Our next guest on 4TheNow is Stuart McAuliffeTransport Manager at Unity a non- profit UK charity funded by Test Valley Borough Council and Hampshire County Council. The Charity works to bring local organisations together to support the vulnerable and isolated in the Test Valley. At the moment they are in need of volunteer drivers and let’s face it their work is more prevalent than ever as we all recover from the days of lockdown and the overall impact of the pandemic.
Our guest this week on 4The now media is Tracey Rawling Church who last year founded the Reading Climate Festival. The festival this year is part of great big green week and kicks off on the 20th September and runs through to Sunday 26th with a great lineup of events at venues and online on how to tackle climate change.
Our guest this week is returning to 4Thenow Paul Hughes an energy broker. Paul chats about wholesale energy prices soaring in the next month affecting millions of households and businesses. And how the only way to keep bills down is by being energy efficient. The soaring wholesale price of gas in the first part of this year recently led the energy regulator Ofgem to increase its price cap, and the 11 million households who pay by direct debit will see prices rise from an average of £1,138 a year to £1,277 from October.
Our guests this week on 4TN are Lorraine Briffit CEO and Annie Willmot Communications consultant from Connect Reading who are reconnecting charities and business after the pandemic. Well doesn’t that sound simple, usually they partner organisations for mutual benefit in the greater Reading area. However, not only are organisations recovering from the pandemic but so are the people behind them. Let’s find out how the reconnection process is going...
How times have changed! Our next guest on 4TN is George McGillivray who has been in sales and Marketing since 1974 and recently published The Book On Local Marketing. Since George started out he has learned how to pivot with the times and keep up with the latest trends which has made him a success in online marketing a job very far removed from his early beginnings.
Our next guest on 4tN is Jeyanthi Nair, a nutritionist who specialises in helping women with perimenopause. Menopause affects every woman but is still not yet widely talked about and there does not seem to be enough information from GP’s on how to navigate this area of life. From mood swings to joint pain and other symptoms it is important to get the help and advice you need.
Our next guest on 4tn is Jonathan Glover from Corporate Tax Rebates who shares how to claim back tax through a GDPR assessment. #podcast #currentaffairs #GDPR
4TN is at the Social Enterprise Success Conference this week on the 24th June and 25th June. The summit highlights how to have social impact and deliver positive change. The two-day event brings together International Keynote Speakers, and those looking to develop social enterprises through talks, networking and workshops. The conference is the brainchild of Social Entrepreneur and global philanthropist Nyasha Gwatidzo and Korinne LePage Transformational Coach and Consultant.
Today marks the start of Refugee week 2021 and the Reading Refugee Support Group are holding the Reading Community Cup World Refugee Day Football Tournament on Sunday 20th June. Our guest this week on 4TN is Tomson Chauke who heads up their own team Sanctuary Strikers FC. The Reading Community Cup is created in partnership with Reading FC Community Trust, University of Reading, Reading City of Sanctuary and Reading Refugee Support Group.
Talking about the death of a loved one is often hard to do. Our next guest on 4TN Ashley Crowne founder and MD of The Eternity Group a memorial funeral service talks about why he started the business and his vision for a UK Grief Network. #podcast #currentaffairs #griefnetwork #theeternitytree
Our next guest on 4TN is Alice Kunjappy Clifton, Director and Chair of Community United West Berkshire. The organisation began in September 2020 and works to improve inclusivity and equality in the district. Their work is to empower all cultures to be connected and engaged within the community including statutory agencies and public services. #podcast #currentaffairs2021 #community
This week is mental health awareness week and our guests at 4TheNow are Adam Wilshere Ambassador of Time2Talk West Berkshire and Kate Adams Deputy clinical Lead. Kate talks about the young people suffering from mental health through lockdown and the issues the pandemic has brought for some of them. Adam shares his own experiences and how he became an ambassador for the counselling service for 11 to 25 years olds. #podcast #currentaffairs2021 #mentalhealthawarenessweek
Cannabis is a drug, isn’t it? Our next guest on 4TheNow is Dan Marshall a CBD Cannabidiol Business Developer. He explains the difference between a psychoactive drug and what is a legal food supplement to promote health and wellbeing. The CBD market may still be very young but there is already a lot of research on the effects on a person's health and wellbeing.
Renounce or not to renounce, that is the question?! Expatriation Lawyer John Richardson has returned to 4thenow to discuss renouncing US Citizenship. John helps US persons living abroad to navigate their extraterritorial tax situation and discusses what could be their next move in different financial circumstances. He does not promote renunciation but understands this is a very serious personal dilemma for US persons who fall under FACTA foreign Account Compliance Taxation Act. #podcast #currentaffairs2021 #FACTA #USCitizenshipTaxation
Our next guest is John Lauwerys Trustee at CPRE Hampshire. Earth day was the week and we talk about the campaign to clear up litter in the countryside and the effect it is having on our environment.
Self Care, looking after yourself is of the utmost importance and there has never been a time more prevalent during this global pandemic to do just that! Our next guest at 4TheNow is Dr. Maureen Baker Chief Medical Officer of the free app Healthily, an online symptom checker. #podcast #currentaffairs2021 #selfcare #healthcare #healthily
There have been tributes to Prince Philip from around the World
The Duke of Edinburgh dies at Windsor Castle at the age of 99. The Queen announced the death of her 'beloved husband' with 'Deep Sorrow' on Friday 9th April. 4TN spoke to Sir John Madejski OBE who paid tribute to HRH a remarkable man who devoted his life to public service. #podcast #currentaffairs2021 #news #PrincePhilip #RoyalFamily #LossToTheNation #DeepSorrow #WorldwideTributes
Thousands of people feel that they never had the opportunity to say goodbye 'properly'. Newbury Minister Richard Littledale lost his wife a few years ago to cancer and is now helping others navigate their grief! His new booklet No Visible Scar is out this month! #podcast #currentaffairs2021
Toronto-based lawyer John Richardson is our guest this week at 4TN. He was born in the United States and has lived almost all of his life outside and spent the best part of a decade helping US Citizens with FATCA the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act. This means all US persons wherever they are living in the world are subject to US-based Citizenship taxation. John has set up a group with Laura Snyder and Karen Alpert called Stop Extraterritorial American Taxation. SEAT is asking anyone affected by this taxation to have their say and put their submissions to the Senate Finance Committee but they must be received by the 7th April. http://seatnow.org/2021/03/29/have-your-say-tell-the-senate-finance-committee-how-international-taxation-affects-you/
This week our guest on 4TN is Steve Masters, Green Party Councillor in West Berkshire and an Anti-HS2 Campaigner who discusses the current protest legislation and vote that passed a crucial hurdle with a majority of over 90 in the House of Commons on Wednesday to crackdown on the right to protest. #podcast #currentaffairs #therighttoprotest
