Surrey Voices: The Disability Podcast
This podcast explores the issues which impact those with disabilities, sensory needs, autism, and mental health. We follow the achievements of those using Surrey Choices services. Surrey Choices provides support services to improve the independence, confidence and life skills of people with a range of disabilities and support needs, whatever their age, in their local community. https://www.surreychoices.com/ Choices Waves is a vocational project within Surrey Choices, making radio shows and podcasts. https://www.surreychoices.com/what-surrey-choices-does/employment-and-learning/getting-work-ready/choices-waves/
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Friday Aug 26, 2022
Friday Aug 26, 2022
This month, guest host Dexter James explores the topic of wheelchairs. Are our towns geared up for wheelchair users? How are social attitudes changing? How does wheelchair football work? And what do we think about the so-called Tiktok "hack" of getting through airports faster by faking a disability?
Surrey Choices - Every Life, Every Chance - Surrey Choices
Thursday Jul 28, 2022
Thursday Jul 28, 2022
For many young people, summer means the Duke of Edinburgh Award! We follow a crew of intrepid youngsters as they take on the DofE challenge as part of our Future Choices programme.https://www.surreychoices.com/
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
This week on Surrey Voices, Adam meets David Man and the young team of mechanics, and David Catchpole interviews Rachel about the gardening at Longmead.
Surrey Choices - Every Life, Every Chance - Surrey Choices
Thursday Jun 16, 2022
Thursday Jun 16, 2022
It's Shared Lives Week! What's Shared Lives, you ask? Adam didn't know either, so he went to meet four families who share their lives with SC Customers.
Email Us: ChoicesWaves@SurreyChoices.com
Email Shared Lives: SharedLives@SurreyChoices.com
Monday May 30, 2022
Monday May 30, 2022
Mental Health Week was 9th - 15th May. To mark this, we talk to one Surrey Choices carer who battled lockdown loneliness by visiting people on her bike. We also meet Tash, who runs a Creative Recovery Course.
Surrey Choices Website
Solent Mind Mental Health stats
Friday Apr 29, 2022
Friday Apr 29, 2022
On Surrey Voices we follow the achievements of people at Surrey Choices, and explore the issues which impact disabled people.
We talk to Michael about enduring stress at work, and meet mental health first-aider Phil Mack.
In Choices Voices, we hear some stressful stories and get some advice about de-stressing.
Email us! ChoicesWaves@SurreyChoices.com
Produced by Choices Waves
Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
Welcome to Surrey Voices! We follow the achievements of people at Surrey Choices, exploring the issues which impact disabled people.
Today we meet Luke. He and the Growth Team have been keeping the Surrey Hills an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
We also introduce two regular sections of the podcast, Choices Voices and Above and Beyond.
Email us! ChoicesWaves@SurreyChoices.com
Produced by Choices Waves
Surrey Choices
We provide a range of support services to improve the independence, confidence and life skills of people with a range of disabilities and support needs, whatever their age, in their local community.
Surrey Choices supports disabled people, autistic people, those with sensory needs, those with mental health problems and older people. Our objective is to allow every person the chance to fulfil their potential and reach their goals, through enjoying, learning and achieving.