

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!
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Oct 1, 2024 • 1h 1min
Chat with The GardenTarts
I chat with my lovely u2 fan friends Hillary and Jenny aka The Garden Tarts. I asked them about why they started their podcast, about what their favourite all time u2 albums and songs are and we chatted a bit about what they have learnt about learning disability since having me on their podcast as a chat interview guest!
https://www.thegardentarts.com/

Sep 27, 2024 • 25min
Interview with Martin the DJ!
A chat with a good friend of mine called Martin who is a DJ & he has his own show on Groove London Radio which is an online radio station. He chatted to me about his dreams and goals of becoming a radio DJ and he talked about his life as someone with a disability. We also chatted about media representation of people with a disability / learning disability and why it is important for us to be heard. He also has a fantastic message for other young people with a disability to encourage them!
radio show website: https://www.groovelondon.com/

Sep 26, 2024 • 47min
Georgina - Purpl Discounts
I chat with Georgina who is the founder of Purpl Discounts. Purpl Discounts is The UK’s first dedicated discount site to help with the cost of living with a disability.
https://www.purpldiscounts.com/

Sep 25, 2024 • 39min
Derek Cooke aka Derrek's Bags!
Derrek chats with me about living his life with his disability and we talked about what life is like for people with a disability around the world and he told me about his fantastic bags business called Derrek's bags which are for sale on Etsy!
https://www.etsy.com/shop/DerreksBags

Sep 20, 2024 • 29min
Tom from Able Magazine interviews me!
Tom the editor from Able Magazine met with me for a one off podcast special episode where he interviewed me about how I started my podcast series!

Sep 20, 2024 • 32min
Chris Smith - Podcaster
Chat with Chris who is from the USA. He is also a podcaster, so we chatted everything from podcasting to how to build your podcast audience!

Sep 3, 2024 • 27min
Charity Gracewomen - Gynae Cancer Awarness Month Episode
This episode is about this month of September which is Gynaelogical Cancer Awarness Month. I teamed up with Sara from the gynae cancer awarness charity Gracewomen who I am a voluntary ambassador for and with NHS Dr Jay Chaterjee for a joint interview to help spread awareness of the 5 gynae cancers and the importance of checking yourself, booking your smear tests, cancer screening and the early symptoms of different cancers.

Aug 18, 2024 • 35min
Chat with Graphic Designer Stephen Averill
I chatted with the Graphic Designer Stephen Averill about his career as a graphic designer, but also about his work career involvement with the rock band u2. he told me about how he helped come up with the name u2 for the band and about some of the u2 album covers that he designed for the band too!
https://x.com/hashtag/CiarasPinkSparklePodcast?src=hashtag_click

Aug 16, 2024 • 26min
Kate Nash OBE - disability and Employment & Careers
I chatted to Kate Nash OBE the founder of PurpleSpace about her career, we chatted about an event on employment and recruitment we were both part of last year and we talked about how employers can hire people with a disability and the benefits of employing people with a disability like using reasonable adjustments!

Aug 15, 2024 • 48min
Comedian Ria Lina - talks disability & comedy
I had a fantastic chat with fab Comedian Ria Lina for my podcast recently about her career and she talked about having autism herself. We also talked about comedy and why jokes that are made by comedians could be offensive and hurtful towards people with a learning disability like me.