#10: Rob Ainsworth - Yahala Mataam
Rob Ainsworth is Founder and Director of Yahala Mataam CIC, York’s refugee led event caterer, pop-up restaurant and cookery school.
Yahala Mataam means welcome restaurant in Arabic, and it’s their mission to give opportunity, build confidence and restore dignity in the lives of refugees and asylum…
#11: Tom McKenzie - SPARK:YORK
Tom McKenzie is co-director of SPARK:YORK, a project that transformed a former derelict site on Piccadilly into a hub for independent trade.
In the context of community wealth building, SPARK represents a shift away from traditional, high-rent commercial models and toward a system that keeps profi…
#12: Stephen Hunt - Inclusive Economies Consultant
For anyone wanting to understand more about how community wealth building works, this podcast is for you.
Stephen Hunt is a York-based consultant and advisor working on inclusive economies, specialising in poverty and economic development.
His work sits between designing initiatives that support m…
#13: Dr Graham Gill - Urban Sustainability Researcher
Dr Graham Gill is a Policy Fellow at the University of York, with a PhD in Sociology and a passion for sustainable cities.
His research focuses on urban sustainability, unequal economies and social exclusion.
He is currently working alongside the Climate Change Team at City of York Council, with a…
4/22/26: Featured Stories: MacKenzie Scott, Principal Gifts, and the Real Drivers of Big Philanthropy
April 22, 2026: After the news, Digital Transformation Advisor Wayan Vota talks about his analysis of the full Yield Giving dataset. Later in the program, Ben Porter, former CAO at Kellogg and Tuck and leader of principal gifts at Northwestern’s $6B campaign, and author of Principal Gifts Checklist…
#14: Violet Cannon - Proud Gypsy Traveller
Violet Cannon is the CEO of York Travellers Trust, and Founding Director of Proud Gypsy Traveller CIC.
Drawing on lived experience and strong connections across Gypsy and Traveller communities, Violet has spent her career championing inclusion, cultural understanding, and representation.
She has l…
#16: Beth Fenton - Therapist
Beth Fenton is a qualified therapist living and working in York.
Alongside their private therapy practice, they work for the local authority delivering workshops on mental health and wellbeing, and also teaches trainee counsellors at York Learning.
Beth is particularly keen to address areas of so…
#17: Helen Jones - Quiet Pride
Helen Jones is a disabled, queer person who is curious about the world, passionate about learning and a compassionate activist.
Helen is the founder of Quiet Pride, a York based event where disabled LGBTQ+ people celebrate their wonderful, intersectional identities, which aims to be as accessible …
#18: Kate McLaven - JRF
This week’s guest is Kate McLaven.
Kate is the York Local Lead at Joseph Rowntree Foundation, working on their place based Emerging Futures Team.
She is leading local York based work in service of social, economic and climate transition.
She also works as a project lead, facilitator and grassroot…
#19: Phil Bixby - YoCo
This is a special episode, because it takes everything that we’ve talked about in the past 18 episodes and it focuses on an opportunity that the city of York has right now, to put some of the community wealth building principles into practice.
What am I talking about? Well, let me introduce this we…
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