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Well dear listeners and viewers, we’ve come to the end. “Nooooo” we hear you cry. Well you’ll have to listen to the show to hear if this really is the end or if we’ve convinced ourselves we’re actually ok at this podcast lark.Hear our honest critique of season 1, the good and the bad as well as what we’ve learned. We also couldn’t miss the opportunity to point out each other’s most annoying podcast habits. Who needs enemies?

Find your passion and you’ll never be short of energy and ideas. That’s the case for Dot McCarthy at Cronkshaw Fold Farm. Listen and watch as Dot takes us on a tour of her farm as well as her approach to life!You’ve seen her on the BBC, on the news and in the papers. Now it’s the dizzy heights of the TaAF Talks podcast!!https://twitter.com/DotMcCarthyhttps://www.cronkshawfoldfarm.co.uk/

Creative football is more than getting people down to a pitch to kick a football about. It’s a way of giving people a chance to get out and connect with others, a way of helping people to be active and a great way to have a bit of a laugh.  Listen to part 1 of this 2 part podcast to hear how a small number of people, who have had and still do have struggles with mental health, recognised that there was something missing in how services supported people and that they may be the best placed people to change that. A typical Creative Football session - https://youtu.be/p0MhGl2tLTYPart 2 - https://www.buzzsprout.com/685169/episodes/4271690

In this 2 part podcast we talk to Paul, Paul and Wayne and hear all about Creative Football.  Through their own experiences of struggling with mental health, they recognised that there was something missing in how services supported people like them and that they could do something about it.  Listen to hear how they have developed Creative Football into something special, providing people who are struggling with their mental health a space to get out, be with people, be active and have some fun. Link to the Project Bridge video we discuss in part 2 - https://youtu.be/C4PHOEZ_1uEPart 1: https://www.buzzsprout.com/685169/episodes/4271471

Hundreds and hundreds of people in Rossendale took part in a virtual mile recently, showing how you can make things happen, even in a COVID affected life.  Listen in as Jamie, Ken and Nathan Bibby share some top tips and ideas on how to get something ‘up and running’ and how a virtual community can bring it to life.  For more info on Rossendale Virtual Mile - Facebook page Link to the school video we tried (and failed) to play in the podcast - HPS Promo

GP's are the heart of healthcare and provide a vital service in communities.  But is the role of a GP evolving with the times? Should GP's be responsible for looking after your wellbeing as well as your illness? Emma, a GP from Rossendale, shares her expert thought and opinions on this subject in a fun and engaging chat with Ken and Jamie. Listen out for her Twitter handle and nickname, both belters!

Getting older is a given, growing up is optional.Now is a great time to spend time playing and having fun with your kids. In this small but perfectly formed bitesize show, Jamie and Ken, with six children between them (mostly Ken's to be honest) share some of their ideas to keep the kids enteratined and active at home.

Language is a complicated thing right?  Well it can certainly sound like that when you attend meetings and events within the public sector.But does it need to be?  Do we need to think harder before uttering the latest buzz phrases (e.g. social prescribing)?  Should we and can we take on the responsibility of making sure we can be understood by everyone, including ourselves?Let's 'open the kimono' together and find out!

In this crazy time of COVID-19, TaAF Talks to two team members about the realities for them; Ken B has asthma and coronavirus symptoms and Andrea is 32 weeks pregnant.Hear their honest and sometimes emotional reflections of life right now, what they've had to change to make home life work for them and what advice they have for others who may be worried.And in an unbelievably related note, where can you go these days to watch a good trapeze act?!

The TaAF team is made up secondments from vastly skilled and experienced people…and we have Jamie in the team too! But what’s the reality of having a team based on a secondment model? Does its value outweigh the pain of trying to manage a team from different organisations who are hardly ever in the same place? Have a listen and find out. 

Lee Jewitt played in the Challenge Cup Final at Wembley in 2014. The logical next step? Appearing on the TaAF Talks podcast with Jamie and Ken. Listen to how his career in rugby tested his mental as much as his physical strength and how he’s using  his experience and skills to help children develop their own inner strength.  And to top it all off, he’s not bad looking either!! 

 Tina Pilkington is everyone’s favourite scouser and is a Sport England Local Delivery Pilot manager; but in a novel approach for a funding body, Tina has been embedded within the TaAF team. Is she here to check up on TaAF, keep Jamie in order (with a literal clip around the ear!), influence what TaAF does? Or have the tables been turned and now Tina is influencing Sport England with what she’s learning in TaAF? Only one way to find out…hit that play button!  

Well, here it is folks, the big one, where TaAF Talks got their hands on the Chief Executive of Sport England. Hear Tim Hollingsworth, along with his new best friends Ken and Jamie, talk about shifting organisational cultures, the values and skills we need in leaders to drive change and how a Masters degree in drama qualifies a person to lead Sport England!

How do you describe good mental health?  Listen to Performance Psychologist Tim Pattenden explain his views on how people aren't really talking about mental health, about why adversity is a good thing and hear some practical steps on taking control of your own well-being.  Oh yeah, and don't miss the bombshell he drops in the quick fire questions!

Jamie and Ken are part of TaAF, which is learning how to help people to be more active. But what about them? Are they smashing it or are they struggling? Are they practising what they preach? Listen to their honest reflections on the good, the bad and what they’re learning about themselves. Also, have a listen to see whether Ken manages to sound less breathy?

Partnerships, partnerships, partnerships. Seems like the right approach, but definitely takes a lot more time and effort than just cracking on with things yourself. Listen to Mark (Relationship Manager at Active Lancashire), Ken and Jamie debate the value and the challenge of a partnership approach. Also, whilst we’re at it, we may as well also sort out Marks career and the future of the population of Rossendale!

Wondering how to make your next event shine?  Then listen to the world's only Professor of Design and Creative Exchange Leon Cruickshank having a chat with Jamie and Ken about the art of designing great interactions.  Listen as he shares his hints and top tips with us and also how it all started with a bidet!!

In this first ever TaAF Talks, meet Jamie and Ken, hear the uncertainty in their voices as they explain why they are doing a podcast and learn all about Together an Active Future.  Also find out how a 6 foot 3, gob on legs deals with a spider!