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The Power of Impact

 David Simmons

Interviews with Christian charity leaders, asking them how they transform the lives of the people they affect - and how they know it.

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Social Sciences Transformation Religion & Spirituality Non-Profit Science Business Stories Christianity
Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
31 minutes
Episodes
13
Years Active
2023 - 2024
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Gemma Gillard: Storytelling for Hope

Gemma Gillard: Storytelling for Hope

Gemma Gillard runs Truth Be Told, an organisation which works in Care Homes across England, by taking children in to bring stories and songs of hope to the residents.


You can find out more about her o…

00:27:48  |   Tue 04 Jun 2024
Philip Sital Singh: What is Our Impact?

Philip Sital Singh: What is Our Impact?

In this episode, I meet Philip Sital-Singh, one of the directors of Eido Research.

Eido are an organisation dedicated to helping charities and organisations to prove their effectiveness through resea…

00:42:50  |   Tue 28 May 2024
Shola Oladipo: Food for Purpose

Shola Oladipo: Food for Purpose

Today's episode features Shola Oladipo, CEO Of Food for Purpose, who works with Black Majority churches (in the first instance) in the sphere of food, nutrition and wellbeing. 

You can learn all about…

00:32:26  |   Tue 21 May 2024
Matt Parfitt: Transformative Business

Matt Parfitt: Transformative Business

In this episode, I interview Matt Parfitt of Grace Enterprises, Nottingham.

His business enables people to gain employment who otherwise would never have the chance to move forward in life.

You can fin…

00:32:59  |   Tue 14 May 2024
Lloyd Cooke: A Life Dedicated to One Community

Lloyd Cooke: A Life Dedicated to One Community

In this episode I interview Lloyd Cooke, a prominent and enterprising church leader, who has dedicated his whole life to serving his local community of Stoke-on-Trent.

Find out all about Saltbox in St…

00:45:32  |   Tue 07 May 2024
Bernice Hardie: The Power of Integration

Bernice Hardie: The Power of Integration

In this episode, Bernice Hardie explains how Wave for Change began, and her passion to see people of all ages and abilities mixing together; when the focus is not on the difference, but on the common…
00:25:15  |   Tue 31 Oct 2023
Tina English: Reaching the Forgotten Ones

Tina English: Reaching the Forgotten Ones

Tina English describes the passion which drove her to create Embracing Age, a charity which encourages churches to work with care homes to reach out to isolated older people. 

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00:24:49  |   Tue 24 Oct 2023
Avril McIntyre: Turning Community Outreach On Its head

Avril McIntyre: Turning Community Outreach On Its head

Avril has led several local charities and community projects in the Borough of Barking and Dagenham and beyond. Here, she discusses the nature of community delivery, where the participants are the on…
00:32:50  |   Tue 17 Oct 2023
Ruth Rice: Creating a Unique Movement

Ruth Rice: Creating a Unique Movement

When Ruth Rice experienced personal meltdown several years ago, part of her response was to set up a shared space where people could come and simply be themselves, without any pressure to perform or …
00:36:58  |   Tue 10 Oct 2023
Henry Wilson: From a Dream to Transformation

Henry Wilson: From a Dream to Transformation

Ten years ago, Henry Wilson had a strange dream which woke him up. It was about changing local lives in his local town of Haverhill in Suffolk, so he started out tentatively, giving debt advice. It s…
00:32:25  |   Tue 03 Oct 2023
Joy Wright: Changing Lives One Person at a Time

Joy Wright: Changing Lives One Person at a Time

Joy Wright of UK charity Emerge Advocacy tells the incredible story of her charity which supports young people in hospitals at times of crisis. Emerge Advocacy is a registered charity established in …
00:41:42  |   Tue 26 Sep 2023
Cat Ross: Why is this happening in our society?

Cat Ross: Why is this happening in our society?

In this discussion with Cat Ross, we learn about the origin of Baby Basics, how it has grown from a small organisation in a church building to a UK-wide charity delivering vital equipment to thousand…
00:32:01  |   Tue 19 Sep 2023
Welcome to The Power of Impact

Welcome to The Power of Impact

Hello, and welcome to The Power of Impact: Stories of a Better Future. 

In Series One I shall be talking to a range of these leaders, including Cat Ross of Baby Basics, Ruth Rice of Renew Wellbeing, A…

00:02:07  |   Mon 11 Sep 2023
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