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N.B. This episode references domestic abuse and mental health issues. See helpful links below.
Episode 131 is in conversation with Briana Pegado FRSA, former Executive Director of Creative Edinburgh and a former Co-Director of Creative Informatics, a programme supporting data driven innovation in the Creative Industries. Briana was the Founder of the Edinburgh Student Arts Festival (ESAF), an award-winning social enterprise founded in 2014. In 2015 she was named one of Scotland's Top Ten Social Innovators by Third Force News and in 2016 ESAF was named an Inspiring Youth Enterprise by Social Enterprise Scotland. In 2017, Briana was named one of Scotland's 30 Under 30 Inspiring Young Women by YWCA Scotland - the Young Women's Movement. She has a background in Sustainable Development, which has shaped all of her work including the design consultancy she co-founded called Povo, an 'conductancy' that used design thinking principles to help clients re-engage with their creativity. She currently is Chair of the board of YWCA Scotland - the Young Women's Movement, a fellow of the Royal Society of Art, and sits on the governing body of the University of York.
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Helpful Links
Mental Health helplines
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mental-health-helplines/
Scottish Women’s Aid
https://womensaid.scot
Edinburgh Rape Crisis
https://www.ercc.scot
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