BROADCAST BITS: Everything is Just So

Where will you take your child's imagination next?

 Five thousand families visited the 5th Just So festival in Cheshire this August and so did I...

Listen to my ‘Everything is Just So’ package on Audioboo

Broadcast on BBC Radio Stoke (August 2014)

Visit the event website here :Just So Festival

BROADCAST BITS: Suicide, Mental Health and Men

A report for BBC Radio 4's 'The World Tonight' programme as part of a series I produced looking at male suicide and mental health.

listen to ‘Suicide, Mental Health and Men’ on Audioboo

The death of Robin Williams has once again highlighted the issues of suicide and depression. 

Here in the UK, it's already the biggest killer of men under the age of 35. Charities believe it's because males aren't able to speak up when they're struggling with issues such as debt, unemployment and mental health problems.

Despite a lack of funding for mental health services, work is now being done in Staffordshire, where the number of suicides has more than doubled in the last decade. The BBC's Sarah Robertson reports:

(Broadcast on The World Tonight on BBC Radio 4 - August 2014)

You can hear the whole 'Talking about Suicide' series on BBC Radio Stoke's AudioBoo account: HERE

On the Airwaves

I've been getting back to my original 'media' roots recently, taking a career 360 and getting involved with Stafford FM as the 'news junkie' on Stu Haycock's Stafford on Sunday' show. I can usually be heard ranting between 11-12 on a Sunday morning about the week's top news stories. 

It was working with Stu and the gang over a decade ago that led me down the journalism path and now, back in Stafford, I have found myself back 'on air', with lots to say and big opinions. 

You can listen to Stafford FM online HERE or download the TuneIn app on your mobile phone and the station is back on FM radio VERY SOON. Check out the Stafford FM Facebook and Twitter pages too...

I may have to dig out old shows soon, see if I've aged or improved in the last decade....