Best East Marsh United Hosts Including Billy Dasein Dan Humphrey Jill Harrison Podcasts (2024)

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Lisa Bartlett from Foresight 31:33

3M ago31:33

31:33

Continuing our journey along Freeman Street, we pass by The Warehouse. A quick left turn into Newmarket Street, and we chance upon the unassuming frontage of Foresight. Opening the door, we enter a labyrinth of wonderful people doing wonderful work... Foresight is a dedicated organisation committed to meeting the needs and requirements of disabled …

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Carolyn Doyley, The Toy Library & Tree Planting 26:25

4M ago26:25

26:25

And we're back for 2024! In today's episode, recorded last December, Dan talks with EMU's own Carolyn Doyley about a couple of projects that go live this week. First they discuss 'The Toy Cupboard' - our new venture with our friends at the NSPCC. This is a beautiful little spot in Freeman Street Market where parents and carers of pre-school childre…

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We are ONE Foundation 28:47

6M ago28:47

28:47

In today's episode we leave the cosy confines of the East Marshian Chronicles studio, and take our mobile unit out for the first time. After a short walk up Freeman Street, turning onto Newmarket Street we come upon We are ONE Foundation - a grassroots charity staffed solely by volunteers, which works to provide support for people facing food pover…

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Richard Askam from Projekt Renewable 37:46

8M ago37:46

37:46

Wondering what those new shipping containers next to the Fishing Heritage Centre are all about? Well today we find out! These containers are the home of Projekt Renewable, 'an educational and cultural destination to inspire a generation', and today Dan talks to director Richard Askam all about it. Richard and Dan discuss the Projekt's humble beginn…

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Harbour Place 33:56

8M ago33:56

33:56

We continue our current series of discussions with other organisations seeking to effect positive change in Grimsby's East Marsh and surrounding areas. In this episode, Dan interviews Robin Barr and Denny Batty from Harbour Place outreach and night shelter about their work with disenfranchised and vulnerable people, and their commitment to reducing…

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Paula Graves on community-led housing 39:05

8M ago39:05

39:05

In this episode, Dan Humphrey speaks with Paula Graves, East Marsh United's own Community-Led Housing Manager. They discuss the current state of private renting, and what EMU is doing to combat this in our role as an 'ethical landlord'. Paula can be contacted at: Paula@eastmarshunited.org ............................................................…

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Sandra Ritchie from We Are F.I.S.H. 41:46

9M ago41:46

41:46

Our new season continues with the next in our series of interviews with other groups effecting positive change in the Grimsby area. This week, EMU's own Dan Humphrey talks with Sandra Ritchie from We Are F.I.S.H. about their work with local families and public spaces. Find out more at: https://www.facebook.com/wearefishgy/ https://www.instagram.com…

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Vicky Dunn from Grimsby Community Energy 29:08

9M ago29:08

29:08

Welcome to Season Three!!! We're kicking off with a series of conversations between East Marsh United's own Dan Humphrey and friends, colleagues and allies from other local organisations working towards positive change. Today's interview is with Vicky Dunn from Grimsby Community Energy, a co-operative who are dedicated to bringing sustainable commu…

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Postcards for the King 32:43

9M ago32:43

32:43

In this episode Josie Moon talks to Sue Baker and Caroline Gooch about a musical project with our East Marsh schools that has been quite a journey. In 2020 Josie began the Anthem for the East Marsh project, a plan to write a community song featuring ideas and lyrics from the community. Sue and Caroline undertook work in all six schools to gather id…

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The Founding Myth of Grimsby by Josie Moon 4:37

1y ago4:37

4:37

This is an extract from a panel discussion which took place at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford entitled: 'Grimsby and Blackpool- how community power is helping them with levelling up'. The panel consisted of Professor Sir Paul Collier, Baroness Valentine & Jason Stockwood along with East Marsh United's own Billy Dasein & Josie Moon. …

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Extract of Tales from the East Marsh - Kelly McLaughlin 3:12

1y ago3:12

3:12

This mini-episode is our final recording made at the very successful book launch of Tales from the East Marsh by our very own East Marsh Writers Group, Quills. See more about the event at this blog post. Today's writer is Kelly McLaughlin, who reads her poem 'Seasons of my Life'. Thanks again to everyone involved in the creation of the book and the…

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Extract of Tales from the East Marsh - Caroline Beeson Spence 6:25

1y ago6:25

6:25

This mini-episode is our penultimate recording made at the very successful book launch of Tales from the East Marsh by our very own East Marsh Writers Group, Quills. See more about the event at this blog post. Today's extract is from 'White Winter Mischief', written and read by Caroline Beeson Spence. Find out more: East Marsh United - eastmarshuni…

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Extract of Tales from the East Marsh - Stephen Barrett 1:27

1y ago1:27

1:27

This mini-episode is another recording made at the very successful book launch of Tales from the East Marsh by our very own East Marsh Writers Group, Quills. See more about the event at this blog post. Today's extract is a poem by Stephen Barrett entitled 'Bookworm'. Unfortunately Stephen was unable to attend the event, so Paul Haddock nobly steppe…

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Extract of Tales from the East Marsh - Ines Aschkowski 5:38

1y ago5:38

5:38

Today's mini-episode is another recording made at the very successful book launch of Tales from the East Marsh by our very own East Marsh Writers Group, Quills. See more about the event at this blog post. Our writer today is Ines Aschkowski who reads two pieces - an excerpt from 'The Spirit of the Oak Tree' and 'Walk near Buck Beck, September 9th, …

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Extract of Tales from the East Marsh - 'The Promise' by Pat Moughton 5:39

1y ago5:39

5:39

Today's mini-episode is our second recording made at the very successful book launch of Tales from the East Marsh by our very own East Marsh Writers Group, Quills. See more about the event at this blog post. This piece is 'The Promise' written by Pat Moughton, and read by Carolyn Doyley, the group's facilitator, and editor of the book. Find out mor…

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Extract of Tales from the East Marsh - 'Blackpool Engagement' by Paul Haddock 9:34

1y ago9:34

9:34

Over the next few few days we'll be releasing audio recorded at the very successful book launch of Tales from the East Marsh by our very own East Marsh Writers Group, Quills. See more about the event at this blog post. The extracts are readings from the book by the group themselves. Special thanks to our fabulous host Lisa February, whose voice can…

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The East Marsh Writers Group: Quills 14:28

1y ago14:28

14:28

Today’s episode sets the scene for some short releases over the coming week. Our interview is with Carolyn Doyley and Paul Haddock. Carolyn set up our East Marsh Writers Group in 2019 and Paul was one of the first to join. The group have published their first book Tales from the East Marsh by the Quills Writing Group and the two tell us all about i…

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Victoria Bettany, CLES and Community Wealth Building 48:04

1y ago48:04

48:04

Today’s episode is the first in our new series on community wealth building, and features an interview with Victoria Bettany. Victoria is a senior researcher at CLES - the national organisation for local economies. CLES is dedicated to developing progressive economics for people, planet and place, working towards achieving social justice and effect…

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The HEY Credit Union in Grimsby: helping people afford their lives! 13:13

2y ago13:13

13:13

Our friends John Smith and Quinn Needham from HEY credit union talk about the purpose and history of credit unions and about their work here in Grimsby - including on our East Marsh (Fridays, EMU's Courtyard Office, Freeman Street Market - just turn up!). HEY are a not-for-profit financial co-operative providing fair and responsible savings and loa…

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East Marsh United's Community Share Offer with Ben Wrigley 12:57

2y ago12:57

12:57

Our guest is Ben Wrigley and Ben is a Community Shares Practitioner working with East Marsh United to raise £500,000 to buy 10 more houses - part of our grand vision to buy 100 houses for 100 years and ensure the continuity of community engagement here on the East Marsh. Ben talks about Community Share Offers and about how the whole process is mana…

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The Million Pound Challenge on the East Marsh 28:20

2y ago28:20

28:20

Today's episode about the Million Pound Challenge takes place from Grimsby's Freeman Street Market. The million pound challenge aims to put money into the pockets of East Marsh residents by providing free welfare and advice appointments at Freeman Street Market. Help may also be available if people are struggling to pay housing and home energy bill…

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Ragged Reading Group 3: An Inspector Calls 46:25

2+ y ago46:25

46:25

This episode is our third Ragged Reading Group discussion - this time we explored the text suggested during our last one: An Inspector Calls by English dramatist J. B. Priestley. An Inspector Calls is a three-act drama which takes place on a single night in April 1912, focusing on the prosperous upper middle-class Birling family, who live in a comf…

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Interview with Grimsby's own Jason Stockwood - an easy Yes! 41:50

2+ y ago41:50

41:50

In today's episode, Jack Booth and Billy Dasein talk to Jason Stockwood, Club Chairman of Grimsby Town Football Club and so much more. We set a high bar with our opening question and the conversation then ranges across kibbutzim and DisneyWorld, how work really works for people and organisations (spoiler: trust people), a brief discussion of Wittge…

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Historian Nick Shepley on the Background and Context of an Inspector Calls 33:31

2+ y ago33:31

33:31

This episode is in support of our Ragged Reading Group’s imminent exploration of J.B. Priestley’s play An Inspector Calls, which was first performed in 1945 at a time of great change - both World Wars were fresh in the minds of the people, women had become more prominent in the workplace and believe it or not people of the 21st Century, it was poss…

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What's Next? Bryn Phillips, Community Organiser 40:44

2+ y ago40:44

40:44

Community Organiser Bryn Phillips talks to Jack and Billy from the East Marshian Chronicles Podcast. Bryn talks about bringing organisations together to build civic power - including here in Grimsby. He speaks of the important issue of where the money comes from in terms of a self-determining group of citizens. In particular, Bryn discusses crucial…

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What's Next? Lord Maurice Glasman and the Genius of Grimsby 42:28

2+ y ago42:28

42:28

Today's podcast from the edge of things is a fascinating chat with Lord Maurice Glasman. Maurice talks about his strong family background, finding himself in an unchallenging role as an academic and about breaking free of all that and discovering a joyous new skill-set as a Community Organiser allied with the Industrial Areas Foundation - and unexp…

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Ragged Reading Group 2: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists 39:14

2+ y ago39:14

39:14

This episode is our second Ragged Reading group and our Ragged Readers are Al Burley, Carolyn Doyley, Josie Moon, Jill Harrison and facilitator Billy Dasein. We first of all explore the famous Great Money Trick where the character Frank Owen organises a mock-up of capitalism with his workmates, using slices of bread as raw materials and knives as m…

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What's Next? The Freedom Tour 2021 21:44

3y ago21:44

21:44

Today we have something different, we're starting a few podcasts exploring different approaches to local democracy and community development and engagement. We start with some brilliant young people who have been travelling around the country asking the question 'What's Next'? Thanks to the intrepid Freedom Tourers: Greg, Paul, George, Lara, Liv. I…

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The Magic Garden: Part 4 8:57

3y ago8:57

8:57

Welcome to Episode 4 of The Magic Garden. In the final episode, we find out what Cosmo has been making with his mum. Will Barry the Beetle and his babies find a new home? What is the giant with the green legs doing? Will Notwhat have good news? We hope you enjoyed listening to the story and we look forward to bringing you more later this year. The …

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The Magic Garden: Part 3 6:55

3y ago6:55

6:55

Episode Three: Who is the giant with the green legs? Why isn’t Carrie afraid of him? In Episode Three, we find out more about the animals and their fears over their homes. The Magic Garden, by Josie Moon is a brand new story featuring intrepid children Carrie and Cosmo, Sandi the snail, Susan the hedgehog and many more garden creatures. The story w…

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The Magic Garden: Part 2 10:24

3y ago10:24

10:24

Episode Two: Notwhat the Owl flies down to the garden to deliver troubling news. Poor Susan must face terrible peril in the compost heap and Barry the Beetle has to find a new home urgently. How will the animals face up to the challenge that Notwhat brings? The Magic Garden, by Josie Moon is a brand new story featuring intrepid children Carrie and …

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The Magic Garden: Part 1 9:41

3y ago9:41

9:41

What is going on in the garden? Why are the animals attending a meeting under the big tree? What are Carrie and Cosmo doing to help? And who is this mysterious giant with the green legs? The Magic Garden, by Josie Moon, is a brand new story featuring intrepid children Carrie and Cosmo, Sandi the Snail, Susan the Hedgehog and many more garden creatu…

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Ragged Reading Group 1: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists 30:28

3y ago30:28

30:28

This episode is our very first reading group discussion of the Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. Our ragged reading group are Carolyn Doyley, Lee Coulbeck, Josie Moon and Al Burley. Billy is your host for a really fascinating discussion enlivened by (unexpected and completely unprepared!) live action readings of the amazing graphic novel. We hope y…

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The Graphic Novel of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists with Scarlett and Sophie Rickard 35:46

3y ago35:46

35:46

In this episode a writer and an artist talk to a writer and an artist... Scarlett and Sophie Rickard are graphic novelists. Collaborating on every stage of a project, Sophie makes up the stories and Scarlett draws the pictures. This has been going on since they were children, when Scarlett’s constant refrain was “Tell me what to draw!” The sisters …

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The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists with Scarlett and Sophie Rickard 32:25

3y ago32:25

32:25

Today we’ll be looking at Robert Tressell (or Noonan or Croker)’s book The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, likely the first novel by a working class writer and who has been called the man who made a million socialists. Our guests are Scarlett and Sophie Rickard and they have a particular intimacy with the novel, as they have transformed it to sui…

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East Marsh United Conversation Day (22nd May 2021) 16:42

3y ago16:42

16:42

On May 22nd 2021, East Marsh United hosted what we call a 'Conversation Day' at our communal home at Freeman Street Market. This was a fantastic chance for us to reintroduce ourselves to the community as well as an opportunity for you, the community, to see us too! We really enjoyed and appreciated being back in the real world with everyone who cam…

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Study Circle 1 - Education 39:53

3y ago39:53

39:53

Episode 3 of our East Marshian Chronicles podcast is also our very first Study Circle. What happens is that a small group of engaged people sit together and discuss issues relevant to our lives and times. Circles are conducted in an atmosphere of genuineness, empathy and trust and the intention is to have a positive impact on society, which satisfi…

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Working Class Adult Education with Pushpa Kumbhat 30:25

3y ago30:25

30:25

In this episode we talk to history tutor Dr Pushpa Kumbhat, who researches the history of British adult education in relation to the labour movement, citizenship, political representation and democracy. Pushpa helps us find out more about what working class adult education is and why it matters - in particular the evolution of working class adult e…

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Introduction to the East Marshian Chronicles Podcast 18:05

3y ago18:05

18:05

In our very first podcast from the Edge of Things, Educationist Jol Miskin interviews Jill and Billy about the Worker's Educational Association (WEA), about activist community group East Marsh United (EMU) and about our joint upcoming fortnightly podcast, the East Marshian Chronicles. Intro and Outro music: JERUSALEM by Paul Robeson (1939); Lyrics,…

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