The Other Side Of Blackpool Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Host Gillian Oliver continues the conversation around Disabled sports accessibility in the Town Following on from part 1 - this episode focuses on "why always football" when funding is allocated and applied for and why aren't the disabled sports community brought in before the building starts On this episode are  Carla and Colin from Together We Can...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode host Gillian Oliver revisits Blackpool Sports Centre to talk about the progress made from the "Help, Im Disabled in Blackpool (Season 3 Episode 2) Podcast A meeting was held to discuss if anything had changed and what more could be done for disabled people in the town On this episode are  Carla and Colin from Together We Can Do Chris Ratcliffe from Boccia Engl...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode host Gillian Oliver talks to Siobhan Tweedale from the Poverty Truth Commission about the Winter in Blackpool and how it has affected the residents of the town Also on this episode is Louise Jones, Head of Revenues, Benefits and Customer Services at Blackpool Council who answers questions and concerns from residents put to her by John Holmes If you would like to sp...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, host Gillian Oliver returns to the issue of bullying in Blackpool and invites residents, teachers and victims of bullying to the Salvation Army in the town for a conversation What has been done to resolve the issues from our previous bullying podcasts, and what next **Warning, this episode does talk about suicide**

Send us Fan Mail In this episode host Gillian Oliver asks  if you’ve ever been a patient at Blackpool’s Victoria Hospital.  Now we know about the pressure the health service is under, and the terrific work done by staff to keep things together during the pandemic through cuts and underinvestment.  But today we’re asking: How do you get home from The Vic?  It’s a bit out of town isn’t it - and they...

Send us Fan Mail Host Gillian Oliver is joined by Leon Davey to bring you this special Other Side Of Blackpool Podcast which shines a light on the 3 series of of the podcast throughout 2022 They look back at some of the key moments from each podcast in 2022 and their Facebook page The Other Side Of Blackpool

Send us Fan Mail Host Gillian Oliver is joined in this episode by Chorley mums-Lisa and Jade who formed mums against youth attack to help others deal with bullying after their own children's experiences  Also a welcome back to the podcast to Blackpool mum-Chrissy, who shares her update on what has happened since we spoke to her in series 2

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Ged Mills sits in for Gillian Oliver and is joined by Revoe resident Betty, Councillor Jim Hobson, Jez Evans, Operations Director at Blackpool Council’s waste company, Enveco and from the Poverty Truth Commission Leon Davy  They discuss the residents dismay at the amount of Fly Tipping happening in the area of Revoe,  and what the Council and waste management provi...

Send us Fan Mail Host Gillian Oliver is joined by Louise Jones, Head of benefits and customer service at Blackpool Council and John Holmes from the Poverty Truth Network In this episode they look back at the Blackpool Business Leaders Group meeting where Louise outlined the cost of living crisis in the town and put forward ideas for the private sector to help John also puts residents questions to...

Send us Fan Mail Every week Emma Jackson from the Poverty Truth Network finds all the great things going on in and around the area that could be useful to you, your family or your friends. Most of these special offers are either free or heavily discounted so please share away Also included in the weekly message are special services that also could be of help

Send us Fan Mail In this episode host Gillian Oliver went to Blackpool Sports Centre at Stanley Park to meet a group of individuals from Together We Can Do The group is run by volunteers who meet up every Thursday at the leisure centre to help our disabled residents get active and social through various sports and activities, but are met by issues around accessibility  Joining Gillian is Colin and...

Send us Fan Mail Host Gillian Oliver is joined by Emma Jackson and Leon Davey from the Poverty Truth Network as they begin series 3. This podcast is live on location, from the Salvation Army in Blackpool and is a reflection talk on the meeting they had all attended with many of the charities and organisations in the town that will be helping residents through the Winter months with the coast of li...

Send us Fan Mail Every week Emma Jackson from the Poverty Truth Network finds all the great things going on in and around the area that could be useful to you, your family or your friends. Most of these special offers are either free or heavily discounted so please share away Also included in the weekly message are special services that also could be of help

Send us Fan Mail Every week Emma Jackson from the Poverty Truth Network finds all the great things going on in and around the area that could be useful to you, your family or your friends. Most of these special offers are either free or heavily discounted so please share away Also included in the weekly message are special services that also could be of help

Send us Fan Mail Every week Emma Jackson from the Poverty Truth Network finds all the great things going on in and around the area that could be useful to you, your family or your friends. Most of these special offers are either free or heavily discounted so please share away Also included in the weekly message are special services that also could be of help

Send us Fan Mail Every week Emma Jackson from the Poverty Truth Network finds all the great things going on in and around the area that could be useful to you, your family or your friends. Most of these special offers are either free or heavily discounted so please share away Also included in the weekly message are special services that also could be of help

Send us Fan Mail Every week Emma Jackson from the Poverty Truth Network finds all the great things going on in and around the area that could be useful to you, your family or your friends. Most of these special offers are either free or heavily discounted so please share away Also included in the weekly message are special services that also could be of help

Send us Fan Mail Every week Emma Jackson from the Poverty Truth Network finds all the great things going on in and around the area that could be useful to you, your family or your friends. Most of these special offers are either free or heavily discounted so please share away Also included in the weekly message are special services that also could be of help

Send us Fan Mail Host Gillian Oliver brings you a special podcast as The Other Side Of Blackpool goes live on location In this episode hear as Gillian welcomes Emma Jackson, Leon Davey and Canon Dick Cartmell to reflect on the first coming together meeting Blackpool residents were able to bring three issues and present them to a room attended by Civic commissioner's to hopefully get a quicker...

Send us Fan Mail Following on from series 1 episode 6 Bullying in Blackpool-A mum speaks Host Gillian Oliver speaks to another mum in Blackpool about her recent bullying issue of her child and how she has struggled to have the incident taken seriously. Gillian is also joined once again by Inspector Jon Smith from Lancashire Police  who has answers the questions and thoughts put to him by mum, plus...

Send us Fan Mail Host Gillian Oliver is joined by Louise Jones, Head of Revenues, Benefits and Customer Services at Blackpool Council. Louise answers the questions that were brought up on the recent Cost Of Living Podcast and we thank her and Blackpool Council for her time to help create this Podcast.

Send us Fan Mail Host Gillian Oliver is joined by Leon Davey from the Poverty Truth Network, Chris Boyle a new resident in Blackpool, Dr John Clifton from the Salvation Army and Martin Newman from Giroscope This episode talks about claiming Blackpool as home and how hard it is in the rented market in the town.

Send us Fan Mail Host Gillian Oliver is joined by Emma Jackson and Leon Davey from the Poverty Truth Network.  In this episode they talk through a day in the life of the Poverty Truth Project in Blackpool.

Send us Fan Mail Host Gillian Oliver is joined by Emma Jackson and Leon Davey from the Poverty Truth Network as they begin series 2 with how the cost of living and energy crisis is impacting the residents of the town

Send us Fan Mail Host Gillian Oliver speaks to a mum in Blackpool about her recent bullying issue of her daughter and how she has struggled to have the incident taken seriously. Gillian is also joined by anti-bullying campaigner Norry Ascroft, who tells us his experience and knowledge on trying to reduce the bullying rates in the area and Inspector Jon Smith from Lancashire Police who clears up th...