The Jam Pact is a new and independent podcast inspired by the activities and campaigns of the Women‘s Institute. If you want to know what the largest voluntary women’s organisation in the UK cares about, you’ve come to the right place. Settle in and grab a slice of cake: we have 100 years of mental health, climate justice, jam, and women’s history to talk about. Find the blog at thejampactpod.com and get in touch via Twitter and Facebook.
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Ivy McKenzie and Safe Spaces for Black Women
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Imagine you need to ask for help with a REALLY personal and complicated problem. Now imagine that the person who is supposed to help you with this problem just doesn't "get it". It's horrible, right? Ivy McKenzie helps women in this situation every day. She works for a unique charity called Sistah Space. It was set up to focus on black women affect…
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Mary-Jayne Rust on Ecotherapy
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People today say they feel cut off from nature, that we need to reconnect. But how can you reconnect with something that you were never disconnected from in the first place? 🤔 Mary-Jayne Rust is an ecotherapist with over 30 years of experience under her belt (her belt is made of braided sweetgrass and covered in flowers, by the way). She says we fe…
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Gill Perkins, CEO of The Bumblebee Conservation Trust
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Honeybees are in dire need of saving. OR ARE THEY?! Gill Perkins, the CEO of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, is here to set the record straight. She says that the public has seriously misunderstood what bees are about. Are honeybees the grey squirrel of the insect world? Let’s find out! Quote of the episode: "If you can understand bees, you can u…
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Incredible Edible with The Incredible Pam Warhurt
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So, you're living in Todmorden in West Yorkshire (bear with me here). Things are kind of alright but the planet is burning, the ice caps are melting, and you're actually really quite worried about polar bears and pandas. Then SUDDENLY Pam Warhurst (AKA The Most Quotable Woman in West Yorkshire) turns up and tells you to start growing carrots on pub…
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Food Banks with Emma Revie, CEO of the Trussell Trust
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People in the UK aren't just hungry for food... They're hungry for justice! Emma Revie, the CEO of the Trussell Trust, says that food banks are a symptom of a problem, not the solution. We have two choices when it comes to poverty in the UK: to treat it as if it is an individual tragedy or a problem with our social safety net. This net holds us all…
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Emily Reynolds on Advocating for Women‘s Mental Health
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These days we all know that mental health is caused by an imbalance of chemicals in the brain. *car screeching noise* Hang on, hang on. Is that the only thing that causes mental health problems? Emily Reynolds works with Wish, a women's mental health charity. She thinks that what happens around us can affect our mental health just as much as what g…
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Visualising Mental Health with Dylan Yamada-Rice
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How do you cope with a tsunami? Not a metaphorical tsunami. An actual tsunami. In 2011, Dylan was in Japan when the tsunami struck. Her doctors tried to measure her PTSD with numbers and checkboxes and questionnaires. What does this do to our understanding of ourselves and our experiences? And what does it do when you begin to measure yourself in a…
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Women and Autism with Laura James
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So. You're me. And you've been diagnosed with autism. And you really want to tell people BUT all these stereotypes keep getting in the way. Stereotypes like... but YOU can't be autistic. You're NICE. What do you do? I'll tell you what you do... you start a flippin' podcast and you start it by flippin' interviewing Odd Girl Out author, Laura James! …
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