Sample interviews by conducted by Ian Maclaren from recent editions of our Sound Magazine.
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1. ADE ADEPTAN – Ian interviewed the British Wheelchair Paralympic athlete at the Naidex exhibition at the NEC in Birmingham.
2. BIRMINGHAM DISABILITY CONSORTIUM – We welcome back Mark McPearson, Regional Development Manager with Action for Blind People in Birmingham, who speaks about the RNIB/Action association but moreover this new initiative between seven Birmingham-based disability charities.
Birmingham Disability Consortium.wma
3. IAN LAING - CHIEF EXECUTIVE - FOCUS BIRMINGHAM - A chance to meet the new Chief Executive of Focus Birmingham.
Ian Laing - Birmingham Focus Chief Executive.wma
4. NAIDEX EXHIBITION - Interviews with a number of exhibitors at this national exhibition for homecare, rehabilitation and disability held in April at the NEC in Birmingham. (www.naidex.co.uk)
5. RNIB RUSHTON SCHOOL & CHILDREN'S HOME - We visit this Coventry-based school and Children's home presently undergoing major redevelopment and meet Marketing Manager, Liz Gutteridge, who takes us in a tour of the site. (www.rnib.org.uk/livingwithsightloss)
RNIB Rushton School & Children's Home.wma
6. BIRMINGHAM ST. MARY'S HOSPICE - An interview with Mark Binnersley, the Press Officer at St. Mary's Hospice (www.bsmh.org.uk) , the independently funded Birmingham Hospice based in Selly Park
7. WOODLAND BIRDS - Mike Ennis of the Royal Society for the Preotection of Birds (RSPB) introduces us to the woodlands at Middleton Lakes and some of the birds seen there. (www.rspb.org.uk/reserves)