A Manifesto For Hope – Details, episodes & analysis

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.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why we need a New Social Covenant. In this episode Steve’s guest and expert witness is Danny Kruger, Conservative MP, and founder of the New Conservatives group.

“Danny Kruger MBE began his career working for a think tank and then serving as David Cameron's chief speechwriter in 2006. He left his role two years later to focus on Only Connect, a youth crime prevention charity he co-founded with his wife Emma. Elected as an MP for Devizes in 2019, he was tasked by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in 2020 to propose ways to maintain community spirit amid the COVID pandemic. Kruger suggested a ‘new social covenant’, which he described as ‘the mutual commitment by citizens, civil society, businesses and the state, to work together for the common good of all.”

 – Steve Chalke

About Danny Kruger 

First elected in 2019, Danny Kruger MP is Member of Parliament for the Devizes constituency in Wiltshire. He has worked in journalism and in politics and was speech writer for former Prime Minister David Cameron, Political Secretary to former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and PPS at the Department for Levelling Up and Communities. With his wife, Emma, Kruger set up his own charity called Only Connect in 2006, working with those in prison or recently released, to reduce reoffending. He also set up and ran the West London Zone for Children and Young People, coordinating the work of schools, councils, and charities with young people at risk. He is a trustee of Catch 22, a charity that works across the social welfare cycle. 

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.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do things ‘with’ people not ‘to’ people: Poverty will never be solved by programmes. It takes a village to raise a child but too often we’ve left it to paid professionals. In this episode Steve’s guest and expert witness is Julie Siddiqi MBE. In part one Steve sets out his seventh principle, in part two Julie responds.

“This is my conversation with my guest and expert witness Julie Siddiqi MBE, social entrepreneur and founder and director of Together We Thrive. We talk together about Principle 7: Do things ‘with’ people, not ‘to’ them or ‘for’ them. I love talking with Julie because of how she lives out her Muslim faith. She's lived in the same community for the last 20 years. She served those people she knows, those people she rejoices with, those people she weeps with. Julie is the embodiment of working with people rather than doing things for them or to them. I love her.” 

– Steve Chalke

About Julie Siddiqi

Julie Siddiqi is a mentor, consultant, community activist and gender equality campaigner with a focus on interfaith relations. She has a background in community grassroots work spanning 25 years, and is founder of Together We Thrive, and co-founder of The Big Iftar, and Nisa-Nisham – the Jewish and Muslim Women’s Network and the largest network of its kind in Europe. Julie was Executive Director of the Islamic Society of Britain from 2010-2014 and has also been a member of the government’s National Muslim Women’s Advisory Group and National Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group. Julie was awarded an MBE in 2020 for services to promoting interfaith understanding.

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.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do things ‘with’ people not ‘to’ people: Poverty will never be solved by programmes. It takes a village to raise a child but too often we’ve left it to paid professionals. In this episode Steve’s guest and expert witness is Julie Siddiqi MBE. In part one Steve sets out his seventh principle, in part two Julie responds.

“This is my conversation with my guest and expert witness Julie Siddiqi MBE, social entrepreneur and founder and director of Together We Thrive. We talk together about Principle 7: Do things ‘with’ people, not ‘to’ them or ‘for’ them. I love talking with Julie because of how she lives out her Muslim faith. She's lived in the same community for the last 20 years. She served those people she knows, those people she rejoices with, those people she weeps with. Julie is the embodiment of working with people rather than doing things for them or to them. I love her.” 

– Steve Chalke

About Julie Siddiqi

Julie Siddiqi is a mentor, consultant, community activist and gender equality campaigner with a focus on interfaith relations. She has a background in community grassroots work spanning 25 years, and is founder of Together We Thrive, and co-founder of The Big Iftar, and Nisa-Nisham – the Jewish and Muslim Women’s Network and the largest network of its kind in Europe. Julie was Executive Director of the Islamic Society of Britain from 2010-2014 and has also been a member of the government’s National Muslim Women’s Advisory Group and National Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group. Julie was awarded an MBE in 2020 for services to promoting interfaith understanding.

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.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You can judge the wisdom of any society by the investment it makes in its children: The importance of taking a trauma-informed approach to supporting children. In this episode Steve’s guest and expert witness is Dr Celia Sadie. In part one Steve sets out his fifth principle, in part two Dr Celia responds. 

“This is my conversation with my guest and expert witness Dr. Celia Sadie, clinical psychologist and Director of Care and Wellbeing at Oasis Restore, England's first ever secure school based in Rochester, in Kent. We talk together about Principle 5: You can judge the wisdom of any society by the investment it makes in its children. It was brilliant talking with Celia, because I know that she understands the revolution that we need to go through if we're to give every young person in our society the opportunity they deserve and allow them to reach their full potential.” 

– Steve Chalke

About Dr Celia Sadie

Dr Celia Sadie is the Director of Care and Wellbeing at Oasis Restore – England’s first secure school. She is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and a specialist in adolescent mental health and psychological therapies. Her career has spanned adolescent in-patient and youth custody settings, as well as work in private practice and as an expert witness. Dr Celia has trained, published, and presented her work widely in national and international settings, including contributing to the Lammy Review (2017), and Youth Justice Conventions. Much of her work has focused on the development of trauma-responsive services, and on the particular challenges faced by adolescents in custody and those who work with them.

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.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You can judge the wisdom of any society by the investment it makes in its children: The importance of taking a trauma-informed approach to supporting children. In this episode Steve’s guest and expert witness is Dr Celia Sadie. In part one Steve sets out his fifth principle, in part two Dr Celia responds. 

“This is my conversation with my guest and expert witness Dr. Celia Sadie, clinical psychologist and Director of Care and Wellbeing at Oasis Restore, England's first ever secure school based in Rochester, in Kent. We talk together about Principle 5: You can judge the wisdom of any society by the investment it makes in its children. It was brilliant talking with Celia, because I know that she understands the revolution that we need to go through if we're to give every young person in our society the opportunity they deserve and allow them to reach their full potential.” 

– Steve Chalke

About Dr Celia Sadie

Dr Celia Sadie is the Director of Care and Wellbeing at Oasis Restore – England’s first secure school. She is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and a specialist in adolescent mental health and psychological therapies. Her career has spanned adolescent in-patient and youth custody settings, as well as work in private practice and as an expert witness. Dr Celia has trained, published, and presented her work widely in national and international settings, including contributing to the Lammy Review (2017), and Youth Justice Conventions. Much of her work has focused on the development of trauma-responsive services, and on the particular challenges faced by adolescents in custody and those who work with them.

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.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Without a vision the people perish: Strategies can become straightjackets. People work together best when they serve a compelling and well-articulated vision. In this episode Steve sets out his fourth principle, and his guest and expert witness Steve Parish, Owner of Crystal Palace FC, responds. 

“Steve Parish is the co-owner and chairman of Crystal Palace FC. We talk together about Principle 4: Without a vision, the people perish. I love my conversation with Steve because I've supported Crystal Palace all my life. I've supported them through thick and thin. And I've seen the extraordinary work that Steve has done to turn around the fortunes of the club. We have spent the last 10 years consecutively in the Premier League. It's a miracle, it's a wonder, and I wanted to find out more about the vision that drives Steve forward.” 

– Steve Chalke

About Steve Parish

Steve Parish is an entrepreneur, and chairman and part-owner of Premier League club, Crystal Palace FC. Steve was founder owner of Tag Worldwide – a brand he grew from a small print services business to a £130m turnover diversified global design and production agency.

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.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You go faster alone, but you can go further together: Why ‘The Big Society’ failed and how we can make it work again. In this episode Steve’s guest and expert witness is Marvin Rees, the Mayor of Bristol. In part one Steve sets out his third principle, in part two Marvin responds. 

“This is my conversation with my guest and expert witness Marvin Rees, the Mayor of Bristol. We talk together about Principle 3: You go faster alone, but you can go further together. I really enjoyed my conversation with Marvin because through the lockdowns, through the pandemic, through COVID, I had the opportunity of working with Marvin in Bristol where Oasis runs a number of schools, and I watched a man who knew how to build a team do exactly that. Bristol is an incredible city. A city that's learned that you may go faster alone, but you get a lot further together.” 

– Steve Chalke

About Marvin Rees 

Marvin Rees was first elected mayor of Bristol in May 2016, and re-elected in 2021, making Bristol the first major European city to have elected a black mayor. Marvin began his working life with Tearfund, one of the UK’s leading international development agencies, before working in Washington D.C with US social justice organisation, Sojourners, and advisor to President Clinton, Dr Tony Campolo. Marvin also worked with the BBC as a broadcast journalist, with the Black Development Agency supporting the BME-led voluntary sector, and in NHS Bristol’s Public Health team on race equality in mental health. Awarded an OBE for services to local government in King Charles’ first New Year’s Honours list, Marvin is also a Yale World Fellow and was named fourth on the UK black Powerlist in 2024. 

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.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.