Summary
In the first of a new series of Ramblings, Clare Balding meets a group of parents who regularly share uplifting walks in Royal Greenwich Park. The walkers each have children with special needs and find that rambling in one of London's most beautiful parks is both joyful and supportive.
Producer: Karen Gregor.
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| 0:00.0 | Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I want to tell you why I love podcasting. Hi, my name's Tommy Dixon, |
| 0:06.3 | and I make podcasts for the BBC. I'm a big fan of stories, always loved a good book. But when I started |
| 0:12.0 | commuting for my first job, I discovered podcasts. I was blown away by how a creative idea and the right |
| 0:17.8 | mixture of sounds could take you into a whole new world full of incredible stories. You know, the type that make you go, wow. And that kind of inspired me to |
| 0:25.2 | give it a go myself, which to cut a long story short led to a BBC training scheme and a whole |
| 0:29.9 | new career giving other people that exact same feeling. So if you want to hear amazing stories |
| 0:34.1 | that make you go wow like I did, they're just a tap or click away on BBC |
| 0:38.0 | sounds. This is a BBC Radio 4 download. You're listening to me, Claire Balding with another |
| 0:44.4 | edition of Ramblings. Hello and welcome to a brand new series of Ramblings which starts in gorgeous afternoon sunshine in Greenwich Park, one of eight royal parks in the capital city. |
| 1:01.2 | And Greenwich, obviously, home of Greenwich meantime, but also the observatory and this enormous park where you can walk for hours on end. |
| 1:08.1 | I've only ever been here for major sporting events and it's just wonderful |
| 1:11.6 | to be back. And I've come here to join a group of about 15 women who all live in the Greenwich area. |
| 1:17.0 | They're part of a group called Greenwich Parent Voice. And Joe and Viv have taken over the reins of running this group. |
| 1:23.2 | So Viv, just tell me the history of it. Well, it was originally set up by a lady who's with us today called Julie, |
| 1:28.7 | and she was very enthusiastic about getting parents together, |
| 1:32.1 | not just to support each other, parents and children with special educational needs and disabilities, |
| 1:36.4 | but also to get together to support each other and also to have more bit of influence in local government. |
| 1:40.5 | Joe and I joined the group a few years ago. |
| 1:43.5 | The people who were running in a group, it was quite a small group at that point, |
| 1:46.6 | had left to set up their own charity. |
| 1:48.8 | And Joe and I took on the reins and have just grown it since then. |
| 1:52.1 | And Joe, why do you think it's important to you, first of all, |
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