People First Merseyside (PFM) Podcast

In this DAVID episode, two of our members Patrick and Will ask our guest Candice Jones, who is a solicitor, questions about will writing such as how much it costs, what you can put in a will, what you need to consider when making a will and if you can make your own will.

A quick update on what's happening regarding the episodes for the DAVID project.

To start off with working together with the DAVID project, our first episode will be about our members personal experiences with grief and how they felt losing people that they cared about. Because of the subject matter, this episode may be hard to listen to, if you find the episode too upsetting, feel free to stop the audio.

In this episode, members Siobhan, Lisa, Paul. B and a student from John Moores University named Katie talk about their experiences in education, their favourite and least favourite subjects, and if they want to or did pursue higher education.

The People First Merseyside podcast has big plans that we wish for all of our audience to know about for what is happening this year.

In this episode, members Siobhan, Will, Paul W and Keith talk about the Blackpool Conference that People First Merseyside went to at the start of the month, what they did there and what it was like to return to the first Blackpool Conference in person post-Covid. 

In this episode, Siobhan, Michael and Rebecca discuss about what it's like to have mental health, how it affects them personally and why it is important to talk about it.

In this episode, Emma, Siobhan and Patrick tell us how they work with the Royal hospital, what it is they do and why they wanted to be a part of the group.

Trigger Warning: Mentions of Abuse and Self-harm. In this episode, we invite Paul McCann onto the podcast to tell us about his role in Sefton Council's Community Safety and Engagement team, how he works with People First and give advice on what to do if you or someone you know is a victim of Hate Crime. If you wish to report a hate crime, please visit Stop Hate UK: Report all Hate Crime - Stop Hat...

Disclaimer - Please be aware that this episode mentions events of manipulation and assault.  On this episode of the podcast, Robert, Phil and Michael talk about Hate Crime. Phil and Michael share their experiences with Hate Crime and Phil discusses his work in Hate Crime prevention.

On this episode of People First Merseyside Podcast, Robert, Siobhan and Natascha talk about Christmas, what they enjoy and what they don't enjoy, and the memories they have.

On today's episode, Siobhan and Patrick tells us about what happened at the Liverpool Conference and what it was about, we also hear Robert, Rebecca and Michael talk about the process of making the comedy show 'The Bright Side of Death' and how it was performing on stage in front of an audience.

On this episode of the podcast, Siobhan, Jade and Will talk about the Halloween Death Café that People First Merseyside hosted at PSS, the activities and roles that they had, and their thoughts on how it went.

On today's episode, Emma and Lisa tell us about the ACE training that they attended recently, what they had to do and what do they think love is.

On today's episode we interview two more of our members. Iain tells us about his life and his experiences of being deaf, and Stephen tells us about himself, how he deals with anger and his weekly routine.

In today's episode of People First Merseyside Podcast, we interview People First's Liaison Officer Daniel to tell us about himself, his role as a Liaison Officer and how he's help people with personal problems.

On today's episode, we interview People First's Acting Coordinator Joanne to tell us about her time at People First, what an Acting Coordinator does and the responsibly that comes with it.  

On this episode of People First Merseyside Podcast, we interview staff member Jan Comer who is the Sefton Project Development Worker at People First, to tell us about what she's done before working at People First, what her role means and what she does as a Development Worker.

On today's episode, we interview members Phil and Lisa, and staff members Emma and Madeleine to tell us about the DAVID project (Dignity And Voices In Dying), the purpose of the project and why it's important. There is also a poll for this episode that is related to the subjects they cover in the DAVID project so feel free to take part.

Today's episode of the podcast is a start to a new format in which we interview multiple members and staff members to give a broader view of the organisation. We learn about what the role of a director is and what they do on today's episode with member directors Phil and Patrick, and non-member director Sue. 

On today episode, we interview member Keith Davies who tells us about himself and his interests such as photography and art.

On today episode, we interview three of our members Paul Walsh, Nicola and Will to tell us about themselves and what they've done during their time at People First Merseyside.

On today's episode, Michael tells us about how he became Deaf and learned sign language, his hobbies and what he has done over his many years as a member at People First.  As Michael can be difficult to understand at times, we have provided a transcript which can be found on the main People First website ( https://peoplefirstmerseyside.co.uk/people-first-merseyside-podcast-michael-reid-interv...

On today's episode, Phil tells us about his life before coming to People First, his time at People First, and how People First has affected his life. 

In today's episode, we interview member Lisa Frith about herself, her hobbies and her experiences inside and outside People First.