The People First Podcast

We have a very special episode of the People First Podcast for you today! we're talking to Dean Williams and Adam McAvoy the Chairman and Head Coach at the Wheelchair Football Association which runs the Powerchair Football Events all across England. We learned a lot about the amazing work the Association does to support people with disabilities to play Football in an accessable way. We have a...

This week on the People First Podcast we're speaking to Trevor, the team leader at the self-advocacy organisation VoiceAbility! We learnt lots about how VoiceAbility support people with learning disabilities with decisions and choices about their health, care and wellbeing - and why advocacy organisations like ours are so important. We enjoyed having Trevor in our office and getting to speak...

This week on the People First Podcast, we spoke to Connect the Dots! They are a local organisation that one of our Podcast Team, Kenny, also attends. Kenny invited and lead this great show where we found out lots of amazing information about some of the work they do at Connect the Dots from two support staff members and two people who attend the service. We hope you enjoy the show! Please rate our...

This week we're speaking to Katie and Nigel from Beyond Words, a fantastic local charity that works with people with disabilities to write and publish picture-only easy read books! As CEO and co-founder, Katie and Nigel did a great job at sharing lots of great info about what Beyond Words do and the great work they bring to their community. We hope you enjoy the show! Please rate our podcast...

This week's People First Keighley And Craven Podcast features Tony, who's a part of the Keighley Commissioning Team at Bradford Council. We spoke to him about Travel Training because one of our Members has just finished their Travel Training and PFKC has just become a registered Organisation to deliver Travel Training. Enjoy the show! Please rate our podcast and leave a review! It really...

This week on the People First Podcast we have a very special guest from our local area - personal trainer and guide runner Donard Nyamjua! Donard works with Paralympic athletes as well as everyday people at PureGym in Keighley, helping to support people with disabilities to work out and making exercising accessible for lots of disabilities. We have lots of sporty and gym-going members at PFKC so w...

We have a very special episode of the People First Podcast for you today featuring the members of our Friday group at People First Keighley And Craven. Members Benjimin Daniel Lizy Matthew Rebecca Shannon and Steven are speaking about the recent Coffee Morning Fundraiser which we held downstairs in our Office building at Central Hall in Keighley. The event helped to raise money for our Members Soc...

This week on the People First Podcast we are talking to one of our office volunteers, Susan, about the work she has been doing with our members around reading! We spoke with her as well as Alex and Ish, 2 of the members she has worked with, to learn more about the ways each of them have been working and celebrating their incredible achievements. We hope you enjoy the show! Please rate our podcast...

This week on the People First Podcast we're speaking to a returning guest, our newest member of staff, Matt! Matt joined us in 2023 as an apprentice and we interviewed him to learn more about his course, but now he's finished his apprenticeship we wanted to speak to him again. We asked him about all the work he's been doing with us since joining as well as his plans for the future n...

This week's episode of the People First Podcast is coming to you live from our Safer Streets Event at Skipton Town Hall! This was our third Safer Streets Event, which are all about giving people with learning disabilities information on how they can be safer and report important issues like hate crimes. Some of our team attended the event and interviewed some members of PFKC and other organis...

In today's show we're speaking to Tatum, the Project Manager of the Accessible Information Standard at Healthwatch Leeds! We worked with Tatum on a Project in our office reviewing the Healthwatch website to see if it was accessible for people with learning disabilities, which we all enjoyed! It was very interesting to speak to her about the importance of accessible Information as well as...

This week on the People First Podcast we have a special guest all the way from the United States of America - Tiffany Yu, a Disability activist and author! She has recently released her new book, The Anti-Ablest Manifesto , and is in the UK for a book tour, so we got the chance to chat with her over Zoom! We discussed the new book, her work as an advocate for disability rights with her company Div...

On this week's episode we feature an on location recording from The Learning Disability England Conference in Manchester. Jane W and Charlotte did a fantastic job and did over 20 different Interviews to get an idea of what the Event was all about. Thankyou to everyone who took part and please enjoy the episode! Please rate our podcast and leave a review! It really helps tell our members how t...

We have a very special episode for you all this week! Four of our office team  - Daniel, Stephen W, Charlotte and Kim - are reading their life stories which they've previously presented in the office! They are joined by volunteer Nadia, who has worked with members to share their experiences and the things they do outside of People First. We hope you enjoy the show and enjoy learning about a f...

On this episode of the People First Podcast, we are speaking to Debs and Georgia the co-founders of Ali's sensory boxes! They provide lots of different sensory items in a range of boxes, and after seeing them at the This Is Me Festival last year we wanted to learn more about them. We hope you enjoy the show. Please rate our podcast and leave a review! It really helps tell our members how they...

This week on the PFKC Podcast, we are talking about our recent Annual General Meeting! This is a very important meeting of our board of trustees to vote and discuss about important issues about the running of our charity. Some of our podcast team members discuss what an AGM is and why it is so important, as well as explaining some of the board positions that we will be voting for! We hope you enjo...

This week on the People First Podcast we're talking about accessible information! Accessible information is very important to us at People First Keighley and Craven, so our Podcast Hosts wanted to talk about some of the different ways information can be made access able for different people. We'll be talking about things from writing in Braille, turning written documents into audio, Easy...

On today's episode of the People First Podcast we're being joined by a returning guest, Julie Stein Hodgins, who we're speaking to about Women's Health! We learned lots of useful information about periods, the different ways they can impact women and how they can be managed. We hope you enjoy the show! Please rate our podcast and leave a review! It really helps tell our members...

It's the first episode of season 4 of the People First Podcast! In today's show, we're speaking to Rachael the Project Manager at the Airedale and Wharfedale Autism Resource, a local support group for families of children with autism. We learned a lot about AWARE and how they support young people with autism in our local communities. We hope you enjoy the show! Please rate our podca...

It’s the last episode of the People First Podcast Season 3! To celebrate, here is our Christmas special where our team discuss lots of different festive topics, from how to stay warm in winter, why we celebrate Christmas, and lots of Christmas jokes! We hope you enjoy the show. Please rate our podcast and leave a review! It really helps tell our members how they are doing and helps our show grow a...

It's the second to last episode of the People First Podcast! This week features one of our new podcast members, Matthew, who wanted to talk about hidden disabilities and the meaning of the Hidden Disability Sunflower Lanyard. We hope you enjoy the show! Please rate our podcast and leave a review! It really helps tell our members how they are doing and helps our show grow and improve. You can...

On this episode of the People First Podcast, we are taking about Take a Hike, a local project run by the University of Bradford Student Union!  Our podcast member Luke attends the service and wanted to talk to project leader Adam Tasker about it.  We learnt a lot about all their work, and the amazing thing they have accomplished! We hope you enjoy the show. Please rate our podcast and leave a revi...

On this bonus episode of the People First Podcast, we spoke to Brooke Milhouse - the host of the Disabled and Proud Podcast! She visited us a few weeks ago and led a session about podcasting and how it can help promote the voices of People with disabilities. And after the session, some of our team got the chance to talk to her in our podcast studio to ask her some questions! We hope you enjoy the...

This week we are speaking to Edith from Bradford Council all about waste and recycling. Edith is the Recycling Officer at the Council so we wanted to speak to her about her job-role and ways that people can recycle better across Keighley and Bradford. Recycling is something that's very important to us in our office so we wanted to learn more about it. We hope you enjoy the show! Please rate o...

Today on the People First Podcast we are joined by Ross, the Stakeholder Executive at the Motability Scheme - a Project that can support people with learning disabilities to get accessible and adapted Vehicles. Our Podcast member Alex organised the interview as he has interest in driving an accessible car. We learned a lot of very useful information and we're happy to share it with you all! ...