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People Inspired By Purpose - Purposely Podcast

Mark Longbottom

Speaking with people of purpose, those making the world a better place People Inspired By Purpose - Purposely Podcast amplifies the stories of inspirational people from across the Globe, philanthropy leaders, founders and CEO"s of nonprofits, charities, for purpose business leaders as well social entrepreneurs. They are often inspired by their own experiences. Join the Purposely team www.purposelypodcast.com

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00:29:31

#29 'friends experience fuelled my passion for the...

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2021/01/29

Sonia Thursby ONZM joins Purposely Podcast to share her story and why she is motivated to support people with disabilities. "at a very early age, I saw the prejudice, the bullying, and the meanness against someone who was different where she was just my friend Cat. We would hang out, swap beads, play with dolls, but to others she was something to be stared at… I didn't think that was okay.. and that was all the motivation I needed to get into PHAB which in those days was physically handicapped, able

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00:36:56

#28 ‘my brother's HIV inspired me’ Anne Aslett CEO of...

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2021/01/23

‘my brother and his friends' battle with HIV motivated me to want to help’ – Anne Aslett joins Purposely Podcast to share her story Anne Aslett is the Chief Executive Officer of the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF). She has been with the Foundation for almost 20 years having joined from the commercial sector. Initially Anne joined as a volunteer and she is now their Global CEO and responsible for disbursing over $60 million in grants. Anne talks about her brothers fight with HIV and misdiagnosed

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00:39:14

#27 'turning a career crisis into an opportunity to...

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2020/12/30

Katy is the co-founder and Managing Director of Skylark Works, a purpose-led consultancy providing practical business support to organisations delivering positive social impact. Support can take many forms, including delivery of practical projects, making pan-sector connections and sharing helpful guidance. Things changed for Katy when she was made redundant from Woodford Investment Management following a turbulent 2019, which saw the company close its doors. ‘Woodford was much more than just a job

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00:24:12

#26 'backed Daughter's mission to help educate...

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2020/12/28

Dave McKee joins Purposely Podcast to share his unique founder story It all started with a phone call from his daughter Sophie seventeen years ago when she was in Guatemala and he was in Nottingham. Sophie was teaching disadvantaged children English when she discovered the school was on the brink of collapse because they had no funding. A call to her Dad changed both their futures and set them on a new path helping to transform the lives of children living in poverty. Together they set up the UK

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00:34:18

#25 "My Daughters memory motivated my support of...

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2020/12/18

Mary Storrie joins Purposely Podcast to tell her inspirational story On the 28th of December 2003 Mary’s world came crashing down. At a Christmas party, Rosie May their only daughter, aged 10 at the time, was brutally murdered by a 17 year old boy she knew. Mary talks about the devastation this caused both to herself, her husband and their two sons. How this violent and senseless act has changed them as a family for ever. In honour of her memory the family dramatically changed the direction of their

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00:33:53

#24 'using her own experience of loss to help others'...

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2020/12/09

Nic Russell joined Purposely Podcast to share her founder story Nic reflects on the start of Kenzie’s Gift in 2006, founded with the intent of providing appropriate and research-based psychosocial support for children experiencing grief and loss within the family. Nic Russell’s daughter Kenzie was only two years old when she was diagnosed with a paraspinal cancerous tumour. Although Kenzie won her battle with cancer, the prolonged and aggressive medical treatment was more than her small body could

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00:42:20

#23 'millennials transforming philanthropy 10X10'...

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2020/12/04

‘Millennials Changing the face of Philanthropy’ Laurence Marshbaum joins Purposely Podcast to share his founder story Laurence is Founder and Chairman of 10x10 Philanthropy, a non-profit, millennial based movement that has raised and distributed over $2M to grassroots charities around the world. In 2013 Laurence and a group of close friends started the movement in Sydney, engaging over 10,000 individual donors, 900 core volunteers. Not only is he the founder of an amazing charity enterprise but he

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00:44:42

#22 ‘cycling for social change’ David Pitcher founder...

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2020/11/27

David Pitcher joins Purposely Podcast to share his founder story David Pitcher utilised a brief volunteer experience in 2014 to reshape his future, from a corporate towards a life of purpose. This seminal moment led him to start the charity Wheely Tots a successful social enterprise helping hundreds of families and children in North London to live healthier lives. It utilises the process of learning to ride and enjoying cycling to lead people to empowerment, greater confidence and more

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00:31:29

#21 'tackling poverty' David Crosweller founder of...

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2020/11/20

David Crosweller joins Purposely Podcast to share his founder story Sanitation First provide ecosan toilets to people in India and Africa. Incredibly they have helped to transform the lives of 350,000 people since their launch in 1997. Their slogan is to ‘tackle poverty one toilet at a time’. David had been running a marketing agency in the UK which collapsed in the 1990 economic crash. This led him to re-focus his career deciding to help others and live a life of purpose. David started Sanitation

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00:51:01

#20 'support through baby loss' Tara Arnold founder...

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2020/11/13

Tara Arnold lost her first born son Buddy in July 2017, tragically he was stillborn. Tara joins Purposely Podcast to share her story and how she recovered from her ‘catastrophic trauma’. Her deep grief propelled her to start a social enterprise, helping others who have also lost a baby. Tara has gone on to have a second child, a little girl who is now one year old. Nova Foundation, the charity set up to honour Buddy’s memory, provides support so that other parents do not have to deal with the loss

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00:53:59

#19 'farming and therapy' Jamie Feilden founder of...

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2020/11/06

Jamie Feilden joins Purposely Podcast to share his founder story about Jamie’s Farm. Jamie’s Farm was set up to provide a life changing rural experience for disadvantaged inner-city children and young people. The aim of the intense farming experience is to provide a catalyst for change, enabling disadvantaged young people to thrive academically, socially and emotionally long after their visit. They do this through a unique residential experience and rigorous follow-up programme, combining farming,

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01:00:57

#18 Camila Batmanghelidjh founder of Kids Company

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2020/10/30

Camila Batmanghelidjh joins Purposely Podcast to share her founder story about controversial charity. Kids Company was set up to provide support to deprived inner city children across the UK. From its original "drop-in" centre in south London it expanded over the following two decades to be a prominent children's charity operating 11 centres in Greater London, Bristol and Liverpool. Camila and Kids Company had involved business leaders, A -list celebrities and government officials to help drive

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00:57:50

#17 'swapping Vogue for a life of purpose' Dame...

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2020/10/23

Awarded an OBE and then recognised as Dame for her services to children and young people Benita (Benny) Refson is one of the most influential people in the nonprofit / charity sector. Benny joins Purposely Podcast to talk about her formative years, including the influence of her father, a false start in psych services and then an interlude in the fashion industry with Vogue as a junior runner. Benny then founded the children’s charity Place2Be and grew it and its impact exponentially over a 29 year

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00:57:10

#16 'loving homes for children' Mark Cook Co Founder...

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2020/10/16

Hope and Homes for Children was founded by Mark Cook OBE, a retired Colonel, and his wife Caroline. The first project was an orphanage in Croatia, in a town called Lipik. Cook was posted there as part of the United Nations Protection Force. Initially, he and other soldiers repaired war-damaged orphanages before realising that what children really required was a family. Hope and Homes for children then began to pioneer the deinstitutionalisation of orphanages and children's homes. By August 2018, the

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00:46:42

#15 'business of doing good' Annah Stretton founder...

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2020/10/09

Annah Stretton joins Purposely Podcast to talk about her successful charitable work. How she has used her entrepreneurial skills to help empower and change lives, particularly women in prison through RAW (rescue another woman). We also delve deep into her other successful career in the fashion industry, initially in a non branded business which makes her significant amounts of money. You will hear how because of changes to the market and the introduction of cheap imports she loses this business

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01:11:57

#14 'small enterprise changing lives' Olly Belcher...

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2020/10/02

Olly Belcher joined Purposely Podcast to talk about her founder story and her absolute dedication to helping people living in poverty in India. She talks about how fatherly influence (as well as personal invite from Mother Teresa) led her to dedicate her career to helping people living in poverty in West Bengal. Her father’s career in India led to many bed-time stories focused the wonders and mystique of India to a young impressionable Olly. We go deep into her founder story at the same time

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00:45:40

#2 'providing hope through activity' Kelda Wood...

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2020/09/28

Kelda Wood experienced a life changing accident in 2002 which almost led to her leg being amputated. Despite these injuries she has turned turmoil into triumph. Kelda’s achievements include para-canoeist representing Great Britain on the world stage, she has climbed two mountains including the highest peak in South America, rowed across the Atlantic solo and unassisted (plus more). Despite all of this her proudest achievement has been the founding of UK Charity Climbing Out which offers intense

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00:41:37

#1 'survival in Malawi leads to a mission to help...

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2020/09/28

Sarah Brook, the founder and owner of The Sparkle Foundation, was on a trip through Malawi when she suddenly fell ill. Being saved and cured in Malawi, Sarah made it her mission to give back to the country by bringing medical care, nutrition and education to children in need. Since its inception in 2015 The Sparkle Foundation has educated 800 children, conducted 4’700 medical interventions and served 66’000 meals. --- Send in a voice message:

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00:42:08

#14 'digital fundraising expert' Howard Lake founder...

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2020/09/25

Join Purposely Podcast to hear my latest guest Howard Lake. In this podcast Howard talks about being an unlikely dotcom entrepreneur and while his friends, family and colleagues supported his start-up mission they also admitted to ‘not really understanding what he was doing’… locked away in his home office learning HTML and developing resources for sharing on the web. While he is very happy with his contribution to the world he sites that one of his regrets it not fully realising the power and

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00:56:25

#13 'the currency of kindness' Richard Moore Founder...

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2020/09/18

Hear how an incident on the way home from school on May 4 1972 changed Richards life forever. Richard Moore, then aged 10, was shot by a British Soldier. Luckily he survived, however, the rubber bullet did untold damage to his eyes and meant that he lost his sight completely. This was during the troubles in Northern Ireland where there was a huge divide between nationalists (catholic’s) and unionists (Protestants). Richards family had recently lost a family member to the violence and Richards

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