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Building Community Under A Lockdown: The Story of Crediton Radio
How do you sustain community life under a lockdown? In this episode, our presenter JAKE LLOYD shares one possible answer. In his UK hometown of Crediton, he has helped...
Building Community In A Crisis: The Science of Kindness, Connection and Control
GRAHAM FAWCETT is a Clinical Psychologist who specialises in helping groups of people to thrive under stressful conditions. In the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic, h...
Joining The Dots: Elizabeth Wainwright on Local Politics, Climate Change & 'Generalists'
In May 2019, Arukah Network mentor and coach ELIZABETH WAINWRIGHT was elected to represent her rural community in the south west of England at local government level. ...
Hope For The Hills: Running a Hospital in North East India
Nagaland is one of the most isolated and under-developed of the states of India. DR. SEDEVI ANGAMI runs a hospital in the state's largest city, Dimapur. In this episod...
Christmas Special: Felicity's Street Nativity
In this Christmas special, we hear how one woman's simple idea led to a whole new Christmas tradition in the community of Stobhill in the north east of England. FELICI...
Lord Nigel Crisp and Co-Development
LORD NIGEL CRISP used to run one of the biggest organisations in the world: the UK's National Health Service. Since leaving the 'NHS', he has become a global health ad...
Keeping Peace Through Community Radio
In 1999, broadcaster and theatre specialist SHEILA KATZMAN was recruited by the United Nations to help develop a radio station for their peacekeeping efforts in Sierra...
Alastair McIntosh on Climate Change, Community & 'Spiritual Activism'
There is a saying that "only a demanding common task builds community". Perhaps no task is more demanding, or more common, than climate change. In this episode, one of...
Laura The Storyteller
How can storytelling be used to help heal or inspire a community? In our new podcast interview, the award-winning New York-based storyteller LAURA SIMMS tells us how s...
Kenya's Unbeatable Football Coach
Galarc FC is a boys football club with a difference. Even though they have won 50 games in a row in their local Kenyan league, their biggest successes are happening of...
ABCD With Cormac Russell
Over 20 years, in 30 countries and with 100s of communities, CORMAC RUSSELL has been a leading figure in the field of 'Asset-Based Community Development', or ABCD. But...
The Lions Barber Collective
TOM CHAPMAN is founder of the Lions Barber Collective: an international network of barbers who are providing a space - and listening ear - to men around the world, so ...
India, Gender & "The Naive Enquirer"
Last year, the Thomas Reuters Foundation named India "the worst country in the world" in which to be a woman. HELEN MORGAN has spent the last four years in the country...
The USA's Listen First Project
PEARCE GODWIN once worked at the heart of power in the United States political system. But as his country became more and more divided by politics, he set out for a ne...
The Secrets of SALT
What if the best way to impact a community is simply to listen to its members? That's the idea behind SALT - a tool and lifestyle for having better conversations in a ...
The Syrians of Manchester
Syria's refugees have fled a regime that denied them the opportunity to gather and talk freely as a community. When they arrive in a new country, what's it like to try...
How A Community's Faith Can Impact Its Health
How does a community's faith impact its health? A complex question requires a great mind, so we found one. Professor ANDREW TOMKINS OBE is an expert on faith and healt...
The Role of Community in Trauma Therapy
FIONA DUNKLEY is a trauma therapist and counsellor who has helped people and communities affected by war, terrorism and sexual violence. Drawing on experiences descri...
Protecting Birds, Building Community in Lebanon
When ASSAD SERHAL set out on a career to protect bird habitats in his native Lebanon, it led him to discover and resurrect an ancient tribal practice called 'Hima'. In...
Zimbabwe's Friendship Bench
How can an elderly lady on a bench improve a community's wellbeing? 'The Friendship Bench' is a response to Zimbabwe's mental health crisis, but it's an idea that's be...
Learning to Thrive
Whether you're a community volunteer or the head of a large charity, working to make the world a better place can take its toll on your health and wellbeing. So how do...
Community Mental Health in the Gaza Strip
The ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict places unique mental health pressures on many civilians. In this podcast we hear how one organisation in the Gaza Strip has pione...
Sierra Leone and the Rise of the Entrepreneur
HAMID GBAWURU MARAH was recently named one of Sierra Leone's Most Influential Young Entrepreneurs. In this new episode, he tells us about a growing movement in the cou...
Beyond Tribalism in Kenya's Kericho County
Tensions during Kenya's recent election highlighted the problem of tribalism in the country. In our new podcast, DEBORAH LANGAT explains how her Cluster in Kericho wor...
Arukah Network's Co-Leader in Conversation
When TED LANKESTER left his life as a family doctor in London, to help develop a healthcare system with local people in the Indian Himalayas, the idea for our network ...
ARCHIVE: Muslim-Christian Relations in Sierra Leone
Civil War and Ebola brought Sierra Leone's Muslim and Christian communities closer together, to help bring an end to both crises. In this episode, WALTER CAREW and ADB...
ARCHIVE: Frome and the Library of Things
Frome is not your average English town. Find out why as Jake interviews Adam Foster-Jones from the town's 'Library of Things'.
ARCHIVE: Robins and the Kericho Cluster
What is a Cluster? And how can a Cluster help its community be a healthier place to live? In the first episode, Jake chats with ROBINS ODIYO from CHGN's Kericho Cluste...
