The People First Podcast

It's 'Lights, Camera, Action!' on the People First Podcast as we talk about one of our local film cinemas and its new accessibility project - the Skipton Plaza! To tell us more about the importance of the Plaza Cinema in the local community and how it can be made open to all is the manager Sam. We hope enjoy the show! Please rate our podcast and leave a review! It really helps tell...

This week on the People First Podcast, we are talking accessible, open and friendly fitness with Becky, the founder and instructor of Missfits Workout! We have worked with her in the past for our Accessible Wellbeing Festivals so we are excited to talk more about her work. We hope you enjoy the show! Please rate our podcast and leave a review! It really helps tell our members how they are doing an...

We've got a very exciting episode of the People First Podcast for you all, to announce we are one of the finalists in the 2026 Lovie Awards!! So, we take you through what the Lovie Awards are, explaining more about our category of "Best Indie Podcast", and how you can vote for us! We hope you all enjoy the show. Please rate our podcast and leave a review! It really helps tell our me...

We're getting up on our soapbox this week on the People First Podcast with our guest, award winning Emmadale actor and disability advocate James Moore! We were very excited to have him on and learn more about his acting career and how his disability has affected him - but not held him back from success! We hope you enjoy the show. Please rate our podcast and leave a review! It really helps te...

We're out on an adventure this week on the People First Podcast as we get chatting about Access The Dales! They're a local Charity supporting people with disabilities to get out on walks and hikes in the Yorkshire Countryside. To tell us more is their amazing Founder, Debbie North! It was exciting to get to talk to her and discuss the importance of walks, for building confidence and as a...

It's a special episode of the People First Podcast this week, coming to you from BCB Radio! Our Podcast Assistant Matthew was invited on to talk about our recent letter to the Prime Minister video, which we wanted to share with our audience. We hope you enjoy the show! Please rate our podcast and leave a review! It really helps tell our members how they are doing and helps our show grow and i...

This week on the People First Podcast, we are talking to one of our volunteer team, Makaton Tutor Shelagh! Over the last few years she has been helping us learn signs to help communicate with people who are hard of hearing, making us a more accessible and welcoming office! We spoke about differences with BSL, her history as a tutor and more. We hope you enjoy the show. Please rate our podcast and...

Our guests this week are the charity REMAP and the University of Leeds! REMAP is a charity organisation that helps adapt equipment to people with specific needs, and University of Leeds students have been helping to produce the accessible and affordable equipment! We always love when we can feature amazing projects that positively impact the lives of disabled people in our community! The work that...

Today on the People First Podcast, we are talking abut a local charity running accessible community canal boating: Spirit of Endeavour! We have gotten the chance to go on 2 trips on the boat, where we spoke to the volunteer crew and our members who went. We all had a lot of fun and we are excited to share this experience with you all! We hope you enjoy the show. Please rate our podcast and leave a...

This week on the People First Podcast we are covering the very important topic of Scam Awareness and Online Safety with 3 officers from the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Organised Crime Unit! They have all been working on the Regional Fraud Project, helping to spread awareness about ways to keep yourself and your money safe when on the phone, online or in person!  We learned a lot about how we can...

We are switching things up this week on the People First Podcast, as our team get interviewed this time! Our guest is Andrej, one of the reporters for RTV Slovenia who has also previously worked with William Kremer about accessible news! Our members get the chance to talk about how they got started on the Podcast, what their favourite episodes have been and what makes our show unique. We hope you...

We're getting adventurous on the People First Podcast, as we're talking about a residential centre in the Lake District, called Calvert Lakes. To tell us more about what they provide for people with disabilities, ways they make the outdoors accessible and how they're celebrating their 50th Anniversary is Business Executive Heidi. We hope you enjoy the show! Please rate our podcast a...

This is a very special episode of the People First Podcast, because we are celebrating our home county with Yorkshire Day! Every year on August 1st we celebrate Yorkshire, its people, and the unique culture it has in Britain! Our team has come together to share lots of information about different celebrities from Yorkshire, slang words we use and iconic landmarks! We hope you enjoy! Please rate ou...

We have a special episode for you all today looking at an exciting new project in the People First KC office: our Small Socials! Where members can plan with a few friends out of work where they can play every bit of it! To tell us more about them are our 2 newest staff members: Advocacy Champion Millie and Social Coordinator Susan. We hope you enjoy the show!  Please rate our podcast and leave a r...

In this week’s episode of the People First Podcast, we are shining a spotlight on Shout About Sex – events that give adults with learning disabilities access to reliable, accessible information about sex, relationships, and healthy conversations.  Joining us is the events’ founder Carla Withers and lead of the Supported Loving network Claire Bates to share why these conversations matter, where acc...

Today on the People First Podcast we are covering a brand-new local music festival coming to North Yorkshire later this year... it's Skipton LIVE! This event will showcase a lot of local talent in Skipton, so we are very excited to talk to organiser Mike to learn more about what the event will hold, how accessible it will be and what they hope the impact will be. We hope you enjoy the show! P...

We are so exited today to be interviewing an inspiring and celebrated advocate and fundraiser for people with disabilities: it's Jack Marshall! As well as being a hard-working campaigner and fundraiser for both his rare condition of Moebius syndrome and for issues faced by people with disabilities at large (receiving the British Empire Medal for this work!) he has just become a first-time aut...

Our guest this week is an a celebrated actress with disabilities on British Soap Operas ( Coronation Street , Emmerdale ) and comedy TV and radio ( Tinsel Girl , I‘m with Stupid ) here to share her inspirational story and her love of advocacy: it's Cherylee Houston MBE! We were super excited to chat with her about her incredible career and how she helped to campaign against the government wit...

This week's episode of the People First Podcast is a Learning Disability Awareness Week special!  Fitting with this year's theme of "Do You See Me", we got the absolute privilege to spend an afternoon with someone who has seen us all from outer space: Hayley Arceneaux!  Hayley, a physician at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and went on the Inspiration4 in 2021, makin...

Today we have a super-special episode of the People First Podcast, as we celebrate the start of the FIFA World Cup 2026! All of the PFKC Office team have been working hard to collect some fun footie facts about all 48 of the amazing teams taking part in the World Cup that we want to share with you. We hope you enjoy the show! Please rate our podcast and leave a review! It really helps tell our mem...

We are showing our passion for fashion today on the People First Podcast! Our guest today is social enterprise leader and accessible fashion designer, May Marigold, who does fantastic work with models with various disabilities to make colourful, accessible clothing for different conditions and needs. It was really interesting to get to speak to May and learn more about her work. We hope you enjoy...

Joining us today on the People First Podcast are some members from the group voted "Advocacy Organisation of the Year" at the Inclusion North Awards: People Focused Group! Based in Doncaster, this group helps to provide Peer Support to adults with learning disabilities on lots of different issues. Our team got chatting with them about what the Inclusion North Awards were like, learning m...

This week we have an exciting interview to get our teeth into, with the disability social and meal group the Buzz Club! They are one part of the local charity CTI 2000, supporting adults with learning disabilities to have a developed social life through group activities and creativity! To tell us more is Marcella, one of the group's support staff, and our member Stephen to talk about their ex...

We are getting our groove on this week on the People First Podcast, as our guest is the Artistic Director of the charity Dance United Yorkshire, Helen Linsell! Dance United helps to provide opportunities in dance to people in marginalised communities, supporting lots of local people in and around Bradford. Thank you Helen for joining us! We hope you all enjoy the show.     Please rate our podcast...

Today on the People First Podcast we are talking to two guests from local disability service Exclusively Inclusive, Katie Peacock and Christopher, all about the accessible sport Kin-Ball! Last year we ran a sports session with them and enjoyed it a lot, so our team member Nathan wanted to have them back in to learn more about the sport and the work they do with it. We hope you enjoy the show! Plea...