Episode 7: Leading in education at a local and national level

(Final Episode) Episode 9: Too many COOKs......feed thousands :)

The aim of this short series of podcasts is to see how both  businesses and the voluntary sector have weathered the pandemic storm. We explore  if there have been shared experiences that have helped and potentially if any of these can go on or be developed further to help strengthen the links between the two. The title reflects a key lesson learnt in the episode... Joining me on this episode are Eliza Ecclestone, Founder of Care for our Community and Nick Bartlett, Manager at COOK (Sevenoaks) Care for our Community is a Facebook page that mobilised over 1500 volunteers to help those in need during lockdown.  COOK is a manufacturer and retailer of frozen ready meals, established in 1997 and based in Sittingbourne, Kent. Their founding statement is, ‘To cook using the same ingredients and techniques you would at home, so everything looks and tastes homemade.’ All their meals are made without the use of artificial additives and preservatives. Throughout locked down, COOK Sevenoaks provided thousands of free meals that were then distributed through the volunteer network brought together through Care for our Community to those in need.   Contact details for my guests are below: Care for our Community: www.facebook.com/Care-for-our-Community-Sevenoaks-District-109465934013615 Eliza Ecclestone: eliza@stclere.co.uk  COOK: www.cookfood.net Nick Bartlett: sevenoaks@cookfood.net Thanks for listening Chris Murphy (The Speaking Mentor) chris@thespeakingmentor.co.uk

Episode 8: The Parable of the Samaritans and the Teenage Entrepreneurs

The aim of this short series of podcasts is to see how both  businesses and the voluntary sector have weathered the pandemic storm. We explore  if there have been shared experiences that have helped and potentially if any of these can go on or be developed further to help strengthen the links between the two. The title reflects a key lesson learnt in the episode... Joining me on this episode are Becky Brown, Head of Six Form at Walthamstow Hall, Kay Turner, Regional Volunteer Officer and the Lead for Sevenoaks Samaritans  and Martin Stanton, Volunteer and Fundraising Lead at Sevenoaks Samaritans Samaritans is a registered charity aimed at providing emotional support to anyone in emotional distress, struggling to cope, or at risk of suicide throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. Walthamstow Hall was founded in 1838 and is one of the oldest all-girl independent schools in the country. It provides an 'all-through' education with a Junior School for girls aged 3–11 and a Senior School for girls aged 11–18. We discuss a project that Walthamstow Hall and Sevenoaks Samaritans collaborated on in conjunction with Entrepreneurs in Action. I hope you enjoy it and we will have the next episode out next Monday. Contact details for my guests are below: Walthamstow Hall - www.walthamstow-hall.co.uk Becky Brown: bbrown@whall.school The Samaritans: www.samaritans.org Kay Turner and Martin Stanton: Sevenoaks@samaritans.org Entrepreneurs in Action: www.theeia.com Thanks for listening Chris Murphy (The Speaking Mentor) chris@thespeakingmentor.co.uk

Episode 7: Leading in education at a local and national level

The aim of this short series of podcasts is to see how both  businesses and the voluntary sector have weathered the pandemic storm. We explore  if there have been shared experiences that have helped and potentially if any of these can go on or be developed further to help strengthen the links between the two. The title reflects a key lesson learnt in the episode... Joining me on this episode are Cat Davison, Director of Service and Social Impact at Sevenoaks School and Anna Firth, Co Founder and Director of Invicta Academy. Sevenoaks School is a co-educational day and boarding school for 11 to 18-year-olds which is located on a 100-acre campus in the Kent countryside Invicta Academy is the largest online school in the country. It was set up with the sole purpose of helping the children of the United Kingdom catch up on missed learning. They have delivered over 1.2m minutes of learning since it's inception earlier this year.  We discuss the collaboration forged between Sevenoaks School and Invicta. We also discuss wider projects that Sevenoaks has been involved in and how Invicta both was founded and how it has developed.  I hope you enjoy it and we will have the next episode out next Monday. Contact details for my guests are below: Sevenoaks School  - www.sevenoaksschool.org Cat Davison: cld@sevenoaksschool.org  Invicta Academy - www.invictaacademy.com/ Anna Frith -  annafirth45@gmail.com Thanks for listening Chris Murphy (The Speaking Mentor) chris@thespeakingmentor.co.uk

Episode 6: Building bridges with Bridges

The aim of this short series of podcasts is to see how both  businesses and the voluntary sector have weathered the pandemic storm. We explore  if there have been shared experiences that have helped and potentially if any of these can go on or be developed further to help strengthen the links between the two. The title reflects a key lesson learnt in the episode... Joining me on this sixth episode are Mary Perrett from Bridges Centre (Edenbridge) and Jill Grainger from Mental Health Resource  Bridges is a community centre in the heart of Edenbridge  I hope you enjoy it and we will have the next episode out next Monday. Contact details for my guests are below: Mary Perrett - mary@bridgescentre.org   The Bridges Centre website is at www.bridgescentre.org/ Jill Grainger  - jillg@mentalhealthresource.org.uk The other links that Jill referred to are:  www.mentalhealthresource.org.uk [http://www.mentalhealthresource.org.uk/]  ( Reachout Adults & Reachout Youth).  Other projects are The Hub & Assert. www.engagingkent.co.uk [http://www.engagingkent.co.uk/] ( Mental Health Forum Manager : Adam Littlefield). Thanks for listening Chris Murphy (The Speaking Mentor) chris@thespeakingmentor.co.uk

Episode 5: Money money money

The aim of this short series of podcasts is to see how both  businesses and the voluntary sector have weathered the pandemic storm. We explore  if there have been shared experiences that have helped and potentially if any of these can go on or be developed further to help strengthen the links between the two. The title reflects a key lesson learnt in the episode... Joining me on this fifth episode are Chris Armstrong, Trustee of The Cottage Community and Councillor Tony Clayton, Sevenoaks Town Council The Cottage Community is an independent registered charity providing a day centre and hot meals, lunch clubs, activities, transport and shopping trips for elderly and frail clients over the state retirement age. I hope you enjoy it and we will have the next episode out next Monday. Contact details for my guests are below: Chris Armstrong - c@chrisarmstrong.ndonet.com Tony Clayton - cllr.clayton@sevenoakstown.gov.uk Thanks for listening Chris Murphy (The Speaking Mentor) chris@thespeakingmentor.co.uk