Impact On The Ground

Tiia interviews Kat Mason, CEO of MediCinema – an amazing charity that helps sick patients to have fun and build resilience through “the magic of the silver screen”. Kat explains how cinema helps beneficiaries to escape their reality and reduces feelings of isolation, and how the charity has pivoted during the pandemic with the closure of cinemas.

This episode features guests Marian Nicholson from Herpes Virus Association and Jo Oxlade from Brook. Tiia hosts a discussion about stigmatised causes and why they don’t get enough support from corporates, even when they address issues that affect the whole population.

Tiia interviews Ken Dunn, Founder and Chairman of Africa’s Gift, a charity that works with community members in South Africa to effect positive developmental change. In this insightful episode Ken explains why helping school children is not just about education; his experience in the field sheds light on the importance of the cycle of influence, for Africa’s Gift and across all charity work.

This week, Tiia asks what it means to be a social enterprise, how they’re funded, how they’re different to charities and companies, and much more, with guests Mandy and Kate from Love Sober and Daniel from Birmingham Enterprise Community.

Tiia sits down with consultant for responsible business Tom Levitt to discuss best practices when it comes to being a company citizen. They discuss why language is so important when it comes to company-charity engagement, how charities can best approach companies, how companies can better engage with charities, and whether you can put a price tag on impact output.

How do charities fare when crisis hits? Tiia sits down with Peter Walsh, Head of Fundraising at Hampshire Medical Fund and Helen O’donnell, Chief Executive and Director of Partnerships at Children’s University to explore how both their charities have ended up thriving in different ways through COVID-19.