Programme 19 on The Grassroots Channel meets another of Birmingham’s social entrepreneurs. Roger Telphia is Chief Executive of Future Health and Social Care.

The charity is a multi award winning organisation which already has a substantial turnover. But now Roger wants to see a step change, shifting the way the organisation is run, growing it and [...]

 

 100 Million Pound Future [12:22m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Programme 18 talks to Duncan Ross and John Bodycote from Kings Norton Farmers Market about why they chose to become a community interest company, the value of the farmers market and a few provocative thoughts on the link between local politics and social enterprise.
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Kings Norton Farmers Market
National Association of Farmers Markets
UnLtd The Charity which [...]

 

 Generating Market Forces [11:58m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Programme 17 from the Grassroots Channel and the story of the people striving to reunite a community divided by powerful economic forces. Community artist Sanj Cavanagh and volunteers Julia Downer and Cherie Moore are working with children to create new music and theatre at the Curio City shop in Five Ways in [...]

 

 Birmingham the Curio City [8:14m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Programme 16 of the Grassroots Channel hears about the link between gun crime in Birmingham UK and gun crime in Boston, Mass. Simon Walker, of the community arts project Curio City, tells us about Alex and Isaura Mendez, two visitors to Birmingham who have left a lasting impression on the city. The [...]

 

 It Shouldn't Be So Common [9:56m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In the first podcast from the boys at Kings Norton Boys’ School. In this episode 4 boys attend a conference at the NEC aimed at promoting active citizens around the UK.more->Includes interviews with Hazel Blears MP & Beth Ford from the Chicago Police Department. Interviews were conducted by Chris Brown, Max Woolf, Ruairi Hay and [...]

 

 Together We Can [7:33m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Programme 15 turns out to be a curious mixture of Blair, Blears and Bollards. This time we handed over the microphone to a school and a youth group. Find out what they make of a government.
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Programme 15 also contains an interview with Hazel Blears as part of the first podcast from the podminions channel. The [...]

 

 Blair, Blears and Bollards [10:52m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Programme 14. Angling is just about catching fish – isn’t it? Apparently not. Andy Walker tells the story of how fishing rejuvenates young lives and protects communities from crime.

His Birmingham based organisation, Get Hooked On Fishing, is working in neighbourhoods across the city. With support from the Bournville Village Trust and the Neigbourhood Renewal Fund [...]

 

 Once They Are Hooked [9:28m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Programme 13 from the Grassroots Channel comes not from Birmingham but from Dortmund in Germany. We’ve been demonstrating podcasting to a group of young people from cities across Europe.more->Listen to Simone and Ethel as they try podcasting for the first time and talk to other young people about homelessness, junkies and fear in the streets. [...]

 

 We don't like to go in the parks [13:24m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download