GRAB5 - Mark Edmonds, artist

Let's collaborate!

Hi Friends! Here's a quick update, as I'm currently looking for new collaborators and commissions. Maybe that's YOU? Much of my work has been alongside charities, community organisations, and purpose-driven projects. The aim is always the same: to represent people honestly, with care and respect, and to create media that doesn’t just look good, but actually connects. If you’re part of an organisation, business, or project and you think there might be a story we can tell together, I’d genuinely love to hear from you. No hard sell. Just a conversation to see what’s possible. Jerome Email: hello@jeromew.news Web article, with social media links: https://thepictureposter.co.uk/portraits/want-to-collaborate/ [https://thepictureposter.co.uk/portraits/want-to-collaborate/] Support the show [https://ko-fi.com/jeromewnews] Get in touch anytime! Website: https://thepictureposter.co.uk/ [https://thepictureposter.co.uk/] Follow Jerome on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeromewnews [https://www.instagram.com/jeromewnews?igsh=MXM4MHB2YXN5OXNucQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr]

Regaining joy in life with Angela Peake of AMP Coaching & Consulting Ltd

Angela Peake’s journey into coaching is rooted in lived experience, resilience and a deep understanding of the pressures within healthcare. In this candid conversation, she reflects on an early diagnosis of kidney disease that reshaped her ambitions, leading her into a nursing career she “loved from day one”. Angela shares frontline insights from years in medical wards and research, highlighting both the rewards of patient care and the growing strain caused by systemic pressures. A turning point came when her own health challenges intensified - dialysis, two transplants, and raising a premature son - forcing her to step back and reassess her path. The pandemic became a catalyst for change. While shielding as clinically vulnerable, Angela discovered coaching and began retraining, eventually founding AMP Coaching & Consulting Ltd. Her work now focuses on supporting healthcare professionals and individuals living with long-term conditions, with an emphasis on preventing burnout and recognising early warning signs such as frustration, emotional exhaustion and loss of focus. She speaks openly about “losing joy” as a common thread among clients, and explains how her approach - grounded in trust, confidentiality and self-awareness - helps people reconnect with what matters. From small daily gratitudes to deeper behavioural change, Angela’s work bridges personal transformation and wider systems thinking. Ultimately, success for Angela is about impact: helping others rediscover purpose, improve relationships and realise that change is possible - at any stage of life. Contact Angela: Email: hello@ampcc.co.uk Mobile: 07359 917844 LinkedIn: AMP Coaching & Consulting Ltd [https://www.linkedin.com/in/angela-m-peake1621a6b7/] --- #SponsoredContent Support the show [https://ko-fi.com/jeromewnews] Get in touch anytime! Website: https://thepictureposter.co.uk/ [https://thepictureposter.co.uk/] Follow Jerome on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeromewnews [https://www.instagram.com/jeromewnews?igsh=MXM4MHB2YXN5OXNucQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr]

GRAB5 - Mark Edmonds, artist

I grabbed 5 minutes with artist Mark Edmonds, in his studio at ACAVA Spodeworks Stoke. Instagram: @markedmondsart [https://www.instagram.com/markedmondsart/] Support the show [https://ko-fi.com/jeromewnews] Get in touch anytime! Website: https://thepictureposter.co.uk/ [https://thepictureposter.co.uk/] Follow Jerome on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeromewnews [https://www.instagram.com/jeromewnews?igsh=MXM4MHB2YXN5OXNucQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr]

Stoke Minster, a crafty Place of Welcome

I called in to Stoke Minster - a Place of Welcome - across Thursday lunchtime. I wanted to catch up with a little group who've been meeting together as new friends to get crafting. They're making a woolly postbox 'topper' to celebrate Mothering Sunday in mid March. Heather, and members of the group, told me what they've been up to. The Minster is open every Thursday lunchtime, 12 noon to 2pm, and you're very welcome to call in for a brew, to take a look round, to chat, or even to sit and ponder - crafting's not obligatory! Jerome Support the show [https://ko-fi.com/jeromewnews] Get in touch anytime! Website: https://thepictureposter.co.uk/ [https://thepictureposter.co.uk/] Follow Jerome on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeromewnews [https://www.instagram.com/jeromewnews?igsh=MXM4MHB2YXN5OXNucQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr]

There's beauty in not trying too hard

Host: Jerome Whittingham A short reflection on the simplicity of pinhole photography, and making art without having to try too hard. See the photograph and read more on The Picture Poster website: https://thepictureposter.co.uk/nature/theres-beauty-in-not-trying-too-hard/ [https://thepictureposter.co.uk/nature/theres-beauty-in-not-trying-too-hard/] Thanks to artist Amy Davis for the motivation. Jerome MUSIC: by Black Box on Pixabay Support the show [https://ko-fi.com/jeromewnews] Get in touch anytime! Website: https://thepictureposter.co.uk/ [https://thepictureposter.co.uk/] Follow Jerome on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeromewnews [https://www.instagram.com/jeromewnews?igsh=MXM4MHB2YXN5OXNucQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr]