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Talking to campaigner Lucy Harrison
Season 3, Ep. 5
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Yvonne and Mandy talk to Lucy Harrison, whose brother was killed and who has been campaigning on road safety issues including hit and run ever since. Lucy is now setting up the organisation Road to Change to help those affected by road injury and death.
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8. Catching up and reviewing the series
33:28||Season 3, Ep. 8In the last episode of series 3, Yvonne and Mandy talk about their highlights from the last two series and catch up on what has been happening in their worlds. Yvonne is five years on and talks about how that anniversary hit her hard. Mandy and Yvonne discuss civil cases, police investigations and trying to make a difference. To find out more about the film mentioned at the end of the podcast go to https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/stronger-together-5
7. Talking to a lawyer
43:54||Season 3, Ep. 7Yvonne and Mandy talk to Will Cornwell, principal lawyer in the personal injury team at Slater & Gordon, about all aspects of the law relating to road death, from criminal proceedings to the coroner's court and civil action.
6. Talking to campaigner Sarah Hope
32:15||Season 3, Ep. 6In this episode, Mandy and Yvonne speak to Sarah Hope about the incident that killed her mum and left her and her daughter with lifelong injuries and about her campaigning work for both amputees and other road victims.
4. Talking to campaigner Abi Toghill
38:56||Season 3, Ep. 4Yvonne and Mandy talk to Abi Toghill, founder of Lantern Connect, a new survivor‑led, trauma‑informed online community for anyone bereaved in a road crash. To support her work go to her Gofundme page.
3. Talking to funeral directors
37:03||Season 3, Ep. 3Mandy and Yvonne talk to John Adams, former President of the National Association of Funeral Directors, who is known for his advocacy in bereavement education, which is on the curriculum in UK schools from this September. John is also a funeral industry adviser to Child Bereavement UK, an ambassador of The Good Grief Trust and podcast host of Death: A Changing Industry.
2. Talking to author Cathy Rentzenbrink
25:03||Season 3, Ep. 2In this episode Mandy talks to best-selling author Cathy Rentzenbrink about her books on grief, in particular The Last Act of Love where she recounts what happened to her brother Matty and the eight years he spent in a state of severe neurological impairment before life support was turned off.
1. Talking about post-mortems
38:56||Season 3, Ep. 1In Episode 1 of Series 3 Mandy and Yvonne talk to Elaine Gordon, who campaigned with Lucy Harrison to abolish the second post-mortem after her sister died. The second post-mortem was introduced as a temporary measure subject to a review which never happened and delayed Elaine's family's ability to bury her sister.
8. Talking to a charity that helps parents
34:51||Season 2, Ep. 8Mandy and Yvonne talk to Ange Tyler, founder of the ELY Memorial Fund, set up in memory of her daughter Emma Louise Young to help parents who have lost their son or daughter in a road traffic collision and who need financial help and support.