Working Hours

Philip Holdgate and Jamie Saye (founders of SAIL) recorded on 07/01/2022 We kick off Series 3 of Working Hours with a special bonus episode where I speak to SAIL. This was the first time I have recorded two guests at the same time. Formed in 2018, Sustainable Arts in Leeds (SAIL) is a not for profit Membership Network of organisations and individuals in the creative and cultural sector, who have c...

Ian Thursfield recorded on 25/11/21 Ian Thursfield is your friendly, local zero-waster. He likes to re-use bread bags and enjoys litter picking with his daughters. Happy to answer any questions you have (ask his 5yo, he really does answer e-v-e-r-y question!) that would help you on your zero-waste journey. Ian's shop, Leeds Refills, is located at Hyde Park Corner and has a full range of items for...

Chris Lloyd recorded 05/10/21 Chris Lloyd is a producer with Red Ladder Theatre Company and has been with them for over 10 years. Red Ladder originally started in London coming out of radical 1960s theatre and they continue to put out new and original theatre in both traditional and non-traditional venues. Chris is still in constant awe of the talent he has to work with at the company. We talk abo...

Kara Hazlegrave recorded 22/10/2021 Kara Hazlegrave is Research & Innovation Manager for Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics (based at University of Leeds) where she works with University of Leeds researchers to support the development of emergent, interdisciplinary ideas. Kara helps teams craft applications in response to funding opportunities and connects businesses seeking expertise to speci...

Ed Carlisle recorded 19/10/2021 Ed Carlisle is a community activist who co-leads on various projects including the Big Bike Fix, Leeds Repair Cafe, South Leeds Life newspaper, Beeston Festival, the Space youth programme, and the Holbeck Viaduct project. Ed lives in Beeston with his wife and two kids and is the lead candidate for the Green Party in south and central Leeds. I have included links for...

Anna Quinn-Martin recorded 26/11/2021 Anna Quinn-Martin is the Service Manager for Linking Leeds which is a city-wide free social prescribing service which helps anyone to sort out practical or emotional problems that are effecting their health and wellbeing. They help around 500 people a month. Anna leads a team of around 50 people who work in the service supporting the people of Leeds. Linking L...

Craig Blair recorded 14/06/2021 Craig Blair is a Senior Practitioner for Barca-Leeds. He works in the children, young people and family teams, building relationships with partners and supporting staff and clients. Barca-Leeds support people struggling with housing issues, finances, physical and mental health problems. Their services are also geared towards children, young people and adul...

Tina Leslie recorded 02/11/2021 Tina Leslie is a former call centre worker and community development worker. Currently she is a fitness instructor and public health worker. Tina is also the The Founder of Freedom for Girls. F...

Carrieanne Vivianette recorded 14/09/2021 Carrieanne is a school teacher, freelance theatre maker and fine artist who is currently focused on the management and development of her Leeds-based theatre company CVIVArts Theatre. The company is working on an Arts Council England funded project titled What Are You Hungry For? A research and development project with a final production to be performed in...

Phil Fraser recorded 04/08/2021 Do you want to be a better SME business owner? Do you want to take your business into that next level? Then you need yourself a Business Sounding Board . You need Phil Fraser! Phil Fraser successfully founded, ran and subsequently sold a multi-award winning online gaming affiliate business in a multi-million pound sale to a PLC. He’s been there, done that and got th...

Richard Firth recorded 05/07/2021 Richard Firth is Managing Director of DaisyTouch Limited. DaisyTouch started in 2020, to provide accessibility and consultancy services to businesses so that they’re better equipped to support the needs of their disabled staff and disabled customers. There are an estimated 14.1 million disabled people in the UK. Meanwhile around 100,000 people in the UK become dis...

Kathryn Irish recorded 09/07/2021 Kathryn is a Digital Marketing Specialist at NUGEN Audio. NUGEN Audio’s products offer market-leading fidelity and unrestricted creativity in every situation, providing a direct and intuitive way to work with sound. The company’s tools make it easier to deliver high-quality, compliant audio while saving time, reducing costs and preserving the creative process. Kat...

Chris Salt recorded 31/05/2021 Chris is currently a Partnerships Executive at Candlelighters Trust. Candlelighters support families facing children's cancer in Yorkshire. They are involved in all sorts of different projects to help ordinary families who are facing extraordinary circumstances. Chris helps Candlelighters build and maintain its donor relationships with businesses. You can find out mo...

Emma Bearman recorded 17/05/2021 Emma is the founder of Playful Anywhere. Playful Anywhere CIC is a Leeds-based social enterprise with a mission to catalyse creativity, inventiveness and wellbeing with clients, the public and through their own projects, Playbox, Playlab and Young Inventors Club. Playful Anywhere loves to blur the boundaries between the physical and digital worlds, encouraging part...

Simon Young recorded 30/03/2021 Simon is a Chartered Accountant and the managing partner of Leeds based Aysgarth Accountants. This conversation is another great example of why I love doing this. Your average media consumer might think there’s not much to discuss around a profession that often gets stereotyped in media and culture as ‘boring’ but Simon and I breezed through two hours of chat in thi...

Gloria Kimberley recorded 30/03/2021 My guest this episode is Gloria Kimberley. Gloria is the Project Leader of the Leeds Festival of Kindness, Compassion and Wellbeing which first took place in September 2020. The aim of the Festival is to spread kindness and compassion in the city of Leeds, thereby improving everyone's wellbeing. Gloria is also a Holistic Health and Wellness Coach who supports p...

Jason Allen recorded 16/12/2020 My guest this episode is Jason Allen a Digital Video Editor for Channel 4 in Leeds, editing and helping produce video content across all of Channel 4’s social platforms.  Jason also has his own YouTube channel where he reviews TV shows – link below. We discuss his history of interest in animation and how that led on to starting his YouTube channel and ultimatel...

Anonymous female recorded 07/12/2020 My guest this episode currently works in Television in Manchester as a freelance TV researcher. This is my youngest guest so far and we discuss the somewhat ordinary and also somewhat glamourous world of TV production; as well as being furloughed – my first furloughed worker on the podcast! We discuss a bunch of my guests’ previous roles too, including some fro...

Anonymous male recorded 02/02/2021 My guest this episode worked for 20 years for a firm of stock brokers. Through a personal project of trying to maximise what be could achieved within his lunch hour he has found himself working in the area of work based well-being. We discuss a number of topics from my guest’s time working at a stockbrokers and looking at some of the myriad things he was able to...

Steph Varley recorded 03/02/2021 Steph is a social entrepreneur building an inclusive experience service for children. We discuss setting up a Community Interest Company (CIC); working with various stakeholders, testing technology and working with vulnerable groups. We also touch upon fundraising and Steph’s other job where she now works part time while building up and developing out her CIC. You...

Anonymous male recorded 21/05/2020 In this episode I speak with an IT security consultant about – you guessed it –working from home! We talk about his career development as it has matured alongside the sector. We talk about the effects of the pandemic on business and businesses, the wasted energy of travelling for business and of the many benefits of remote working. This interview was recorded ove...

Anonymous female recorded 26/05/2020 In this episode I talk to a Loiner Lawyer in London. This is another Skype interview discussing working from home but also looking at working around the world. My guest is an in-house lawyer in a travel firm and discusses some of the opportunities her past roles have allowed her, law in the workplace and workplace law, and coping with Lockdown after 2 months of...

John Barlow recorded 09/11/2020 John is a Programme Manager within the PayTV industry and is passionate about projects that promote sustainability and positive environmental change. Most recently John is aiming to change the default behaviour that comes with the stuff we own, aiming to promote access over ownership through a unique P2P rental marketplace (WYN). You can follow WYN on Twitter @share...

Jem Henderson recorded 26/03/2020 So this is the 1 st Skype episode but it comes out here. This is another fantastic interview. Jem is the Entrepreneur Engagement Manager for Yorkshire at @TechNation. Jem is a fascinating woman with a very interesting work history. We discuss unemployment, poverty, mental health, diversity, Digital skills and opportunities and… err… wrestling.  I lose connect...

Anonymous male recorded 13/05/2020 So… bit of a gap in recording due to the world shutting down. In this episode (the 1 st Skype recorded episode that you’re hearing but not the 1 st recorded) we discuss Working From Home - the employment topic of 2020 for most non key workers. My guest manages IT infrastructure for a HE institution and he takes us through some of the changes he’s seen in IT over...