Podcast

Welcome to Leadership Worth Sharing, a podcast in which ACEVO chief executive Jane Ide chats with civil society leaders about their professional experiences, challenges, wellbeing, and their journeys in the sector. In this episode Jane Ide talks to Ruth Marks, former CEO of WCVA. This was Ruth’s first ever podcast, and just a couple of weeks before […]

In this special episode of our podcast Leadership Worth Sharing, ACEVO's head of influencing Roberta Fusco talks to Sanjiv Lingayah, author of the Home Truths report, and Frances Brown, governance and EDI specialist, about the latest output of the Home Truths 2 programme: the Warm Words, Cold Comfort report.

In this episode, Jane Ide talks to Nicci Russell, CEO of Waterwise, about leading a campaigning organisation, getting involved with ACEVO’s climate action group, becoming a 4 day week organisation and why learning to jive is better than dancing the Argentine tango.

In this episode, Jane talks to Jo Youle, chief executive of Missing People, the UK charity for anyone affected by missing or thinking of going missing.

In this episode, Jane talks to Sarah Vibert, chief executive of NCVO, the largest membership body for charities in the UK.

Jane talks to Raakhi Shah, CEO of The Circle, a global feminist organisation that fights for the rights and supports the safety of the most vulnerable women and girls across the world.

In this episode, Vicky talks to James Watson-O’Neill, chief executive of Sign Health, the Deaf health charity. They talk about the value of being different, how being a trustee can help CEOs to be better leaders, and what chief execs and actors have in common.

In the first episode of 2022, Vicky handed the podcast reins to ACEVO’s head of influencing Alan Lally-Francis. Alan talks to Sarah Atkinson, CEO of the Social Mobility Foundation, about the work the organisation does to support young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in their professional journeys, the importance of charities participating in the social mobility index, class, and why being a mentor can help us become better leaders.

In the last episode of 2021, Vicky Browning speaks to Yvonne Field, chief executive of Ubele Initiative, the social enterprise supporting the sustainability of the African Diaspora community. They talk about the similarity and differences of leading community activism in the 80s and today, those cataclysmic moments that inspire change, and how the next generation of leaders will continue the fight for social justice.

Welcome to this special episode of our podcast, Leadership Worth Sharing, in which three of our climate working group members talk about what they have been doing at their organisations to tackle the climate emergency. You will hear from Emma Gibson, Director of London Travel Watch, Janet Thorne, CEO of Reach Volunteering, and Gus Alston, CEO of the Stonegrove Community Trust about their first steps, challenges and motivation to get the work started.