Love In Covid Times

Charlie Howard is a social innovator and psychologist. She talks here about how Covid19 has impacted her life and her clinical work.

Historians note that pandemics accelerate innovation. Before any of us had heard about Covid-19 a group of 53 health organisations in the U.S. formed OVID -the Office Visit is a Dinosaur.

Chief Executive of Bury Council Geoff Little talks about managing the response to the pandemic from the kitchen table, and how the learning from this period can help the Council build back better.

We return to Transforming Choice, a relational approach to responding to alcohol addiction.

Recently released from Dartmoor Prison, Darren compares locked up life to life in lockdown.

Terry Conway, a member of the Finsbury Park Mutual Aid group, talks about her experiences over the last three months.

Andy Fearon, social activist in Carlisle and of the founders of Give a Day, talks about the community's response to the pandemic.

On Our Radar, in partnership with BBC News, brings the story of how five doctors administering end-of-life care deal with death during the pandemic.

In this episode Nikhil Gupta speaks to us from Baltimore about how Thread and the young people they support are adapting to the crisis.

Anisha Chablani-Medley talks about the impact of the pandemic Roca Inc., leading in relational practice, and on the young people they serve.

Self-reliant groups are collectives of women coming together to save, make loans to each other and support enterprise. Karen and Indira discuss their respective groups and how they have adapted to life after lockdown.

Sue Shelley, an exemplar of relational working, on finding new ways to keep her young people engaged and focused.

CEO of Women’s Health and Family Services in East London Karen Wint describes the rapid and radical shifts in practice induced by the pandemic, and the associated opportunities and challenges.

Two On Our Radar alumni, Med (Freetown) and Josh (Kibera), discuss how the communities where they are from - informal settlements in Freetown and Nairobi - are dealing with Covid-19.

Christine Little plays her part in a new way of commissioning services in Plymouth.

Pat McArdle led the transformation of Mayday Trust from service provider to walking alongside people pushed to the edges of society.

Mick Ashton is a graduate of and now works at Transforming Choice, a new way of responding to alcohol addiction.

What is the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown on women's safety and domestic abuse?

Maff Potts is the Founder of the Association of Camerados. He talks here about maintaining friends and purpose in Covid times.

Tom Neumark is Director of the Peel Institute, serving the Clerkenwell community in Islington, London since 1898.

Creator of Safe Families for Children Dave Anderson talks about how volunteers are now doing what paid foster parents cannot.

These are short podcasts with people facing challenging times, or helping people facing those challenges.