial technology platform that reports rental data to build tenant's credit scores while helping property owners increase revenue, lower evictions powered by differentiated data and insights. Esusu’s renter ecosystem currently covers over 250,000 rental units in 35 states across the United States. Prior to Esusu, Samir Co-Founded Transfernation, a nationally recognized non-profit that uses technology to ensure that excess food goes toward underserved communities across New York City. Transfernation has rescued over 2 million pounds of food and impacted 1.8 million lives. Samir’s work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, USA Today, Quartz, Fortune, Vice, Black Enterprise, and he was named to the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 list. Previously, Samir worked at LinkedIn in Customer Success Consulting, Talent Acquisition, and Sales Strategy & Operations focused across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Samir also worked at The United Nations and Venture for America. Samir contributes for LinkedIn, The Daily Muse, Influencive, Mogul, and Quartz. He speaks at conferences around the country and has addressed The United Nations to the Clinton Global Initiative’s Annual Meeting. He received his Bachelor of Science from New York University's Stern School of Business.

Steve Barclay, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, joins Christopher Hope to discuss the Chancellor's mini-Budget, how Britons will be weaned off the "public sector money teat" and why he's keeping schtum on which restaurant he'll visit first to Eat Out to Help Out. Plus Paul Harrison, former press secretary to Theresa May when she was in Number 10, on how televised daily press briefings could mean more scrutiny for politicians and journalists alike, and why he'd mourn the loss of the irreverent question. And Lord Howell, President of the Royal Commonwealth Society, on why he believes the Queen "fully understood" what Prince Harry meant in Commonwealth "uncomfortable history" row.For 30 days' free access to the Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/chopper |Listen to the Telegraph's Planet Normal podcast: www.playpodca.st/planetnormal |Email: chopperspolitics@telegraph.co.uk |Twitter: @chopperspodcast |

This Episode Covers: Staying ambitious in the face of adversity, as Amy shares managing a marketing agency post spinal fusion The role of female speakers and female business communities Building a business that thrives despite personal adversity Never miss a show, get notifications direct to your inbox. http://bit.ly/TheLoveldaShow Connect to the World Class Female Speakers Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/WorldClassFemaleSpeakers/ Remember to subscribe and drop us a 5 star review on iTunes. About Your Host: Entrepreneur & international MC, Moderator & host, Lovelda Vincenzi has been speaking and performing on stages since the age of 13 (www.lovelda.com). On a mission to unleash authentic powerful female voices, Lovelda runs World Class Female Speakers supporting women to get found, booked, and paid as speakers. As an MC and Moderator Lovelda has been trusted by organisers to introduce and facilitate conversations with political figureheads such as Margrethe Vestagar (European Commissioner for Competition) & Toomas Hendric Ilves (Former President of Estonia). In addition to celebrities such as Monica Lewinsky, Kunal Nayyar (Big Bang Theory), and Business Executives and Entrepreneurs such as Paul Polman (Former Unilever CEO). Connect with Lovelda: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/LoveldaVincenzi FB Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WorldClassFemaleSpeakers/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/LoveldaVincenzi/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loveldavincenzi/ Resources for Speakers CLICK HERE to download your free copy of the Speaker Marketing Blueprint About our Guest: Amy McManus is the CEO and Founder of AM Marketing, a search specialist agency based in the UK. She is a UK Women of the Future, freeman of the London Guild of Entrepreneurs, an Associate Fellow of the Royal Commonwealth Society and winner of UK Female Business Speaker of the Year. This year Amy was placed in the #ialso Top 100 UK entrepreneurs list. AM Marketing is an award-winning Google Partner agency with a portfolio of clients all over the world. Amy managed and grew her agency while suffering with severe mental health issues and chronic pain caused by a high-speed car crash in 2014. Her resilience and dedication to her business resulted in AM Marketing being awarded the Amazon Triumph Over Adversity award in 2017. Amy now dedicates her speaking career to improving mental health within digital, breaking taboos and raising awareness of issues within the industry. Connect with Amy McManus: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theamymcmanus/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AMMarketingUK/ Instagram: @theamymcmanus or @ammarketing

This episode features, Kennedy Mmari, Communications, PR and Digital Media Practitioner and Learner. Kennedy Mmari was born in Kilimanjaro and raised in Dar Es Salaam. He is is the Founder and Chief Executive of Serengeti Bytes, a full-service Communications, Public Relations and Digital Media agency based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.  With over 6 years worth of experience in the areas of Public Relations, Communication and Digital Media in both NGO and private sector, Kennedy is also an Associate Fellow of the Royal Commonwealth Society and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Goalkeeper, the honorary associations as a result of his commitment and contribution to various areas of Sustainable Development Goals in Tanzania. In this episode, Kennedy expresses his views on life in Tanzania and his role within the African context. Twitter - @kennedymmari https://www.serengetibytes.com/ #1000africanvoices

Jonathan Bhagan is an Attorney at Law in private practice and a part time tutor at UWI Law Faculty. Jonathan is the founder of the Christian Youth Foundation. Jonathan also lead the Caribbean Committee Against Sex Crimes founded by Camille St. Omer in a regional campaign for sex offender registration from 2016 to 2018. Jonathan has 5 years’ experience as a board member of the Organization for Abused and Battered Individuals assisting survivors of sexual violence. Jonathan is a graduate of the Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education Leading Change programme and an Associate Fellow of the Royal Commonwealth Society. FEATURE SONGLosing Sleep (official video) - WaiYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qi4H9avKIAiTunes: https://music.apple.com/us/album/losing-sleep-single/1466022195Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RoaelEntertainmentInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/roaelent/

Alex Paske is the Founder and Managing Director of the Mintridge Foundation, a charity that has worked with over 40,000 young people to enhance their life skills through sport and provide a support network by harnessing the power of positive sporting role models.Alex was the recipient of the Women of the Future Sport Award in 2017, and in 2018 received the prestigious Sunday Times Sportswomen of the Year Award in the Grassroots Category, as well as being appointed an Associate Fellow of the Royal Commonwealth Society.Kim talks to Alex about her sporting upbringing, the challenges faced in starting a business at 24, the importance of role models and mentors to young people and how her greatest perceived failure turned into one of her greatest triumphs.  -------Nominations for the Women of the Future Awards 2019 are open - if you know an incredible young women thriving in her industry, you can nominate her hereNominations for the Kindness and Leadership: 50 Leading Lights are also open, recognising the contribution of kind leaders to business, the economy and society, nominate hereFor more on the Mintridge Foundation click here

This week Christopher talks with Libby Ellis OAM. Libby is President of the South Australian Branch of The Royal Commonwealth Society, She has a degree in Geography and International Studies. Libby is a qualified Archivist and worked at the State Library of South Australia in a number of capacities including Map Librarian, Newspaper Librarian and Acting Reference Librarian for a number of years before being seconded to the State Department of Local Government where she co-ordinated Local Government involvement in the State’s Sesquicentenary celebrations.

Two Queens celebrate birthdays this week, republic protest at the royal wedding, Queen Sonja's work to go on display aboard a cruise ship and Viking treasures from Harald Bluetooth's reign are discovered.See more in this week's show.Visit our website http://rightroyalroundup.com.au.Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RightRoyalRoundup, follow us on Twitter @RightRoyalRound and Instagram @rightroyalroundup.

‘Refugee-centered Versus State-centred Approaches to Refugee Integration?’ is the topic for discussion at the Human Rights Consortium, UCL, led by Dr Maja Korac-Sanderson of UEL and chaired by the Director of the Royal Commonwealth Society on Wednesday; More poetry with Ruth Callaghan Presents… on Friday at 1 Buck Street, Camden Town; Claire Tomalin Booker Prize Winner, discusses her new book, on Charles Dickens at the British Library 01937 546 546 . A shirt signed by the Arsenal team is among the items for auction at the Calthorpe Project; Paul Noble’s drawings of Nobson Newtown are the highlight at The Gagosian Gallery in Kings Cross – not to be missed. Recorded by: Vicki Battison Read By: Marita Hutson, Vicki Battison, DJ Rudeboy P Tosh and Martin Lim Edited by: Marian Larragy School of Advanced Studies, UCL :: British Library :: Calthorpe Project :: Ruth Callaghan Presents :: Paul Noble at Gagosian Gallery :: Back to Camden Community Radio :: CCRadio on Twitter :: File Download (4:00 min / 9 MB)

Nancy Garrett was recruited in 1967 from New York where she had completed her training at Columbia to become a nurse. She went to York University for her orientation and headed out with others such as Vicki Henry, Janet Harold and Carol Gagnion to name a few.She was posted to the Hariama estate family centre. 2 weeks of Hindustani training and then some private tutoring to learn the language Working with Dr. Vasudeva at the family planning training centre.She heard Lewis Perinbam speak at her orientation. She later met him in India and their lives were connected. Listen to her story.NANCY RUTH GARRETT R.N., BSc.,MPH Canadian, Nancy Garrett, following nursing education in Vancouver received a BSc (Columbia University. N.Y.) a Masters in Public Health/Population Planning (Univ. Michigan); Certificate in Evaluation (Ottawa Univ.), Ottawa. She has lived and worked in North America, Europe, Australia, Asia and Africa and did consulting in Peru. She has worked in five languages, for private, government, and voluntary sectors in service, management, teaching and research. Professional activities include teaching community health, epidemiology, and research methods at the Universite de Quebec, (Hull, P.Q.); Research officer; and Director of Professional Services for the Canadian Nurses Association. She has presented papers at national and international gatherings and published in (French and English) in books and journals on research and issues ranging from smoking to immunization, AIDS, breastfeeding and health care training in developing countries. International development work has included teaching and service in Haryana State programs in India; Director-Medical for CUSO-India programs; Pediatric Associate- Nursing for Harvard Medical School Project in Maternal and Child Health at Cameroon's Centre Universitaire des Sciences de la Sante; Health Specialist for CIDA. Numerous consultancies include those for the International Planned Parenthood Federation; CIDA, CUSO, and Programme Officer for the International Development Research Centre (Ottawa). She has also served on boards of directors, and advisory councils for various organizations; research, selection, and technical committees. She lives in Vancouver and is involved in local, national and international organizations including the Canadian Society for International Health and the Canadian International Council and the Royal Commonwealth Society. Current activities include trustee for International Development Award, UBC School of Nursing Advisory Council (international development education) and community work with arts and culture organizations to assist and promote arts, heritage and cultural exchange. Volunteer for a better world! Join CUSO-VSO, share skills and volunteer in 43 countries in Africa, Asia, the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean. Volunteers, donate, share skills.www.cuso-vso.org

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is a man who has devoted his life to helping those who share his own disability - blindness. Sir John Wilson lost his sight at the age of 12 in an accident in his school chemistry laboratory. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about how, undaunted, he went on to win a scholarship to Oxford, and then, at the age of 30, mortgaged his home and set up the Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind. Since then, he has travelled an average of 50,000 miles a year, helping to restore or save the sight of millions of people the world over. Last year he was awarded the Albert Schweizer International Award for Medicine. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Mass in B Minor: The Sanctus by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: A chess strategy book (in braille) Luxury: A sonic probe

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is a man who has devoted his life to helping those who share his own disability - blindness. Sir John Wilson lost his sight at the age of 12 in an accident in his school chemistry laboratory. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about how, undaunted, he went on to win a scholarship to Oxford, and then, at the age of 30, mortgaged his home and set up the Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind. Since then, he has travelled an average of 50,000 miles a year, helping to restore or save the sight of millions of people the world over. Last year he was awarded the Albert Schweizer International Award for Medicine. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Mass in B Minor: The Sanctus by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: A chess strategy book (in braille) Luxury: A sonic probe