Community Chest with Mike Stonard

Mike Stonard Interviews James the Juggler / Fire Eater about life in circus training, the skills and how you can get started learning them.

Another chance to catch Mike Stonard's interview with Alan Champion, talking about beating his 50-a-day smoking habbit, and no smoking day

Another chance to catch Mike Stonard's interview with Maggie Wheeler from Wednesday 2st Community Chest

Mike Stonard talks to Liverpool's singer/songwriter Stephen Langstaff during his recent visit to Norfolk and Suffolk and Stephen plays several tracks live and unplugged

Mike Stonard talkes to James de Malplaquet, vocalist with Brighton indie chamber-pop band The Miserable Rich, ahead of their live performance at Blickling Hall on Halloween as part of a national tour. Features several tracks from their new CD, Miss You In The Days, which was released on Monday 31st October and was recorded at Blickling Hall and on the Blickling estate in Norfolk.

Lawrie Hallett talks to Richard Maun, author of "Job Hunting" and "How to Keep your Job"

Lawrie Hallett talks to Alicia from SEVA - the Sexual Violence Alliance

Mike Stonard talks to Christopher Simmons from Foodcycle Norwich about they use food discarded by supermarkets to provide nutritious meals to free of charge to needy local people

The Wherryman's Way Walk With Terry Lee - Part 3

In this installment, Terry and Nellie walk from Coldham Hall to Cantley.

Mike Stonard talks to Brendan Playford of Crush Foods, producer of a locally produced cold-pressed rapeseed oil, which in rich in Omega 3 and 6, has a very high boiling point and has been described as "Norfolk's answer to olive oil" - but with only half the fat content.

Mike Stonard talks to Dr John Alban of the Norfolk County Record Office about how a recently discovered 526 year old Will has enabled them to identify a soldier from Norfolk who fought in "The Wars of the Roses" at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. Dr Alban explains why the discovery is important and what it tells us about the role of Norfolk people in this defining point in English history.

Mike Stonard talks to actor, author, director, TV presenter, historian, political commentator and Monty Python member Terry Jones about his career, his views on history and politics, his latest children's books and, of course, Monty Python!

Mike Stonard talks to Blur's Dave Rowntree, now a lawyer and political campaigner, and then they are joined by Will Bowden, author of a new book "We're In The Band"

 Mike Stonard reports on Norfolk Mental Health Awareness Week 2011

Mike Stonard talks to Dr John Alban, County Archivist, about a set of unique hospital records from the 13th century that have received international recognition

Mike Stonard in discussion with David Ford, local Chairperson of Amnesty International, on the occasion of their 50th Anniversary

Mike Stonard learns about the thousands of child refugees from the Basque region of Spain who came to Britain and Norfolk during the Spanish Civil War of the 1930's from Clive Wilkins Jones from the Norfolk Museums Service

Mike Stonard at the Mental Health Awareness Day in Norwich and speaking to some of the organisers and some young users of local mental health services about mental health and young people.

At the start of National Volunteering Week, Mike Stonard talks to Mike Gale of Volunteering England about the contribution of volunteers to our society and communities, why so many people do it, and where you can find out more about local volunteering opportunities.

Jan and Mike talk to Norman and Rosemary from the Friends of Norfolk Dialect.

www.norfolkdialect.com

Ged Bailes, a Consultant from the Norvic Clinic in Norwich, discusses the nature of personality disorders and forensic psychiatry services as part of a series of features on a range of mental health issues and services.

For more information on any issues raised in this content, you might wish to consider visiting one or more of the following websites:

Mike Stevens visits the Inspire Discovery centre in Norwich and talks to Alex Minns about the exhibits.

Podcast Editor:   Paul Buller

If you want to know more about Matt Watson and 'The Fugative Painters' on their My Space and Facebook pages. The benefit GiG mentioned, in the interview with Paul Buller, is at 'The Brickmakers' on the 26th April. and features Miles Hunt and Erica Nockalls from 'The Wonder Stuff'.

Information on the Inspire centre can be found on their webpage inspirediscoverycentre.com

Matt Watson plays in the band 'The Fugative Painters' and is taking part in a charity event to raise money for his 'Soundwaves Project' which helps people with communication difficulties.

Podcast includes a track from the band.

Julie Bishop of Job Hop talks to Mike Stevens about how to present yourself at interviews. Also discussed are telephone interviews. This is valuable advice for anyone applying for a new job.

Julie can be contacted at www.Jobhop.co.uk      julie@jobhop.co.uk

If you are interested in finding out more about Keira Bartlett and her support groups for people affected by Obsessive Compulsive Disorder she can be contacted at

kiera-bartlett@talk21.com

or 01263 517104     

She runs groups in King's Lynn, Downham Market and Cromer

Hi everybody,

We've had some interesting guests on the Wednesday show recently. Here are the links if you want to follow the items up:

Job Hop - this will be a regular item with advice on how to find  yourself a new job.

http://www.jobhop.co.uk/

Legal Spot

Mike Stevens talks to Michelle Perry and Paul Gaida of the National Fostering Agency about aspects of being assessed, trained and being a foster parent.

Contact Phone 01502 588 349

www.nfa.ws

Neil Monk talks to Mark Henderson of Norwich City Council who gives tips and advice on how to avoid wasting food.

Julie Bishop offers to good advice to all job seekers. How to get yourself noticed, how to find the right employer, researching the jobs market and lots of tips about finding the job that is right for you.

Mark Foley an independant lawyer discusses with Mike Stevens the legal points surrounding the break-up of a partnership between an unmarried couple. Topics under discussion concern property, belongings and the position of any children of the relationship. Does the term 'common law wife' have any legal status?

Jane Chittenden talks to a Norwich baker about traditional breadmaking

Jane Chittenden talks to the lady on the Cheeseman stall at Norwich market. There's more than just Chedder on offer.

Hello and a Happy New Year to you all. Two items on this weeks show may have caught your interest. If you are anxious to lose some of those Christmas Pounds (the weighty ones) and get yourself fitter you may like to join Linda Mellor-Steedman in a spot of group hula-hooping. Forget all those expensive pieces of useless get that are advertised on the Shopping Channels. They are expensive and generally end up in the garage. Hula Hoops are cheap to buy and fun to use. Linda is setting up classes around the County.

Mark Foley from www.linkedlaw.co.uk talks to Mike Stevens about the legal aspects of a divorce case.

Broadcast: Sunday 14th November 3-4 pm

Lots of listeners got in touch today. Great to hear what you have to say. Here are a few follow ups from the items we featured:

Volunteer opportunities

All the volunteer opportunities we featured, and a whole lot more, can be found by going to the Voluntary norfolk website www.voluntarynorfolk.org.uk/

Sparks in the Park

Mike Stevens interview Tina Garwood from FIP, Family Invention Team.

Over the next twelve months Future Radio is presenting items connected with many aspects of mental health. It has been estimated that one in four of us will, at some time in our lives experience a mental health problem of some kind. Or we may have a friend or close relative who might have to deal with such a situation. To set the scene for these items we were privileged to talk to Professor Sally Hardy EdD, ACHEP, MSc, BA (Hons.) DPNS, RMN, RN from City University in London.

Two links for items on the 8th September Show.

Cancer Support Course :

Alice Bulman  (Course co-ordinator)     0781 4630934

Useful course starting in November for anyone who supports people affected by cancer...patients,carers,volunteers and professionals.

This Course is free. An information session will take place at the Abbey Hotel Wymondham at 10am on \Thursday 9th September.  All interested people are very welcome.

Broadly Active

Rosie came on to the show this week to publicise the charity raising event she has organised for Friday 10th September in Norwich. She recently spent a long period of time in the Cancer Unit at Addenbrookes Hospital and was very aware that whilst there are wards for children and adults facilities for teenagers recovering from the intensive treatment are sadly lacking.

This is a recent addition to the Norwich castle Museum and it displays, in graphic detail the day to day life of its previous role as a prison up to 1887. Prisoners were kept in very harsh conditions, often for very minor offences. For some it was a stage towards deportation to Australia, for others a shorter trip to the hangmans noose. This is a splendid exhibition which lets you experience what feels like to be in a cell. Children can try on prison clothes.

The YMCA has done great things in Norwich looking after the needs of young people. There are growing numbers of youngsters who need a roof over their head and someone around to sort out lifes problems. You will have seen the new residential units that were built near the Bus Station. Now the time has come to rebuild on the old site and bring it up to a standard in order to provide additional accomodation where young people can learn how to live independantly.

Mike talks to Stephanie Pearson, from the Norwich branch of the YMCA, about the services the  voluntary service provides and the initatives available to young people across the city who are in need of help.

Joining Mike Stevens on Community Chest from Voluntary Norfolk are Will Mills & Emily Lown.

This week we are back in the studio following last week's show live from the Royal Norfolk Show. Joining Mike this week will be Robin Barrett, a former bouncer from Norwich to talk about his new book.

We will also be discussing a range of topics today so feel free to get in touch with us at Future.