Matthew Cook visits Artbox London, a registered charity and social enterprise that helps artists with learning disabilities to create artwork, as well as running art workshops to provide opportunities for the artists to exhibit their work in galleries and sell them to the public.
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Many high profile figures including Desmond Tutu and Vivienne Westwood are calling for mass climate change action ahead of the UN's Paris conference in December. Their statement, published in the book Stop Climate Crimes, reads "We are at a crossroads. We do not want to be compelled to survive in a world that has been made barely liveable for us..." In this show Georgie finds out more from 350.org who are one of the environmental groups behind the project.
Guests: Nicolas Haeringer
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This week, Matthew Cook visits CARIS, a registered charity which runs two projects in Islington. One is a bereavement counselling service which is open to adults and children, and the other is a cold weather night shelter which is open everyday during the winter months offering hospitality to homeless guests and supporting them in finding more permanent accommodation.
Guests: Lydia Constantinou
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Sarah Pennells is joined in the studio by our Young Money Champion Kate Palmer, from The Telegraph, to discuss alternative options to university with guests Vicky York from The Princes Trust, Steve Morris from LearnDirect and Sharon Walpole from Notgoingtouni.co.uk.
Guests: Kate Palmer,Steve Morris,Sharon Walpole,Vicky York
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Show Floor with Nick Peters talking to Andrew Berwick of the Access Project on their programme to mentor and tutor children from disadvantaged backgrounds to attain the grades and confidence they need to go to top universities. Also talking with Sam Crooks of Credit Suisse about the tutoring and mentoring he gives to ambitious young student to achieve better grades.
Guests: Andrew Berwick,Sam Crooks
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This week Matthew Cook visits Charity Stars, a platform for celebrities and athletes to donate their goods, or time, that are then auctioned off with the proceeds raised going to the celebrity's charity of choice.
Guests: Robert Robinson
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Sarah Pennells is joined in the studio by Tess Riley from the Guardian and former Streetbank, Jonathan Hampson, head of locations at Zipcar, and Jim Pickell, president of Home Exchange, to answer your questions about the sharing economy.
Guests: Tess Riley,Jonathan Hampson,Jim Pickell
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Colin Bloom talks to Andrew Wileman and Aidan McQuade about the new modern slavery legislation.
Guests: Aidan McQuade,Andrew Wileman
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Matthew Cook heads down to Hackney City Farm, a charity that allows people to experience life in the country, while staying in the middle of the city.
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This week Matthew Cook visits the Ministry of Stories, a charity based in east London that helps and mentors creative writing in young people. Matthew talks to the team behind the Ministry of Stories to find out how it all works.
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