This week on the People First Podcast, we are talking to one of our volunteer team, Makaton Tutor Shelagh! Over the last few years she has been helping us learn signs to help communicate with people who are hard of hearing, making us a more accessible and welcoming office! We spoke about differences with BSL, her history as a tutor and more. We hope you enjoy the show.

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Our guests this week are the charity REMAP and the University of Leeds!

REMAP is a charity organisation that helps adapt equipment to people with specific needs, and University of Leeds students have been helping to produce the accessible and affordable equipment!

We always love when we can feature amazing projects that positively impact the lives of disabled people in our community! The work that the University of Leeds and REMAP have been doing is so special—and we hope it keeps growing.

We hope you enjoy the show, and hope you will join us in the future!

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Today on the People First Podcast, we are talking abut a local charity running accessible community canal boating: Spirit of Endeavour! We have gotten the chance to go on 2 trips on the boat, where we spoke to the volunteer crew and our members who went. We all had a lot of fun and we are excited to share this experience with you all! We hope you enjoy the show.

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This week on the People First Podcast we are covering the very important topic of Scam Awareness and Online Safety with 3 officers from the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Organised Crime Unit! They have all been working on the Regional Fraud Project, helping to spread awareness about ways to keep yourself and your money safe when on the phone, online or in person!

We learned a lot about how we can navigate things like social media, AI, what we should do if we think we have been scammed, and more. We hope you enjoy the show!

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We are switching things up this week on the People First Podcast, as our team get interviewed this time! Our guest is Andrej, one of the reporters for RTV Slovenia who has also previously worked with William Kremer about accessible news! Our members get the chance to talk about how they got started on the Podcast, what their favourite episodes have been and what makes our show unique. We hope you enjoy!

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We're getting adventurous on the People First Podcast, as we're talking about a residential centre in the Lake District, called Calvert Lakes. To tell us more about what they provide for people with disabilities, ways they make the outdoors accessible and how they're celebrating their 50th Anniversary is Business Executive Heidi. We hope you enjoy the show!

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This is a very special episode of the People First Podcast, because we are celebrating our home county with Yorkshire Day! Every year on August 1st we celebrate Yorkshire, its people, and the unique culture it has in Britain! Our team has come together to share lots of information about different celebrities from Yorkshire, slang words we use and iconic landmarks! We hope you enjoy!

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We have a special episode for you all today looking at an exciting new project in the People First KC office: our Small Socials! Where members can plan with a few friends out of work where they can play every bit of it! To tell us more about them are our 2 newest staff members: Advocacy Champion Millie and Social Coordinator Susan. We hope you enjoy the show!

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