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Jane Tewson - Igniting Change
Season 1, Ep. 13
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In this episode I have the absolute pleasure of chatting with the wonderful Jane Tewson the Founder and Director of Igniting Change which is a deliberately tiny charity supporting organisations and inspiring people to tackle social issues and drive positive change.
Jane is an innovator with a global reputation for inspiring individuals and organisations to work together for positive social change. She is the co-founder of Comic Relief and has founded a number of charities throughout her career.
Jane is an extremely humble and warm person who likes to shine out rather than within which comes through in this honest and insightful conversation. We speak about the lack of connection in today's world and the importance of being curious as well as the importance of lived experience when seeking to drive positive social change.
For Jane and Igniting Change it is purely all about meeting the people and feeling the issues!!
I hope you enjoy this episode.
To find out more about Igniting Change follow this link: www.ignitingchange.org.au.
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Massive acknowledgements need to be made to the following kind and generous people who made this podcast possible - Bianca Shepherd for your amazing cover design and graphics, Michael Xovski for music, Mark Wilson for putting up with my annoying repeated questions around editing and Bianca Chatfield for pushing me to turn my idea into a reality.
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