Leeds Faith in Schools

Leeds Faith in Schools

This week’s podcast features Ben Lawrence, Team Leader at Leeds Faith in Schools, who talks to us with enthusiasm about the opportunities and realities of their work in being good news to the high schools of Leeds. Leeds Faith in Schools now works across approximately...
Rewilding politics

Rewilding politics

For Today’s podcast we sat down with Mike Love to talk about the city, politics and how we can rewild politics. You can find more conversations and talks from the Leeds Church Institute here on our blog or by subscribing to the Leeds Church Institute Podcast in...
Stories from the dementia awareness day

Stories from the dementia awareness day

Today’s podcast is taken from our recent event for people who live or work with those diagnosed with dementia. We spoke to Jean Tottie from the Life Story Network and Together in Dementia Every Day (TIDE) carer network about their work and to Dr. Helen Reid about the...
Deacon Merry Evans discusses gambling, gaming and casinos

Deacon Merry Evans discusses gambling, gaming and casinos

Deacon Merry Evans discusses gambling, gaming and casinos.  For the Autumn 2019 copy of CITYtheology Merry wrote a prose poem about his experiences visiting The Victoria Gate Casino as part of the Leeds Responsible Gaming Forum. We discuss the responsibilities that...
How can we fix dementia care?

How can we fix dementia care?

Today’s podcast is taken from our recent event for people who live or work with those diagnosed with dementia. Neil Courtman from Alzheimer’s Society spoke to us about the Fix Dementia Care campaign. What are Alzheimer’s Society Campaigning for? “It...