PowerTalk

Take a moment to listen to this raw, honest and personal conversation between two friends! Ben Lindsay OBE & Guvna B discuss men's mental health, grief, faith, juggling life and the impact these things may have on us...this is not to be missed! #mentalhealthawareness #stayconnected www.powerthefight.org.uk www.guvnab.com

Professor Carlene Firmin MBE is an applied social researcher, concerned with safeguarding young people, social justice and inequality at Durham University. Professor Firmin has a particular expertise in social care responses to abuse between young people and ham in extra-familial spaces and places. In 2015 she founded the concept of 'Contextual Safeguarding' to enhance practice and policy in this area. This is her second appearance on PowerTalk. Watch part 1 here: https://youtu.be/SyfSzmHq0Iw PowerTALKs are Short powerful interviews from leading youth violence experts, spreading new ideas and sharing best practice For more information on the work our charity Power The Fight does and to discover how you can help Empower Communities To End Youth Violence please visit www.powerthefight.org.uk If you enjoyed this free content please considering donating to Power the Fight - https://www.powerthefight.org.uk/donate/ #powertalk - Be Empowered To Impact #powerthefight @PowerTheFightUk www.powerthefight.org.uk

Professor Robert Beckford is a British academic theologian and currently Professor of Black Theology at The Queen's Foundation and joined the University of Winchester in 2021 as Director of the new Institute of Climate and Social Justice. Dr Selina Stone is Tutor and Lecturer in Theology at St Mellitus College in London and completed her PhD thesis ‘Holy Spirit, Holy Bodies?: Pentecostalism, Pneumatology and the Politics of Embodiment’ at the University of Birmingham in 2021. Dr Stone’s research and teaching focus on the themes of politics, power and social justice, which she began exploring as a practitioner while working as a community organiser and programme director at the Centre for Theology and Community from 2013-2017. PowerTALKs are Short powerful interviews from leading youth violence experts, spreading new ideas and sharing best practice For more information on the work our charity Power The Fight does and to discover how you can help Empower Communities To End Youth Violence please visit www.powerthefight.org.uk If you enjoyed this free content please considering donating to Power the Fight - https://www.powerthefight.org.uk/donate/ #powertalk - Be Empowered To Impact #powerthefight @PowerTheFightUk www.powerthefight.org.uk

Jack Reynolds is Co-Founder and Chief Executive at Football Beyond Borders. FBB works with young people from disadvantaged backgrounds who are disengaged at school, helping them finish school with the skills and grades to make a successful transition into adulthood. They do this by providing long-term, intensive support, built around relationships and young people’s passions, in the classroom and beyond. PowerTALKs are Short powerful interviews from leading youth violence experts, spreading new ideas and sharing best practice For more information on the work our charity Power The Fight does and to discover how you can help Empower Communities To End Youth Violence please visit www.powerthefight.org.uk If you enjoyed this free content please considering donating to Power the Fight - https://www.powerthefight.org.uk/donate/ #powertalk - Be Empowered To Impact #powerthefight @PowerTheFightUk www.powerthefight.org.uk

Jeffrey Boakye is an author, broadcaster, educator and occasional journalist with a particular interest in issues surrounding education, race, masculinity and popular culture. PowerTALKs are Short powerful interviews from leading youth violence experts, spreading new ideas and sharing best practice For more information on the work our charity Power The Fight does and to discover how you can help Empower Communities To End Youth Violence please visit www.powerthefight.org.uk If you enjoyed this free content please considering donating to Power the Fight - https://www.powerthefight.org.uk/donate/ #powertalk - Be Empowered To Impact #powerthefight @PowerTheFightUk www.powerthefight.org.uk

Sayce Holmes-Lewis is the Founder & CEO of Mentivity, an inspirational mentoring organisation and alternative educational provision that provides aspirational support for young people, schools, parents and carers across London, Brighton, Kenya and Uganda. Founded in January 2016, Mentivity continues to change the lives of many young people through their adaptable approaches and a proven record of expertise in coaching, mentoring and holistic support for young people. PowerTALKs are Short powerful interviews from leading youth violence experts, spreading new ideas and sharing best practice For more information on the work our charity Power The Fight does and to discover how you can help Empower Communities To End Youth Violence please visit www.powerthefight.org.uk If you enjoyed this free content please considering donating to Power the Fight - https://www.powerthefight.org.uk/donate/ #powertalk - Be Empowered To Impact #powerthefight @PowerTheFightUk www.powerthefight.org.uk

Dr Ichechim White is a medical doctor, working as a GP with a specialist interest in adolescent health and lifestyle medicine. She leads a clinic for young people to receive support for their physical, sexual and mental health needs. She believes adolescence is a crucial time for development and that it is imperative for health professions to partner with young people and promote community partnerships, to empower young people and their families to have healthy safe futures. PowerTALKs are Short powerful interviews from leading youth violence experts, spreading new ideas and sharing best practice For more information on the work our charity Power The Fight does and to discover how you can help Empower Communities To End Youth Violence please visit www.powerthefight.org.uk If you enjoyed this free content please considering donating to Power the Fight - https://www.powerthefight.org.uk/donate/ #PowerTalk - Be Empowered To Impact #PowerTheFight @PowerTheFightUk www.powerthefight.org.uk

Lord Michael John Hastings, Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick CBE is currently the Professor of Leadership at the Stephen R. Covey Leadership Centre at Huntsman Business School, USA & sits on the Concordia Leadership Council. He served as Chancellor of Regent's University London from October 2016 to October 2021. He has been appointed as the current Chair of the SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) Board of Trustees and is an NED at Saxton Bampfylde. Lord Simon Andrew Woolley, Baron Woolley of Woodford, is a political and equalities activist. He is the founder and director of Operation Black Vote and Trustee of the charity Police Now. Woolley has been a crossbench member of the House of Lords since October 2019, and has been Principal of Homerton College, Cambridge since October 2021. He was chair of the Government of the United Kingdom Race Disparity Unit Advisory Group until July 2020. Lord Hastings and Lord Woolley talk to Ben Lindsay, CEO/Founder of Power the Fight on a politician's perspective on violence affecting young people. PowerTALKs are Short powerful interviews from leading youth violence experts, spreading new ideas and sharing best practice For more information on the work our charity Power The Fight does and to discover how you can help Empower Communities To End Youth Violence please visit www.powerthefight.org.uk If you enjoyed this free content please considering donating to Power the Fight - https://www.powerthefight.org.uk/donate/ #PowerTalk - Be Empowered To Impact #PowerTheFight @PowerTheFightUk www.powerthefight.org.uk

Ben Lindsay, Guvna B and Lord Hastings explore what it means to be a ‘father’ and share their experience of fatherhood. Although the biblical language of God as Father can be difficult for some, the idea it presents of a God with an unconditional love for all his children is a powerful one. How do we raise children in light of the murder of George Floyd in America and the subsequent protests and discussions about racism? Ben Lindsay, a Pastor in London, who also runs a charity which works to prevent knife crime will lead the service, and will lead a dialogue around what fatherhood is and hopes for the next generation, especially around fighting against injustice and racism . Guvna B, an award winning grime artist will reflect on losing his father two years ago and becoming a father himself, and Lord Hastings will share his experience of becoming a father figure to young men in prison through his prison ministry. Reading: Luke 15: 11-23 (The Prodigal Son). Producer: Miriam Williamson Great is Your Faithfulness – recorded by Marie Bashiru & Terry Tetteh-Martey We Shall Overcome - London Community Gospel Choir Good Good Father – Housefires Revelation 19:1 - Sunday Service Choir Take My Hand Precious Lord –recorded by Marie Bashiru & Terry Tetteh-Martey Cast Your Cares - Guvna B How Great Thou Art - recorded by Ashtyn Michael & Marie Bashiru Closing music - Revelation 19:1 - Sunday Service Choir

Ellena Valizadeh is Advisory Teacher Children with Physical and Medical Needs at London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Ellena has spent the last 15 years working as a teacher in secondary schools across London. She joins Ben Lindsay to a teacher's perspective on youth violence, knife crime and gangs. PowerTALKs are Short powerful interviews from leading youth violence experts, spreading new ideas and sharing best practice For more information on the work our charity Power The Fight does and to discover how you can help Empower Communities To End Youth Violence please visit www.powerthefight.org.uk If you enjoyed this free content please considering donating to Power the Fight - www.powerthefight.org.uk/donate/ #PowerTalk - Be Empowered To Impact #PowerTheFight @PowerTheFightUk www.powerthefight.org.uk

Craig Pinkney is a Criminologist, Urban Youth Specialist, Lecturer and one of the UK’s leading thinkers/doers in responding to Gangs & Serious Youth Violence and leads the think tank SOLVE. Academically Craig holds a BA (Hons) in Youth & Community Development, PG Cert in Teaching and Learning, Master’s degree in Criminology and is currently undertaking his PhD in Social Science. Craig joins Ben Lindsay, founder of the charity Power The Fight on the PowerTalk Podcast talking about Culturally Competent Therapy, Trauma and the impact of COVID-19 on youth work. PowerTALKs are Short powerful interviews from leading youth violence experts, spreading new ideas and sharing best practice For more information on the work our charity Power The Fight does and to discover how you can help Empower Communities To End Youth Violence please visit www.powerthefight.org.uk If you enjoyed this free content please considering donating to Power the Fight - https://www.powerthefight.org.uk/donate/ #PowerTalk - Be Empowered To Impact #PowerTheFight @PowerTheFightUk www.powerthefight.org.uk

We Need To Talk About Race: How Should White Majority/White Led Churches Respond to the Disproportionate Impact COVID-19 has had on Ethnic Minorities? Synopsis: COVID-19 has revealed racial inequalities but how should White majority/White led churches respond? Ben Lindsay, author of We Need To Talk About Race and CEO of Power the Fight hosts a discussion and Q&A looking at the challenges, solutions and tangible steps to address the racial inequalities highlighted by COVID-19. Date: Tuesday 2nd June 7PM - 9PM Chair: Ben Lindsay - Ben is CEO of the charity Power the Fight which empowers communities to end youth violence, author of the book We Need To Talk About Race - Understanding the Black Experience In White Majority Churches and a pastor is south east London. Buy here Ben's book here: https:https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0281080178/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_YQN2EbK97S0E4 https://www.eden.co.uk/we-need-to-talk-about-race-ben-lindsay/ https://www.waterstones.com/book/we-need-to-talk-about-race/9780281080175 https://spckpublishing.co.uk/we-need-to-talk-about-race Panel: Prof Robert Beckford is a British academic theologian and currently a professor in Religion and Culture in the African diaspora in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Canterbury Christ Church University, whose documentaries for both the BBC and Channel 4 have caused debate among the Christian and British religious community. Dr Elizabeth Henry is National Adviser Minority Ethnic Anglican Concerns, Mission and Public Affairs | Committee for Minority Ethnic Anglican Concerns for the Church of England and former Chief Executive of ROTA (Race on the Agenda) Revd Dr Sharon Prentis is Intercultural Mission Enabler & Dean of Black & Minority Ethnic Affairs Church of England, Birmingham and Honorary Fellow, Edward Cadbury Centre, Birmingham University. Sharon is also the author of Every Tribe: Stories of diverse Saints, serving a diverse world. Dr Chris Shannahan, is Associate Professor in Political Theology and Director of Postgraduate Teaching - Theology, politics, poverty, 'race', diversity and activism at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University Rt Revd Rob Wickham, became Bishop of Edmonton in September 2015. He is responsible for the four north London Boroughs of Barnet, Camden, Enfield and Haringey. Bishop Rob is also lead bishop for ALMA, the Church of England partnership with the Anglican Church in Angola and Mozambique. Also available to watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/mbI3ir12W7M If you liked this talk please consider donating to Power The Fight to help us continue to Empower Communities to End Youth Violence https://www.powerthefight.org.uk/donate/

Powertalk is joined by a group of youth workers Femi Koleoso (Jubilee Church London/Ezra Collective), Milka Fisiha (Higher Purpose), Ruth Samuels (All Saints Peckham) and Claude Murray (XLP). We discuss the Impact COVID-19 is having on youth work. PowerTALKs are Short powerful interviews from leading youth violence experts, spreading new ideas and sharing best practice For more information on the work our charity Power The Fight does and to discover how you can help Empower Communities To End Youth Violence please visit www.powerthefight.org.uk If you enjoyed this free content please considering donating to Power the Fight - https://www.powerthefight.org.uk/donate/ #PowerTalk - Be Empowered To Impact #PowerTheFight @PowerTheFightUk www.powerthefight.org.uk

Henna Shah is from the organisation Charity So White who have a vision of a charity sector that is taking the lead on tackling and rooting out racism. They want to see a shift in fundamental structures across the charity sector, where the sector, leaders and decision-makers reflect the communities that they work with. We talk about funding, grants, race and COVID-19. PowerTALKs are Short powerful interviews from leading youth violence experts, spreading new ideas and sharing best practice For more information on the work our charity Power The Fight does and to discover how you can help Empower Communities To End Youth Violence please visit www.powerthefight.org.uk If you enjoyed this free content please considering donating to Power the Fight - https://www.powerthefight.org.uk/donate/ #PowerTalk - Be Empowered To Impact #PowerTheFight @PowerTheFightUk www.powerthefight.org.uk

Dez Brown, is CEO and Founder of Spark 2 Life. Their vision is to REACH, RELATE, EQUIP all they encounter to make positive lifestyle choices that support the eradication of serious youth violence and gang culture. On this episode Ben Lindsay, CEO of Power the Fight discusses the work of Spark 2 Life, youth work, the criminal Justice system and COVID-19. PowerTALKs are Short powerful interviews from leading youth violence experts, spreading new ideas and sharing best practice For more information on the work our charity Power The Fight does and to discover how you can help Empower Communities To End Youth Violence please visit www.powerthefight.org.uk If you enjoyed this free content please considering donating to Power the Fight - https://www.powerthefight.org.uk/donate/ #PowerTalk - Be Empowered To Impact #PowerTheFight @PowerTheFightUk www.powerthefight.org.uk

Martin Griffiths, consultant trauma surgeon at the Royal London Hospital, is the health service's first clinical director for violence reduction. On this episode Ben Lindsay, CEO of Power the Fight discusses Youth Violence, NHS and COVID-19. PowerTALKs are Short powerful interviews from leading youth violence experts, spreading new ideas and sharing best practice For more information on the work our charity Power The Fight does and to discover how you can help Empower Communities To End Youth Violence please visit www.powerthefight.org.uk If you enjoyed this free content please considering donating to Power the Fight - https://www.powerthefight.org.uk/donate/ #PowerTalk - Be Empowered To Impact #PowerTheFight @PowerTheFightUk www.powerthefight.org.uk

Justin Finlayon, is CEO of United Borders an award winning charity which works within the community to support at risk youth. On this episode Ben Lindsay, CEO of Power the Fight discusses the work of United Borders, youth work and the impact of COVID-19 on ethnic minorities. PowerTALKs are Short powerful interviews from leading youth violence experts, spreading new ideas and sharing best practice For more information on the work our charity Power The Fight does and to discover how you can help Empower Communities To End Youth Violence please visit  www.powerthefight.org.uk #PowerTalk - Be Empowered To Impact
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Lib Peck is the Director of London’s Violence Reduction Unit set up by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan in 2018. On this episode Ben Lindsay, CEO of Power the Fight discusses the work of the London Violence Reduction Unit and the impact COVID 19 has had on young people and youth violence statistics. PowerTALKs are Short powerful interviews from leading youth violence experts, spreading new ideas and sharing best practice For more information on the work our charity Power The Fight does and to discover how you can help Empower Communities To End Youth Violence please visit www.powerthefight.org.uk #PowerTalk - Be Empowered To Impact 
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Ibrahim Kamara, Co-founder & Editor in Chief, GUAP joins Ben Lindsay, founder of the charity Power The Fight on the PowerTalk Podcast on how Creative Entrepreneurship and how this could be a route out for many young people engaged or impacted by youth violence. PowerTALKs are Short powerful interviews from leading youth violence experts, spreading new ideas and sharing best practice For more information on the work our charity Power The Fight does and to discover how you can help Empower Communities To End Youth Violence please visit www.powerthefight.org.uk #PowerTalk - Be Empowered To Impact
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Aika Stephenson, Co-founder Just For Kids Law joins Ben Lindsay, founder of the charity Power The Fight on the PowerTalk Podcast discussing the topic of Young People and the Criminal Justice System. PowerTALKs are Short powerful interviews from leading youth violence experts, spreading new ideas and sharing best practice For more information on the work our charity Power The Fight does and to discover how you can help Empower Communities To End Youth Violence please visit www.powerthefight.org.uk #PowerTalk - Be Empowered To Impact
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