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Discover the power of community organising, the lack of funding for grassroots movements and how the Civic Power Fund is addressing this issue through participatory grantmaking and funder collaboration. Episode Keywords: Community Organising, Social Justice Funding, Self-Determination, People Power, Solidarity, Civic Power Fund, Participatory Grant-Making, Movement Building, Funders, Intermediaries, Radical Change, Philanthropy. RateThisPodcast.com/charity - Please leave a rating and/or review to help more people find this podcast. Chapters: (0:00:00) – Community organising (0:09:30) – Social justice funding (0:14:10) - Funding grassroots organising and national infrastructure to support organisers (0:23:05) – Fundraising, funder collaboration, movement building and intermediaries (0:30:25) – Shifting funder mindsets (0:34:10) – Recommended resources. Martha Mackenzie, Executive Director, Civic Power Fund Martha has a background in organising, campaigning, fundraising and charity leadership. She was previously Head of Global Humanitarian Advocacy at UNICEF in New York, and has led teams and campaigns at Shelter and Save the Children in the UK. Martha has balanced progressive fundraising and advocacy with campaigns rooted in redistributing power. She has worked with renters to tackle revenge evictions, campaigned with parents on childcare costs, helped establish the youth activism charity Advocacy Academy and won multi-million dollar advocacy grants. You can find Martha at Civic Power Fund and on LinkedIn or Twitter. * RateThisPodcast.com/charity - If you enjoy the podcast, please do follow us and leave a rating and/or review. * The Charity Impact Podcast aims to help you increase your charity's income and impact by sharing the experience and expertise of our guests. Whatever your role or level of experience, we think you'll be inspired and informed by our guests who are absolutely the stars of the show! We aim to showcase a diverse range of guests, including people whose voices have been less heard as well as established leaders in our field. So, whether you are CEO, fundraiser, trustee, manager, practitioner, funder, or any other flavour of social leader, welcome to the Charity Impact Podcast! * For episode notes with links to resources and organisations mentioned in this episode, please visit https://www.kedaconsulting.co.uk/charity-impact-podcast/ For the opportunity to submit questions to future guests, sign up to our e-mails via the banner at the top of the website. If you have any questions, feedback or enquiries regarding the podcast, you can reach us by e-mail at hello@kedaconsulting.co.uk Follow the Charity Impact Podcast: Twitter: @CharityImpactPd LinkedIn: @Charity Impact Podcast Facebook: @Charity Impact Podcast Follow our host, Alex Blake: Twitter: @alexblake_KEDA LinkedIn: @Alex Blake Other Charity Impact Podcast episodes include: Annie Legge, Co-founder, Dot Project: tech for good, charity digital resilience, convening networks. Alex Fox OBE – CEO, The Mayday Trust: radical social change, a new health and care system, learning organisations. Ross McCulloch – Founder, Third Sector Lab: digital for charities, harnessing technology for social impact. Nick Temple – CEO, Social Investment Business: social investment, social enterprise, social value. Derek Bardowell – CEO, Ten Years' Time: funding racial justice and social change, systemic challenges, new funders and changemakers. Emma Beeston – Philanthropy Advisor: philanthropy advice, impact measurement, choosing charities to support, funding trends. Rhodri Davies – Director, Why Philanthropy Matters: philanthropy, impact and effectiveness, tech trends. Sufina Ahmad MBE – Director, John Ellerman Foundation: philanthropy, grantmaking, leadership, governance, strategy. Chris Sherwood – CEO, RSPCA: innovation, service improvement, governance, strategy, professional development. Paul Irwin – Founder, TryLife: youth work, interactive digital films, gaining 7m Facebook followers, mental health therapies. Ed Archer – Head of Service Design and Delivery, Toynbee Hall: co-production, shifting power, diversity and inclusion. Paul Nott – Charity recruitment and retention specialist: staff recruitment and retention, professional development. Amanda Batten – CEO, Contact: strategy, campaigning, collaboration, leadership. Dee Brecker – Deputy Director of high value fundraising, Guys and St Thomas' Charity: fundraising, diversity, inclusion, networking, strategy. Mark Lever OBE – CEO, Helpforce: leadership, campaigning, service failure, social enterprise.
Hear about the funding landscape for charity digital projects, digital resilience for charities, tech for good initiatives, convening networks and running a cooperative. Episode Keywords: Digital Resilience, Tech for Good, Funding Landscape, Digital Projects, Cooperative, COVID-19, Charities, Long-term Funding, Digital Transformation, Ethical Challenges, AI Ethics, Learning and Training Events, Collaboration, Problem-solving, Dot Project, Diversity, Women in Tech, Community Support, Digital Landscape. Chapters: (0:00:00) - Digital Resilience in Charities (0:13:38) - Using Technology for Positive Outcomes (0:24:38) - Tech for Good Convening (0:37:34) - Equality and Accessibility in Tech (0:42:35) - Collaborating for Tech for Good "Digital resilience is really about the organization's ability to engage with change, so withstanding disruption using digital to maintain their operations, but as well prepare for and take advantage of the way the environment is constantly changing." - Annie Legg, Dot Project Annie Legg, Co-founder of Dot Project A connector and convenor, Annie loves to make connections and grow networks and communities of practice. Annie has worked in digital and technology since the 1990s with multi sector and international experience across start-ups, SME's, global brands and social impact organisations. * If you enjoy the podcast, please do follow us and leave a rating / review. * The Charity Impact podcast is the in-depth podcast for people working in the charity / non-profit sector, or more broadly to achieve social impact and/or social change. We cover a range of charity sector issues and topics including strategy, funding and philanthropy, social impact, learning and evaluation, income generation and fundraising, governance and more. * For episode notes with links to resources and organisations mentioned in this episode, please visit https://www.kedaconsulting.co.uk/charity-impact-podcast/ For the opportunity to submit questions to future guests, sign up to our e-mails via the banner at the top of the website. If you have any questions, feedback or enquiries regarding the podcast, you can reach us by e-mail at hello@kedaconsulting.co.uk Follow the Charity Impact Podcast: Twitter: @CharityImpactPd LinkedIn: @Charity Impact Podcast Facebook: @Charity Impact Podcast Follow our host, Alex Blake: Twitter: @alexblake_KEDA LinkedIn: @Alex Blake Past guests on the Charity Impact Podcast include: Alex Fox OBE – CEO, The Mayday Trust: radical social change, a new health and care system, learning organisations. Ross McCulloch – Founder, Third Sector Lab: digital for charities, harnessing technology for social impact. Nick Temple – CEO, Social Investment Business: social investment, social enterprise, social value. Derek Bardowell – CEO, Ten Years' Time: funding racial justice and social change, systemic challenges, new funders and changemakers. Emma Beeston – Philanthropy Advisor: philanthropy advice, impact measurement, choosing charities to support, funding trends. Rhodri Davies – Director, Why Philanthropy Matters: philanthropy, impact and effectiveness, tech trends. Sufina Ahmad MBE – Director, John Ellerman Foundation: philanthropy, grantmaking, leadership, governance, strategy. Chris Sherwood – CEO, RSPCA: innovation, service improvement, governance, strategy, professional development. Paul Irwin – Founder, TryLife: youth work, interactive digital films, gaining 7m Facebook followers, mental health therapies. Ed Archer – Head of Service Design and Delivery, Toynbee Hall: co-production, shifting power, diversity and inclusion. Paul Nott – Charity recruitment and retention specialist: staff recruitment and retention, professional development. Amanda Batten – CEO, Contact: strategy, campaigning, collaboration, leadership. Dee Brecker – Deputy Director of high value fundraising, Guys and St Thomas' Charity: fundraising, diversity, inclusion, networking, strategy. Mark Lever OBE – CEO, Helpforce: leadership, campaigning, service failure, social enterprise.
“Ask what a good life looks like rather than what a good service looks like.” “How we work is as important as what we do as charities.” “We could be approaching some really radical changes in the charity sector, which we should be excited about.” This conversation includes: Finding alternatives to traditional social care Shared Lives and Homeshare Alex's book, ‘A new health and care system: Escaping the invisible asylum' The VCSE review Strengths and asset based approaches in health and social care The Mayday Trust's approach Human Learning Systems Power dynamics in the charity sector The potential for some radical changes in the sector. Alex Fox OBE is CEO of Mayday Trust, which offers strengths-based coaching to people going through tough times like being homeless, and works with organisations and local areas to replace our broken support systems, through the New System Alliance. Previously, Alex led Shared Lives Plus, the UK network for Shared Lives and Homeshare. Alex sits on the NHS Assembly and was Vice Chair of Think Local, Act Personal, developing the Asset Based Area model. He is a trustee of Alternative Futures Group, Honorary Senior Fellow, Birmingham University, a Human Learning Systems associate and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He chaired the government's review of health and care charities (2015-18), the Social Care Learning disability & Autism Advisory Group and co-founded the Social Care Innovation Network. Alex is author of A new health and care system: Escaping the invisible asylum, and Meeting as Equals on building asset-based charities. He was awarded an OBE in 2017. * If you enjoy the podcast, please do follow us and leave a rating / review. * The Charity Impact podcast is the in-depth podcast for people working in the charity / non-profit sector, or more broadly to achieve social impact and/or social change. We cover a range of charity sector issues and topics including strategy, funding and philanthropy, social impact, learning and evaluation, income generation and fundraising, governance and more. * For episode notes with links to resources and organisations mentioned in this episode, please visit https://www.kedaconsulting.co.uk/charity-impact-podcast/ For the opportunity to submit questions to future guests, sign up to our e-mails via the banner at the top of the website. If you have any questions, feedback or enquiries regarding the podcast, you can reach us by e-mail at hello@kedaconsulting.co.uk Follow the Charity Impact Podcast: Twitter: @CharityImpactPd LinkedIn: @Charity Impact Podcast Facebook: @Charity Impact Podcast Follow our host, Alex Blake: Twitter: @alexblake_KEDA LinkedIn: @Alex Blake Past guests on the Charity Impact Podcast include: Ross McCulloch – Founder, Third Sector Lab: digital for charities, harnessing technology for social impact. Nick Temple – CEO, Social Investment Business: social investment, social enterprise, social value. Derek Bardowell – CEO, Ten Years' Time: funding racial justice and social change, systemic challenges, new funders and changemakers. Emma Beeston – Philanthropy Advisor: philanthropy advice, impact measurement, choosing charities to support, funding trends. Rhodri Davies – Director, Why Philanthropy Matters: philanthropy, impact and effectiveness, tech trends. Sufina Ahmad MBE – Director, John Ellerman Foundation: philanthropy, grantmaking, leadership, governance, strategy. Chris Sherwood – CEO, RSPCA: innovation, service improvement, governance, strategy, professional development. Paul Irwin – Founder, TryLife: youth work, interactive digital films, gaining 7m Facebook followers, mental health therapies. Ed Archer – Head of Service Design and Delivery, Toynbee Hall: co-production, shifting power, diversity and inclusion. Paul Nott – Charity recruitment and retention specialist: staff recruitment and retention, professional development. Amanda Batten – CEO, Contact: strategy, campaigning, collaboration, leadership. Dee Brecker – Deputy Director of high value fundraising, Guys and St Thomas' Charity: fundraising, diversity, inclusion, networking, strategy. Mark Lever OBE – CEO, Helpforce: leadership, campaigning, service failure, social enterprise.
Are you interested in harnessing technology for social impact at your charity, social enterprise or non profit? Are you interested in digital improvement or digital transformation? Much of the nonprofit sector is way behind where it could be in terms of digital capabilities, so Ross McCulloch talks us through key areas charity leaders and teams need to think about in harnessing technology for social impact. Ross McCulloch is founder of Third Sector Lab, where he leads on working with charities to help them use digital and social media as a tool to deliver organisational objectives. He is the founder of Digital Trustees Scotland - a movement which aims to get a tech professional on every charity board. Ross developed and facilitates the highly-successful SCVO Digital Senior Leaders Programme. He also runs the CharityComms Scotland Networking Group and Third Sector Geeks WhatsApp Group to help strengthen the charity digital community. * The Charity Impact podcast is the in-depth podcast for people working in the charity / non-profit sector, or more broadly to achieve social impact and/or social change. We cover a range of charity sector issues and topics including strategy, funding and philanthropy, social impact, learning and evaluation, income generation and fundraising, governance and more. * If you enjoy the podcast, please do follow us and leave a rating / review. * For episode notes with links to resources and organisations mentioned in this episode, please visit https://www.kedaconsulting.co.uk/charity-impact-podcast/ Sign up to our e-mails for the opportunity to submit questions to future guests via the banner at www.kedaconsulting.co.uk If you have any questions, feedback or enquiries regarding the podcast, you can reach us by e-mail at hello@kedaconsulting.co.uk Follow the Charity Impact Podcast: Twitter: @CharityImpactPd LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/charity-impact-podcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090990481787 Follow Alex Blake: Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexblake_KEDA LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ablake5/ Past guests on the Charity Impact Podcast include: Nick Temple – CEO, Social Investment Business: social investment, social enterprise, social value. Derek Bardowell – CEO, Ten Years' Time: funding racial justice and social change, systemic challenges, new funders and changemakers. Emma Beeston – Philanthropy Advisor: philanthropy advice, impact measurement, choosing charities to support, funding trends. Rhodri Davies – Director, Why Philanthropy Matters: philanthropy, impact and effectiveness, tech trends. Sufina Ahmad MBE – Director, John Ellerman Foundation: philanthropy, grantmaking, leadership, governance, strategy. Chris Sherwood – CEO, RSPCA: innovation, service improvement, governance, strategy, professional development. Paul Irwin – Founder, TryLife: youth work, interactive digital films, gaining 7m Facebook followers, mental health therapies. Ed Archer – Head of Service Design and Delivery, Toynbee Hall: co-production, shifting power, diversity and inclusion. Paul Nott – Charity recruitment and retention specialist: staff recruitment and retention, professional development. Amanda Batten – CEO, Contact: strategy, campaigning, collaboration, leadership. Dee Brecker – Deputy Director of high value fundraising, Guys and St Thomas' Charity: fundraising, diversity, inclusion, networking, strategy. Mark Lever OBE – CEO, Helpforce: leadership, campaigning, service failure, social enterprise.
“The power is in your pocket (your phone) to change the world.” In this episode, we discuss Paul's story from being put into ‘care' by the council as a teen which was actually just a B&B, to benefitting from youth work and then becoming a youth worker and going on to create Trylife, which has made a difference to so many disadvantaged young people. We discuss the co-production process, working with professionals and young people to create the most complex interactive film ever made, gaining 7 million Facebook followers, future plans and the deep work Paul has done during the pandemic to address his own mental health. “TryLife interactive film series... You Make The Choices... You Live With The Consequences... You TryLife...” Paul Irwin, founder of TryLife. Paul Irwin has a background in working with disadvantaged young people from around the world. He created an interactive film series “TryLife” aimed at educating young people about the consequences of their actions. If you remember the old choice-based adventure books, TryLife is an interactive digital video version of those books, tackling real issues facing young people: Episode 1 – drugs, alcohol and sexual health Episode 2 – knife crime and gang violence Episode 3 - mental health and suicide Episode 4 – child sexual exploitation and grooming Episode 5 – isolation and loneliness Episode 6 – continuing on from episode 5, characters coming out of Covid lockdown Episode 7 – teenage pregnancy and perinatal mental health. Paul's talent at creating and curating content has also seen incredible success in social media. He has amassed a huge following via TryLife, reaching up to 188,000,000 people per week. In one month, TryLife managed to reach 65% of all Facebook users in the USA with no marketing or advertising spend and using just one mobile phone. Paul was the very first winner of the HRH Pitch at the Palace awards which is arguably the UK's most prestigious competition for tech startups. Most recently, he started developing an interactive film with the heads of the Bloods, Crips and Mexican Mafia in South Central Los Angeles with the support of Facebook and the producer of Bladerunner. For episode notes, links and other episodes, please visit https://www.kedaconsulting.co.uk/charity-impact-podcast/ If you enjoy the podcast, please do follow us and leave a rating / review. If you have any questions, feedback or enquiries regarding the podcast, you can e-mail me at hello@kedaconsulting.co.uk or tweet @alexblake_KEDA This Podcast is brought to you by KEDA Consulting, where I help charities to develop strategy, secure funding and navigate a range of challenges and opportunities. The purpose of the Charity Impact podcast is to learn more about how effective charities and individuals achieve social change or social impact. This podcast is for anyone who wants to make a difference, but particularly those who are working for social change / impact; including charity trustees, CEOs, staff, volunteers, advisors, philanthropists and public service professionals.
“We’re working with The Crips, the Bloods, and the Mexican Mafia on a huge interactive film.” “You couldn’t make it up.” How “two working-class people with an idea,” started a filmmaking company in Newcastle, & are helping “de-programme young people” on a global scale through interactive stories. Today's guests: Paul Irwin - Creator & Director of TryLife TV Nicky Kaur - Founding Member / Logistics of TryLife TV “We’ve gone from strength to strength - creating educational materials, getting them into schools. I’m so proud that we’ve been able to create something that’s definitely changing the world.” More about ArtyParti: Our website - www.artyparti.comTwitter - @ArtyParti Instagram - @Arty_Parti_ Produced and presented by Jay Sykes. Our supporters and funders: The ArtyParti podcast is made possible thanks to the support of our five Patreon backers: Tel Erbie - Founder of Sister Shack / DJ Awkward Black Girl Jo Howell - Photographic Artist based in Sunderland Nicky Kaur - Founder of TryLife TV Stephanie Smith - Visual Artist based in Sunderland Laura Willis - Emerging Audio Producer ArtyParti's live "Celebration" events and website are made possible thanks to funding from the Arts Council England & National Lottery Heritage Fund, through the Unlock strand of Sunderland Culture's Great Place scheme.
In this episode of the podcast we hear from Paul Irwin and Tomma of Trylife in what is one of my favourite episodes we have ever done. Such an amazing and inspiring story of what Trylife are, the amazing things they have done and what they stand for. Stop what you are doing and listen to this now if you want to be inspired. To find out more: FB: https://www.facebook.com/TryLife.Tv/ Web: http://www.trylife.tv/about-us If you would like to hear more conversations like this you can support the Milk the Cow Podcast Network the link below: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/milkthecowpodcast Make a monthly contribution to enable Milk the Cow to thrive. Twitter: @mikecow1 @mtcpodcast Instagram: mtcpodcast Producer: Danny H Artwork: Planet Kooper design Check out: Clinic One Physiotherapy: https://www.clinic1physio.com/ Mention Milk the Cow to receive a 10% discount on Clinic One's services either face to face in Leeds or a consultation via e-mail (listen to the start of the podcast for more details). Newcastle Fighters: https://www.facebook.com/newcastlefighters/ Millennium Martial Arts: https://www.facebook.com/tony.cunningham.90/?fref=mentions&rf=174510802561060 Sponsor: Bryte Screen and Digital http://www.bryte-digital.com/ Sponsorship/advertising/guest spot enquiries:mtcpodcast@mail.com Please comment, rate and subscribe and download for FREE on iTunes to help the podcast reach more people, it makes a huge difference. One love. FTDCH.xhttps://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/milk-the-cow-podcast/id935323009?mt=2 )
"Rather than having someone burn the finger and think "I'm not going to do that again", can we actually bring about an emotional response in a young person's mind using all of the tools of media?" - Paul Irwin Think back to your youth, to some memorable choices you made. If you're like the majority of people, your teen years were notably ripe with tricky situations. Situations in which the stakes were high, emotions were high, and tough decisions came at you from all sides. Yet what if there was a way to make youthful mistakes without risking such serious consequences? That question lies at the heart of TryLife, and interactive drama that blends the power of media, game theory, and the principles of behavior change. TryLife was designed by some of the best people from the creative, youth, education and health care industries in which the story is molded and shaped by the user. Like the Choose Your Own Adventure books popular in the '80s and '90s, Trylife places users at the center of the story and relies on their decisions to chart the course of the narrative. Authentic and hard-hitting, the plot routes are based on probability using real stats and data. In this episode, TryLife creator Paul Irwin discusses TryLife's approach to behavior change and its wild success since its inception. Don't let the conversation end here. Discuss this episode on social media using #ReQPod18.
Paul Irwin talks about his award-winning project TryLife: an interactive drama to help young people safely experiment with life and make better decisions. Now in its 3rd season, TryLife addresses problems of drugs, sex and violence. Paul discusses the process of funding, writing, casting and filming the interactive movie in such a way that it stays authentic to its audience while meeting the needs of the funders – municipal health authorities more used to public health announcements. ---Paul is the creator and director of the interactive drama TryLife.. @PaulRIrwin
Paul Irwin discusses his project TryLife - an interactive video series built for, with and from teen participation, live events and community outreach. http://www.trylife.tv/