The Conveners Podcast
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William Roberts RSPH - The Conveners Podcast
Apologies once again for the quality of the audio on the pod as it's not quite as we would like it to be but hopefully it won’t spoil your enjoyment too much.
Liz Terry - Health Club Management magazine editor, good friend and all-round industry guru joins me again to interview a very special guest, the chief executive of the Royal Society of Public Health Mr William Roberts. Liz and I found this a fascinating discussion that made us conclude that William really does need to have a platform at some of our industry events because the content that we covered in this short podcast doesn’t do him justice. He’s got so much to contribute to help us on our mission of working in collaboration with health - particularly on prevention- that he’s a 'must have' to be a speaker at future conferences in our opinion.
The RSPH are very much involved in workforce development and there’s a fascinating paper that they released recently that we discussed called 'The unusual suspects : Unlocking the Potential of the Wider Public Health Workforce' .
William gives us an insight into what that might mean for our sector. Plus we also talk about another report the RSPH produced about the cost of living crisis and its impact on peoples health and again discuss how our sector needs to acknowledge this impact and effect on our customers and those we are not currently attracting. Throughout the chat, it struck me that William displays the leadership qualities that are increasingly advocated by Sport England, the Active Partnerships and others - about working across the whole system and across organisations and how you require different qualities and approaches to be successful.
Another gem this one! And I predict that you will be hearing more from William soon....
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Davina Deniszczyc - The Conveners Podcast
zhlédnutí 16Před měsícem
On this week's episode, I was humbled to be joined by the legend that is this story from Health Club Management magazine at the gorgeous Jubilee Halls venue in Covent Garden. Stunning venue. Thank you very much, guys, for hosting us. And we are joined by, a very impressive individual. Davina Deniszczyc, who is a GP, as well as being a clinical and charity lead for Nuffield Health.
Lisa Trickett - The Conveners Podcast
zhlédnutí 3Před měsícem
John I really enjoyed this conversation with an amazing politician from Birmingham - Lisa Trickett. Lisa is a former chair of the Active Well-being society that is run by Karen Creavin and is often referenced by Martyn Allison as the very best example of how the physical activity sector can work effectively with communities to improve population health and address inequalities. So John and I we...
Dr Hussain Al Zabaidi - The Conveners Podcast
zhlédnutí 10Před 2 měsíci
John and I were delighted to meet Dr Hussain Al Zubaidi - a TV Doctor; the Royal College of GPs physical activity champion; a very good triathlete and the Parkrun health lead ; the Swim England medical advisor and somehow still manages to fit in being a GP one day week! A fascinating and personal discussion, Hussain tells us he’s faced his own health challenges and how he himself used physical ...
Sarah Haden-Godwin - The Conveners Podcast
zhlédnutí 12Před 2 měsíci
Today we meet Sarah Haden- Godwin from Active Gloucestershire - my hometown patch as it happens. Sarah works for the Active Partnership and has just been promoted to director of people and partnerships. Sarah is also a Churchill Fellowship Fellow and had the fortunate experience of studying how systems thinking was being utilised in Australia as part of her fellowship. Sarah wrote a fascinating...
Waseem Zaffar MBE - The Conveners Podcast
zhlédnutí 10Před 2 měsíci
A really fascinating discussion today with Waseem Zafar, a councillor and politician from Birmingham who is a very passionate Aston Villa fan and formerly a board member of the Active well-being society that is famous for how they engage with the community and make things happen at a very local level - addressing health inequalities and supporting those in the community who need it most to get ...
Kirsty Rowlinson Groves - The Conveners Podcast
zhlédnutí 17Před 2 měsíci
Today, I welcome Kirsty Rowlinson-Groves to the Conveners podcast. Previously, the GM Active prehab for Cancer lead and driving force behind its successful award winning delivery. Hear how Kirsty's heartbreaking and inspiring personal story drove her to want to push back at cancer and why her purpose is to help people every day in any way she can. Now working in the voluntary sector with 10GM, ...
Beth Brown - The Conveners Podcast
zhlédnutí 30Před 3 měsíci
Well today John Oxley and I were blown away by Beth Brown the Operations Manager at the National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine. Beth was also previously the Macmillan cancer program lead and involved in social prescribing as part of a charity as well as being part of GLL’s health programmes in the past. The National Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine in Sheffield’s aim is to impro...
Zoe Merchant - The Conveners Podcast
zhlédnutí 38Před 3 měsíci
Today, John Oxley and I welcome Zoe Merchant to the Conveners podcast, currently managing the lung cancer screening programme across Greater Manchester and a key driver of the GM Active GM cancer award winning prehab for cancer programme. A fascinating insight into not only this programme from a perspective not heard before, but also a wider examination of Zoe's thoughts on how leisure and heal...
Mark Tweedie - The Conveners Podcast
zhlédnutí 14Před 3 měsíci
Today John Oxley and I welcome Mark Tweedie. Currently the chief executive of Brimham's Active in Harrogate and often referred to by those in the know as the architect or God father of pivot to active well -being as a result of his work at Active Tameside. Mark outlines his journey to date through sports development initially, through to his ground breaking work with Active Tameside and how he ...
Michelle Childs - The Conveners Podcast
zhlédnutí 38Před 3 měsíci
Today I welcome the power behind the throne of GM Active Michelle Childs. Michelle is the health lead at Life Leisure in Stockport with John Oxley, as well as being the health lead for GM Active as she chairs our health subgroup. Michelle dispels a few myths today and tells the reality of what is happening across Greater Manchester in respect to working with health, and how she is working to un...
Ken Masser - The Conveners Podcast
zhlédnutí 45Před 3 měsíci
Today, John Oxley and I welcome Ken Masser from Miova, a new company that Ken set up in 2023. Ken also continues to lead the Together and Active Future, or TAF as it's known, the local pilot organisation in Lancashire Pennines. Formerly a consultant with KPMG and then the CEO of Rossendale Leisure up until last year, Ken has been heavily involved in the Sport England LGA, whole system place -ba...
The Conveners Podcast Announcement
zhlédnutí 14Před 4 měsíci
Hello! I am looking forward to you listening to my new podcast called The Conveners. Our first official episode will be launching on Tuesday 23rd of April 2024. I am excited for you to listen and join us on our journey.