Working For Progress

Welcome to Working For Progress with social entrepreneur Dani Trudeau. This podcast is all about real conversations with real people who are shaping their working lives in meaningful ways. From the heart of Tribe Porty and beyond, Dani connects with guests whose stories reflect the grit, passion, and purpose behind the work they do.

Through candid and thoughtful interviews, you’ll hear about career journeys that inspire, challenge, and reveal the quiet truths of our shared human experience. Each conversation starts with simple pleasures, winds through tough jobs and daring decisions, and lands in those unforgettable moments of flow and awe.

We’re all working for progress—within ourselves, for each other, and for a better world.

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Working For Progress

Working For Progress with Nicky Shallcross

February 23, 2024 • Dani Trudeau • Season 2 • Episode 4

Originally a Yorkshire lass, Nicky Shallcross moved up to Edinburgh and has been an honorary Scottish lassie for over 20 years now.

To date her career has been spent heading up Buying and Merchandising Teams in the fashion and outdoor retail industry.

Nicky took the plunge and started her online homeware business in 2022, interior superior offers a colourful range of new and preloved homeware and dopamine decorative items. There is one house rule, bland is banned!

Nicky is a passionate ambassador for volunteering and promoting its health and wellbeing benefits not just for recipients but for volunteers themselves. She is a Friendship Volunteer for Vintage Vibes where she also works part time and a Someone Like Me Volunteer for Breast Cancer Now.

Find Nicky on LinkedIn and on Instagram.

This was such a great conversation that you will definitely enjoy!

Working For Progress is hosted by Dani Trudeau and produced by Alice Hudson.

Dani founded Tribe Porty a community coworking space which believes that a nurturing environment which sparks creativity and collaboration is good for business, individuals and communities.

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