The People First Podcast

In this week's episode of the People First Podcast, we are talking all about Outside the Box, a local community café based in Ilkley. As quite a few our members also attend Outside the Box, we took the chance to interview them too! So in today's show we are joined by staff member Amy to tell us more about the service, and our members Adrian, Jane W, Stephen H and Benjamin to talk about t...

We have a very exciting episode of the People First Podcast, featuring Antony from the People Powered Press! Antony worked with us during our visit to the Press in September, so we're very happy to have him on the show. We spoke about his work at the Press and learned about it's history and all the different projects they've wokred on, including getting a Guinness World Record! We h...

It's our Halloween Special episode of the People First Podcast! In this extra spooky show we talk about the different ways we celebrate Halloween, like watching scary movies, listening to songs and dressing up in costumes! We also give some information about the history of Halloween, and the Blue Buckets that helps to support young people with autism with Trick Or Treating. We hope you enjoy...

Last week, People First Keighley & Craven hosted the "Safer Streets" event with the Bradford Hate Crime Alliance to celebrate National Hate Crime Awareness Week! After the event, we got the chance to speak to two of the guests LIVE who gave presentations at the event - Frazer, the hate crime co-ordinator at BHCA, and Steve, a Police Community Support Officer! We talked about their pr...

In this week's episode of the People First Podcast we are joined by Lucas and Beth, two day service workers from the local charity Magpies! A few of our members also attend them, so it was very exciting to learn more about them and all the different work they do! Our members in the office even got the chance to ask some questions! We hope you enjoy the show. Please rate our podcast and leave...

Following on from our episode last week about World Cerebral Palsy day which was on Sunday 6th October, we decided to do a BONUS episode where we spoke to some of the volunteers who work at People First Keighley & Craven who also have cerebral palsy.  A big thank you to our two volunteers Nadia and Esta for speaking to us for this bonus episode. Please rate our podcast and leave a review! It r...

This week on the People First Podcast, we are talking about our upcoming Safer Streets in Keighley and Craven event, which we are hosting next week in Central Hall. We spoke to our staff member Debra who has helped to organise it, about the event and why it is so important for people with learning disabilities to learn about how they can be more safe in their local community. We hope you enjoy the...

This week on the People First Podcast, we are celebrating World Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day!  Sunday 6th October, is all about discussing Cerebral Palsy and celebrating people with it and their achievements.  Members of our podcast crew, Tom, Catlin, Graeme and Alex, will be talking about their lived experiences and how they have overcome difficulties in their lives.  We will also be giving some...

This week on the People First Podcast, we have a very special episode all about the Special Olympics! With the end of the Paris 2024 Paralympics, we've been talking a lot about disabled people in sports when we found out some of our members have participated in the Special Olympics. Our members Graham, Stephen W and Adrian talk about their experiences and the positive impact the Special Olymp...

In this week's show we're talking to a very special guest who's the Head of Public Health and Healthy Communities at Bradford Council and one of the Leaders of the Good Food Partnership - Tim Howells! He's a very interesting guest and we enjoyed discussing how disabled people can find ways to eat healthier and more sustainably, as well as how groups like ours can help get invol...

This week we have a very special episode of the People First Podcast – The announcement of our Brand New Show, the PFKC Podcast Corner! Our hosts Luke, Tom and Jane O discuss this new show, how it will be different from our current podcasts and all the great things our listeners can expect in the future! We hope you enjoy the show. Please rate our podcast and leave a review! It really helps tell o...

On today's show, we are speak to a local football coach who has worked with People First Keighley & Craven many times: Sean Farnell! Recently he has led accessible football sessions at few learning holidays in 2023, as well as a session at the Marley Sports Centre on the final day of our Inclusive Wellbeing Festival! Our hosts and the rest of our office team enjoyed talking about his work...

On this week's episode of the People First Podcast we have an incredibly interesting guest - Inga Julia Reichelt, a PhD student from the University of Leeds and a Disability Activist! We spoke to her all about her studies of disabled people in work and learned a lot about it. She talked to us about the importance of lived experience when researching her project and we're glad to have got...

We have a very special episode of the People First Podcast this week, all about our inclusive Wellbeing Festival - which we held in July from Monday the 22nd until Friday the 26th! Throughout the week we got the chance to talk to some amazing guests such as Kate Stanforth, Nana Crawford from JiggleFiit, Happiness Enchanters and Eat, Move, Be Happy. We hope you enjoy the show! Please rate our podca...

This week we have a shorter episode of the People First Podcast, where a few members of our team visited the Skipton Step Into Action office during a recent Positivity Pop-Up event! They spoke to the organisation's founder Charlotte McKeown, member of staff Sarah and some volunteers! We hope you enjoy the show. Please rate our podcast and leave a review! It really helps tell our members how t...

This week's episode has a very special guest: Gary Boulet, one of the co-founders of Learning Disability England and the founder of the first People First organisation in the UK! Gary spoke to us about his career as an advocate and why people with learning disabilities using their voices is so important. We learned a lot from him and it was amazing to have him on the show! Please rate our pod...

On this week's episode of the People First Podcast we are trying something new! At the end of June a few members of our team attended the This Is Me Festival at Ripon Rugby Club, and rather than having questions, we wanted to have a free discussion about the event and what we thought of it. So a few of our members, Luke, Tom, Shannon and Daniel sat down in our studio to talk about it. We hope...

This weeks podcast features the terrific Makaton Charity!  We spoke to Alex and Leanne who helped teach us about how Makaton started and why it is such an important communication aid.  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 also support us on our social media channels - just search for "The P...

Our newest episode features a great Project called the Learning Retreat. This is an extension of the PFKC Learning Holiday Project, but involving Carers as well! we spoke to Joyce from Equality Together and Janet from People First Keighley And Craven to find out more information. If you're interested in booking a place, contact People First Keighley and Craven on 01535607222 or admin@peoplefi...

This week's episode of the People First Podcast features Sean Gilligan, one of the Trustees at The Good Shepherd Centre in Keighley! A member of our team, Graeme, organised the interview and was very excited to speak with Sean as he attends one of the groups there! We spoke about the work the Centre does to support the local community, learned more about what they offer and more about Sean&ap...

This week's show is a special video episode of the People First Podcast, where six members of our team did a blind taste test of different vegan foods to see if they could tell the difference between them and regular foods - including plant-based sausages, oat milk and dairy free cheese! Many people had not tried vegan food before so we were very interested to hear their thoughts! We hope you...

This week's episode of the People First Podcast is a topical show that features a local event. As we come to the end of Pride month, we spoke to one of the Organisers of Pride In The Dales, a Pride Celebration in the village of Grassington. With the event taking place this Saturday, we wanted to learn more about what's taking place and why Pride is so important in our local community. We...

This week's show features a fantastic guest - Rhiannon Lambert the Founder of Rhitrition who is one leading Nutritionists in the UK! we got the chance to talk to her about her Company and what inspired her to start it, as well as learning lots about why Nutrition is so important and ways we can find accessable information about it. We hope you enjoy the show! Please rate our podcast and leave...

This week's episode of the People First Podcast features 2 fantastic guests from SELFA Children's Charity, based in Skipton! Lucy (the Senior Children and Young People's Worker) and Sophie (a member and volunteer at SELFA) visited our office and spoke to us about the charity, what it offers to young people with additional needs and why it's so important to for its members! We h...

In this week's episode of the People First Podcast, we spoke to Alex Craddock, the Community Partner at Mencap, about his work on their "Our Active Community" project, which helps to bring sport to people with disabilities! We learned a lot about his work as well as his job as a Football Coach at Mossley AFC! We hope you enjoy the show. Please rate our podcast and leave a review! It...