Our podcast is a place where we explore ideas around mental health, equality, and social justice. Join Thea Joshi as she talks to people with lived experience of mental health problems, people working in a specific area of mental health, or some of our own team, to discuss how we’re engaged in the fight for equality in mental health.
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31 January 2023
Thea Joshi sits down with Chantal and Jamie from Off The Record Croydon to discuss the work they do with young people who have experienced youth violence, and how they’re meeting young people where they’re at.
16 December 2022
For her final podcast at the Centre, Sarah Hughes sits down with Thea to discuss the lessons learned at the Centre, and how her experience as CEO shifted her perspective on the relationship between policy, research and services.
22 November 2022
Ed Davie speaks to Thea about the cost-of-living crisis and the toxic impact of poverty on our mental health
25 October 2022
Ayanda, Aaliyah and Kadra sit down with Thea to discuss the innovative project which is reimagining mental health for racialised communities
14 October 2022
Juliet Snell joins Thea Joshi to discuss how we can better support children’s mental wellbeing
31 August 2022
Steve Gilbert OBE joins Thea to discuss his work driving change in mental health from an anti-racist perspective
29 June 2022
Independent policy expert Tom Pollard speaks to Thea about the fundamental issue of poverty, mental health and the benefits system
31 May 2022
Author and campaigner Hope Virgo joins Thea Joshi to discuss her experience of anorexia, her campaigning around BMI and menu calorie labelling, and how she is navigating pregnancy while in recovery from an eating disorder
31 March 2022
Amarno and Androulla discuss being part of the Shifting the Dial project, promoting young Black men’s mental health in Birmingham
22 February 2022
Reflecting on her own lived experience, Poppy talks about why we need to stop thinking about systems of change as immovable things “out there in the ether”, rather than being made up of people who can make change happen
26 January 2022
Thea sits down with Nick and Charlotte to hear about why strategic investment in children’s mental health is vital to end the postcode lottery of care
20 December 2021
Sarah and Thea look back at how the Centre’s been making change happen throughout 2021
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