Tech4Good South West
Sharing the journey and stories of amazing tech for good start-ups, initiatives, communities and the journeys of charities and voluntary organisations to grow digital skills across the South-West UK.
Your hosts
Annie Legge, co-founder of Tech4Good South West and Dot Project building digital resilience across the social economy
Alicia Teagle co-founder of Sr2 leading social responsible and tech for good recruitment
Arielle Tye driving digital transformation and citizen engagement in the third and Public Sector with ProMo-Cymru.
- Update frequency
- every 17 days
- Average duration
- 24 minutes
- Episodes
- 31
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Empowering Youth: Tech for Good in Social Mobility and Work Placements
Join us on the Tech for Good Southwest podcast as we delve into the inspiring journey of Luke Ashman, co-founder of Not Impossible.
Discover how this innovative platform is revolutionising work exper…
From Executive Dysfunction to AI Solution: Building MyCoPilot for ADHD
What happens when your smartphone becomes your biggest enemy in managing ADHD? In this powerful conversation, Annie sits down with Alastair Brayne, founder of MyCoPilot.ai, who turned his personal st…
Weronika Stelmach - Building a sustainable and circular fashion future
In this episode of the Tech4Good South West podcast, host Arielle Tye speaks with Weronika Stelma, co-founder and CEO of Weaving Change, a social enterprise focused on sustainable fashion.
They dis…
Tackling plastic pollution through purpose-driven leadership
In this episode, we talk with Neil Morris, co-founder of Kelpi, about his journey from tech entrepreneur to impact leader with a mission to reduce plastic waste through innovative, seaweed-based pack…
Promoting STEM education with The Adventures of Scout
Promoting STEM education and environmental awareness among children through The Adventures of Scout. In this engaging conversation, co-founders Nick Parker and Matt Baron of The Adventures of Scout d…
Empowering Change with Emily Franklin from Kaluza
In this episode of the Tech4Good South West podcast, our host Alicia discuss the importance of technology in addressing societal challenges with Emily Franklin, Head of People at Kaluza. They explo…
Simon Allen - Using AI to Navigate Charity Governance and Regulation
Simon Allen, CEO of Age UK in Bath and North East Somerset, discusses his journey as a CEO of a charity and how AI can enable organisations in the social sector. Simon developed the charity Navigator…
Bryan Charter - Making Homes More Energy Efficient with SuSy House
Bryan Charter is co-founder and CEO of Bristol based SuSy House.
In this episode Bryan discusses the mission - to make homes more energy-efficient and sustainable. Susy is a mobile app that helps ho…
Paul Forster - Investing in minorities in tech for creating economic and social impact
Alicia interviews Paul Forster, the Incubation Manager at SetSquared Bristol. They discuss the enterprise programs at SetSquared Bristol, investing in minorities in the tech industry, purpose-driven …
Henry Jones - Social mobility and addressing the pipeline of talent into tech
Henry Jones, consultant for the Southwest Social Mobility Commission discusses social mobility, the South West, diversity in tech and some ideas on how to close the ever growing digital skills gap in…
Jim Cranshaw - Grants AI transforming charity grants and funding
Jim Cranshaw, founder of Grants AI, which helps charities research and write grants way faster discusses his passion for social change and the challenges faced by the nonprofit sector.
"It's not jus…
Sponsor Mini Series - Modular Digital with Emma Millington
Episode 6 of our Founding Sponsor Mini Series talking to the founding sponsors of the Tech4Good South West relaunch, to explore their interest in tech for good and their hopes and ambitions for the T…
Sponsor Mini Series - Naturally Social with Natalie Luckham
Episode 5 of our Founding Sponsor Mini Series talking to the founding sponsors of the Tech4Good South West relaunch, to explore their interest in tech for good and their hopes and ambitions for the T…
Sponsor Mini Series - Torchbox with Ben Heasman
Episode 4 of our Founding Sponsor mini series talking to the founding sponsors of the Tech4Good South West relaunch, to explore their interest in tech for good and their hopes and ambitions for the T…
Sponsor Mini Series - Future Talent Group with Josh Simpkins
The third of 6 episodes talking to the founding sponsors of the Tech4Good South West relaunch, to explore their interest in tech for good and their hopes and ambitions for the TechforGood South West …
Sponsor Mini Series - Purplefish with Joanna Randall
The second of 6 episodes talking to the founding sponsors of the Tech4Good South West relaunch, to explore their interest in tech for good and their hopes and ambitions for the TechforGood South West…
Sponsor Mini Series - Digital Wonderlab with Nathan Baranowski
The first of 6 episodes talking to the founding sponsors of the Tech4Good South West relaunch, to explore their interest in tech for good and their hopes and ambitions for the TechforGood South West …
Episode 13 - Exploring the tech for good start-up journey for WAVESIX mobile app
In this episode we are in conversation with Julia Marshall-Wessendorf, founder of the WaveSix holistic health tracker app.
The WaveSix health app tracks all aspects of your lifestyle, health and wel…
Episode 12 - Implementing a volunteer management system at St Werbughs City Farm
Take a listen to this joint episode as both funder and grantee explore the important of digital funding to strengthen sustainability of community business.
Power to Change are funders of a Powering …
Episode 11 - Increasing access to Cyber Security Jobs for 3.5 million
Chris Newton is VP of engineering at Immersive Labs, a cyber security company based in Beautiful Bristol. Immersive Labs are one of the South West’s biggest sucuess stories and to date they have rais…