Tag: Chris Haydon

“PECKHAM PODCAST”

PECKHAM PODCAST channel with all the editions and a few trailers can be found on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@PECKHAMPODCAST-r2f

NEWS: As of 21 May 2025 the podcast with Lord Biggar CBE is available. His book “Colonialism – A Moral Reckoning” made an impact, some of it negative for him. Biggar, Regius Professor Emeritus of Moral & Pastoral Theology at Oxford University has become a champion of free speech in universities as well as in life in general. He sits in the House of Lords on the Conservative benches.

Cllr Naima Ali, recent Mayor of Southwark, is a warm, courageous woman and shows there is a way to make multiculturalism work.

Louise Dickinson of Alchemise Theatre showed “The Power of Daring to Hope” as she described her journey back from Long Covid, bed-ridden, wheelchair bound, learning to walk again … you name it. A young woman of courage and character. Here is Louise.

Jo Berry of Building Bridges for Peace is a remarkable campaigner and has been for decades, following the IRA’s bombing of a hotel in Brighton in 1984. Here is the link to Jo on PECKHAM PODCAST in March 2025:

Meanwhile here are some of the PECKHAM PODCAST 2024 stories –

Nick Dunne is a man of Faith and determination who became a pilgrim. You’d need that if you’re going to walk to Italy! There’s a marked trend towards this form of undertaking, in contrast to falling church attendance.

The edition released on 11th December with guest Charlotte Prendergast:

Charlotte Prendergast is CEO of Southside Young Leaders Academy in Peckham. Its focus is solely on Black boys who under-achieve in local schools. “What a wonderful discussion about how a different school curriculum could change the world.” (James of Peckham)

Michelle Baharier FRSA is an artist and campaigner for mental health and disability rights. She lives in south London, used to run CoolTan Arts and is our latest guest on PECKHAM PODCAST, tackling dyslexia and the Assisted Dying Bill, among other things.

Wallee & Errol This edition of PECKHAM PODCAST is lots of fun, has film clips(!) and features two guests – Errol McGlashan, ex-offender turned poet and performer, and Wallee McDonnell, Artistic Director of Celebrate Life and producer of “POWER to CHANGE”, a film in which both men feature. Episode link.

Stephen Bourne is PECKHAM PODCAST’s sixth guest, a Black British History writer for Black History Month:

Not taught history at school, no agent, & still published (not self published) more than 20 books

PECKHAM PODCAST offered as its fifth edition – Ben Sturge, a businessman and entrepreneur, a deep thinking man who rebuilt life after time in prison. He has a lot to give.

Ben can be viewed here:

Probably PECKHAM PODCAST’s most unusual guest to date is Fernando Carrillo, Peckham’s newest vicar. He was born in a Miami prison and ordained in St Paul’s Cathedral! Joining the breadcrumbs is amazing.

Fernando Carrillo

Community TV Trust [CTVT] was incorporated 25 years ago and offers media training & filmmaking in schools and PRUs and in workshops for the disabled and marginalised. Engaging young people in open-ended creative work, links Community to Education.

In addition we produce documentary films, in the past educational DVDs and a large web-based local media venture called “Southwark.TV”.

HERT-ATTACK

Look out for the CTVT inspired project “Hert-Attack” [www.hert-attack.net] running at Hertford Regional College where students are creating a locally focussed website delivering their own brand of content to local people. Target audience  16-24. It has been driven by second year National Diploma media students who have had fun building the project from nothing, using skills from presenting to video production, shooting videos, bands, 5-a-side footie … including a long day by the ‘red carpet’ in Leicester Square for the Bond Premiere of “Quantum of Solace”, and a trip to Wembley following the pumped up  fans of Stevenage Borough FC who went on to win their Final at the national stadium. Most of the team took away genuine experience – you might say work experience having spent nine months in a formal production team producing media for a public website.

As of September 2009, the project has been running under the heading of ‘Social Action and Community Media Production’, seeking to deliver much more of a focus on the local community rather than exhibit the video production skills learned on the course. Beyond doubt is the value to the students of collaborating on a large, external project, designed to forge links with real people outside college. Chris Haydon, director of Community TV Trust, leads the FE College project and as ever looks to develop links between Education and Community.