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purposelypodcast
Feb 25, 20211 min read
Music and Dementia Care - Musica founder Rosie Mead
Rosie combined her interest in music and dementia to start a successful social enterprise focused on improving the lives of vulnerable...


purposelypodcast
Feb 15, 20212 min read
Charity CEO by day and podcaster by night
It is role reversal in episode #31, I am being interviewed about my dual roles as CEO of Heart Kids New Zealand as well as founder and...


purposelypodcast
Feb 13, 20211 min read
Breaking: Camila Batmanghelidjh cleared along with the former Trustees of Kids Company
Last year I had the pleasure of interviewing Camila Batmanghelidjh and at the time of recording she, along with her (former) Kids Company...


purposelypodcast
Feb 10, 20212 min read
‘I think one of the main issues in New Zealand is that we are quite a violent people'
Sir Graeme Dingle joins Purposely Podcast to share his founder story Sir Graeme talks about the damaging effects of family violence and...


purposelypodcast
Jan 29, 20212 min read
‘friend’s experience fuelled my passion for the disability sector’ Sonia Thursby
Sonia Thursby ONZM joins Purposely Podcast to share her story and explain why she is motivated to support people with disabilities. ‘At a...


purposelypodcast
Jan 21, 20212 min read
‘my brother and his friends' battle with HIV motivated me to want to help’
Anne Aslett joins Purposely Podcast to share her story Anne Aslett is the Chief Executive Officer of the Elton John AIDS Foundation...


purposelypodcast
Jan 4, 20211 min read
'backed daughter's mission to help educate children in Guatemala'
Dave McKee joins Purposely Podcast to share his unique founder story It all started with a phone call from his daughter Sophie seventeen...


purposelypodcast
Jan 4, 20211 min read
Turning a career crisis into an opportunity to do good - Katy Brown joins purposely podcast
Katy is the co-founder and Managing Director of Skylark Works, a purpose-led consultancy providing practical business support to...


purposelypodcast
Dec 19, 20202 min read
‘My Daughter’s memory motivates my support of others’, Mary Storrie joins Purposely Podcast to tell
On the 28th of December 2003 Mary’s world came crashing down. At a Christmas party, Rosie May their only daughter, aged 10 at the time,...


purposelypodcast
Dec 12, 20201 min read
Attention All Funders! Inspirational Charity Founder Offers Critique
One of my favourite conversations this year was with Katrin McMillan founder of NGO Hello World. They create and install solar powered...


purposelypodcast
Dec 11, 20201 min read
'using her own experience of loss to help others' Nic Russell founder of Kenzie's Gift
Nic reflects on the start of Kenzie’s Gift in 2006, founded with the intent of providing appropriate and research-based psychosocial...


purposelypodcast
Dec 4, 20201 min read
Millennials Transforming Philanthropy 10X10
Laurence Marshbaum joins Purposely Podcast to share his founder story Laurence is Founder and Chairman of 10x10 Philanthropy, a...


purposelypodcast
Dec 1, 20201 min read
David Pitcher joins Purposely Podcast to share his founder story creating Wheely Tots
David was inspired by a volunteer experience in 2014 to change direction and think about setting up a charity. This seminal moment led...


purposelypodcast
Nov 22, 20201 min read
David Crosweller joins Purposely Podcast to share his founder story creating Sanitation First
Sanitation First provide ecosan toilets to people in India and Africa. Incredibly they have helped to transform the lives of 350,000...


purposelypodcast
Nov 17, 20201 min read
Tara Arnold lost her first born son Buddy in July 2017, tragically he was stillborn
Tara joins Purposely Podcast to share her story and how she recovered from her ‘catastrophic trauma’. Her deep grief propelled her to...


purposelypodcast
Nov 8, 20202 min read
Jamie Feilden joins Purposely Podcast to share his founder story about Jamie's Farm
Jamie’s Farm was set up to provide a life changing rural experience for disadvantaged inner-city children and young people. You will hear...


purposelypodcast
Oct 30, 20201 min read
Camila Batmanghelidjh joins Purposely Podcast to share her founder story about controversial charity
Kids Company was set up to provide support to deprived inner city children across the UK. From its original "drop-in" centre in south...


purposelypodcast
Oct 24, 20201 min read
Dame Benita (Benny) Refson talks to Purposely Podcast to share her founder story about Place2be
Dame Benita (Benny) Refson talks about her passion for helping children and young people deal with their emotions and how this led to the...


purposelypodcast
Oct 17, 20201 min read
Mark Cook OBE joins Purposely Podcast to talk about ending institutional care for children
Hope and Homes for Children was founded by Mark Cook OBE, a retired colonel, and his wife Caroline. The charity works alongside...


purposelypodcast
Oct 13, 20201 min read
Annah Stretton founder of RAW and her own successful fashion business
Annah Stretton joins Purposely Podcast to talk about her successful charitable work. How she has used her entrepreneurial skills to help...
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