Women Making Waves Podcast

Lifelong supporter of Cambridge City football club, Alice Dewey is now General Manager of the Club, and is involved in the building a new stadium. We hear about the job she loves and the club which is like a second family. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Little Jo a.k.a. Joanne Graham, is an artist based in Bury St Edmunds. Jo is a portrait artist but has also been inspired to draw keys and skulls because of stories from her past. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Catherine Lee is Professor of Inclusive Education and Leadership and Deputy Dean for Education at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge Anglia Ruskin University. Catherine’s own experiences while teaching in secondary schools during the years of the Section 28 legislation, which was a legislative designation for a series of laws across Britain that prohibited the "promotion of homosexual...

After attending an event run by Raspberry Pi, Hannah Hagon came up with an idea about how she could teach pre-school tots about computer coding. She started Unplugged Tots and now enthuses young children in the art of computing - without the use of computers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cambridge based author Cindy Forde who is the founder of Planetari, and has just produced a book called Bright New World.  A world in which today's children have grown up and tackled the world's most pressing social and environmental problems. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Two friends, a collaboration and voila! FRESH studio appears. This partnership between Sara Ford and Alice Loombe is providing Ely with a space for everyone. We find out what it’s like for two friends to build a business together. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

COP27 is taking place in Sharm El-Shake in Egypt.  Zoe Arden, fellow at Cambridge University’s Institute for Sustainability Leadership, talks about the role of female leaders in the climate sphere.   And we are joined by two of them - Liv Andersson, founder of BioZeroc, carbon neutral cement, speaks about the role of women in construction and Sushma Shankar from Deep Planet, tells u...

Zoe Arden a fellow at Cambridge University’s Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) and her focus is on helping people to gain the skills to lead courageously and maximise their positive influence, as well as impacting and creating stories that drive change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Liv is founder and CEO of BioZeroc, a company founded in 2021 with a goal to decarbonise the construction industry, and they are working on producing carbon neutral cement. Liv is a passionate sustainability specialist who has led international construction projects in residential as well as commercial buildings, focussing on low-carbon developments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

Sushma Shankar is the co-founder of Deep Planet, the goal of the company being to use machine learning for the benefit of the Planet. Deep Planet are building an Artificial Intelligence platform that uses satellite imagery and Internet of Things sensors to deliver insights in wine grape growing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stef Martinsen-Barker is CEO of Cambridge Women’s Resources Centre. Stef has lots of experience of working with people who need support. She has been a senior youth worker, a parent support advisor, she has worked with young carers and been a Senior Family worker. The Cambridge Women's Resources Centre was established in 1982 and has a rich history of supporting, training and encouraging women see...

Sinead Sharkey-Steenson is a Career Elevator Coach at Generation Women. Sinead has helped close to 10,000 women get the promotions and pay-rises they deserve, and she plans to help many more... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Berenice Smith is a creative designer and a self-confessed anorak who has an obsession about great fonts and gorgeous books. Experienced in website design and geeky about using design to solve social problems she is the owner of Hello Lovely. Berenice is also a co-founder of the podcast The Full Stop, a social design project that raises awareness of involuntary childlessness. Suzie Thorpe and Lind...

Suzie and Linda chat to Danae Shell. Danae saw many examples of workplace discrimination and harrassment and through sheer frustration she co-founded and is CEO of Valla, the legal platform for workers. Danae is a developer-turned marketer and hails from Tennessee in the USA but now lives in the UK. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Like many of us, during lockdown Claire Buckle started going out for walks and developed an appreciation for the wonders of nature - and hedgehogs in particular. She now has a garden full of rescued hedgehogs, and tells us her story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We meet the first female President of The Magic Circle, Megan Swann. Megan combines magic in a fun way to teach environmental issues; Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On Women Making Waves we meet Tetiana Preobrazhenska who lives and works in Kyiv. When Ukraine was invaded Tetiana chose to stay in the country. Tetiana tells us why she chose to stay rather than leave and what it’s like living in Kyiv on a day to day basis while the country is at war. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lisa Logan is an emerging composer, her first opera explores the extraordinary love story of Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed. Lisa works as an entertainment lawyer. We hear how an unlikely twist of fate sparked her interest in composing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Faradena Afifi is a Tai Chi instructor, massage therapist, violist, cellist and professional singer. Fara is co-founder of free improvisation music group The Noisy Women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Grace came to horses and riding as an adult and quickly realised the emotional and psychological benefits she was experiencing. She saw the possibility of bringing together her work as a speech therapist with her love of horses to help people through trauma. It was this observation that finally led her to training with IFEEL (International Foundation of Equine Assisted Learning) and the developmen...

Rebecca is the Director at Shepreth Wildlife Park. She graduated with an MBA, BSc Hons in Psychology, FdSc in Zoo Resource Management and a Veterinary Assistant diploma. Rebecca was also a freelance journalist. Shepreth Wildlife Park is a family concern managed by Rebecca , her father and brother. Rebecca’s key interest lies in conservation, both native and global, and having founded the charity i...

Sarah Turner founded angel network Angel Academe in London in 2014 to invest in tech companies with at least one woman on the founding team.   Sarah is a technologist, entrepreneur and angel investor. She's spent most of her career working in digital technology in the UK, US and Asia as an advisor and connector for start-ups and corporates. In 2014 she co-founded the award-winning angel...

We feature Dorothy Byrne, president of Murray Edwards College Cambridge. Dorothy has been Head of Current Affairs at Channel Four, World in Action producer, and editor of ITV’s’s The Big Story. Dorothy gives us an amusing insight to her life covering a range of topics from the menopause to politicians relationship with the media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we are very excited to talk with Louise Palmer-Masterton, founder and CEO of vegan restaurant Stem & Glory. Serving delicious food in a way that is compassionate to animals, and also to the world as the restaurant is carbon negative. In this fascinating chat Lousie talks about her life and beliefs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gaby Reniero and Annabel Jones share both a business and a mission. The business is called Bubbly Bandits Ltd and their mission is to introduce you to wonderful Italian sparkling wine. Gaby and Annabel believe they have sourced the perfect grape while spent time living in Italy and now they are bringing it to the UK. We explore their journey and why they are so excited about their venture. Hosted...