Taking The Dis!

Pensions, savings and interest rates are all things we need to understand, but are rarely taught about them in school. As the Taking The Dis! team head towards independence, they quiz the team from MyBnk about all things finance in this episode. Their finance habits are analysed and they start to question the decision they make with money!

Join us for Part 2 of our chat with Worthing FC owner George Dowell, who shares his hopes for the future of the football club he saved. George also talks about what it was like to have a documentary made about his life and relives the special moment when he was awarded an MBE by Princess Anne at Windsor Castle.

Worthing FC owner George Dowell joins us to share his incredible story of how a life-changing accident led to him saving his local football club. George also opens up on family life, becoming a reality TV star on The Undateables, having a documentary (The Club That George Built) made about him and being awarded an MBE.

Reach Social Enterprises has the objective of offering people with a learning and/or physical disability the opportunity to engage in meaningful activities and projects following social enterprise values. Rich and Steve join Lewis to chat about what they do and share some of the success stories from the projects they have worked on. This episode was recorded at the Knights Foundation Business Expo.

We go to the University of Reading to meet up with Sophia, who is studying law. She tells us how life as a university student has changed her and helped develop a greater sense of independence. She also introduces us to one of her lecturers, Dr Rachel Horton, who is an associate professor in the law school at the university, as well as the academic disability advisor within the law school. Rachel shares how accessibility to higher education has changed over the last two decades and outlines the steps the University of Reading takes to ensure an inclusive environment is provided to students.

Taking The Dis! is a podcast from The Knights Foundation, which is a charity supporting young people with disabilities and their families. We are lucky enough to be supported by a large group of patrons. These businesses and organisations provide financial backing to the charity, as well as continued support to our projects and events. Why do they do it? We have caught up with some of them to find out more. This episode features Vicki Clements from Stewart&Co., Martin Nicholson from ProAction HR, Paul McFarlane from McFarlane Money Matters and Michael Eslami from Estate Plan Office.