Bonus episode: AKT

Out with Suzi Ruffell

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Relationships, Sexuality, Society & Culture, Comedy Interviews, Health & Fitness, Comedy

4.7 • 943 Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Series 2 returns on the 24th August with the brilliant, Alan Carr. But before that I wanted to use this pre-season bonus episode to shine a spotlight on a fantastic charity - akt.org.uk. akt is a voluntary organisation based in England, created in 1989 to serve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender young people who are homeless or living in a hostile environment. It started in Greater Manchester in 1989 and opened in London in 1996, and expanded to Newcastle in 2013In this episode I speak to Chief Executive, Tim Sigsworth MBE about the charity and his personal journey. And I also speak to a young LGBTQ community member who has benefited from the help of the charity and now acts as a trustee, Faz Bukhari. I loved hearing their stories and the work the organisation does and hope you do too. Thanks - Suzi. xxPlease subscribe and leave a review.And if you want to get in touch with me on the show, here's how...email: [email protected]: @outwithsuzi A 'Keep It Light Media' ProductionEnquiries: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:17.8	Hello and welcome to this bonus episode of Out with Susie Ruffle. Now I didn't know how to start the new series so I thought why don't do something a bit different? So what we've got
0:22.2	today is well it's not an interview
0:24.4	with a specific person, although I am speaking to a person of course,
0:28.6	but today we're highlighting a charity.
0:32.2	It's AKT, formerly known as the Albert Kennedy Trust. And I have always
0:36.9	been so inspired by the brilliant work they do. I thought it would be great to have a
0:41.2	conversation to Tim Seagsworth who is at the head of
0:46.5	AKT, the chief executive and we're also speaking to FAS who is someone who has used their services.
0:53.4	I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation.
0:56.0	I think that the work they do is just brilliant, and if you haven't heard of them,
1:00.5	I am delighted to introduce you to them today. I am delighted to introduce you to them today.
1:05.0	So today I've got a different episode. Actually the first episode of this sort
1:09.5	and we're hoping to do lots more where we highlight rather than a specific person a charity and I'm very
1:15.2	excited to talk about this charity today I've supported this charity for a long time I think the
1:19.0	work they do is amazing and it's really lovely that we're going to highlight it on the podcast.
1:24.0	It's AKT or formerly known as the Albert Kennedy Trust.
1:27.0	And they support LGBTQ plus young people aged between 16 and 25 who are in the UK and are facing or experiencing homelessness or living in a hostile situation.
1:37.0	So they do lots of incredible work about making sure people are in safe homes, they help them find employment, education,
1:43.4	training and they sort of save people when they're in a bit of a crisis, to be honest.
1:47.5	And I'm delighted to say that joining me, we've got Tim Sigsworth, MBE, no less, who is the chief executive of AKT.
1:55.1	Hi Tim.
1:56.1	Hi, Susie.
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