In this Podcast we interview Ruth Donaldson the Director of Commissioning in the North London Central Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) in the NHS They are developing some interesting and innovative ideas in how you deliver health and social care in times of increasing and complex difficulties and here we discuss some of these idea. In doing so we look at the relational welfare model developed by Hilary Cottam in her book “Radical Help” and discuss how we can move from the top down impersonal welfare model that has been in operation since the middle of the last century to one that is more personalised and patient/client centred. It is really encouraging as the CCG is developing some interesting projects, collaborating with other statutory agencies and civil society and understand fully that the future delivery of health and social care has to be a whole society endeavour if it is to work for the benefit of all. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/globalnet21/message

Transforming Our Futures

New Ideas In Health & Social Care

Join us in this Podcast with Tamsin Ellis and Zoe Garbett. Tamsin is a GP and Zoe is the Assistant Director, Communities in the North Central London Clinical Commissioning Group (CCGO) In this Podcast we will be discussing the World Heath Organisation’s (WHO) declaration that the climate emergency is a health emergency and how this can be tackled at a local level. Tamsin has been involved in Sustainable Healthcare and Greener Practice London which brings together GPs to address the climate emergency. And Zoe has established a network of statutory health organisations and civil society groups to do this as well. We will discuss what they have been doing both to help mitigate climate change as well as develop strategies to adapt to the changes that will happen because of greenhouse gas emissions. We will also discuss the importance of establishing collaborative networks to address the climate emergency in a strategic way. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/globalnet21/message

Climate Change & Public Health

Join us in this Podcast interview with Alex Tambourides the CEO of MIND in Enfield and Barnet. MIND provides local services in Enfield and Barnet working with people who use all mental health services to help shape and improve what we do. They have an expert team to advise, shape, educate and lead on campaigning and creating mental health service provision ensuring across the two boroughs. In this webinar we will look at some of these problems and especially that of social isolation. Many people especially those older are living alone and these creates for many mental health problems. This has increased since the COVID crisis and the climate emergency will make this problem far worse. How can we tackle this and create communities that are resilient and networks that are adequate to tackle this problem. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/globalnet21/message

Mental Health & Social Isolation

In this Podcast when we interview Nick De Bois about his first novel “Fatal Ambition.” Nick who was the MP for Enfield North has joined a handful of ex MPs who have taken to writing a political thriller. Tom Watson and Chris Mullin had already successful launched their novels before and now Nick has joined them. It is a gripping novel that combines a global conspiracy, betrayal, corruption, naked ambition and even murder. At times you would be forgiven in thinking this is real and not a product of a vivid imagination.  Nick who’s been there first hand at the highest levels of government and in the heart of the establishment is very well placed to portray in novel form the machinations of government but not just because he had been close to government. Nick like one of his fellow MPs of some years ago, John Biffen, was always semi detached from government and the strictures of party politics.  This semi detachment has enabled him to weave into his novel some critical questions about the nature of our democracy and political system and this gives the novel a cutting edge. In the framework of a story the novel raises questions about how decisions are made, who makes those decisions and whether the electorate is manipulated by those who do. Nick has already written a memoir called “Confessions of a Recovering MP” which also sheds some light on the “noises off” stage in politics and this novel adds to that never ending story of political intrigue. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/globalnet21/message

Fatal Ambition - A Novel By Nick De Bois

In this Podcast we interview Paul Everitt the former head of arts and culture at Enfield Council.   Paul is a well respected character across the London Borough of Enfield and beyond and is well know in art and entertainment circles and in this webinar we will interview him about his past job, the manner of his leaving and his hopes and plans for the future. The Enfield Dispatch reported that,   “Paul’s redundancy from the council was made as part of an internal restructure, with his job role made obsolete. He was placed on gardening leave in the summer prior to his official redundancy in October. The civic centre restructure included a shake-up of council arts venues and the way they are managed, which Paul had opposed and voiced concerns about. Talking about some of the issues he dealt with at the council prior to his departure, Paul described a “toxic culture” of “bullying and intimidation” and said: “When you are working in that toxic culture you are in a state of fear, you don’t trust every part of the organisation and it closes in around you. There is nowhere to go. A survival instinct kicks in.”   Paul said that although other roles were being made available within the council it became clear “they wanted me out of the organisation” and that being put on gardening leave “meant there was no proper transfer” to the council’s new culture team. He added: “My whole career is about culture, so being in charge of street cleaning didn’t really appeal to me.” We will discuss this with Paul and also his new position with Love Your Doorstep and his position on the Enfield Climate Action Forum’s Task Group. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/globalnet21/message

A World Of New Opportunities - An Interview With Paul Everitt

In this Podcast we interview Clare Moloney who is involved in a project called Hinterlands. Hinterlands is a national arts programme promoting wellbeing and connecting communities, with participatory events along three remote rural, urban and suburban waterways: Pontymoile, Sheffield and Enfield & Tottenham. Hinterlands forms part of the national Arts on the Waterways portfolio of Trust-led, partnership and third party projects, which aim to support and promote: artistic quality and ambition: to work with high quality contemporary artists across art forms and support upcoming practitioners being local: to build closer connections with communities, particularly those that are underserved collaboration: to nurture more co-creation and work with agile, inventive practitioners and collectives resilience and sustainability: to follow environmental responsibilities and to leave as small a carbon footprint as possible. We will discuss how art and waterways can help people express themselves and also how at a time of climate change they can get a better understanding of the impact of climate change and what can be done --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/globalnet21/message

Hinterlands - An Interview with Clare Moloney

Join us in the interview with Sam Bentley-Toon of Thames21 on Monday November 8th at 11.00am. Thames21 is the voice for London’s waterways, working with communities to improve rivers and canals for people and wildlife.They mobilise thousands of volunteers every year to clean and green the capital’s 400 mile network of waterways. Thames21 aims to transform neglected waterways into areas that everyone can use and enjoy, by using innovative and tailored community approaches. They have developed projects in Enfield where London’s first beaver reintroduction is taking place at Forty Hall. They are also part of Enfield Council’s Restoration of Enfield Chase project to help create one of London’s newest woodlands and at Pymmes Park they will be managing habitat to make sure the wetlands are functioning as they should. We will discuss this with them and also their work around climate change. Wetland restoration and rewinding are a part of their mission to create natural regeneration as well as resilience. They believe that river groups must work collaboratively across the globe and put pressure on governments, businesses and society to take swift action on rivers to tackle the impacts of climate change on communities. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/globalnet21/message

Interview With Sam Bentley-Toon of Thames21

In this Podcast we discuss with local author Sangeeta Waldron social responsibility and business.   Sangeeta believes in the power of serendipity for business, writes for international news platforms on sustainable business news and sits on different boards, which has included the UK Taskforce for Women In Enterprise   Sangeeta has just published her book Corporate Social Responsibility is Not Public Relations where she argues that corporate social responsibility is more than public relations. She tells us,   “When companies feign interest in company responsibility to improve their bottom line, it is known as greenwashing; a term that was coined in the 1980s to describe shameful corporate environmental claims. It has since become a familiar term for companies pretending to be interested in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to improve their bottom line. We know that people like to support companies that are socially conscious, so when a corporation greenwashes they’re setting themselves up for failure. Feigning interest in social responsibility can have short-term benefits, but if — or rather, ‘when’ — you’re discovered, it can have a lasting negative impact on your reputation”   Many companies are becoming more sustainable and are taking seriously their responsibility to the planet and how important this is we will discuss with Sangeeta in this webinar --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/globalnet21/message

Corporate Social Responsibility is Not Public Relations

In this Podcast we interview Michael Wailing of Border Crossings Michael runs an Enfield-based arts organisation called Border Crossings. One of the things they organise is a Festival of Indigenous cultures called ORIGINS. The current edition is very focussed on climate issues. They will be at Cop26 with a totem, carved by a Totonac artist from Mexico . Many indigenous communities face environmental insecurity, corporate aggression and the criminalisation of indigenous lifestyles and social protests. We discuss with Michael how Border Crossings encourages intercultural dialogue between artists, audiences and communities, working through theatre and the arts to facilitate mutual understanding, creative collaboration and positive development --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/globalnet21/message

Indigenous Communities - Crossing Borders Through Art

Vincent Sheehan describes himself as a classical music analyst, writer of weird rock songs, Church of England priest and teacher. Growing up in a musical family, Vincent was immersed in an eclectic array of music from an early age learning to play the violin at primary school in Hertfordshire and being taught to play the guitar by his guitarist Dad. Music was always going to play a major part throughout his life. Vincent studied music at Liverpool University, trained to be a music teacher at Middlesex University, trained to be a priest (Church of England) and gained a theology degree at St Mellitus College. Vincent is now a Primary School teacher at Freezywater St. George’s and Associate Vicar at St Peter’s Grange Park. In this Podcast we will explore three particular songs played through guitar and violin that has influenced Vincent Sheehan’s life thus far. We will also explore what philosophers have said about music and how important it is in our everyday life, having major influences in the direction of our life and the decisions we make both consciously and unconsciously. Music is and originates from a unique sort of science. As such, it intertwines with our everyday lives and shapes us. Whether it is in a public place or the comfort of our homes, music makes a difference. Without it, influential German philosopher Nietzsche said, “life would be a mistake”. Plato once said “music is a moral law. it gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.”  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/globalnet21/message

A celebration of music and community action: a webinar with Vincent Sheehan

In this Podcast we interview Anthony Fisher the founder of Chela and Mario Elia their marketing manager. Chela is a company that supplies a range of specialist industrial cleaning solutions for the mass transport market but it has a research department that works to ensure that the products it produces are sustainable and with a low carbon footprint. They work towards ensuring that their supply market is also sustainable and work with their customers to not only sell their products but also have a training arm to help their green agenda. Anthony Fisher who founded the company believe that collaboration between companies to achieve a sustainable future is an essential business model in the 21st century You can find out more about Chela and what they do on the website at www.chela.co.uk  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/globalnet21/message

Sustainable & Green. The Future Of Business In The 21st Century

In this Podcast we talk to Clare Donovan about how she set up Cooking Champions to help those in need and how it has now expanded into a project that has served 40,000 meals to local people. Cooking Champions is an Enfield based, food focused social enterprise. The emphasis is on supporting local business and they work with the Enfield Food Alliance - a network of food organisations working together to improve access to healthy food. Clare not only tells us about what they do but also about their ambitious plans for the future --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/globalnet21/message

Cooking Champions - Interview With Clare Donovan

In this Podcast we will be interview Natasha Robinson about her studies, her concerns and her hopes for the future - and ask he whether these concerns reflects those of her generation. Students are becoming increasingly concerned about their future in a time of climate change. So many are studying climate change both at undergraduate and graduate level. They do this not only to increase their knowledge but also because they want to make a difference. They want to do something about climate change and help create a more sustainable future. Natasha is doing a Masters that looks at how you can best get the message about climate change across to citizens and particularly whether Festivals are an active means of doing this. She also wants to find out whether events like Festivals can lead to further action once the events are over. Natasha wants to get involved in community action once her research is over so she can translate her ideas into practical action and so we will also explore with her the relationship between ideas and action. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/globalnet21/message

Climate Change. Turning Ideas Into Action. A Student View

In this Podcast Hannah Dyson talks to Tony Kelly about what drives him to educate young people and adults on the dangers of gambling and how he turned his life around to lead the battle against gambling addiction. In this webinar we will discuss Tony’s personal journey including recovery tools and will explore Tony’s current work with Red Card and why it is important to educate young people and adults on the dangers of gambling. After growing up with his sister and five brothers,  including his twin Mel in Coventry, Tony Kelly became the youngest ever player in the Bristol City first team at the age of 16 before being snapped up as a pro by Stoke City where he spent 3 years under managers Alan Ball and Lou Macari. Tony played in the Swedish second Division as well as the second, third and further Divisions of the English Football League in a 9 year career. Tony’s career saw highs of scoring a last-minute goal against Liverpool at Anfield in the 1991 League Cup to the lows of suffering from racial abuse and pervading this much longed for football career was a gambling addiction. Despite hanging up his boots in 1999, at the age of 35, his gambling demons were still a part of his life as nothing had prepared him for how to deal with his addiction. Tony’s gambling addiction led to him to lose over £500,000, his house and partnerr. Tony was able to overcome this and now works with young people to educate them on gambling and the dangers of this getting out of control in anyone’s life. Tony teamed up with the Professional Footballers’ Association to write a book called "Red Card" with the aim of ensuring that everything is done to give all footballers the knowledge of what can be done. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/globalnet21/message

Kicking out gambling addiction: an interview with Tony Kelly

In this Podcast we interview Diana Finch about how she and her colleagues created local networks to restore the local economy to Bristol. The problem is that mainstream economic thinking is still based on a theoretical approach where economics is considered in isolation from people and planet.  The well-being of the people, the natural resources that we use to make our goods, the pollution and waste we create - these are all considered external to the economic model Diana believes we urgently need to change our economic system so that it respects the planet's ecosystem and addresses social inequality. With others Diana created the Bristol Pound and is committed to developing projects to do to address social inequality and to also ensure our economy works within the constraints of our finite plane --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/globalnet21/message

Restoring The Local Economy.

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