

Ciara's Pink Sparkle Podcast!
Ciara Lawrence
My Podcast is about raising positive awareness of people who have a learning disability like me to help change attitudes. I have guest chats too. All views in my Podcast are Not linked to my employer. All of my Views & thoughts are All my own!
Episodes
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Dec 4, 2024 • 58min
Rob Holland NAS Scotland
Chat with my friend Rob Holland who is Director at the NAS Charity in Scotland. We talked about our work, and disability and media representation of people with a disability and much more!

Nov 21, 2024 • 31min
Stevie Benton!
I chatted with my lovely friend Stevie Benton. We talked about his how we met through our careers at the Shaw Trust Disability Power 100 List event a few years ago. We also talked about the importance of positive disability awareness and how people with a disability should be seen and represented in the media!

Nov 21, 2024 • 28min
Paralympian Aaron Phipps MBE!
I chatted with Aaron Phipps MBE about living his life with his disability, about all his amazing achievements in his sport which is wheelchair rugby and all his achievements at the Paralympics including winning a gold medal. We also chatted about who our role models are in our lives and about how you can achieve a lot in life and turning a negative into a positive. We also chatted about his own experience of being at the Paralympics in Paris this year!

Nov 13, 2024 • 35min
Jamie Hale - Director of Criptic Arts
I had a Chat with Jamie Hale. He is the artistic director at Criptic Arts!
https://cripticarts.org/events/

Nov 7, 2024 • 33min
Frankie Seaman!
I chatted with Frankie Seaman the pro skater about her skating career and how she got to skate as pro dancer on the ITV show Dancing on Ice alongside the Olympic skating legends Torvill and Dean and her work with various charities!

Nov 6, 2024 • 41min
Mencap CEO Jon Sparkes
I took some time out to interview charity Mencap's new CEO Jon Sparkes about what it is like to be a CEO, I got to know about his life and his career, his hobbies and interests, We also chatted about Cornwall, our families, our work careers, his new role as Mencap CEO and we chatted about learning disability and SEND too!

Nov 6, 2024 • 34min
sport presenter Gabby Logan!
listen to My conversation with sports presenter & broadcaster, podcaster and presenter and author Gabby Logan!

Oct 23, 2024 • 38min
impressionist Rory Bremner!
I had a fab and funny chat with the impressionist and comedian Rory Bremner for my podcast recently. we talked, Fame, ADHD, Learning Disability, Comedy, Our Career and there were some fab celeb impressions too!

Oct 17, 2024 • 27min
Gary Davies radio 2 DJ
1. we chatted about his career on the radio
2. we chatted about our favourite bands and singers and why we liked them
3. we chatted about my claim to fame being related to u2's The Edge and Gary told me he was a big fan!

Oct 8, 2024 • 37min
Sinead from band B'Witched!
I chatted with Sinead from Bwitched about wearing Denim, abut The band's new EP out now which is called Ripped Jeans. We also talked about their career and how the band re-united through the Big Reunion TV show, about me being a fan, about where they got their band name from and fame and why pop concert venues should be accessible for everyone including people with a learning disability like me!