Together Podcast | A conversation about faith, justice and how to change the world

Having sold 13,000 ethical and sustainable t-shirts, featuring in the Guardian and Sky News, and achieving the highest rating on Good On You, Yes Friends is transforming the fashion industry. We speak to co-founder Sam Mabley about ethical wages, how to build a business and his confidence (or naive optimism) rooted in his faith.Check out their Instagram @yesfriendsbrand or websiteAlso do give us a follow & rating if you enjoy the podcast and stay tuned with everyone going on @wearetearfund on Instagram or our website wearetearfund.org.

Let’s start the New Year as we mean to go on - with prayer! Anna chats to Lian Jacobs, Head of the African & Caribbean Engagement team at Tearfund all about The Well, a powerful initiative working with Black Christians and Black Majority Churches to fight extreme poverty and injustice. Next week in London, The Well will be hosting Declaration Week, a live show every evening at TBN UK studios which is free for you to go to! Every evening will have amazing worship leaders, theologians, church leaders and prayer warriors. Take a look at the schedule to get involved. Find out more about The Well here, the Awakened speakers programme here and check out their Instagram @thewellorg to get all of the updates!Also tune in every evening at 9pm to our afterparties LIVE on Instagram @weareatearfund as we interview guests such as Shermara Fletcher, Pastor Emmanuel Adeseko, Tosin Catherine, Samuel Bella, Julian Morgan & many more!

This year, we have had fantastic conversations covering many topics, from decolonising, navigating climate grief, and breaking the stigma around HIV. We've talked about pilgrimage, creativity and songwriting to leadership and speaking out. As we round off the year and wish you a Happy Christmas, tune in for a reminder of why we pursue justice with some of our guests' thought-provoking stories shared this year. Episodes highlighted:Ep 60 - Holy activism with Jonathan Tremaine ThomasEp 69 - Empowering truth with Marc Antoine in HaitiEp 61 - A pandemic pilgrimage with YCCNEp 62 - Mercifully breaking the stigma with Mercy ShibembaEp 70 - Representation, leadership and justice with Shermara FletcherEp 63 - From prison cells to prayer with Josh GreenMake sure you are following us on Instagram @wearetearfund and like and subscribe to this podcast! 

Liz Muir, Head of Diversity & Inclusion and Chief of Staff to Tearfund’s CEO, shares the challenges and opportunities of decolonising. We discuss pushing past the buzzword, standing up for what you believe in and carrying the cross in our day-to-day lives of justice.We also get to know Liz’s heroes of justice, her career path change and how to be generous with what you have.Follow Liz on @lizmuirspeakers on Instagram and Twitter.Check out We Are Tearfund on our Instagram @wearetearfund or website wearetearfund.org. Also make sure you give us a follow and a rating so that you get notified when the next episode is out!

For Black History Month 2022, Sandeep interviews the multi-talented Shermara Fletcher, an Anglican and Pentecostal Church leader, international speaker and woman of God. Shermara led prayers at the Queen’s funeral to a televised audience of 4.1 billion people! During the conversation, Shermara shares the church’s role in reaching the marginalised, from justice for homelessness and the climate to leadership development and navigating success as a Christian.Follow Shermara at @shermara_fletche on Twitter or @fletche_official on Instagram.Make sure to check out We Are Tearfund as well on Instagram @wearetearfund or on our website wearetearfund.orgWe Are Tearfund is launching our new campaign, Dare to Journey. We challenge you to take a daring journey to raise support and awareness of the distance refugees travel to flee their contexts. We believe a better world is possible for everyone and that we can end extreme poverty together. Why don’t you go to the link on our website wearetearfund.org/dare and sign up!