The People First Podcast
People First Keighley & Craven is a self-advocacy group run by, and for, people with learning disabilities, and the People First Podcast is our platform to raise awareness about the real issues that affect people with learning disabilities in our community, and all over the world. We aim to inform and entertain our listeners by interviewing interesting guests and talking about the things that really matter to us. This is like having a stage, to speak out and get our voices heard.
Episodes
210 episodes
The People First Podcast - S5EP28 PFKC on Radio Slovenia!
We are switching things up this week on the People First Podcast, as our team get interviewed this time! Our guest is Andrej, one of the reporters for Radio Slovenia (Slovenia's version of the BBC) who has also previously worked with William Kr...
The People First Podcast - S5EP27 Calvert Lakes
We're getting adventurous on the People First Podcast, as we're talking about a residential centre in the Lake District, called Calvert Lakes. To tell us more about what they provide for people with disabilities, ways they make the outdoors acc...
The People First Podcast - S5EP26 Yorkshire Day!
This is a very special episode of the People First Podcast, because we are celebrating our home county with Yorkshire Day! Every year on August 1st we celebrate Yorkshire, its people, and the unique culture it has in Britain! Our team has come ...
The People First Podcast - S5EP25 PFKC Small Socials
We have a special episode for you all today looking at an exciting new project in the People First KC office: our Small Socials! Where members can plan with a few friends out of work where they can play every bit of it! To tell us more about th...
The People First Podcast - S5EP24 Shout About Sex
In this week’s episode of the People First Podcast, we are shining a spotlight on Shout About Sex – events that give adults with learning disabilities access to reliable, accessible information about sex, relationships, and healthy conversation...
The People First Podcast - S5EP23 Skipton LIVE!
Today on the People First Podcast we are covering a brand-new local music festival coming to North Yorkshire later this year... it's Skipton LIVE! This event will showcase a lot of local talent in Skipton, so we are very excited to talk to orga...
The People First Podcast - S5EP22 Jack Marshall
We are so exited today to be interviewing an inspiring and celebrated advocate and fundraiser for people with disabilities: it's Jack Marshall! As well as being a hard-working campaigner and fundraiser for both his rare condition of Moebius syn...
The People First Podcast - S5EP21 Cherylee Houston MBE
Our guest this week is an a celebrated actress with disabilities on British Soap Operas (Coronation Street, Emmerdale) and comedy TV and radio (Tinsel Girl, I‘m with Stupid) here to share her inspirational st...
The People First Podcast - S5EP20 Hayley Arceneaux Inspiration4
This week's episode of the People First Podcast is a Learning Disability Awareness Week special! Fitting with this year's theme of "Do You See Me", we got the absolute privilege to spend an afternoon with someone who has seen us all from ...
The People First Podcast - S5EP19 FIFA World Cup 2026
Today we have a super-special episode of the People First Podcast, as we celebrate the start of the FIFA World Cup 2026! All of the PFKC Office team have been working hard to collect some fun footie facts about all 48 of the amazing teams takin...
The People First Podcast - S5EP18 May Marigold
We are showing our passion for fashion today on the People First Podcast! Our guest today is social enterprise leader and accessible fashion designer, May Marigold, who does fantastic work with models with various disabilities to make colourful...
The People First Podcast - S5EP17 People Focused Group
Joining us today on the People First Podcast are some members from the group voted "Advocacy Organisation of the Year" at the Inclusion North Awards: People Focused Group! Based in Doncaster, this group helps to provide Peer Support to adults w...
The People First Podcast - S5EP16 The Buzz Club & CTI 2000
This week we have an exciting interview to get our teeth into, with the disability social and meal group the Buzz Club! They are one part of the local charity CTI 2000, supporting adults with learning disabilities to have a developed social lif...
The People First Podcast - S5EP15 Dance United Yorkshire
We are getting our groove on this week on the People First Podcast, as our guest is the Artistic Director of the charity Dance United Yorkshire, Helen Linsell! Dance United helps to provide opportunities in dance to people in marginalised commu...
The People First Podcast - S5EP14 Kin-Ball (with Exclusively Inclusive)
Today on the People First Podcast we are talking to two guests from local disability service Exclusively Inclusive, Katie Peacock and Christopher, all about the accessible sport Kin-Ball! Last year we ran a sports session with them and enjoyed ...
The People First Podcast - S5EP13 York People First
We have a very exciting extra long episode of the People First Podcast for you today, featuring members and support staff that visited us earlier this year from York People First! This is another People First service that works to advocate and ...
The People First Podcast - S5EP12 Purple Patch
This week on the People First Podcast, we are talking to the head of one of the largest organisations in Yorkshire - Purple Patch Arts! CEO Jessica Aldred is joining us in the studio alongside Teghan and Amy, two members of PFKC, to talk to us ...
The People First Podcast - S5EP11 Mind The Gap
We have a very exciting episode of the People First Podcast for you all today! Because in the studio with us is Paul Wilshaw, the Engagement Officer and a fellow podcaster from Mind The Gap! They're a fantastic local theatre group run by and fo...
The People First Podcast - S5EP10 Gary Stark Citizenship Award
This week on the People First Podcast, we are talking to another one of the winners from the 2025 Inclusion North Awards! Our guests today are Tony, Jayne and Sam, learning disability Self-Advocates based in Selby who at the awards last year we...
The People First Podcast - S5EP9 Firebird Theatre
We have an exciting and theatrical episode of the People First Podcast for you all today, as we are talking to one of the oldest theatre groups ran by people with learning disabilities — Firebird Theatre, which is based in the Old Vic in ...
The People First Podcast - S5EP8 Bradford Disability Football Club
We've got another episode of the People First Podcast for the football fans in the audience! Because we are talking all about Bradford Disability Football Club, a local partner of Bradford AFC that supports adults with learning disabilities wit...
The People First Podcast - S5EP7 Cartwright Hall Turner Prize
On today's episode of the People First Podcast we're talking about our trips to Cartwright Hall in Bradford to see the 2025 Turner Prize! Four rooms filled with a diverse and colourful set of artworks by four fantastic artists, including this y...
The People First Podcast - S5EP6 Tending 3 Magpies
This week on the People First Podcast we are having a more serious discussion about death, dying and grief. This is a very important topic for us to talk about, so although it can be difficult we do not want to shy away from covering it on our ...
The People First Podcast - S5EP5 Portraits of our Time
This week's episode of the People First Podcast focuses on a fantastic project that some of our members took part in called "Portraits of our Time"! This was a project supported by Bradford 2025 where people were photographed holding something ...
The People First Podcast - S5EP4 Little SENDsations
Today's episode of the People First Podcast features another one of the winners from last year's Inclusion North Charity Awards, the "Charity of the Year" Little SENDsations! We got the chance to speak to their Founders Hayley and Sam to learn ...