Talking to kids about the US protests; Trouper Sandy Collver; Dating after lockdown
The US has been convulsed by nationwide protests over the death of an African-American man in police custody. George Floyd, 46, died after being arrested by police outside a shop in Minneapolis, Minne...
2 Juni 202048min
Troupers: the founders of the Profanity Embroidery Group. Tackling debt. Midwives on the benefits of colostrum
More from our series that celebrates the women who get things done – the Troupers. They're very bad at blowing their own trumpets so we're doing it for them. Today we hear from Annie Taylor and Wendy...
1 Juni 202051min
Women, alcohol and lockdown, The Equal Pay Act at 50, Public toilets, Giving birth in lockdown
An editorial in the British Medical Journal reported that one in five harmful and dependent drinkers got the help they needed, and now the proportion will be lower. How do you cope with an alcohol pro...
30 Maj 202054min
The Equal Pay Act at 50, Rachael Hearson Health Visitor, Public Toilets
It’s fifty years since the Equal Pay Act became law, though employers were given a couple of years to prepare for the change to take effect. The legislation followed the strike of a group of women mac...
29 Maj 202048min
Women, alcohol & lockdown; Jenny Colgan; Michele Roberts
Last week an editorial in the BMJ reported that before Covid-19 only one in five harmful and dependent drinkers got the help they needed, and now the proportion will be lower. There is concern for tho...
28 Maj 202045min
Office Cleaners, Cassa Pancho, Jackie Kay
The UK cleaning sector is worth almost £50bn a year to the country’s economy. It employs more than 900,000 people, mostly women. Right now, many are vulnerable. Some feel they won't be able to stop wo...
27 Maj 202044min
Troopers, Billionaires, Postnatal Support
TROOPERS is a new series of ours starting today. It's about the women in our communities who get things done, and many of them are volunteers. We begin with Margaret Johnson who works as a volunteer a...
26 Maj 202050min
Having a baby in lockdown
We hear from you about what it’s like to be pregnant, give birth and look after a new baby in the Covid-19 lockdown.Antenatal, labour and post-natal care has had to transform in the last two months, i...
25 Maj 202054min
