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Impact On The Ground
Welcome to Impact On The Ground, an informative podcast that digs deep into what it means to make impactful change in our society. We spotlight a variety of guests, including CSR and social impact experts and charity and social enterprise representatives. Impact On The Ground is hosted by tech for good company whatimpact.com. You can find out more about whatimpact by heading to our website or connecting with us on social media, @whatimpact.com.
Episodes
36 episodes
The Garden Classroom: Reconnecting with nature
In this episode of Impact on the Ground, Tiia chats with Aimée Howarth about the work of The Garden Classroom! They explore how many children today are growing up disconnected from green spaces, estranged from the natural world and learning onl...
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21:45
Impact on the Ground - Improving social mobility
This Impact on the Ground episode focuses on the need for social mobility. Tiia is joined by two VCSEs, Centre of Excellence and Sports Inspired, listen to the podcast to learn more about our Christmas Campaign.
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Together Estranged: How can we support Estranged Adults in the workplace?
In this episode of Impact on The Ground, Tiia meets with Angel, the CEO of Together Estranged, to discuss their mission to support and empower individuals estranged from their families. Together Estranged is dedicated to providing therapy and s...
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22:12
Recycling Lives - The importance of rehabilitation and giving back
On this episode of Impact on the Ground, Tiia meets with the CEO of Recycling Lives, Alasdair Jackson about the origin behind the charity and the many projects they currently offer. The episode explores the need for recycling, rehabilitation an...
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22:52
IAMTHECODE FOUNDATION: Creating the next digital leaders
In this episode of Impact on the Ground, Tiia chats with Lady Mariéme Jemme about her inspiration behind creating the IAMTHECODE FOUNDATION. The episode explores the need for digital education and Lady Mariéme’s project to enable one million...
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27:09
International Tree Foundation: Enhancing Sustainability
In this Impact on the Ground episode, Tiia delves into the environmental, social and economic impact of tree planting in the UK and East Africa with Sam Pearson from the International Tree Foundation (ITF). The ITF supports sustainable...
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23:54
Clear Voice: Power of Translation
In this episode of Impact on the Ground, Tiia chats with Rachel Tew about the power of translation and the work of Clear Voice!
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16:34
Startup Sherpas: Work Experience Innovation
In this episode of Impact on the Ground, Tiia chats with Hugo Pickford-Wardle about work experience innovation and the work of Startup Sherpas!
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24:47
The Silverlining Brain Injury Charity: Partnerships for the NHS
In this episode of Impact on the Ground, Tiia explores the importance of supporting people with brain injury with Dr Sherrie Baehr, the founder of The Silverlining Brain Injury Charity!
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18:21
Chapter One: Importance of Literacy & Volunteering Partnerships
In this episode of Impact on the Ground, Tiia explores the importance of improving children's literacy for social mobility and the pathways to successful volunteering partnerships with Sarah Taylor from Chapter One! Chapter One is a ch...
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29:11
inHope: People in Crisis & Volunteering
In this episode of Impact on the Ground, Tiia speaks with Steve Baker and Mick Connolly from inHope Bristol, a charity working to help the most vulnerable in our society – those in crisis. Whether it be homelessness, addiction, trauma ...
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26:46
Trees for Cities: Impact of Green Spaces
In this episode of Impact on the Ground, Tiia is joined by Rory Field, the Corporate Partnerships Manager from Trees for Cities to discuss the important impact of green spaces, especially in urban areas. How can companies support chari...
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23:19
Modern Grantmaking
In this episode of Impact on the Ground, Tiia speaks with Gemma Bull, the author of Modern Grantmaking, about how the complex world of grant giving is changing. They dive deep into a discussion of what modern g...
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39:22
The Value of Heart-based Communication
In this episode of Impact on the Ground, Tiia explores the role of communication in conflict resolution with Maria Arpa, the founder and CEO of The Centre for Peaceful Solutions. They dive deep into Maria's creation of the 'Dialogue Ro...
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33:18
Transforming Lives Through Sport
In this episode of Impact on the Ground , Tiia is joined by Mark Winder, the CEO of Goalball UK, to discuss how the sport designed for people who are blind and partially sighted has helped build communities and transform lives ac...
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29:33
Promoting well-being in our communities
In this episode of Impact on the Ground , Tiia speaks with Martine Verweij, the founder of Marathon Kids UK, about the growth of her charity and her experience in working on improving the long-term health and well-being of children acr...
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26:42
Partnering with smaller charities
The Foundation for Social Improvement is a registered charity that was founded 12 years ago with the purpose of supporting small charities and helping them make an impact. In this episode Janine Edwards and Tiia Sammallahti discuss how smaller ...
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41:48
Nick Ede
New podcast episode is here! This week on Impact on the Ground Tiia Sammallahti speaks with Nick Ede, the host of Charitable Radio and the founder or East of Eden. How can charities and companies forge meaningful collaborati...
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35:39
The story of whatimpact
In this episode we get an insight into the journey of our CEO Tiia Sammallahti and how whatimpact came to be! As Tiia says, “whatimpact, it started 20 years ago from my personal desire to help.” The company has come a long way since and th...
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34:06
Arnab Dutt
In this episode Tiia and Arnab talk about the Social Value Act Enhancements, the back ground of the changes and what this means for companies.
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46:21
Impactful Audio
Audio Mango is "the only portable podcast and audio recording studio - driven right to your door." In this episode we welcome Gavin Fenton who is the founder of this business to talk about impactful audio.
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37:13
Impact on the Ground: Possible
Possible is a smaller climate charity focusing on individuals, governments and policy changes. In this episode Patrik and Tiia discuss transport, avaiation, energy and diet. Possible has a partnership with Ben & Jerry's as well as Brompton ...
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23:39
Fathm: Tackling the spread of misinformation and disinformation
This sees episode Fergus Bell from Fathm talk about the difference between misinformation and disinformation. Fathm is an organisation that works with newsrooms to tackle the spread of fake news. What is a fact? What role do cultural difference...
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30:07
Conservation Collective on Nature Restoration
Did you know that less than three percent of global philanthropic funding goes to the environment? This episode sees the Conservation Collective and the Lanka Environment Fund talk about terrestrial ecosystem conservation, marine conservation a...
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Episode 13
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35:05
Baltic Sea Action Group: How can complex environmental challenges be solved?
Anna Kotsalo-Mustonen from Baltic Sea Action Group and Tiia Sammallahti from WhatImpact discuss the many complex challenges related to nature and the sea. Topics discussed include pollution, algae and changing the way farming is done. Oth...
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Episode 12
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