The People First Podcast

It's a special episode of the People First Podcast this week, coming to you from BCB Radio! Our Podcast Assistant Matthew was invited on to talk about our recent letter to the Prime Minister video, which we wanted to share with our audience. We hope you enjoy the show! Please rate our podcast and leave a review! It really helps tell our members how they are doing and helps our show grow and improve. You can also support us on our social media channels - just search for "The People First Podc...

This week on the People First Podcast, we are talking to one of our volunteer team, Makaton Tutor Shelagh! Over the last few years she has been helping us learn signs to help communicate with people who are hard of hearing, making us a more accessible and welcoming office! We spoke about differences with BSL, her history as a tutor and more. We hope you enjoy the show. Please rate our podcast and leave a review! It really helps tell our members how they are doing and helps our show grow and i...

Our guests this week are the charity REMAP and the University of Leeds! REMAP is a charity organisation that helps adapt equipment to people with specific needs, and University of Leeds students have been helping to produce the accessible and affordable equipment! We always love when we can feature amazing projects that positively impact the lives of disabled people in our community! The work that the University of Leeds and REMAP have been doing is so special—and we hope it keeps growing.&...

Today on the People First Podcast, we are talking abut a local charity running accessible community canal boating: Spirit of Endeavour! We have gotten the chance to go on 2 trips on the boat, where we spoke to the volunteer crew and our members who went. We all had a lot of fun and we are excited to share this experience with you all! We hope you enjoy the show. Please rate our podcast and leave a review! It really helps tell our members how they are doing and helps our show grow and improve....

This week on the People First Podcast we are covering the very important topic of Scam Awareness and Online Safety with 3 officers from the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Organised Crime Unit! They have all been working on the Regional Fraud Project, helping to spread awareness about ways to keep yourself and your money safe when on the phone, online or in person! We learned a lot about how we can navigate things like social media, AI, what we should do if we think we have been scammed, ...