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He is currently working on a book Time to Talk: How Men Feel about Love, Belonging and Connection. https://www.jointheexchange.co.uk/revenge-porn-or-image-based-abuse daily 0.75 2023-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f44d761d535bd3903ba2e25/1603292550787-6OSLQC4HP0SV0XKU7AJH/Emma%2BHolten.jpg 'Revenge Porn' or Image based Abuse - Emma Holten is an online human rights activist and feminist After being the victim of a digital sexual violation in 2011, she became aware of the pitfalls of structural oppression and gendered violence, online and offline. This led to the activist project CONSENT, which became a viral success. She has delivered keynotes at the Conference on the Status of Women at the UN, The Next Web, TEDxVienna and Point Festival and works for Oxfam IBIS looking at gender and economic inequality https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f44d761d535bd3903ba2e25/1603292624371-O6HFOLU13TZS8H4725EU/Clare%2BMcGlynn.jpg 'Revenge Porn' or Image based Abuse - Clare McGlynn QC (Hon) is a Professor of Law at Durham University She works with policy-makers, voluntary organisations and MPs to improve laws surrounding sexual violence, pornography and image-based sexual abuse. She has worked with Facebook to improve their responses to intimate image abuse and helps shape current criminal laws on ‘revenge porn’ and ‘upskirting’ with her recent report making recommendations for further change. https://www.jointheexchange.co.uk/social-media daily 0.75 2023-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f44d761d535bd3903ba2e25/1605744925009-YECUN0LO29I8ZO2EJ65E/Max%2BStossel-min.jpg Social Media - Max Stossel is Head of Education for the Center for Humane Technology an organization of former tech insiders dedicated to realigning technology with humanity. He has spent years speaking with thousands of students, parents, and educators around the world about how smartphones and social media are impacting student and family life. Along with his work at CHT, Max is an award-winning artist named by Forbes as one of the best storytellers of the year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f44d761d535bd3903ba2e25/1605745199750-Y21SOWCSDZ3ESZJ5EUSG/Jess%2BBacon-min.jpg Social Media - Jess is a twenty-three year old blogger, writer and content creator She documents the highs and lows of twenty-something life on her blog jessicakatie.com and Instagram @jesskbacon Jess campaigns through her writing, speaking and charity work about mental health and grief, while discussing body acceptance, relationships and the latest books she’s loving on her blog. She also has her own podcast to help graduates navigate the uncertainty after university, The Guide to Life After University. https://www.jointheexchange.co.uk/coming-out daily 0.75 2023-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f44d761d535bd3903ba2e25/1606342730736-W2DI39VT0VRT1UKQORSM/Coming%2BOut%2B-%2BJules.jpg Coming Out - Jules is a non-binary model, public speaker, LGBTQIA+ awareness trainer, mental health advocate, social campaigner and freelance writer. Jules talks publicly and openly to raise awareness of gender diversity and promote trans inclusivity and equality. They started professionally public speaking in 2013 advocating for conversations around mental health and resilience in Britain’s schools. They’ve been featured in Vogue Business, BBC News Beat, BBCthree, Vice, The Independent, Cosmopolitan, Pink News, Refinery29 and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f44d761d535bd3903ba2e25/1606342859808-BBC5JZ82YNCDBAQ77IUR/Michael%2BStambolis.jpg Coming Out - Michael Stambolis-Ruhstorfer is a sociologist and Associate Professor of American and Gender Studies at the Université Bordeaux Montaigne. With a focus on gender and sexuality from an international perspective, his research examines how people interact through political, legal, and scientific institutions to create social change and meaning. https://www.jointheexchange.co.uk/body-confidence daily 0.75 2023-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f44d761d535bd3903ba2e25/1606932029829-L39X1JSYRE4KW2JWZDYR/Alex+Light.jpeg Body Confidence - Alex Light is a body confidence and self-acceptance influencer with a new podcast The Light Show After struggling with various eating disorders, Alex transformed her platform from a beauty and fashion blog in to her personal journey. She is anti-diet and dedicated to providing a safe space for anyone with bad body image. She believes that cultural and societal pressures are the root of body image issues and is passionate about enacting change through her body confidence message https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f44d761d535bd3903ba2e25/1606932820380-NJWXJG5WJROM072XJAK6/Ambar+Driscoll.jpg Body Confidence - Ambar is a model and mental wellbeing advocate. In November 2019, Ambar launched The Bamby Collective, an online Instagram + Facebook community for girls to join and learn personal growth - and ultimately make new friends. Topics such as body image, sex, relationships and mental health are covered. https://www.jointheexchange.co.uk/criminal-exploitation daily 0.75 2023-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f44d761d535bd3903ba2e25/1607689588217-RU3U5RX4RK6P6JVQMMD3/Amani%2BSimpson.-min.jpg Criminal Exploitation - Amani Simpson is an a ward-winning social entrepreneur, activist & filmmaker His social enterprise, Aviard Inspires CIC, empowers young people through personal development, digital media and enrichment opportunities. He is the producer and protagonist of the acclaimed short ‘AMANI’, starring Joivan Wade, that has been viewed over 2.8 Million times He is an Ambassador for the Mayor’s ‘London Needs You Alive’ campaign and a BHM Next Gen Trailblazer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f44d761d535bd3903ba2e25/1607689715776-7QS3A94A3KBNDCAKBAIW/Tanayah%2BSam-min.jpg Criminal Exploitation - Tanayah Sam is an entrepreneur, author and urban youth specialist A reformed offender and member of one of Birmingham’s most notorious gangs he now runs Tanayah Sam Associates Ltd (TSA), a training company that delivers CPD to civil servants and practitioners on Child Criminal Exploitation, Gangs, Youth Violence and Social Media as well as NPO TSA Sports and Education C.I.C that supports the development of young people through the medium of sports and education. He is the author of the memoir ‘After Hardship Comes Ease’ https://www.jointheexchange.co.uk/sustainable-fashion daily 0.75 2023-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f44d761d535bd3903ba2e25/1608154061014-CSW9Y0NI82KS6EPHI3H1/Izzy+Manuel-min.jpg Sustainable Fashion - Izzy Manuel is a Chemistry student and a sustainable fashion advocate. She loves sharing the importance of sustainable fashion and giving people easy and cost effective ways to start being more sustainable. Colour is her go to so you’ll always see her in a colourful outfit! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f44d761d535bd3903ba2e25/1608153908478-8MMJN76GCRX69A4OH36F/Francesco+Mazzarella.jpg Sustainable Fashion - Dr Francesco Mazzarella is a Research Fellow in Fashion and Design for Social Change at Centre for Sustainable Fashion, a University of the Arts London research centre based at London College of Fashion (LCF) Francesco’s research spans the fields of fashion activism, craftsmanship, social innovation, sustainability, and place-making. He also teaches a number of courses across LCF. https://www.jointheexchange.co.uk/unconscious-bias daily 0.75 2023-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f44d761d535bd3903ba2e25/1608808517390-PJIS773C8I5X0J96J2XZ/Michael%2BOkocha.jpg Unconscious Bias - Michael Okocha is a General Surgery Trainee & Equality & Diversity Officer for the Association of Surgeons in Training. He was West of England AHSN Patient Safety Champion 2020, is on a Health Education England Education Scholarship at the University of Cambridge and is an Associate Tutor for the University of Bristol. With ASiT he hopes to make the surgical workplace an environment where anyone from any background can thrive, providing inspiration for the next generation of diverse surgeons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f44d761d535bd3903ba2e25/1608808677967-FYNFBI57XKHUAKLAYFTK/Charlotte%2BWilliams-min.jpg Unconscious Bias - Charlotte Williams is the founder of SevenSixAgency, the influencer marketing agency with a focus on diversity and inclusion. She founded SevenSix Agency in 2019 to provide consultancy services to brands and influencers, centred around representation in advertising and how to create purpose-led campaigns that generate a positive impact. https://www.jointheexchange.co.uk/harm-reduction daily 0.75 2023-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f44d761d535bd3903ba2e25/1634226247885-GFJL4QM0NWNUJUL07VJ3/Zoe+Shuttleworth+It+Happens+Education Harm Reduction - Zoe Shuttleworth, Director, It Happens Education They are a leading RSHE provider that delivers educational talks, workshops and training sessions for students, teachers and parents in schools across the UK. Zoe has worked for over 15 years with people experiencing drug and alcohol issues, and is passionate about sharing relevant, honest and evidence-based information that will make a long-term impact on the future choices of young people. https://www.jointheexchange.co.uk/how-drugs-work daily 0.75 2023-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f44d761d535bd3903ba2e25/1634229284231-VYBUCCNKW5AUXCM13NFK/Rayyan+Zafar How Drugs Work - Rayyan Zafar, PHD Student He is studying with Prof David Nutt’s team at the Centre for Psychedelic research and Neuropsychopharmacology. His research focuses on brain imaging in addiction as well as looking into the effects of drugs on the brain and health and how some of these can be repurposed as medicines to treat mental health disorders. https://www.jointheexchange.co.uk/recovery daily 0.75 2023-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f44d761d535bd3903ba2e25/1634230105167-JG5B1YB4RHRL67HUZCLD/40B8E04A-85F6-4CBF-9C88-99688B927570.jpeg Recovery - Max is a person in recovery from drug addiction. He holds a Bachelor of Science and Arts, majoring in Philosophy, from the University of Sydney. Max now works at a biotech company which aims to revolutionise the mental health landscape by developing medically-approved psychedelic and non-psychedelic treatments. Born and raised in London, he now resides in Berlin, and is interested in everything that concerns mental health, psychedelics, and philosophy. https://www.jointheexchange.co.uk/drugs-policy daily 0.75 2023-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f44d761d535bd3903ba2e25/1634230524080-T1AGDE47T1C3154QLASV/David+Nutt Drugs Policy - David Nutt FRCP, FRCPsych, FMedSci, is a psychiatrist at Imperial College London. He trained at Cambridge, Guys Hospital, Oxford University and NIH in the USA. His research focuses on the use of PET and FMRI imaging to understand how drugs work in the brain and the mechanisms underpinning psychiatric disorders, particularly addiction and depression. He has published over 1000 research papers, 35 books and 8 government reports. He won the John Maddox prize for standing up for science in 2013. https://www.jointheexchange.co.uk/addiction daily 0.75 2023-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f44d761d535bd3903ba2e25/1634229718859-5BL3BUVYNF6QN2HH1CDQ/Anya+Aggarwal Addiction - Anya Aggarwal, Honorary Research Assistant Anya is a Psychology graduate from the University of Bristol and is currently doing an MSc in Addiction Studies at King’s College, London. As an honorary research assistant at Drug Science and currently working at Lions Campus, she has a keen interest in harm reduction, recovery and addiction comorbidities. Anya hopes to further these interests by pursuing a clinical psychology career related to these topics. https://www.jointheexchange.co.uk/unconscious-bias-1 daily 0.75 2021-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f44d761d535bd3903ba2e25/1608808517390-PJIS773C8I5X0J96J2XZ/Michael%2BOkocha.jpg Unconscious Bias (Copy) - Michael Okocha is a General Surgery Trainee & Equality & Diversity Officer for the Association of Surgeons in Training. He was West of England AHSN Patient Safety Champion 2020, is on a Health Education England Education Scholarship at the University of Cambridge and is an Associate Tutor for the University of Bristol. With ASiT he hopes to make the surgical workplace an environment where anyone from any background can thrive, providing inspiration for the next generation of diverse surgeons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f44d761d535bd3903ba2e25/1608808677967-FYNFBI57XKHUAKLAYFTK/Charlotte%2BWilliams-min.jpg Unconscious Bias (Copy) - Charlotte Williams is the founder of SevenSixAgency, the influencer marketing agency with a focus on diversity and inclusion. She founded SevenSix Agency in 2019 to provide consultancy services to brands and influencers, centred around representation in advertising and how to create purpose-led campaigns that generate a positive impact. https://www.jointheexchange.co.uk/new-page-1 daily 0.75 2021-10-26 https://www.jointheexchange.co.uk/understanding-emotion daily 0.75 2023-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f44d761d535bd3903ba2e25/4d2a5cf1-7f4e-4733-94a4-3b265d125158/Natasha-Devon-Jan-2020-009+%282%29.jpg Understanding Emotion - Natasha Devon MBE is a writer, presenter & activist. She tours schools, universities and events throughout the UK and beyond, delivering talks as well as conducting research on mental health, body image, gender & equality. She presents on LBC 7-9pm every Saturday and writes regularly for Grazia Magazine. https://www.jointheexchange.co.uk/grief daily 0.75 2023-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f44d761d535bd3903ba2e25/7a50127d-94fb-43cc-a6a7-c91b0fa9dd56/hyphen.jpeg Grief - Hyphen is a 2020 BBC Futuresounds artist and cosigned by Yungblud, Saweetie and Jay Sean. Having been tipped as ‘The Future of British Asian Hip-Hop’ by BBC Asian Network, featured in the Evening Standard and playing at the Reading & Leeds festival, Hyphen has been featured on BBC Radio 1. His latest releases were featured on New Music Friday, as well as other Spotify Editorials. https://www.jointheexchange.co.uk/anger daily 0.75 2023-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f44d761d535bd3903ba2e25/0eab04fe-6e75-4a67-bbce-5c6d3db99567/IMG_2555.jpg Anger - Dr. Radha is an NHS GP, columnist, broadcaster and campaigner for wellbeing. She is the medical expert for BBC Radio 1’s daytime show, Life Hacks, and has appeared as the medical reporter on many programmes including The Sex Education Show for Channel 4. She has a particular interest in young people’s health and supporting parents, having worked on campaigns with BBC Children in Need, Public Health England, MIND, and the British Heart Foundation. https://www.jointheexchange.co.uk/shame daily 0.75 2023-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f44d761d535bd3903ba2e25/6b6028d4-788a-42ef-8563-3cfb9da31a53/Stella+O%27Malley.jpeg Shame - Stella O’Malley is a psychotherapist and bestselling author. Her counselling and writing focuses on mental health and she is a regular contributor to the Irish media. Stella's books include ‘Cotton Wool Kids’ (2015),'Bully-Proof Kids' (2017), and ‘Fragile' (2019). She is resident psychotherapist for the TV series, ‘Raised by the Village’, and is currently studying for a PhD about gender related distress among children and adolescents. https://www.jointheexchange.co.uk/jealousy daily 0.75 2023-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f44d761d535bd3903ba2e25/80b2ed30-0bce-43c4-b2d3-a4d0d6c13475/Alice+Hoyle Jealousy - Alice Hoyle BSc PGCE MSc is a published author and charity youth worker. She has worked in the field of Relationships and Sex Education for nearly 20 years. She developed the work of the Sex and History Project at Exeter University, and has written lesson resources for the Welsh program, Sense. She is a trustee of the Sex Education Forum, and life member of the PSHE Association. https://www.jointheexchange.co.uk/teaching-resources-the-science-of-drugs daily 0.75 2024-02-12 https://www.jointheexchange.co.uk/nicotine-and-vaping daily 0.75 2024-02-12