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Meet the Mancunian podcast @meetthemancunian.bsky.social · Mar 10
Season 12 of Meet the Mancunian launches 17 March.
This season features people across Manchester who are driven by passion and guided by purpose
📅 New episodes every Tuesday
🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube,
www.meetthemancunian.co.uk
#Manchester #Podcast #SocialImpact ✨
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🎙️ Season 12 of the Meet the Mancunian podcast is complete 💙
12 guests. 12 powerful stories of social impact across Manchester.
Listen: www.meetthemancunian.co.uk

The podcast is back after a break on October 2026.
#Manchester #SocialImpact #Podcast #Charity #Community
June 16, 2026 at 7:22 AM
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🚴🏁💙On the #MeetTheMancunian #podcast, BMX volunteer and racer Mike Whittaker shares how he found purpose through racing, volunteering and mentoring others at Bruntwood Park BMX Club.

🎧 Listen to the audiogram www.meetthemancunian.co.uk/s12e12

#Manchester #SocialImpact #Podcast #BMX #Community
June 12, 2026 at 7:31 AM
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🚴🏁 I speak with Mike Whittaker, BMX racer, volunteer and community champion from Bruntwood Park BMX Club.💪🇬🇧
🎧 Listen now: www.meetthemancunian.co.uk/s12e12
#Manchester #SocialImpact #Podcast #BMX #Community
June 9, 2026 at 6:46 AM
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“Keep that little flame alive so that other people can see it, and it then has an impact of them as well.” – Luke-Matthew Iveson

Sewing, creativity & community-building at its best 💫
🎧 www.meetthemancunian.co.uk
#Manchester #SocialImpact #Podcast #Sewing #Community #LGBTQ+
June 5, 2026 at 7:15 AM
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🧵 🪡I speak with Luke-Matthew Iveson, community sewing teacher and winner of BBC's The Great British Sewing Bee Season 10 about creativity and confidence.
🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or www.meetthemancunian.co.uk/s12e11
#Manchester #SocialImpact #Podcast #Sewing #Community #LGBTQ+
June 2, 2026 at 7:23 AM
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💙🚑 Marie-Anne Eckersall from Transport for Sick Children shares powerful insight into supporting families with hospital transport for critically ill children.

🎧 Listen to the audiogram
📌 www.meetthemancunian.co.uk
#Manchester #SocialImpact #Podcast #Transport #SickChildren
May 29, 2026 at 7:11 AM
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Marie-Anne Eckersall from Transport for Sick Children talks about supporting critically ill children and their families with safe hospital transport across Greater Manchester and beyond. 💙
🎧 Listen now at www.meetthemancunian.co.uk/s12e10

#Manchester #SocialImpact #Podcast #Transport #SickChildren
May 26, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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A powerful conversation with Kerry Tottingham about healing-centred workplaces, for charities and purpose-led organisations 🌱
🎧 Listen to the audiogram
📌 Full episode & transcript: www.meetthemancunian.co.uk/s12e9
#Manchester #SocialImpact #Podcast #SocialChange #Charity
May 22, 2026 at 6:51 AM
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🎙️ New episode with Kerry Tottingham, A Brilliant Thing 🌱
We discuss healing-centred workplaces, burnout in the charity sector, trauma-informed practice and creating sustainable work cultures 💚
🎧 Listen now:
www.meetthemancunian.co.uk/s12e9
#Manchester #SocialImpact #Podcast #SocialChange #Charity
May 18, 2026 at 7:10 AM
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🎙️ “You have to be brave and do things anyway” — Isobel Lepist 💙
Neurodiversity coach Isobel Lepist talks about helping adults with ADHD and neurodiversity thrive at work and in life. 🌱
🎧 www.meetthemancunian.co.uk/s12e8
#SocialImpact #Neurodiversity #ADHD
May 15, 2026 at 7:02 AM
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🎙️Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe speaks with Isabel Lepist about ADHD, neurodiversity, inclusion and helping adults move from overwhelm to thriving. 💙🧠
🎧 Listen now:
www.meetthemancunian.co.uk/s12e8
#Manchester #SocialImpact #Podcast #Neurodiversity #ADHD
May 12, 2026 at 7:18 AM
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From addiction and prison to building Rehab Fitness—supporting others in recovery.
#Manchester #SocialImpact #Podcast #AddictionRecovery #PrisonLeavers
🎧 Listen: www.meetthemancunian.co.uk
May 8, 2026 at 7:34 AM
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Sean Chaplin shares his journey from addiction and prison to building Rehab Fitness to support prison leavers recover from addiction.
A powerful conversation about second chances, stigma and kindness.
🎧 www.meetthemancunian.co.uk/s12e7
#Manchester #SocialImpact #AddictionRecovery #PrisonLeavers
May 5, 2026 at 7:22 AM
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🔊 “Keep your mouth shut… say what needs to be said at the right time.” – Chrissy Carr
On #MeetTheMancunian, a powerful reflection on patience, compassion, and supporting mothers through addiction recovery 💜
🎧 www.meetthemancunian.co.uk
#Manchester #SocialImpact #Podcast #AddictionRecovery #Mothers
May 1, 2026 at 7:18 AM
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🎙️ New episode
Chrissy Carr from Mums in Recovery on supporting mothers through addiction recovery 💜
A powerful conversation on stigma, peer support, and rebuilding lives—starting with simply listening.
🎧 www.meetthemancunian.co.uk/s12e6
#Manchester #SocialImpact #Podcast #AddictionRecovery #Mothers
April 28, 2026 at 6:51 AM
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🔊 “You have to be confident enough in your position to fight for it.” – Charlie Baker
🎧 Listen to the audiogram
📌 Full episode: www.meetthemancunian.co.uk/s12e5
#Manchester #SocialImpact #Sustainability #Retrofit #NetZero #Housing #Podcast
April 24, 2026 at 7:15 AM
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Charlie Baker (Your Home Better) speaks about retrofit—making homes warmer, greener and healthier while cutting carbon.
From insulation to heat pumps, plus myth-busting on costs 👇
🎧 www.meetthemancunian.co.uk/s12e5
#Manchester #Sustainability #Retrofit
April 21, 2026 at 7:15 AM
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🌸🐝🌿“You just can’t hang on to the past… you’ve got to keep going forward.” 🌱
Alun Morris on resilience & building community 🌼
🎧 Listen: www.meetthemancunian.co.uk
#Manchester #SocialImpact #Podcast #CommunityGardens #FoodLiteracy
April 17, 2026 at 6:58 AM
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🌸🐝🌿🌱
Talking community gardens with Alun Morris—transforming a derelict playground into a thriving space for connection, food & wellbeing 🌼
🐝 “Community is Greater Manchester’s superpower”
🎧 www.meetthemancunian.co.uk/s12e4
#Manchester #SocialImpact #Podcast #CommunityGardens #Volunteering
April 14, 2026 at 7:09 AM
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Resilience and self-belief 💭
From idea to impact 🍄
Tackling food insecurity through community farming 🌱
🎧 Audiogram + full episode: www.meetthemancunian.co.uk
#MeetTheMancunian #Manchester #SocialImpact #Podcast #CommunityFarms #FoodLiteracy
April 10, 2026 at 7:21 AM
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Waste → mushrooms → community meals 🍄💚
Norton Robinson (Fungall CIC) talks about tackling food insecurity through sustainable community farming 🌱
🎧 www.meetthemancunian.co.uk
#Manchester #SocialImpact #Podcast #CommunityFarms #FoodInsecurity
April 7, 2026 at 7:20 AM
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Seb from Farm Urban shares how urban farming 🥬🌿 is tackling food poverty and improving access to fresh food in Manchester.
🎧 Listen to the audiogram
📌 Full episode: www.meetthemancunian.co.uk/talking-food...
#MeetTheMancunian #Manchester #FoodLiteracy #SocialImpact #CommunityFarms
April 3, 2026 at 7:33 AM
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I speak with Seb Linares from Farm Urban about tackling food poverty through sustainable urban farming 🌱in a powerful conversation about creating healthier communities 🥗
🎧 Listen: www.meetthemancunian.co.uk/talking-food...
#Manchester #SocialImpact #Podcast #Community #FoodLiteracy #Sustainability
March 31, 2026 at 7:14 AM
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Nicky Wake shares how personal loss inspired her to create The Widowed Collective, supporting widowed people across the UK.
🎧 Listen to the audiogram below
www.meetthemancunian.co.uk/s12e1
#Manchester #SocialImpact #Podcast #WidowSupport #Community
March 27, 2026 at 9:57 AM
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Meet the Mancunian features Nicky Wake, The Widowed Collective.
A powerful conversation about community, resilience and turning pain into purpose. 💬
🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or
www.meetthemancunian.co.uk/s12e1
#Manchester #SocialImpact #Podcast #WidowSupport #Community
March 24, 2026 at 7:57 AM