An inspiring conversation with Priya Chopra, Chief Executive of the Saheli Asian Women’s Project - a charity that supports women from Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee communities who are victims of domestic abuse.

13: Chloe Cousins

Oct 16th, 2019 27m 47s

An inspiring conversation with Chloe Cousins, the voluntary organiser for Rainbow Noir, Manchester's social and peer support group for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and intersex people of colour. She also works at The Proud Trust, an LGB

12: Dena Murphy

Oct 9th, 2019 34m 35s

A non-nonsense chat with Dena Murphy, a former nurse in early nineties who chairs a local resident’s group and manages their allotment. It’s here that Dena provides for over 50 pensioners at luncheon clubs and provides training and qualificatio

11: Stacey Copeland

Oct 2nd, 2019 45m 18s

A passionate conversation with professional boxer Stacey Copeland. She’s also the founder of Pave The Way, a charity to challenge gender stereotypes and to support women and girls to get ahead in sports. On top of all that she's a BBC radio pre

10: Nasima Begum

Sep 25th, 2019 33m 4s

A passionate conversation with Nasima Begum, a performance poet, producer, creative practitioner. She also works with young Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee girls to boost their confidence and resilience. ------------------------------

9: Kate O’Donnell

Sep 18th, 2019 40m 25s

A fabulous conversation with Kate O’Donnell, an award-winning performer, writer and the founder of the pioneering company, Trans Creative.------------------------------------------------------

8: Sarah Judge

Sep 11th, 2019 31m 25s

An open-hearted conversation with Sarah Judge, a local councillor and the Lead member for women at Manchester City Council. Sarah also runs a domestic abuse charity in her local community.-----------------------------------------------

7: Bernie Wood

Sep 4th, 2019 33m 37s

A passionate and touching conversation with 80 year old Bernie Wood, manager of Talbot House, a unique, user-led support service for parent carers. Over 40 years ago, Bernie brought her then, baby son to the service, and now she runs it.

6: Sharmila Kar

Aug 28th, 2019 28m 31s

A frank conversation with Sharmila Kar, Director of Workforce and Organisational Development, Manchester Health and Care Commissioning. Equality and inclusion is at the heart of everything Sharmila does. She’s also a trustee at the LGBT Foundat

5: Jackie Driver

Aug 21st, 2019 34m 32s

A straight talking conversation with Jackie Driver, listed as one of the most influential disabled people in the UK. Jackie works tirelessly in the field of equality and human rights. She’s currently leading the inclusion strategy at Manchester

4: Lynne Ridsdale

Aug 14th, 2019 23m 52s

An honest conversation with Lynne Ridsdale, the Deputy Chief Executive of Bury Council. An experienced public sector leader, Lynne's also worked at Bolton Council and Manchester City Council, plus the National Crime Agency and Capita Group.

3: Helen Brown

Aug 7th, 2019 30m 29s

A candid conversation with Helen Brown, the Founder of On The Out, a community interest company that supports prisoners when they’re released from prison.

2: Francess Tagoe

Jul 31st, 2019 27m 4s

An uplifting conversation with Francess Tagoe, the CEO of the Tree of Life charity. The charity runs a hugely busy community centre in Manchester.

1: Denise Yuen-Megson

Jul 24th, 2019 25m 41s

A joyful conversation with Denise Yuen-Megson who runs projects for the Chinese community in Manchester. She’s also a part-time nurse lecturer and a radio show host. She’s dead passionate about minority groups having a voice in local communitie

Strong Manchester Women Podcast - coming soon

Jul 9th, 2019 2m 26s

A taster of what to expect on the upcoming Strong Manchester Women podcast; a series of inspiring conversations incredible women doing brilliant things.