DISCOVER Voices | disAbility Cornwall & IoS

Join our host Anna Lempriere, Content Creator and Podcast host for the Cornwall Memory Cafe Network and Paul Cadger, Dementia Education Lead for Cornwall, as they share valuable insights and practical advice for carers and people living with dementia. Anna and Paul discuss the vital support services available in Cornwall, how to make referrals, and the resources that can help people navigate demen...

In this episode of our podcast, host Anna Lempriere from the Cornwall Memory Cafe Network speaks with featured guests Katie and Claire from Sensory Trust, a national charity focused on connecting people with nature and promoting inclusive access to the outdoors. Join us as we explore how Sensory Trust’s Creative Spaces project organises dementia-friendly walking groups across Cornwall, providing o...

In this insightful episode of our podcast, host Anna Lempriere from the Cornwall Memory Cafe Network sits down with Saskia Dady, a Makaton tutor and ambassador, to delve into the world of Makaton and its transformative power in communication. Saskia, who has been working with Makaton since 1998, shares her journey from the NHS to becoming a freelance tutor, helping children and adults with communi...

In this episode, Anna is joined by two distinguished guests: Rick Chesterton, a Professor of Dementia Research at the University of the West of England (UWE) in Bristol, and Dr. Emily Dodds, a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Public Health and Wellbeing at UWE Bristol. Rick shares his journey into dementia research, which began in 1990 when he started working as a clinical psychologist wit...

Today Anna interviews Ellie Whittaker, licensed Makaton tutor from TALKmoreCORNWALL, about how Makaton has value as a communication tool for people with dementia, memory loss or people that have had a stroke. Makaton is an extremely powerful communication tool with over 100,000 children and adults using Makaton symbols and signs, either as their main method of communication or as a way to support...

Join our podcast host, Anna Lempriere, as she interviews Jenny and Bernie from Promas CIC. Promas CIC offers a range of free courses written and designed with the help of carers to help manage your caring role, access social events, and much more. Discover the family model of care where 95%+ of Promas team members have been carers themselves. They provide a council and coaching support line for em...

Our Cornwall Memory Cafe Wayfinder and podcast Host Anna Lempriere interviews the two fantastic Admiral Nurses Caroline Ellis and Sarah Arundell, both part of the Integrated Admiral Nurse Service with Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust and Dementia UK. They discuss the important work Admiral Nurses do in Cornwall. Admiral Nurses, specialised dementia caregivers backed by Dementia UK, offer transfo...

This week, Marie from disAbility Cornwall & CAAP joins our Wayfinders to talk about the significance of The Moment Makers: building intergenerational relationships between young adults with learning difficulties and older people in the Memory Cafe Network. Find out more about Marie's Moment Makers project: https://www.disabilitycornwall.org.uk/services/the-moment-makers Visit the Cornwall Memo...

Our wonderful Wayfinders and Hosts of the Cornwall Memory Cafe Podcast bring you a live episode as they sit down with Cym Downing, Founder of the first-ever Memory Cafe which is situated Launceston. Cym Downing talks about how and why she founded the Memory Cafe, the importance of local community support and the invaluable help the Memory Cafes have on so many lives. We also discover the opinions...

Dementia and memory loss prevention: ''It's never too early, and it's almost never too late!'' Since the 90's... there has not been a single pharmaceutical drug to treat dementia that has been successfully implemented within the UK; this has led Dr Vicky Brown to pursue a career in dementia prevention. Our Memory Cafe Wayfinders and stupendous podcast Hosts Anna & Jules interview Dr. Vicky Bro...

Today Wayfinders and hosts Anna and Jules are joined by NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly System Lead for dementia, Dr Allison Hibbert. Allison describes her role as a championing role for people living with dementia and their loved ones and support network. They talk about the need to destigmatise dementia, what to expect along the journey of their care once they've been diagnosed and explain what...

The cold weather is here, so what better time to listen and learn how to save on your energy bills and keep warm this winter. Cornwall Memory Cafe Network Wayfinders Anna & Jules welcome Katharine Lewis, an Energy Saving Adviser from Community Energy Plus - Cornwall’s energy advice charity. Learn about vital information, like if you're entitled to be on the National Grid's Priority services re...

Do you know your rights when it comes to Adult Social Care and funding someone in a nursing home? Millions in the UK have sold their homes to pay for care for themselves or loved ones, but for tens of thousands of people, this struggle to pay healthcare bills could have been avoided. Our lovely hosts and Cornwall Memory Cafe Network Wayfinders, Jules and Anna, welcome Pauline Hardinges, who is the...

Did you know there are many forms of Dementia? Our podcast hosts and Memory Cafe Network Wayfinders Anna & Jules talk to Newquay Purple Angels Ambassador Lynn Bartrip-Kay as she speaks passionately about the Purple Angels and their mission to create a dementia-aware community through workshops and awareness sessions. Lynn works tirelessly to spread awareness of the disease, frequently operatin...

Welcome to the Cornwall Memory Cafe Podcast! Hosts Anna and Jules introduce themselves, they discuss the Cornwall Memory Cafe Network here in Cornwall and how it is a safe welcoming community for people with dementia and memory loss, their family and their carers and what the podcast will entail. Memory loss and Dementia can be a daunting and lonely experience, this podcast is aimed at sharing kno...

In solidarity with 2024 International Day Of Persons With Disabilities (IDPD) on the 3rd of December:  Join us for an inspiring episode of the  DISCOVER Voices, featuring Eleanor Lisney, a trailblazing advocate, academic, and disabled woman whose life story spans continents and cultures. Eleanor Lisney is a campaigner, co-founder member, public speaker and director of 2 disabled people's organisat...

Our host Theo welcomes journalist John Pring on the show founder of Disability News Service. John discusses his journalism career, scandals he's covered and tells Theo about his latest book The Department. His book is an account of his 10-year investigation into how the actions of a government department, spurred on by politicians and the outsourcing industry, led to the deaths of hundreds of disa...

Theo is joined by Zeenat Jeewa, CEO from the Asian Disabled Peoples Alliance (ADPA). They talk about the barriers many disabled Asian people face, what ADPA fights for and why South Asian Heritage Month is so important to celebrate. Since 1988, ADPA have been providing culturally appropriate and bespoke sensitive Day care and Home care support and services to disabled, elderly and other isolated p...

Our host Theo is joined by Author, Artist and Activist Emma Geen who is on today's show to discuss Disability Climate Justice. Emma is a Climate and Disability Programme Associate for Bristol Nature & Climate Partnership - an organisation that played a pivotal role in Bristol’s journey to becoming the European Green Capital in 2015. This unique network is united by a vision that encompasses bo...

This week on 'Conversations' with Dr Theo Blackmore, our podcast host Theo is joined by Dr Sarah Bell. Dr Sarah Bell is a Senior Lecturer in Health Geography at the European Centre for Environment and Human Health (ECEHH). Sarah is based at the University of Exeter Penryn Campus and focuses her research on the intersection between disability, social inequality and the changing natural environment....

Theo is joined by Former London Olympics torch bearer, disability rights champion and social entrepreneur, Kush Kanodia. Kush has made it his mission to become a disability and rights champion, and social entrepreneur. Kush has had a monumental life journey, being a London Olympics Torch bearer in 2012 and being a key driving force for change for disabled peoples rights through transforming system...

This is the second part of Theo's conversation with Professor Colin Barnes - the leading figure in establishing the study of disability politics,  sociology and the social model in the UK and globally.  Colin talks about how historically, disability was (can still be) perceived as a medical issue through the medical model, how it became politicised and the reappraisal of disability as society's fa...

Our host Theo is joined by Colin Barnes, a Professor at the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds. Colin has been involved in the UK's disabled peoples movement throughout his academic career and has produced seminal research including work on disability discrimination and the social model of disability. Colin established the Centre for Disability Studies (CDS) and worke...

Theo is joined by Caitlin Gould, Founder and Director of TECgirls. They discuss the need to champion accessibility in Cornwall's growing tech industry. The two converse about the barriers disabled people face with regards to having access to technological hardware like tablets and laptops and about the Ctrl Alt Del Summit happening on the 21st February. An exciting event bringing the tech industry...

In this latest podcast episode, Theo, our engaging host, sits down with Ju Gosling, also known as ju90. Ju is Co-Chair of the Regard, a charity campaigning for Disabled LGBTQI+ people, Artistic Director of Folk in Motion CIC and Together! 2012 CIC and is a disabled artist. As a disabled artist, Ju specialises in digital lens-based media while exploring performance, text and sound. Steeped in the t...