The Quiet Revolution

Something happened that we couldn't ignore. On 28th March, around 500,000 people marched through London with the Together Alliance. Among them was a Birmingham bloc: eight organisations, hundreds of people, six coaches. It was organised by brap's Lakshnie Hettihewa, starting from her living room in Moseley. In this bonus episode, Lakshnie narrates the journey through audio journals recorded along...

"At some point it was just me sitting in my living room deciding there has to be a Birmingham bloc." In Series 1 of The Quiet Revolution, we took you inside NHS trusts and charities to explore what happens when organisations stop outsourcing anti-racism and start living it. But anti-racism does not clock off at five o'clock. For the people doing this work, the boundary between professional life an...

In the Season 1 Finale of The Quiet Revolution , we travel to South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust. With 40,000 people in care and a staff of 3,000, the Trust is both a lifeline and a mirror of the inequalities it cannot ignore. Host Joy Warmington speaks exclusively with senior and clinical leaders to explore a critical piece of the puzzle: what happens when leaders stop trea...

"It's having the skin peeled from your eyes, because once you've seen it, you see it everywhere and you can't unsee it again." What happens when white NHS leaders stop treating anti-racism as an intellectual exercise, and start reckoning with what it asks of them personally? In the Season Finale of The Quiet Revolution , we head to South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust. We hear...

In Episode 4 of The Quiet Revolution , we step into the charity sector, a space defined by its values, public promises, and mission to do good. But what happens when that external promise collides with the messy internal reality of confronting inequality? Host Joy Warmington explores the journeys of two household names: Comic Relief and UNICEF UK. We hear from Mabinty Esho (Head of DEIB, Comic Rel...

"It feels like you're being knocked out, but then having to come back again and enter that fight again." When organisations commit to anti-racism, the stress is often channeled onto the people of colour leading the work. In our next episode, we step inside the charity sector. Mabinty Esho, Head of DEIB at Comic Relief, speaks with profound vulnerability about the personal toll of this work, the ch...

In Episode 3 of The Quiet Revolution , we hit the pause button on the outside world to take you straight into the "brap engine room". If our previous episode showed you part of the practice of anti-racism, this episode gives you the map to navigate the territory. Host Joy Warmington sits down with brap colleagues Cheryl Garvey and Lakshnie Hettihewa to break down the six core ideas that guide ever...

It sounds completely ridiculous. But as we explore in our next episode, that is exactly how "bonkers" the concept of race actually is when deciding human value and worth. In Episode 3 of The Quiet Revolution , we hit pause on our external case studies to take you inside the "brap engine room." Joy Warmington sits down with senior brap Associates Cheryl Garvey and Lakshnie Hettihewa to break down t...

In Episode 2 of The Quiet Revolution , we step behind closed doors at The Royal Free London, one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, to witness a profound shift in leadership. Host Joy Warmington takes us inside the room where Group Chief Executive Peter Landstrom and his executive team stop "performing" equality and start confronting the reality of it. In a system that rewards certainty, me...

"I have felt a fraud at times." Next Tuesday, we go behind closed doors at The Royal Free. Subscribe now so you don't miss it. This is a brap production by www.wearefieldwork.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this debut episode of The Quiet Revolution , host Joy Warmington sits down with brap colleagues Cheryl Garvey (brap Associate) and Lakshnie Hettihewa (Psychotherapeutic Lead) to ask a difficult question: Have we gone backwards? As racist rhetoric returns to public life and flags appear on our streets, they explore whether the last few decades of progress were real, or merely a veneer that hid a...

The UK feels like it is returning to darker days. Divisive language is back in public life, symbols of exclusion are resurfacing, and many organisations are unsure how to respond without retreating into silence or statements. Hosted by Joy Warmington , CEO of brap and a veteran of 25 years at the sharp end of the equality sector, this five-part series takes listeners inside the rooms where the rea...