What happens when the career you spent 20 years building no longer feels like the life you want?

In this episode of Unblur the Path, I speak with Ritu, who spent two decades as a pharmacist before changing direction at 40.

Her journey took her into education, charity work and the creative world. Today, she is a trustee at One Kind Act, a volunteer-led charity that has raised over £4 million, and also serves on the advisory board of the UK Asian Film Festival.

We talk about what it takes to change careers later in life, how a charity grows from its earliest fundraisers, the work behind running a film festival, and why purpose does not have an age limit.

Ritu also shares how One Kind Act grew from a £150 home cinema fundraiser to major events raising hundreds of thousands of pounds — and why meaningful work, contribution and creativity have made her sixties one of the busiest and most fulfilling phases of her life.

This is a conversation about career reinvention, passion, volunteering, social impact, creativity and having the courage to begin again.

00:00 Introduction
01:45 What Does Passion Mean?
03:21 20 Years as a Pharmacist
04:21 Changing Careers at 40
05:38 Moving Into Education & Teaching
07:07 Finding Purpose Through Charity and Film
08:54 How One Kind Act Began
12:17 Who Does One Kind Act Help?
14:58 How Do You Start a Charity?
16:54 Building a Team, Network & Community
19:15 From a £150 Fundraiser to £320,000
21:30 How a Growing Charity Plans Ahead
23:38 Joining the UK Asian Film Festival
27:42 How Film Festivals Find & Select Films
32:29 Challenges, Creativity & Social Impact
37:59 Finding Purpose and Reinventing Life in Your 60s

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