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Get Off The Bench Podcast

Get Off The Bench podcast showcases people who have backed themselves and are having a go, in the hope that others will be inspired to ‘get off the bench’ and do the thing they’ve always wanted to do.

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1:04:34

Simon Alexander Ong - Energizing every moment

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2023/05/18

Simon Alexander Ong is a personal development entrepreneur, coach and publicspeaker. His clients are from all walks of life but they share one trait; they all believe that the greatest investment you can make is in yourself. His work has seen him invited onto Sky News and BBC to be interviewed, while Barclays featured him in a nationwide campaign asking him questions on how familiescould embrace better lifestyle habits.His insights have seen him featured in HuffPost, Forbes, Virgin and the Guardian

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1:02:53

Tim Bye - Making candles with pride

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2023/05/11

Tim Bye is The Gay Farmer, and also the proud creator of The Gay Farmer Candles.In 2016, Tim was working in the Northern Suburbs of Melbourne, and was bullied, harassed and discriminated against in the workplace, simply for being gay. He was then terminated after complaining about the treatment he was receiving from the manager.Tim hoped WorkSafe Vic would help, but sadly they didn’t. This led to Tim’s mental health declining badly, and he now suffers with severe mental health issues.In 2022, Tim’s

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1:02:03

Laura Robinson - Legging it with Laura

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2023/05/04

At the end of 2021, Laura set herself a a massive challenge…. Go for a walk everyday for a year! At the time she honestly thought she would last a week, or maybe a month tops. There were a few reasons for the challenge but one of the biggest ones was listening to someone who had lost a massive amount of weight, describe how they could finally be happy now they are living in a thinner body.Laura had heard this before, but this time she reflected and realised she was already happy. She had a wonderful

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1:19:35

Graeme Simpfendorfer - Investigating murders and...

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2023/04/27

Whilst working at a country bank in rural New South Wales in 1993, Graeme was witness to an armed robbery from behind the service counter. On this day, police dramatically arrested the offenders as they exited the bank. This moment proved pivotal in his decision to apply for the Victoria Police, graduating from the police academy in 1994.Graeme worked the ‘beat’ across many suburbs of metropolitan Melbourne before being promoted to Detective in 2003. In 2006 he transferred to the prestigious

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1:11:57

Prasiddhi Singh - Planting 100,000 trees for a...

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2023/04/20

Prasiddhi Singh, Age 10, Prime Minister National Child Awardee (Highest Civilian Honor Under 18 years). She is the founder of the Prasiddhi Forest Foundation. She is the youngest Fruit Forest Creator of India-by-India book of Records. Prasiddhi is Brand Ambassador for the Nationwide Girl literacy campaign – “Beti Bachao Beti Padhao” by Tamil Nadu Government. She has also been appointed as Child Ambassador of Green Tamil Nadu Mission. Prasiddhi has been featured in Wikipedia for her plantation

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1:13:31

Sue Centra - Unleashing a caravanning extravaganza

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2023/04/13

Sue Centra is an energetic optimist, passionate about bringing people together and creating a stronger community.Right before Covid started, Sue retired with big plans to caravan around Australia. Sue and her husband sold the family farm and headed north. Locked out of Victoria due to Covid, Sue and Mick took the long way home and found themselves at a Traveller Caravan Group get-together in South Australia, which would continue to play in Sue’s mind long after the gathering.Upon arriving back in

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1:09:23

Lewis Swire - Building global success for youth

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2023/04/06

Lewis Swire is a 16-year-old social entrepreneur from Scotland, whose entrepreneurial journey started at the age of 10 when he founded Aurora Bath Bombs, and at 12 founded Cheeky Lemonade.He then founded The Curious Times (curioustimes.co.uk), an award-winning international online magazine ‘By Young People, For Young People’, dedicated to amplifying the voices of young people. He founded the non-profit in the April lockdown of 2020, in response to the isolation and disconnection being experienced by

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22:29

Kerryn Vaughan - Knowing when to quit

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2023/03/30

This episode takes a look at some questions to ask yourself if your project or idea has made you wonder whether you should quit. Quitting is not failure, and actually takes enormous strength and courage.If you have lost your passion, are frustrated, have lost connection with other things you care about, or are gaining no traction, this episode will give you some things to reflect upon, if you have the courage to be honest with yourself.Happy listening 😁Website: kerrynvaughan.com

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1:09:29

Laurent Notin - Unsticking the entrepreneur bottleneck

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2023/03/23

Laurent is a French national who left France at 23, spent 20 years in South-East Asia, before relocating to Finland in the summer of 2019. His professional background is in market research and advertising, wherehe ran 7-figure businesses across 3 countries.Throughout the years, and as a result of his own burnout, Laurent has developed a passion for coaching, mentoring, advising and training people. He is particularly focused on helping entrepreneurs get unstuck and recognising that often they are

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40:34

Mick Harrington - Leading change through music and...

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2023/03/16

Mick Harrington grew up amongst the picturesque farming communities of East Gippsland, Victoria where he has established himself as a successful small business owner and decorated musician.Having worked in a variety of roles in the agricultural, retail, journalism and native timber industries, Mick is passionate about regional and remote Australia including the need for communities to access quality healthcare and affordable housing, alongside gainful employment and quality training.While life has

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1:12:21

Michael Bartura - Building Happy Habits

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2023/03/09

Michael Bartura has well over 30 years of experience in a variety of fields including education, international aid, manufacturing, training & development,business development and innovation. Overthe years, he in as many as a dozen countries in Asia, Australia, North America, and Europe.Michael has worked as a director, manager, business developer and consultant with organisations such as The Halo Trust and the IMC Group. He has spent 12 years as a therapist and 17 years as a facilitator, trainer

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Dr Jen Pratt - Making a wish and saving lives

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2023/03/02

Dr. Jen Pratt is a pediatric physician that is caring for children in the very same hospital where she was treated. Her story has come full circle, back to where her life was transformed. Dr. Pratt is now able to help improve the lives of other children battling critical illnesses with the gift of a wish referral and personally share in the transformation that comes with her patients’ wish experiences.She attended medical school at Midwestern University in Chicago, IL and completed her pediatric

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1:12:11

Mike Fox - Making a big splash in film making

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2023/02/23

Mike Fox | Multi award-winning Filmmaker, Director, Producer, Writer, Designer, Creative Professional, Actor, Voiceover, CEO & Entrepreneur.Featured on front page newspapers, Mike Fox's ultimate goal is impacting lives to empower, inspire and encourage and give direction in some way. Along the journey, are many curvy and cool paths from comedy, to suspense and scary, to sci-fi, to emotional, to pure cinematic.His professional work is known across the U.S. including receiving numerous accolades

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Danni Brooke - Living an undercover double life

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2023/02/16

Former Metropolitan Police Officer, Danni Brooke AKAUndercover Motheris highly regarded as an investigation and intelligence expert across The Globe. Having worked on some of the most dangerous and high-profile cases, Danni has seen herself face to face with crimes involving guns, drugs and prostitution rings.'My life was full of danger every day and I couldn’t tell my friends or family what I did for a living. My mum didn’t even know! There were definitely times I was in too deep but somehow I

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1:27:05

Mat Bowtell - Creating Free 3D Hands

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2023/02/09

Mat Bowtell is the founder and CEO of Free 3D Hands, an Australian charity who designs and 3D prints hands and assistive devices. The hands are provided for free, to children and adults all around the world and they even pay the postage! Mat freely shares his designs under an open-source licence so others can make and repair their own devices and to encourage further innovation.Mat's goal is to significantly bring down the cost of assistive technology to help those who currently cannot access or

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1:02:15

Ben Tunks - Building a Little Village to bring equity...

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2023/02/02

Ben Tunks is a Youth Worker and Musician, and founder of the Little Village Project (LVP).After working in the community service sector for many years, Ben made a change to the Department of Education & Training in 2017. There he came to see school staff as the real workers at the coal face of Youth Work, particularly when it came to children who have experienced trauma and those who live in out-of-home care. Ben soon found himself in a Student Wellbeing role in a Primary School in Traralgon

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1:07:00

Kristi Maggio - Empowering young change makers

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2023/01/26

Kristi Maggio is dedicated to creating access to equal education and employment opportunities worldwide. For over 20 years, she watched many children fail and feel inadequate merely because they didn’t fit into the traditional way of learning. As a result, she chose to take action and founded a school that gives students the tools to create success in their life no matter who they are or where they come from. She is also the author of the book “Follows and Likes Is This All That I’m Worth”, and her

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1:13:19

Jordan Wylie - Conquering extreme adventures for a...

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2023/01/19

Jordan Wylie is an international bestselling author, award winning adventurer and one of the stars of Channel 4’s BAFTA-nominated shows HuntedandCelebrity Hunted. He is also currently the United Kingdom’s national ambassador for the Army Cadet Force.Jordan grew up on one of the largest council estates in the country in Blackpool, Lancashire. After a few brushes with the law at an early age, some harsh lessons learnt and having left school with no qualifications, Jordan talk the life-changing

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1:07:06

Arianna Fox - Inspiring change as a girlpreneur

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2023/01/12

Known across the region as a little ball of joy and energy! Arianna Fox may come in a small package, but her ideas are as revolutionary as they are wide-reaching. For several years now, Arianna has devoted her life and much of her time to reaching out to others to spread messages of hope, inspiration, and self-confidence. Making a positive impact upon others and helping them rock their lives to maximum potential is part of this upcoming Kidpreneur’s goal for her interactions with kids, her fellow

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1:01:11

Nikita Dhawan - Taking legal action to save Shankar...

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2023/01/05

Nikita Dhawan is a high school student at the American Embassy School in New Delhi. She has always been passionate about animal rights and environmental conservation and is the founder of an animal welfare initiative called "Youth for Animals.”Nikita is leading the organization’s flagship campaign #FreeShankarDelhiZoo to free Shankar, an African elephant languishing in the Delhi Zoo, from his life in solitary captivity. Nikita has filed a legal petition in the Delhi High Court for Shankar’s freedom

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