Individually we are one drop; together we are an ocean: Too often a child or families who need support are told, ‘you’re a case’, rather than ‘you’re a child or family that we respect and are here to support’. We need to transform services from box-ticking exercises. In this episode Steve’s guest and expert witness is Mark Russell, CEO of The Children’s Society. In part one Steve sets out his sixth principle, in part two Mark responds.

“This is my conversation with my guest and expert witness Mark Russell, the Chief Executive of The Children’s Society. Together we talked about Principles 6: Individually we are one drop; together we're an ocean. It was fantastic to talk with Mark who I've known for so many years and admired for even longer than that. It's brilliant that Mark is now the CEO, the leader of The Children's Society, which is born out of the Church of England and embedded with wonderful values doing extraordinary work around the country in poor communities everywhere to change round opportunities for children ,and to bring to them a different future.”

– Steve Chalke

About Mark Russell

Mark is Chief Executive of The Children’s Society and leads a team of 850 staff and 10,000 volunteers working to support some of the most vulnerable children in the UK. Before moving to The Children’s Society, Mark worked with children and young people for 20 years and was Chief Executive of social justice charity, Church Army. Mark began his youth work career in Northern Ireland (where he is from) working in one of the most divided towns at the time, bringing Protestant and Catholic young people together in the run up to the Good Friday Agreement. He is committed to disrupting the disadvantages that many children and young people face.

About this podcast series

This podcast series, and the accompanying book by Steve Chalke sets out ten tried and tested practical principles for ‘how’ to develop joined up, cost effective, community empowering work, gleaned from the hard-won experience that sit at the heart of the mission of Oasis over the last four decades.

Steve talks to 13 expert witnesses who help him bring his book to life with their own thoughts and lived experiences.

We believe it’s time for a radical reset. It's time for A Manifesto for Hope!

Steve’s book is available wherever you buy your books but we recommend you buy it from Bookshop.org an online bookshop with a mission to financially support local, independent bookshops.

This book is also available on Audible.

The Manifesto for Hope podcast is brought to you by Oasis. Our producer is Peter Kerwood and the sound and mix engineer is Matteo Magariello.

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