Presenter Isy Suttie speaks to Freya Lewis, who was a victim of the Manchester Arena attack in 2017 after attending the Ariana Grande concert. Freya spent five and a half weeks in hospital and suffered 29 separate injuries from the attack. With her Dad’s help, they started a fundraising page to give something back to the hospital that helped save her life. During her recovery Freya learned to walk again and went on to run the Manchester Children’s Run, then completed the full Manchester 10K...

Presenter Isy Suttie speaks to the incredible Salvador Gómez-Colón from Puerto Rico, who at just 15 years old took it upon himself to launch a crowdfunding campaign to help those in desperate need. The unprecedented disaster completely devastated the island, but through Light and Hope for Puerto Rico, Salvador helped to raise around $175,000 for portable solar lamps and hand-operated washing machines for the residents. Since the hurricane, Salvador has been recognised as one of Time...

Presenter Isy Suttie talks to Bea and Georgia, two members of the campaign group Girls Against, who have used their experiences of unwanted sexual advances at music gigs to challenge attitudes in the music industry and help make going to watch music a safer experience for everyone. When Bea bonded over a love of indie music with a group of girls online, she was shocked to discover that they had all shared experiences of being groped at gigs and other unwanted sexual advances. They decided to...

Presenter Isy Suttie speaks to the brilliant Krtin Nithiyanandam whose fascination in science and research lead him to develop a ground breaking idea to help diagnose the early signs of Alzheimer’s disease. Krtin has always had a curious mind and it was that curiosity which led him to develop a ground breaking idea that has not only changed his life but has the potential to change thousands of lives. Through sheer determination his work has not gone unnoticed; being recognised...

Presenter Isy Suttie talks to the inspirational Brooke Taylor who has raised over £50,000 for the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital who have treated her since birth. Brooke was born with a spinal condition called spondylolisthesis and has had more operations than she’s had birthdays. Despite this Brooke has courageously campaigned to give back to the hospital charity to make life easier for other young patients. She has organised countless fundraising events, which she talks about in...

Presenter Isy Suttie talks to Oxford University students Alex and Martha, who turned their love of literature into a charity where books are donated to homeless people. Alex and Martha were shocked at the contrast of university life compared to those sleeping rough in the city and wanted to do something to help. They started their journey entirely through social media and word of mouth, getting local students and colleges involved who would donate the books and make sure they reached the...

Presenter Isy Suttie speaks to the amazing Jemima Browning, who started a swimming club especially for young people with disabilities and has since travelled across the world and set up her own campaign to spread her message of inclusivity. Growing up in Tadcaster, Jemima loved swimming with her brother Will who has Downs Syndrome but when she learned that there were no swimming clubs he could join as he got older she decided with the help of her local swimming pool to set up her own club...

Presenter Isy Suttie talks to the inspiring Mercy Shibemba who decided to start challenging stigmas around HIV after she found out that she was born with the virus. It’s a journey that has taken her across the world, resulting in her receiving a Diana Award and much more. When Mercy was told by her Doctor that she was born with HIV, she was confused about the virus she didn’t then know much about. After meeting other young people with HIV at an event in London, she started working with the...

Presenter Isy Suttie talks to the extraordinarily talented Trisha Prabhu in Boston. Having experienced bullying herself and being fed up of seeing others bullied online, Trisha decided she had to do something to help. At the age of 13 she carried out her own scientific research to find out what could help prevent young people from taking part in bullying on the internet. By the time she was 14 Trisha’s research had led to the creation of a software she now calls ‘Rethink’, which has gained...

Presenter Isy Suttie talks to the brilliant Alvin Owusu who decided to use his ten step plan to make a positive change not only to his life but to those around him. Having lived most of his life in Hackney, Alvin has seen first-hand the effects a low income and being from a BAME background can impact your chances. Alvin started working as a Lead Mentor with Debate Mate, whose main aim is to improve young people’s communication skills. After just two years with the charity he became the...

Presenter Isy Suttie talks to the brilliant Abby Lang, who started campaigning to raise awareness of young sudden cardiac death after having a heart screening at her school. When Abby found out that a health charity called Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) were holding heart screenings at her school in Dundee, she decided to attend as it was a topic she was interested in studying. She had no underlying conditions herself but Abby soon met a campaigner called Peter McAvoy who had lost his son...

Presenter Isy Suttie talks to two amazing young people, Matthew and Ben Smith, who tragically lost their older brother to suicide. Wanting to prevent more young men from taking their own lives, and more families having to go through what they did, they launched a campaign called ‘If U Care Share’. It all started at a charity football game, in which Matthew and Ben sold wristbands in the name of their brother Daniel. They went on to raise £48,000 before either of them reached their 13th...

Isy Suttie speaks to Marley Dias about her work creating the #1000BlackGirlBooks campaign. Marley was in 5th grade when she decided to take action with the lack of diversity in books that she was studying in school. Marley’s parents encouraged her to find a way to make change happen, and with their help at 10 years old, she created a movement to make sure that diverse stories were put into the schools and communities that need them. Through her campaign; Marley has spoken at big talks and...

Presenter Isy Suttie speaks to Dev Sharma who is on a mission to end food insecurity for young people across the UK. In 2018 Dev realised that he and his friends were experiencing food insecurity and the stigma associated with not being able to afford hot school meals. Dev has worked tirelessly and campaigned to open the conversation about food insecurity, stopping junk food from being the everyday option for low income families and trying to change the way young people think about...

Isy Suttie speaks to 12 year old Avye Couloute about how being one of the only girls in coding workshops, which led her to set up her own just for girls. Avye’s workshops have won her support in the tech industry and taken her to Barcelona and Rome. Avye has always been a creative person. When her parents encouraged her to try a coding workshop when she was 7, she quickly found a new outlet for her creativity. However as she learned to code she noticed the lack of girls taking part in the...

Presenter Isy Suttie talks to the amazing Bella Lack about how at just 16 she helped ban the use of wild animals in circuses. She also became a founding member of a group creating the first entirely youth funded nature serve and travelled the world to expose animal cruelty through the power of social media. Bella has been wild about wildlife since she was very young, bringing ants and slugs into her parent’s house from the garden and even writing letters to her neighbour Sir David...

Presenter Isy Suttie talks to the amazing Maya Ghazal, a prominent advocate for refugee rights who has stood her ground when it comes to spreading the message that education is a right not a privilege. When Maya was just 15 she arrived in the UK from Syria. Despite initially struggling with English and facing rejections from schools and the education system, through sheer determination 4 years on Maya is now a compelling spokesperson and role model for young refugees and migrants across the...

Presenter Isy Suttie talks to the inspiring Moin Younis who doesn’t let his life limiting skin condition epidermolysis bullosa stop him from pursing his passion for vlogging, raising money for charity and supporting his all-time favourite football club Aston Villa. When Moin was just a baby his parents were told it was unlikely that he would live passed the age of 1 and now at the age of 19 he has defied medical opinion. Despite his many challenges, Moin is committed to making a difference...

Presenter Isy Suttie talks to the brilliant Noga Levy-Rapoport about how joining her first climate protest ended with her leading a march through London and how she has helped to organise and encourage a new generation of children fighting to save our planet. When a friend of Noga’s asked her to come to a climate protest, she felt there wasn’t any choice but to go. Seeing that people sitting outside parliament wasn’t enough, she borrowed a megaphone from a fellow protestor and before long was...

Presenter Isy Suttie speaks to Eliza Rebeiro and Abigale Wray about the fantastic work they do with the charity Lives Not Knives, actively engaging thousands of primary and secondary school students each year as they educate them against knife culture. Knife crime in the UK is on the rise and both Eliza and Abigale have been affected. When Eliza was just 14 years old she started a campaign called Lives Not Knives after one of her friend’s was stabbed in front of her. Years later Lives Not...

Presenter Isy Suttie talks to the inspirational Nayena Marsh about how she’s using her own experiences with mental health to raise awareness through her blog, social media and speaking in schools as a Young Champion for Time to Change. When Nayena first started suffering from depression and anorexia, she didn’t realise what it was, because she felt she didn’t fit the stereotypical image of mental health portrayed in the mainstream media. When a friend who was suffering with anorexia shared...

Presenter Isy Suttie talks to the fantastic Jay Hulme about coming out as transgender, advising NHS staff about transgenderism, and how performing his poetry in Parliament made MPs cry. When Jay was growing up he always knew he didn’t feel quite right in his body but it wasn’t until his teenage years that he realised he was a trans male. He found poetry was his medium for expressing his experiences as a transgender man and at 17 won the highly coveted teen poetry competition ‘Slambassadors’....

Presenter Isy Suttie talks to the amazing Amika George about how setting up FreePeriods.org is preventing young girls missing school, and how she wants more boys and men to talk freely about periods – so this is definitely not just a podcast for girls! When Amika found out girls were skipping lessons because of their periods she had to act, and created an online petition demanding the government give free menstrual products to all girls on free school meals – creating the hashtag FreePeriods....

Presenter Isy Suttie talks to the brilliant Dan Lawes about how setting up Youth Politics UK is helping young people get access to policy makers, and how his countless hours of volunteering is making the world a better place. Due to not being able to vote, Dan felt young people were being ignored in the political system and so he decided to use his experiences in debate team to set up an organisation called Youth Politics UK. The group is completely youth led and engages young people across...