Leadership worth sharing

Transcript available here: https://www.acevo.org.uk/resources/podcast/ Vicky Browning speaks to Jim Minton, CEO of Toynbee Hall. They talk about the importance of constantly learning as a leader, getting the community you serve involved in creating solutions for the issues they face, and why every chief executive can sometimes feel like they are a radio presenter.

With the voluntary and community sector struggling for recognition from government at a national level during the pandemic, the local picture in Bradford was very different. The VCS was viewed as a vital strategic partner, and sector leaders sat at the top table of local decision-making. In this special live recording of the Leadership Worth Sharing podcast, Vicky Browning chats to Kim Shutler, CE...

Transcript available here: www.acevo.org.uk/resources/podcast/ We handed over our podcast reins to Polly Neate, CEO of Shelter, and Tessy Ojo, CEO of The Diana Award, for a miniseries that will discuss what privilege and anti-racism mean for the charity sector and the role of charity leaders in facilitating a shift of power both in our sector and more widely. In the third and final episode, Tessy...

Transcript available here: https://www.acevo.org.uk/resources/podcast/ We handed over our podcast reins to Polly Neate, CEO of Shelter, and Tessy Ojo, CEO of The Diana Award, for a miniseries that will discuss what privilege and anti-racism mean for the charity sector and the role of charity leaders in facilitating a shift of power both in our sector and more widely. In the second episode, Tessy a...

We handed over our podcast reins to Polly Neate, CEO of Shelter, and Tessy Ojo, CEO of The Diana Award, for a three-part miniseries that will discuss what privilege and anti-racism mean for the charity sector and the role of charity leaders in encouraging tricky conversations. In the first of three episodes, Tessy and Polly explain how the idea for the podcast miniseries came about, and talk to Mi...

Transcription: https://www.acevo.org.uk/resources/podcast/ In this episode, Vicky speaks with Adeela Warley, CEO of CharityComms, the membership body for communications professionals in the charity sector. Adeela talks about why civil society leaders should listen to their comms colleagues, the positives and challenges of creating a collaborative campaign and why things should not go back to busin...

Full transcription: https://www.acevo.org.uk/2020/06/special-podcast-episode-home-truths Today ACEVO launched Home Truths: Undoing racism and delivering real diversity in the charity sector, a report that highlights the voices and experiences of Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnic people working in the charity sector. To accompany the report, we produced a special episode of the ACEVO podcast, con...

Full transcription: https://www.acevo.org.uk/resources/podcast/ In this episode, Vicky Browning speaks to Sarah Hughes, chief executive of the Centre For Mental Health. Sarah talks about why we need to tackle the power dynamic in charities, how Scarlett O'Hara and Amazon boxes can help us contain our anxiety as leaders, and the positives we can keep from this pandemic that will help us build a bet...

Full transcription: https://www.acevo.org.uk/2020/04/leadership-worth-sharing-raven-bowen Vicky speaks to Raven Bowen, CEO of National Ugly Mugs. NUM is an organisation that provides support to sex workers who have been victims of crime. This is the first episode of the podcast that we've recorded remotely, as we are all working from home in the middle of the Covid-19 crisis. From her bedroom, Rav...

Full transcription: https://www.acevo.org.uk/2020/03/leadership-worth-sharing-aleema-shivji In the first episode of 2020, Vicky speaks to Aleema Shivji, executive director at Humanity & Inclusion. Aleema describes her career journey from physiotherapist to charity chief exec, shares her experience of navigating the shift from the operational to the strategic, and reveals how home-made banana bread...

Full transcription: https://www.acevo.org.uk/2019/11/podcast-girl-dreamer In the last episode of 2019, Vicky speaks to three fantastic women: the founders of Girl Dreamer Kiran Kaur and Amna Akthar, and the CEO of The Queen’s Commonwealth Trust, Nicola Brentnall. They talk about how girls of colour are seen in our society, why disruptors make the best role models and how you can find leadership in...

Full transcription: https://www.acevo.org.uk/2019/10/tessy-ojo Vicky speaks to Tessy Ojo, chief executive at The Diana Award, a charity that builds on Princess Diana’s belief that young people can change the world. They talk about the hope the next generation of leaders offers, why it’s OK to drop a ball when we need to, and how Beyoncé gives the best leadership advice.

Full transcription: https://www.acevo.org.uk/2019/09/leadership-worth-sharing-john-rendel Vicky Browning speaks to John Rendel, founder of PEAS, a network of over 30 secondary schools in Uganda and Zambia which transforms lives by providing high-quality secondary education to children who would otherwise struggle to go to school. John has recently moved on to his new role of director of grants at...

Full transcription: http://www.acevo.org.uk/2019/09/podcast-debs-mccahon-and-sarah-welsh Today is a first for the podcast, as Vicky Browning is speaking to two leaders: Sarah Welsh and Debs McCahon, joint CEOs at Woodcraft Folk, a charity that runs cooperatively with children, young people and adults working together to learn about the world and develop skills and confidence. They talk about why t...

Full transcription: https://acevoblogs.wordpress.com/2019/08/05/podcast-girish-menon Vicky Browning speaks to Girish Menon, CEO of Action Aid UK, the charity that works with and supports women and girls living in poverty. They talk about how you run an organisation on feminist principles, reflective leadership and self-doubt, and how CEOs need to be torchbearers for change.

Full transcription available here: https://acevoblogs.wordpress.com/2019/07/15/ruth-taylor/ In this episode, Vicky Browning meets Ruth Taylor, CEO of the Abortion Support Network. ASN provides information and support for women from Northern Ireland, Malta and Gibraltar who need to travel abroad to access an abortion. We talk about the power of stories, the challenge of working with charity founder...

Full transcription here: https://acevoblogs.wordpress.com/2019/06/24/duncan-dunlop In this episode, Vicky travels to Glasgow to meet Duncan Dunlop, chief executive of Who Cares? Scotland, the charity that supports, connects and advocates for care experienced people. They talk about listening to the voices of people with lived experience, how to turn an organisation into a movement, and what happen...

Full transcript available on the blog: https://acevoblogs.wordpress.com/2019/06/03/podcast-kate-lee In the third episode, Vicky meets Kate Lee, CEO of CLIC Sargent, to talk about the lies we tell ourselves that make us feel good as leaders, what true collaboration means, why we have to be brave in setting goals and learning from failure, and why we should be better at handling the hot potato that...

Transcription available here: https://acevoblogs.wordpress.com/2019/05/13/josh-macalister In the second episode, Vicky meets Josh MacAlister, CEO of Frontline, to talk about why and how he started Frontline when he still qualified for a young person’s railcard, how Nelson Mandela helped him tackle his self-doubt and how real leadership is about enabling freedom and responsibility and then getting...

Transcription available here: https://acevoblogs.wordpress.com/2019/04/23/leadership-worth-sharing-episode-1-alison-lowe For our first ever episode, ACEVO CEO Vicky Browning travels to Leeds to meet Alison Lowe. Alison is the CEO of mental health and well-being charity Touchstone, as well as a local councillor. They talk about celebrating difference, mental health, co-production and how leaders ne...