Surrey Voices: The Disability Podcast

English Tourism Week with Boomtown Festival and Kew Gardens.

This Month we explore English Tourism week. We Speak to Judy Bec from Boomtown festival who tells us all about what to expect this summer and how their festival is more accessible than ever and find out what's happening at Kew, we speak to Eleanor Cocks about how to make the most of your visit with their huge range of events and activities. 
https://www.boomtownfair.co.uk/
access@boomtownfair.co.uk
 
https://www.kew.org/
kew.org/community-open-week
 
 

Time to Talk ; Anxiety UK ,The Mary Frances Trust

This month's Podcast is all about Time to Talk and breaking down the stigma around Mental health. We speak with Connie from The Mary Frances Trust and David from Anxiety UK and Join us for a guided meditation and take 5 minutes for yourself. 
Guests
https://www.anxietyuk.org.uk/
https://www.maryfrancestrust.org.uk/
 
Help and Information
https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/mental-health-services/
https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/mental-health-services/where-to-get-urgent-help-for-mental-health/
 
 

National Storytelling Week

Joined by Dr Belo Cipriani of Oleb Books, Gordon Jackson from Guildford Book Fest. 
 
https://belocipriani.com/
https://olebbooks.com/
https://www.guildfordbookfestival.co.uk/
 
Produced by David Lance, Carinder Malhi, Natasha Hall, Dan Tromp, Matthew England, Andrew Wray. 
 

Nationwide, Gatwick Airport, Freedom Leisure - Talk about Accessibility

Joined by Nationwide-Gatwick Airport-Freedom Leisure 
In this months podcast we continue to talk about accessibility. We explore accessible services and ask what companies are doing to be more inclusive to all consumers.
 
https://www.nationwide.co.uk/
https://www.takefive-stopfraud.org.uk/
https://www.freedom-leisure.co.uk/
https://www.gatwickairport.com/
 
 
 

Purple Tuesday and Accessibility

 This Month we are supporting Purple Tuesday. Accessibility is important to our team at Choices Waves, and we wanted to talk to different areas of the community to see how accessible these places really are. We speak with AccessAble about how to find accessible places and the importance of accessibility.  
We talk with Hassell Inclusion about how companies can train to be more inclusive, TFL talk to us about public transport and getting out and about. We head to London to chat with the science museum about accessible information.  
 
https://tfl.gov.uk/ 
https://www.hassellinclusion.com/ 
https://www.accessable.co.uk/ 
https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/ 
https://purpletuesday.co/ 

Disabilities and Relationships

This month's Podcast is hosted by Poppy, Matthew and Martin. We wanted to explore Sexual Health week which was the 11th-17th of September. But we wanted to do it a little differently. We explore the world of disability Dating and relationships. Carinder, David, Dan and Tash chat with Rachel who is doing amazing research on LGBTQ+ and disabilities, Stephen from Pryzm about Discobility , Jamie from Mayhem in Woking and Lucy from Meet N Match, a Disability dating agency. 
www.facebook.com/LinkAbleWoking
www.instagram.com/linkable_woking
www.linkable.org.uk/events/mayhem-october
https://fixr.co/event/discobility-tickets-680844574
https://www.pryzm.co.uk/club/kingston-upon-thames/
 
https://www.meet-n-match.co.uk/
https://www.choicesupport.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do/supported-loving

All about the Environment

This month its all about the environment. We chat with Just Stop Oil, The Surrey Wildlife Trust and visit Newlands Corner with The Surrey Hills Society and Surrey Choices' Growth team. 
 
https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/ -IPPC Report 
 
https://hubble-liveassets.s3.amazonaws.com/mylife/redactor2_assets/files/2853/Easy_Read_Guide_to_climate_change.pdf - Climate Change Easy Read
 
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/hundreds-of-new-north-sea-oil-and-gas-licences-to-boost-british-energy-independence-and-grow-the-economy-31-july-2023 - .gov press release 
 
https://www.surreywildlifetrust.org/ - Surrey Wildlife Trust 
 
https://surreyhills.org/ - Surrey Hills 
 
https://juststopoil.org/ - Just Stop Oil
 
https://www.surreyhillsarts.org/wonderdusk/ - Tickets for WonderDusk
 
https://freewheelerstheatre.co.uk/ - Freewheelers
 
 

Down Syndrome Awareness

This month's podcast is all about Down syndrome. Our host Matthew shares his experience. We hear from Lorni from the Down's syndrome Association, Pops chats with Helen from PSDS and hear from Nicola Enoch from Down Syndrome Uk.  Find the link to her Tedx Talk below;  How I nearly terminated my son through ignorance. 
Links 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4RDyT-pnMo
 
https://downsyndromeuk.co.uk/
 
https://www.psds.info/
 
https://www.downs-syndrome.org.uk/
 

Learning Disability Week 2023

This month's podcast is all about Learning Disability week. Our host Tash shares her experience and chats with Dan.
Martin and Salvatore meet Ciara; from Mencap who hosts her own podcast show. 
Jackie Doe tells us about books beyond words and how to get involved and Future Choices get excited for Wimbledon. 
Links
Surrey Choices - Every Life, Every Chance - Surrey Choices
https://pinksparklepod.com/
https://booksbeyondwords.co.uk/
 
 

Men’s Sheds and Mental Health

This month, our host David explores men's mental health and men's sheds, which are a growing success around the world in combatting men's mental health.
Adam talks to an ambassador from the Men's Shed Association, and our colleague Katie visits our own shed to talk to Nigel. We also talk to people at Surrey Choices about mental health and unwinding.
Links
Surrey Choices - Every Life, Every Chance - Surrey Choices
Home - (menssheds.org.uk)
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