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 Cancer
awareness/Breast Cancer Care - by Savitri (PEARLS
1)
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This was introduced
as a worldwide campaign in 1993. The aims of the campaign are
to increase awareness of breast cancer, to raise funds for research
into the disease and to support people affected by the
disease. One of the main breast cancer charities in the UK is Breast
Cancer Care. I spoke to Sadia Habib at Breast
Cancer Care.
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 Interview
with a Headteacher - by Veena Subhrai (PEARLS 1)
This is an interview with Miss Nandha,
the Headteacher of Havelock Primary School,
Southall. I also work in the school as an SMSA (School Meals Supervisory
Assistant) at lunch-time.
Listen (8' 34")
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Age Concern
Internet Cafe, Hounslow - by Hansa (PEARLS 1)
Age
Concern Hounslow have just launched an internet cafe for older
people in the area. Hansa went to
interview Stephen Hawkins, the Director of Age Concern
Hounslow, to find out more.
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Marriage
introduction service at the Siri Guru Singh
Sabha Gurdwara - by Jasbir
(PEARLS 1)
Jasbir interviewed Mr Sodhi, from the Siri
Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara in Southall, about the marriage
introduction service that they offer at the Gurdwara.
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Interview with
Lindiwe Tsele - by Rosemary Donga
(PEARLS 2)
Lindiwe Tsele is South African. She was a refugee in
England in the 1960s. She told Rosemary Donga about her
experiences. This interview was broadcast on Refugee
Week Radio 2008.
Listen
(15' 30")
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Interview
with Niru Desai - by Rashmi Meswani
(PEARLS 2)
Niru Desai is President of Harrow Women's Association.
A
writer, poet, storyteller, educationist and community worker, she
has a lot of passion for women’s issues. Rashmi Meswani met her
- she began by asking her what inspired her to take up community
service.
Listen (3' 43").
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Report -
by Dharma Reddy (PEARLS 2)
My report is about being a London eco warrior.
Listen (1' 16")
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Report
- by
Satbir Chawla (PEARLS 2)
My report is about travelling by coach.
Listen (0' 56")
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Feature:
Cycling for Girls - by Emily Chappell
(PEARLS 3)
 This feature came together during the 2008 Olympics in Beijing - I was inspired by the success of Great Britain's female
cyclists and wanted to find out about other women on bikes in the UK. I spoke to lots of different people
(and gathered far more material than I could actually use) and ended up realizing that cycling is a girl's game after
all!
Listen (7'
34")
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Breakthrough
Breast Cancer interview - by Jasdeep Bains (PEARLS
3)
Jas Bains interviews Sean Cobley, volunteers manager at Breakthrough
Breast Cancer, about volunteering at the
charity. She began by asking what Breakthrough Breast Cancer
does.
Listen (5' 54")
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 Interview with
GP Penny Sowden - by Narinder Dosanjh
(PEARLS 3)
Polyclinic is a term which we are hearing in the media with increasing
frequency (for example, see BBC
News). To move to this system of GP-led health centres would
involve a change in the way NHS patients are cared for and one which could potentially affect us all. Narinder Dosanjh talked to Penny
Sowden, a GP, to find out more.
Listen (5'
55")
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Wapping - by
Zoe Spencer (PEARLS 3)
Zoe Spencer reads her report about the Wapping strike.
Listen (4' 04")
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PSA (public
service announcement) - by Kamaljit Dhanjal (PEARLS 3)
Kamaljit's PSA is about adult education.
Listen (0' 35")
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Diwali
programme - joint feature (PEARLS 4)
Manprit Dayal, Rashmi Varma and Rajinder Khabra explore the significance and traditions
of Diwali for Hindus and Sikhs.
Including an interview by Aman Dhaliwal.
Listen
(12' 27")
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 Interview with Bisrat Yigletu from
Naz Project London - by Rashmi Varma (PEARLS
4)
Rashmi Varma interviews Bisrat Yigletu, Women’s Health Worker at Naz Project London, which is an HIV, Aids and Sexual Health Agency for black and minority ethnic communities. She talks about gender issues affecting the ability of women to access information, care and support.
Listen (6' 54")
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 Alcohol Report - by Beth Curl
(PEARLS 4)
Like many other young people I enjoy alcohol and have never been too concerned about its potential long term effects, even with the media attention given to binge drinking. After taking a job in a pub I have started to see things from a different point of view...
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 Interview
with Harbinder Singh - by Aman Dhaliwal (PEARLS
4)
Harbinder Singh is the Chairman of the Duleep Singh Trust. I met him
at the launch of a new book, 'Empire of the Sikhs: The Life and
Times of Maharaja Ranjit Singh' (published by Peter Owen). I began
by asking him how significant the release of this book was for the
Punjabi community.
Listen (2' 34")
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 Interview
with Dr Katherine Rake, Director of the Fawcett Society - by Sheila
Ruiz (PEARLS 5)
Fawcett Society is a London-based organisation, which campaigns for
gender equality and women’s rights. They have recently released a
report, entitled "Are Women Bearing the Burden of the
Recession?" on how women are being affected by the current
economic downturn. I went to speak with Dr Katherine Rake, Director
of the Fawcett Society and author of the
report, at her London office.
Listen (6' 06")
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 Interview
with Anna Fairclough, solicitor at Liberty - by Mona
Arshi (PEARLS 5)
Is it ever legitimate for the state or a private employer to interfere with how we dress in the class room or at work?
In recent years there has been an increasing number of cases played out in
the law courts regarding the appropriateness of wearing religious or other symbols. When Welsh pupil Sarika Singh won her right to wear a religious bracelet known as a Kara to her school, hers was by no means the first battle over religious symbols. Other cases
have included the primary school teaching assistant Aishah Azmi who lost her case for discrimination at an employment tribunal after she was dismissed for refusing to remove her veil in the
class-room, a case which sparked a national debate on the future of
multi-culturalism and integration in
Britain. So why has there been an apparent assertiveness in bringing these cases to the Courts?
Mona Arshi spoke with Anna Fairclough, solicitor at Liberty who represented schoolgirl Sarika Singh, about some of the legal issues involved.
Listen (5'
54")
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 PSA
(Public Service Announcement) about the Information
Point at Desi Radio
- by Jassi Khehar and Chhinder Dhiman (PEARLS 5)
This PSA is about the StartHere
Information Point at Desi Radio.
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 Interviews
at Southall Day Centre
- by Naseem
Khan (PEARLS 5)
I visited the Southall Day Centre, where I spoke to Ravinder,
Khadija, Salma and Mansinder Singh.
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 Interview about arranged marriages
- by Jyoti Walia (PEARLS 6)
My name is Jyoti Walia. I am married
and have three children and live in Isleworth, Middlesex. I
have done a lot of voluntary work for the Metropolitan Police. I was
Community Liaison Officer where I dealt with a lot of Asian families
and their issues.
Listen (9'
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 Interview with Paul, airline steward
- by Kashmir Panue (PEARLS 6)
I interviewed Paul, an airline steward based at Heathrow. He
talks about his experiences in Punjab and India.
Listen (5' 27")
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 The Portobello Film
Festival - package/interview with Director Jonathan Barnett - by
Carol
Sidney (PEARLS 6)
The Portobello
Film Festival, founded in 1996 and based in West London every
September, is a free independent festival which valiantly attempts
to show all the films that filmmakers submit. In 2009, that will be
700 films. The service it does for ordinary viewers, filmmakers just
starting out and British moving-image culture in general, means it
deserves as big a profile as the more established festivals such as
London, Edinburgh and Cannes. This is what Director, Jonathan
Barnett, had to say...
Listen (3' 36")
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 Southall Voxpops
- by Anjul Dutt (PEARLS 6)
I asked people in Southall about how they have been affected by the
recession.
Listen (1'
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As part of their course, the PEARLS
trainees complete a number of short items for their portfolio, including
interviews, voxpops, jingles, public service announcements
(PSAs), features and
reports. 
You can also read about the trainees
and their interests - and listen to more portfolio items - on the individual course pages here: