The Cross Company Allyship Podcast

My network is my health with Marie Curie

As a palliative care physician, who has worked at Marie Curie for 25 years,Dr Karon Ornadel is shining spotlight the institutional racism within palliative care. Keen to tackle the reasons why patients from minoritised ethnic backgrounds do not access palliative and end of life care services, and why staff from minoritised ethnic backgrounds are not represented in higher levels jobs within the palliative care sector, her goal is to enable the provision of accessible and appropriate palliative and end-of-life care services for all. How? By creating powerful networks that bring people together.
 
She joins Amara this week to discuss this and her role as Co-chair of the Marie Curie Ethnic Diversity staff network; her work with the Race Equity Committee for the Association of Palliative Medicine; and her experience as co-founder and co-facilitator of the Hospice UK Race Equity ECHO, a community of practice for people of colour who work in any palliative care sector role (clinical and non-clinical).

The power of your financial health with Close Brothers AM

How much do we recognise the power of our financial health? And how easy is it for women to gain greater control and get theirs in order? As 42% of women worry about money compared to 32% of men, and 40% of women are in low paid jobs, compared to 20% of men, getting control of your financial health as a woman is as crucial as it is challenging, so where can they start?
 
Jeanette Makings, Head of Financial Wellbeing at Close Brothers AM, joins us for a powerful discussion of and exploration into women’s financial health and the actions they can take to take control over their finances for today, and tomorrow.

Reverse mentorship and me with Google

Can you put a price on the value of mentoring? And do we need to redefine our understanding of reverse mentoring? Until recently, Bunmi Sowande had never considered mentoring but when he took part in the Black Googler network through his role within the global tech firm, he soon found himself equipped with the skills and the confidence to become a leader.
 
In this episode, Amara is joined by Bunmi Sowande, Head of Customer Engineering at Google, as he shares his journey of discovering the true power of mentoring and in particular, how businesses can implement a reverse mentor programme to unlock the potential of their employees.

Trust and Legitimacy with Sussex Police

In 2022, Anita Grant made a complete career change and joined Sussex Police as the Assistant Chief Officer for Trust and Legitimacy to focus on engagement, trust, legitimacy, and the appropriate use of powers.
Hear from Anita as she joins our first episode of the Cross Company Allyship Podcast to discuss how she is dedicated to ensuring that Sussex Police becomes more representative, adopting diverse approaches, and ultimately enhancing the effectiveness of policing.

Unified Entrepreneurship with Coca Cola Europe Pacific Partners & Special Olympics Team GB

Everyone will have heard about the Olympics, but how many know about the Special Olympics?
Tom Casson, Head of Projects at Special Olympics Great Britain and Holly Firmin, Senior Community Partnerships Director at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, join the CCAP podcast to explore the work they do together to empower and equip Special Olympians with the entrepreneurial skills they need to succeed in their business endeavours and they're joined by a Special Olympian - Marcus Mason-Williams - who shares his own journey through the Unified Business programme, producing his own children's books and his ambitions of becoming a leading animator to rival Walt Disney.