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Eventful Lives Podcast

#82. Making Terminally ill Kids Dreams Come True - Martin Edwards

Eventful Lives Podcast

Dodge Woodall

Eventful, True Crime, Risk, Interviews, Crime, Events, Entrepreneurship, Festivals, Sports, Life Story, Entrepreneur, Roger Woodall, Start Ups, Society & Culture, Military, Business

5857 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

**Trigger Warning: This Episode contains conversations about end-of-life care and deaths of young children**


When it comes to leadership and compassion, Martin Edwards is a man to admire.


As CEO of the wonderful children’s hospice, Julia’s House, he has built a team and culture that helps improve the lives of seriously ill children and their families. 


From debating with Boris Johnson and Michael Gove, to fundraising events with Guy Ritchie and Robert Downey Jr., Martin’s thoughtfulness and determination in business, and charity, has helped raise millions for those in need.


His story is uplifting, occasionally harrowing, but very inspiring, 


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0:00.0

I went back to my old school a few years ago actually.

0:08.0

They asked me to come back and give the prize giving speech.

0:11.0

And I talked a little bit about how some of the children in our care live very short lives.

0:16.0

And I looked out at these bunch of 16 to 18 year old boys and I said,

0:20.0

I hope that you will live to be old and gray one day.

0:26.9

When you are, you will be able to look any man in the eye and say, I made a difference with

0:32.5

my life.

0:33.6

I left the world a better place than I found it.

0:39.3

And that's the acid test for all of us. You know, can we live a kind and useful life that leaves the world a better place than we found it?

0:48.3

Welcome to the eventful entrepreneur.

0:53.3

I'm your host Dodge and I'm the CEO and founder of the

0:56.5

Bournemouth Sevens Festival and the revolutionary event crowd, our new online events course.

1:02.6

On this podcast, I speak to fascinating people who have all lived eventful lives. So if you want to hear

1:09.1

more like this, make sure you subscribe, leave us a glowing review

1:12.7

and you can follow me on Instagram at Dodge Woodall.

1:16.0

I reply to every single message.

1:19.4

When it comes to leadership and compassion, Martin Edwards is the man to admire.

1:24.1

As CEO of the wonderful children's hospice, Julius House, he's built a team and culture

1:28.6

that helps improve the lives of seriously ill children and their families. From debating with

1:33.3

Boris Johnson and Michael Gove to fundraising events with Guy Ritchie and Robert Downey Jr. Martin's

1:39.3

thoughtfulness and determination in business and charity has helped raise millions for those in need. His story is

1:45.6

uplifting, occasionally harrowing, but very, very inspiring. This is the eventful life of Mr. Martin

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