Sparks Unboxed
Episodes
8 episodes
A Child’s Story of War: Smajo Beso (Genocide Survivor to OBE)
Smajo Beso shares his journey as a survivor of the Bosnian genocide and his experience as a refugee in the UK. He highlights the impact of war on his childhood and the misconceptions and Islamophobia surrounding the conflict. Smajo emphasizes t...
A City United: The Story of NUFC Fans' Foodbank Fighting Hunger
SummaryIn this conversation, Colin Whittle and Bill Cochran, founders of NFC Fans Food Bank, discuss the origins and growth of the food bank. They explain how the initiative started in 2016 after being inspired by similar projects in Liverp...
Master New Skills by Changing Lives: A Powerful Transformational Approach - Andy Saffo
Andy Saffo has helped lift people up and changed their lives. I talked with Andy about his volunteering to support refugees and people facing various challenges. What it has meant for him and its impact on him personally and professionally.
Tahmina Ali - Ink and Echoes: Finding My Voice Through Writing and Spoken Word Poetry
Poet. Spoken Word. Mother.For episode 5 of the first season of Sparks Unboxed, I spoke with the rather unique Tahmina Ali about how she started writing, spoken word poetry and other creative pursuits.How it is part of her identi...
Bringing Smiles To Children In War-Time Ukraine: Angie Sutcliffe
I spoke with incredibly brave and selfless Angela Sutcliffe . Angie has been going to Ukraine since the outset of the conflict to support with aid, and humanitarian assistance and bringing smiles to children.Angie was awarded a British ...
Legacy Beyond Wealth: Ram Gupta's Approach to Success
Meet Ram Gupta BCAe. Entrepreneur and philanthropist based in Blackburn who was awarded a British Citizen Award for services to the community and a British Chambe...
From Diagnosis to Difference-Maker: The Exceptional Story of Chris Lewis and SimPal
I had an inspiring and humbling chat with Chris Lewis, the COO of a charity called SimPal. His charity supports people with cancer and anyone in need in 'almost all hospitals across the UK' by providing devices and data. It is the only charity ...
Youth Worker To The First Asian Lord Mayor of Newcastle in 800 years!
I had the great pleasure of chatting with Habib Rahman today for the first episode of season 1 of my new podcast Sparks Unboxed! (Season 1 Episode 1).We had a very quick hour chat on some of Habib’s key moments in his quite remarkable j...