{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/676979ee40480c1d957b705d/68b5b01b993d10acb9876a45?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Simply Sayo talks Sickle Cell ","description":"<p>September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month in the UK, and the internet’s big sis is joined by writer, poet, presenter, creative, and award-winning journalist Simply Sayo. As an NHS Blood &amp; Transplant Ambassador and passionate advocate for the Black community, Sayo is leading a powerful year-long campaign,&nbsp;<em>It Takes A Village</em>, which aims to recruit 16,000 Black blood donors. In this episode, she opens up about her advocacy work, her family’s experience with sickle cell, and joins Toni in&nbsp;<em>Tea Time with Toni</em>&nbsp;to help solve your dilemmas.</p><p><br></p><p>New blood donors from Black heritage backgrounds are urgently needed to help meet the demand for better-matched blood for patients living with sickle cell disorder.</p><ul><li><strong>Launch Date:</strong>&nbsp;1 September 2025</li><li><strong>First Blood Drive:</strong>&nbsp;25 September 2025, Brixton</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Got a dilemma of your own and need some big-sis wisdom? Send it to&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:toni@tonitoldmepod.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">toni@tonitoldmepod.com</a>&nbsp;or slide into the DMs on Instagram <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tonitoldmepod/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@tonitoldmepod</a>.</p>","author_name":"Audio Always"}