Covid Matters

In the latest episode of our Covid Matters podcast, we spoke to Duncan Boak; founder and CEO of the smell and taste disorder charity Fifth Sense. We learned from Duncan how Fifth Sense is helping peo…

In the latest Covid Matters podcast, covid:aid discussed the short film These Four Walls, which presented stories around grief and bereavement during the Covid pandemic. We were joined on the podcast…

Covid Aid spoke to Kerry McLeod, Head of Information Content, and Amy-Louise Murray, Information Officer at Mind, to find out more about the mental health charity, before answering questions from the…

In this episode of Covid Matters, we speak to Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, Director of the Women's Budget Group. We invited Mary-Ann onto the podcast to discuss how gender-based financial inequalities wer…

In this episode of Covid Matters, we speak to Daniel Tomlinson, a Senior Economist at the Resolution Foundation, currently working on the Economy 2030 Inquiry. We invited Dan onto the podcast to disc…

In this episode of Covid Matters, we speak to Dee Holmes from Relate – the UK's largest provider of relationship support – about how and why people should speak to loved ones about loss, grief, and b…

In this episode of Covid Matters, we speak to Dr Bnar Talabani MBE, an Immunology Scientist at Cardiff University and member of #TeamHalo and Muslim Doctors Cymru (MDC). #TeamHalo is United Nations-v…

In the latest episode of our podcast Covid Matters we spoke to Jane Murray from Marie Curie about why the National Day of Reflection on Wednesday March 23rd is such an important moment – and got advi…

In this episode of Covid Matters, we speak to Debbie Lewis who founded bereavement support group, COVID-19 Families UK. Debbie set up the group on Facebook in April 2020 following the loss of her par…

In this episode of Covid Matters, we speak to Professor Sharon Collard, the Professor of Personal Finance and Research Director at University of Bristol, Personal Finance Research Centre (PFRC).

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In this episode of Covid Matters, we speak to Professor Luke O'Neill, a world-renowned immunologist and Professor of Biochemistry at Trinity College Dublin. He is also a member of the Royal Irish Aca…

In this episode of Covid Matters, we speak to Professor Neil Greenberg (@profngreenberg), an academic, occupational & forensic psychiatrist and Professor of Defence Mental Health at King's College Lo…

This episode of Covid Matters was recorded as part of a Live Q&A on our Covid-19 Support Community.

We speak to Andy Langford, Clinical Director of the UK’s leading bereavement charity, Cruse Bereavem…

In this episode of Covid Matters, we catch up with Dr Alex Burton, a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Behavioural Science and Health at University College London (UCL). We last spoke to Al…

This special episode of Covid Matters was recorded as part of a Live Q&A on our Covid-19 Support Community.

We speak to Gemma Sewell, the co-founder of Parents United UK, a grassroots, parent-led sup…

In this episode of Covid Matters we talk to Dr Emily Harrop, a Marie Curie Research Fellow at Cardiff University who specialises in palliative care. She is currently working as the Co-Principal Inves…

This special episode of Covid Matters was recorded as part our first live Q&A hosted on the Covid-19 Support Community. We speak to Sarah Oakley, the executive director of AbScent, a UK charity that …

In this episode of Covid Matters we speak to Dr Fatima Husain, a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) about how the Covid vaccines…

In the latest episode of Covid Matters we find out about the LISTEN Project, which recently received more than £1 million in funding from the National Institute for Health Research and is co-led by P…

In the latest episode of Covid Matters we speak to Anna Lyons and Louise Winter, the founders of Life. Death. Whatever. - an initiative that encourages open dialogue about all matters related to deat…