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The Beverley PodcastThe Beverley Podcast#32 - Clare Greaves, Mental Health Mates BeverleyClare Greaves came to Beverley eight years ago. She has experienced mental health problems such as anxiety herself and wanted to help others in similar positions.  Clare now runs the Beverley group of national scheme Mental Health Mates, where she organises walks for anyone who wants to join in, discuss mental health, and get some fresh air and exercise in the process.  We talk to Clare about her passion for mental wellness, what she does, and where her favourite place is in Beverley. Don't forget - it's ok not be ok. If you need to talk to someone, please do. Th...2021-08-0111 minThe Beverley PodcastThe Beverley Podcast#31 Alan Robinson, local AirBnB owner and Peaky Blinder fanAlan Robinson has lived in Beverley for all of his life. He's a builder by trade and has recently invested in holiday homes in Beverley. He's had an interesting life and he no doubt has lots of stories, but today we are talking about his more recent activities, such as his wedding to local girl Lindsay.  Alan's wedding was one to remember, enlisting not only the help of his family and friends but attracting the attention of the town. Did you see Alan and his party on their way to his Peaky Blinder themed wedding? We talk about how Alan b...2021-06-2015 minThe Beverley PodcastThe Beverley Podcast#30 - Ben Shires, CBBC and BBC BitesizeBen Shires came to Beverley as a toddler and left for university and the bright lights of London to pursue a career in law. But it wasn't to be his destiny and he made the switch to TV and media and you may be familiar with Ben today as a presenter on CBBC's Officially Amazing or Match of the Day: Kickabout. As a graduate of local schools St Mary's and Longcroft, he has had an enviable life travelling the world, setting world records, and being gunked. Through lockdown, he's been keeping himself busy withBBC Bitsize and a new hobby...2021-05-3029 minThe Beverley PodcastThe Beverley Podcast#29 - TomWilders of East Riding Theatre2020 and 2021 have been devastating for those working in the entertainment industries, so this week Joanne is talking to Tom Wilders, Finance Director of Beverley's own East Riding Theatre to see how they are coping.  We talk about what brought Tom to Beverley and how he ended up working in the theatre industry, and just what it is he loves about living in Beverley. We look back at his favourite production and learn about how local theatre fans can help ERT survive to be around for us in the years to come.  You can learn more about ERT, upcoming events, and th...2021-05-2317 minThe Beverley PodcastThe Beverley Podcast#28 - Mark Kelly,Upstairs at MonksMark Kelly is from Staffordshire and came to Beverley a few years ago, bringing with him a love of live music. Some unplanned encounters and successes have led him to becoming a music promoter and, among other things, he runs the monthly Upstairs at Monks live music sessions at the Monks Walk pub on Highgate.  We talk to Mark about how covid has impacted on his work in the music industry and when we can look forward to Upstairs at Monks returning to its regular slot on Beverley's calendar.  But what does he love so much about the town and wh...2021-05-1627 minThe Beverley PodcastThe Beverley Podcast#27 - Paul Coe of The Wombles of BeverleyPaul Coe is the chair of The Wombles of Beverley, an organised litter picking group that does an amazing job in helping to keep Beverley litter free. But why? We speak to Paul about how he got became a womble, what drives him to give his spare time to tidy up after others, and what he thinks are the interesting things that everyday folk leave behind. We also get to find out a little about Paul and why he loves Beverley so much.  We would like to thank Paul and his Wombling crew, and all the other volunteers of Beverley f...2021-05-0917 minThe Beverley PodcastThe Beverley Podcast#26 Revd Canon Jonathan Baker of Beverley MinsterRevd Canon Jonathan Baker joined the team at Beverley Minster in 2017. He didn't always want to be a vicar, in fact he studied law and worked as a solicitor in London before the calling to the church got too strong.  Here, we discuss the work of Beverley Minster, how covid has posed challenges to both the communication and delivery of the church message and to the minster as a vital regional tourist attraction, and what drew him to Beverley.  What does the future hold for the Minster and why is this week in particular special for Beverley? Listen now and do...2021-05-0230 minThe Beverley PodcastThe Beverley PodcastThe Beverley Podcast - Christmas 2020Well, here we are at Episode 25 and the end of 2020. What a year it's been!  We will resume normal service in 2021, but for now, he's a catch up episode with a few of our guests so far, and a short but sweet chat with Pete, a charity advocate who lives in Woodmansey and also plays trombone for East Yorkshire group Late Night Marauders. Their new single, Someone Stole my Bike this Christmas plays us out. Wishing you all a very merry Christmas and a much, much easier 2021!  See you next year.2020-12-2018 minThe Beverley PodcastThe Beverley Podcast#24 Martin Peirson, local musicianMartin Peirson is a musician from Beverley who lives in Cherry Burton. He ran The Processed Pea in Etton for many years, and now he is retired from his job as a music events professional, he's still recording and gigging where he can.  He's also involved in Cherry Burton Arts and hopes to get this back up and running fully again very soon. We're asking the important questions - what's Martin's favourite pub, and who are the people he's drank with round his kitchen table?  We also get one of the songs from his new EP - The Larun Beat Yo...2020-12-0523 minThe Beverley PodcastThe Beverley Podcast#23 Sam Hollis, Web DesignerSam Hollis is well-known in the Beverley business community as a web designer specialising in small businesses. He has, until recently, been web designing from his base in Leconfield alongside running his family's smallholding.  But right now, he's in sunnier climes. As we enter winter here in East Yorkshire, Sam and his family are on the East African coast gearing up for summer, where Sam's wife Zoe is on a secondment.  We catch up with Sam, find out about life in Mozambique, and hear about his challenges in moving hemispheres during a global pandemic.  We will no doubt see the Hol...2020-12-0316 minThe Beverley PodcastThe Beverley Podcast#22 Val Wood -award-winning authorVal Wood has lived in the East Riding of Yorkshire since the age of 13, with the last few years spent right here in Beverley. For almost three decades, Val has been a busy author - her latest book The Lonely Wife is novel 26! She is a Sunday Times best-seller and her first book won the Catherine Cookson Prize for Romantic Fiction in 1993. She is possibly Beverley's most famous current resident but what brought her here and why does she enjoy living here?  We talk about what it takes to be an author, how lockdown has impacted her work, and which a...2020-11-2221 minThe Beverley PodcastThe Beverley Podcast#21 Clare De Luca, Dancestars and Bluestar BoutiqueClare De Luca, a graduate of Beverley High School has travelled the world as a professional dancer, including a stint in Paris as one of the famous Bluebell Girls.  Her love of dance has been passed to her children and she has run Dancestars in the East Riding for several years. With the pandemic temporarily closing her popular tots dance school, Clare has realised another dream - to have an online fashion boutique, and she's now running the two together. On this episode of the Beverley Podcast, we talk about the challenges of lockdown, how toddlers can be pretty good a...2020-11-1419 minThe Beverley PodcastThe Beverley Podcast#20 - Dagmara Gdala, Montessori practitionerDagmara Gdala was born and brought up in Poland and came to Beverley four years ago to live with her Welsh husband. She is passionate about the Montessori method of education bringing her son up with it and hopes to spread the word of Montessori to others in Beverley. With no family here in Beverley, Dagmara has been pro-active and has started a group - Beverley Mums - to meet other local parents for mutual support.  Her love of Beverley has taken the form of the Instagram account @Beverley_UK where she shares pictures of her adopted hometown with locals a...2020-09-2720 minThe Beverley PodcastThe Beverley Podcast#19 Simon Delaney of Delaney Marling PartnershipSimon Delaney is a partner at Delaney Marling Partnerships Ltd, the firm in charge of the current and ongoing maintenance and renovation work up at Beverley Minster. Simon came here in the 90s to work at the council and has been here raising his family ever since. What has Beverley got to offer that West Yorkshire and (that place over there) Lancashire has not?  And just what's going on up at the Minster right now? Simon talks to us about the challenges involved in renovating a hundreds-years old building during a global pandemic, and uncovers the past secrets that the M...2020-08-3020 minThe Beverley PodcastThe Beverley Podcast#18 - Sophie Godson, Free Live Workouts with SophieSophie Godson is a dental nurse from Beverley who, during lockdown, has used her expertise in leading exercise classes to turn herself into Beverley's very own Joe Wicks.  What started out as a way of Sophie keeping herself motivated during lockdown has grown into a huge community of online fitness fans - she even has her own merchandise.  The success has given Sophie the confidence to branch out with her own in-person exercise classes, which will be starting very soon at St Nicholas Community Centre on Holmechurch Lane, Beverley. Will you be joining her? You can find out more by jo...2020-08-2323 minThe Beverley PodcastThe Beverley Podcast#17 Tony Barker of Beverley Community LiftTony Barker came to East Yorkshire as a student and now lives nearby. He is an experienced broadcaster and journalist and spends two days of his working week as the marketing manager of local charity Beverley Community Lift. In 2020, Beverley Community Lift are celebrating their 50th year - or they were - but lockdown has altered their plans somewhat.   Joanne talks to Tony about his work at the charity, why it's so important, and what the future holds for this vital community service.    Have you used Beverley Community Lift or, more importantly, bagged a bargain in their rather excellent charity sho...2020-08-0227 minThe Beverley PodcastThe Beverley Podcast#16 Adrienne Hodgson-HoyAdrienne Hodgson-Hoy is a busy lady. From a background in sales and marketing, her life has taken her on a bumpy journey and from these bumps have been borne not one, but three businesses.   Primarily, she is a funeral celebrant. She also helps couples realise their dreams of having their dog attend their weddings. With Jan Stainforth, another Beverley funeral celebrant, she has Memories of Me, a service which helps people record their memories to pass on to their families when the inevitable happens.    We find out what Adrienne does, where in Beverley she likes to go, and why she thi...2020-07-2615 minThe Beverley PodcastThe Beverley Podcast#15 Sally-Ann Rena of the Tiki Cafe, DunswellSally-Ann Rena is Beverley born and bred and after a stint for university and working away, she returned 14 years ago to Beverley to run Armstrongs Social Club with her husband Toffee. Now with two children, they are all embarking on a new adventure - running the Tiki Cafe in the Ings Lane Garden Centre in Dunswell.  Sally-Ann loves Beverley and loves that it's being made home for her family. So where does she like to go, and what else has she got on the go? If you know Sally-Ann and Toffee from being the hosts for your family's parties, then y...2020-07-1816 minThe Beverley PodcastThe Beverley Podcast#14 - Lesley Anne Kinney, specialist painter and decoratorLesley Anne Kinney didn't intend to be a specialist painter and decorator but here she is. 30 years after discovering a talent and making a career out of it, she finds herself in Beverley.  a busy mother and grandma, the lockdown has given Lesley the time and mental space to develop her business and create something she can take with her as she looks to a new phase in her life.  We talk about Lesley's career to date, what sort of work she undertakes now, and where her favourite places are in Beverley.  You can learn more about Lesley and her wor...2020-07-1214 minThe Beverley PodcastThe Beverley Podcast#13 Carrie Mertens - local education marketer and project manager for Safi CoffeeCarrie Mertens was born in the old Beverley Westwood hospital and via East Yorkshire and a stint in Leeds, she now lives as central in Beverley as can be. She trained as a beauty therapist but life took her on a different journey and she now spends her days as a support team member at the independent Hull Collegiate School.  One of the projects she's tasked with looking after is Safi Coffee, a pupil-led project which imports coffee beans from Uganda and sells them throughout the UK, the profits being ploughed back into a Ugandan school and community. Just £180 a ye...2020-07-0521 minThe Beverley PodcastThe Beverley Podcast#12 Kirsty Skeates of Fit4Dogs Canine HydrotherapyKirsty Skeates is originally from New Zealand and co-owns Fit4Dogs Canine Hydrotherapy Centre on Annie Reed Road with her Yorkshire born husband Mike.  Kirsty spends her days as a canine hydrotherapist helping dogs through hydrotherapy to alleviate conditions such as canine arthritis or to lose weight. What is it about Beverley that makes it a good place to have a specialist dog business, and which other dog businesses does she work with? We talk to Kirsty about why she loves Beverley and about her award-winning hydrotherapy business. But what does the future have in store for Kirsty and Mike a...2020-06-2813 minThe Beverley PodcastThe Beverley Podcast#11 Brad Gibson, Professor of AstrophysicsBrad Gibson is a professor of Astrophysics at the University of Hull. Originally from Canada, he now spends his days teaching astrophysics and engaging with local communities to encourage local students to get interested in STEM subjects and careers.  He loves Beverley and is laying down roots fast. Will we ever get rid of him? Would we ever want to? Is there really life out there as we know it? These are all questions answered on this episode of The Beverley Podcast. Check out one of Brad's TED Talks at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m64Wz_RBp2s and...2020-06-2027 minThe Beverley PodcastThe Beverley Podcast#10 Phil Simpson of the Beverley Fringe FestivalPhil Simpson, a semi-professional musician, came to East Yorkshire as a student and has stayed ever since. He's been in Beverley for the last four years or so and is one of the team behind the Beverley Fringe Festival.  The Fringe Festival has always been run in tandem with the Beverley Folk Festival but when that disappeared, the fringe upped activity and has grown. Usually run on this weekend in June and involving people and venues all over the town, the festival has, for 2020, gone online. Visit their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/beverleyfringefestival/ to join in with act...2020-06-1613 minThe Beverley PodcastThe Beverley Podcast#9 Neil Theobald of Miller GraphicsNeil Theobald is not from far away and he came to Beverley twenty years ago where he's been raising his family ever since. He met his wife working in Beverley and now is a Senior Production Artist at the UK branch of Miller Graphics who have very recently made the move into Beverley from years of being based in Carnaby.  How did Neil get into graphic artistry? Does he like living in Beverley? And will he ever get his Blue Peter badge?  We talk about grassroots football and what the future has in store for him professionally and personally.  We als...2020-06-1316 minThe Beverley PodcastThe Beverley Podcast#8 Anna Ingleby, founder of The Beverley Puppet FestivalBeverley born Anna Ingleby has been a puppeter for a long time, and a few years ago decided to start a puppet festival right here in Beverley. It was a success and has continued to grow into a two-yearly event which attracts puppeteers from around the UK and beyond. With the coronavirus crisis, the 2020 festival is looking very different and Anna is here to ask you to get involved and help secure the future of this local festival popular with children and adults alike.  For more information about the Beverley Puppet Festival, visit https://www.beverleypuppetfestival.com/ For more about An...2020-06-0724 minThe Beverley PodcastThe Beverley Podcast#7 Karen Simpkin - keeper of Beverley's famous Garden FamilyKaren Simpkin has lived in Beverley since she was a teenager, married a local man, and has been living a normal life. Until lockdown. Now she and her husband Neil are internet and news famous. Their project of creating scenes with home-made mannequins in their front garden to give them something to share with the grandchildren has taken on a life of its own, and now they are raising money for NHS charities and the local food bank. Karen talks to us about how it all started, how they managed to create a different scene every day for more than 50...2020-06-0418 minThe Beverley PodcastThe Beverley Podcast#6 We talk to Claire Raper, founder of Bundles of JoyClaire Raper came to Beverley as a single parent after a relationship breakdown and loves living here. Now a family with Mark and three children, Claire spends her days supporting families in crisis by co-ordinating and distributing items to help them get back on their feet. She has a team of volunteers and has won a major regional award for their work.  Bundles of Joy are as busy as ever - poverty, domestic abuse, and need for support all seem to have risen during the coronavirus pandemic. What has the future in store for Claire, her family, and for Bundles o...2020-06-0114 minThe Beverley PodcastThe Beverley Podcast#5 Jenny Fothergill of APS Legal BeverleyToday's guest is Jenny Fothergill who is known locally as the lady who does wills. She was born and raised in Surrey and arrived in Beverley as a single mother with a law degree and a desire to live somewhere with a better quality of life.  Now she spends her days helping people to sort out their affairs through will writing, probate, and sorting out lasting powers of attorney. She loves meeting people (and their dogs) and has found ways of being able to provide her services while meeting social distancing guidelines.  Jenny is a proper Beverley convert and is ou...2020-05-3026 minThe Beverley PodcastThe Beverley Podcast#4 Miss Katie of Inspire School of Dance and DramaKatie Ritchie - AKA Miss Katie - has been a familiar face on the performing arts scene in Beverley, having run her own school Inspire School of Dance and Drama for over ten years. What started as a love of dance has led Katie and her team to being the place to be for dozens of dance and drama students of all ages.  Katie has recently been keeping her students engaged through online classes and her daily Kitchen Disco. What does the future hold in store for Miss Katie and her team? You can learn more about Inspire School of D...2020-05-2518 minThe Beverley PodcastThe Beverley Podcast#3 Clare Atkinson from Salt Revive and a poemJoanne's guest today is Clare Atkinson from Salt Revive in Beverley. Clare came to the town two years ago to set up Salt Revive, a salt therapy centre. She has fallen in love with the town and she also is involved with the Beverley food bank. We talk about what salt therapy is and her journey to get Salt Revive up and running to where it is now. We also get a poem from Rambling Sid, a Hull poet who is a frequent visitor to Beverley and an observer of our bovine residents.  You can learn more about Salt Revive a...2020-05-2417 minThe Beverley PodcastThe Beverley Podcast#2 A chat with Lynnda Worsnop, a Beverley-based business mentorIn the second episode of The Beverley Podcast, Joanne talks to Lynnda Worsnop. Lynnda is originally from Nottingham and moved here for love (via a stint teaching in Barnsley). She is a teacher, a crafter, and an experienced retailer. She now spends her days working with business owners, particularly female ones, to help them on their business journey. Lynnda runs The Sparkling Business Club, which have monthly meet-ups locally and she is currently gearing up to hold her usual annual conference, though this year it will be online. We talk about Lynnda's love of the Beverley shopping scene, especially the...2020-05-2129 minThe Beverley PodcastThe Beverley Podcast#1 A chat to Annie Kirkman, a Beverley born actorIn this first edition of The Beverley Podcast, Joanne talks to Beverley born actor Annie Kirkman about her personal journey which has led to her founding SHE Productions and being in residence at East Riding Theatre. Recently, Annie has set up the Covid-19 Mutual Aid group in Beverley which co-ordinates volunteers to help those self-isolating due to the coronavirus.  You can learn more about SHE Productions at - https://www.sheproductions.co.uk/ You can learn more about East Riding Theatre at - http://www.eastridingtheatre.co.uk/ You can join the Beverley Covid-19 Mutual Aid Facebook group at - http...2020-05-2130 min