People First Merseyside (PFM) Podcast

In today's episode, we interview Helen Marshall who is a lecturer at the University of Liverpool, we ask her about her job, what made her want to do this job, and how her work includes people with learning disabilities and/or autism.

In this episode, we ask our guest Ellie about the Life Rooms, how people get involved with the Living Library and how they are working with people with a learning disability and/or autism.

In this episode, members Siobhan and Lisa talk to Iris about what Curating for Change is about, the goal of Curating for Change and the importance of preserving history and stories.

In this episode we talk to Carolyn about her job as a pharmacist, her work with LeDeR and what STOMP and STAMP is.

In this episode, we give you an update about how the podcast team will work on the podcast from here on out and a message from the DAVID team about their upcoming conference. We also talk to three of our members, Paul. B, Paul. W and Hannah about a conference talking about Dying Matters they went to last year and what they thought of it.

In this episode, the podcast team asks the staff and members that work on the DAVID Project how the project has impacted them, how it has changed their view on death and how the project has changed their lives. Stay tuned to the end of the episode for a message from the podcast team and our plans for 2024.

In this episode, Siobhan question members Rebecca, Hannah and Jade about they're personal beliefs, how the DAVID Project talks about religion and why it is important for someone who is religious or has strong beliefs to get the proper send off for when they past away.

In this episode, members Robert, Emma and Phil question our guest Bob from LeDeR about what LeDeR does, what their goal is and how does LeDeR work with people with Learning Disabilities.

In this episode, members Robert and Siobhan question our guests Ashley and Colin from SWRAC about death in an education setting, how it is handled and what support do the students and staff get.

In this episode, Natascha ask members Phil and Emma about annual health checks, what they are, what happens in an annual health check and why it's important for people with learning disabilities to get an annual health check.

In this episode, Siobhan, Natascha and Lisa talk about the LGBTQ+ community, their personal relation or experiences, and the history of the LGBTQ+ community.

Friends of Anfield Cemetery Website link: ⁠Friends of Anfield In this episode, members Robert and Rebecca interview Tom Bradburn from Friends of Anfield Cemetery about the work he does, the history of the cemetery, the people buried there and the interesting stories of these people buried in Anfield Cemetery.

In this episode, members Siobhan, Liam, Nicola and Rebecca talk about how the DAVID project started their own type of Death Café, places they've done Death Cafés and give advice on how to do your own Death Café.

On this episode, members Robert, Phil and Paul Bullen talk about how they have difficult conversations on the DAVID project, how they look out for each other when having these difficult conversation and discussing when is it the right time to have such conversation.

This episode of the podcast has one of our members, Lisa Frith, share a story of hers. Sensory stories are stories that our members share with each other using the many senses of the human body such as smell, taste, touch and vision, this is an example of the stories we share in the DAVID Project.

In this episode, members Siobhan, Robert and Paul Bullen talk about how their learning disabilities affect them mentally, how they differ from one another and how their minds processes information compared to others.

In today's episode, members Lisa and Michael chat to Siobhan about their experiences of having physical disabilities and how this impacts upon them.

In this episode, Members Siobhan and Lisa ask Dave Lewis what it's like to work as a bereavement counsellor, the training to become a bereavement counsellor and how they help people through the grieving process. Just to let viewers know that in August, the members of People First Merseyside will be off for two weeks. The next episode will be released on the 25th of August.

This episode is dedicated to all the people that our members have loss. The contents of this episode may be upsetting to listeners. We encourage listeners to try and listen all the way to the end but if at any point the subject is to upsetting for listeners, don't force yourself to listen to it and wait for our next episode on Friday. Thank you. In this episode, many members from People First...

A quick update of what is happening at the end of July.

In this episode, Robert asks our guests Serena and Kate from Liverpool Royal hospital about the SWAN model of care, how it started, how it relates to palliative care and why it is important to have.

In this Episode about the David Project, Will and Rebecca interview John from Citizen's Advice Sefton to ask him about what support people get in bereavement, the parameters needed to receive support and how to get support if you think you're entitled to it.

In this episode, members Siobhan, Karen and Paul. W talk about their current living situations, if they like them, if they've have experience in different living situations and if they would want to change it.

In this DAVID episode three of our members Patrick, Will and Rebecca ask our guest Georgina Nolan, who is a funeral director, questions about planning a funeral such as the general cost of the funeral and separate services, if you can design how your coffin or urn looks and what support can they provide in the process.

In this DAVID episode, Siobhan, Emma, Simon and Phil get together to discuss about organ donation, what they've learnt and how organ donation has changed since 2020.