A Career & Charity Success Story: Tessy Ojo CBE, Chief Executive Of The Diana Award

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Mia Luckie

Fashion & Beauty, Society & Culture, Arts

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Success Stories…Tessy Ojo CBE

Charlotte Collins is joined by Tessy Ojo CBE, chief executive of The Diana Award. The two delve into the inspiring world of philanthropy as Tessy shares her incredible journey leading a charity established in honour of Diana, Princess of Wales. Tessy shares her personal journey, the highs and lows of working in the charity sector and her advice for success - plus she opens the lid on how The Diana Award empowers young individuals to ignite change in their communities.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Schirlach's podcast, your guide to a more stylish life.
0:06.2	Welcome to the Schirlach success stories with me Charlotte Collins. This week I'm joined by
0:10.4	the extraordinary Tessie Ojo CBE.
0:13.0	Tessie is the chief executive of the Diana Award, a charity set up in honor of
0:17.0	Diana, the Lake Princess of Wales, that empowers young people to make a difference in their communities.
0:22.0	She's also a trustee of comic relief and was appointed
0:24.4	CBE, commander of the Order of British Empire, in the 2020 Queen's birthday honours.
0:29.1	I mean, she has a seriously stacked CV, so she's here today to tell us all about how she got to where she is today
0:36.8	share all the best career advice because it's been a real journey and to share her opinions on what needs to happen in this country to help
0:45.5	young people thrive. Tessie welcome it's so lovely to have you here today.
0:48.8	Thank you so much for having me. Where do we start? Can you start from the beginning? How did this all come about? What's your background?
0:57.3	It's a big story. It's a really long one. But I suppose the easiest way to describe it is from a very very early age I learned
1:06.0	about privilege and responsibility you know I'm a child of a diplomat and I had
1:12.3	access to stop that I often realized that people my age didn't have you know like
1:18.7	having drivers and chauvers and and cooks and just the house being so full of staff.
1:25.0	And from a very young age I kind of realized that this isn't normal for everybody else and I remember when I was about eight asking my dad
1:36.6	why couldn't I just hang out with my why do I have to have like someone with me all the time why can I just
1:44.1	hang out with my friends and he said but that's because you're a child of a diplomat and
1:48.2	it comes with all of that and I and I said to him but I didn't work for it, I didn't earn it, and then he kind of challenged me
1:57.4	so what do you want to do about that? I think that really set me up to begin to think about how can I do something how can I how can I
2:08.4	level the playing field in any in some sense how can I was I had all of this, what do I do with it, and how can I give back.
2:18.0	And that thought stayed with me for a very long time, didn't really act on, I cannot remember acting on it until I was about 13.
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