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It’s the last Friday of the month which can only mean one thing - our Big Chat Word Up Collab! Hannah and Dan welcome Naomi Hutchison into the studio to share her experience of spoken word and Word Up! Naomi first wrote poetry over lockdown and has even more recently begun taking to the stage to read aloud. We’re lucky enough to hear a couple of Naomi’s poems and learn more about what inspires her. Naomi loves the creativity that poetry brings to communication and how Word Up gives a platform for those that want to be heard.
Word Up! takes place on the first Wednesday of each month at The Forum. It costs just £5 entry and speaking slots are available on a first come first serve basis.
This episode of The Big Chat is proudly sponsored by the TW Soapbox Stars Kart Race.
The TW Soapbox Race, raises serious cash for local charities while bringing businesses and community groups together for a hilarious family fun day out in the heart of the town. The event has raised more than £84,000 for charities to date!
Buy your tickets for the big race at: https://www.twsoapboxrace.com/buytickets
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In this week’s episode of The Big Chat, Coco speaks with Scott Walker - detective, kidnap negotiator and author! Scott was a detective at Scotland Yard for 16 years working counter-terrorism, homicide, domestic abuse, organised crime, and kidnappings. He left the police in 2015 to work as a kidnap negotiator in the commercial sector and ended up helping to resolve over 300 cases including other perils such as cyber-extortion and piracy.
Scott has now written a book, ORDER OUT OF CHAOS, which is out on 25th May 2023. The book takes everything he’s learnt about that world; how to communicate effectively, develop a resilient mindset, thrive in a crises, and how people can apply these tools and techniques to their personal and professional lives.
To purchase the book head to: https://amzn.eu/d/cIvJEO9
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In this week’s episode of The Big Chat, Coco chats to Malachi, host of the growing podcast, Malavision. Malachi is a remarkable young man, who at the age of 15 has already been thrown so much in life - with having an inoperable brain tumour when he was only baby that caused him to be blind, to battling mental health issues, he wants to create a platform for others to learn from those that are willing to share their own struggles. Massive thanks to Polly from the Pickering Cancer Drop-In Centre for introducing Coco and Malachi.
As Malachi himself says: anything is possible if you put your heart, soul and mind to it!
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In this week’s episode of The Big Chat, Coco chats to Lynne Meek, owner of online shop The Meek Boutique. Lynne shares how she started the shop in the summer of 2018 and how it quickly grew beyond what she could have ever imagined! Originally only intending it to be a small add on to her personal styling business, Lynne and her husband have now put all their focus on the boutique, employing many others including their son. Lynne wants to ensure that women at whatever stage in their life can feel comfortable and confident in the clothes that they are wearing.
If you’d like to shop some of Lynne’s carefully curated clothing, head to https://themeekboutique.co.uk/
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It’s the last Friday of the month which can only mean one thing - our Big Chat Word Up Collab! Coco and Hannah welcome David Smith into the studio, who has been regularly attending Word Up since day one. He’s seen poetry as a hobby since a child and loves taking inspiration from poets like Spike Milligan, making his poetry more often than not, incredibly fun! He’s also one of the brains behind the Tunbridge Wells musical, and we’re lucky enough to hear one of the brilliant extracts!
David also helps to create the Tunbridge Wells Poetry Festival, which runs from 1st - 18th June, including many incredible artists performing at a selection of wonderful venues. To find out more, head to: twpoetryfestival.com
This episode of The Big Chat is proudly sponsored by the TW Soapbox Stars Kart Race.
The TW Soapbox Race, raises serious cash for local charities while bringing businesses and community groups together for a hilarious family fun day out in the heart of the town. The event has raised more than £84,000 for charities to date!
Buy your tickets for the big race at: https://www.twsoapboxrace.com/buytickets
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In this week’s episode of The Big Chat, Coco chats to Tim Laurence, the founder of the Hoffman Process in the UK. The Hoffman Process is a week long intensive retreat which enables you to let go of old baggage and create space for new opportunities in your life. Tim was the last person to be trained under Bob Hoffman who founded the process in the US in 1967 and then Tim bought it to the UK in 1995. Coco herself completed the process in 2019 under Tim and her and Tim reflect on how the retreat provides so much insight into so many areas of life. The Hoffman process helps you discover who you really are, freeing you to make conscious choices that will improve your relationships with the people around you.
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In this week’s episode of The Big Chat, Coco speaks with Divorce Doula Farhana. A Divorce doula is someone who provides hand-holding and information throughout the divorce process and can compliment the services of a solicitor. Farhana shares how she changed her career during the pandemic in order to not only transform her own life, but the lives of others too. She feels called to help those going through separation who are reaching for a life they desire but can’t quite seem to get there. Farhana believes in the power of healing your own generational trauma to not only improve your own life, but better the life of future generations too.
If you’d like to find out more about Farhana and the services she offers as a divorce doula, head to her Instagram @farhana_l_hussain
This episode of The Big Chat is proudly sponsored by Berry & Lamberts Solicitors.
Berry & Lamberts Solicitors has been serving the local West Kent community for over 270 years. With offices in Tunbridge Wells, Sevenoaks and Paddock Wood, they have a longstanding reputation for being personable, approachable and friendly.
The teams draw on a wealth of experience to provide dependable advice in a relaxed, professional environment. They work as a team with their clients on a full range of business and individual legal matters to help them achieve the results they seek in their professional and personal lives.
Get in touch with the Berry & Lamberts team at www.berryandlamberts.co.uk
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It’s the last Friday of the month which can only mean one thing - our Big Chat Word Up Collab! Coco, Hannah and Dan welcome the lovely Lee into the studio today, a regular at the monthly spoken word event that takes place at The Forum. We learn a bit more about this amazing community event in our much loved town, with the aim of giving voices to people and ensuring they are heard. We are also lucky enough to hear some incredibly powerful poetry from Lee.
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In this week’s episode of The Big Chat, Coco shares her upcoming plans and the direction she sees the podcast going in. There are a lot of exciting opportunities for our local community to get involved in, as we see the need for this platform in our town continue to grow. The most important thing to us is to bring value to you all, and the recent direction of hearing the heroes journey has really resonated with you all.
Thank you so much to you, our listeners who make The Big Chat possible each week!
If you’d like to get involved with any of the opportunities Coco has shared, please do drop us an email at [email protected]
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In this week’s episode of The Big Chat, Coco speaks with Matt Hillier who is better known as The Humble Bear. Matt shares his powerful journey from addiction to enlightenment and how he now has the tools to help others find their purpose. Matt’s own purpose is to support and empower people to find happiness, peace and joy in their life using whichever modality and process in his toolset that he has. Matt offers a range of services & events to help support the world on a mental, emotional and spiritual level.
If you’d like to find out more about The Humble Bear, you can find him on Instagram @the_humble_bear
or visit his website humblebear.co.uk
This episode of The Big Chat is proudly sponsored by the TW Soapbox Stars Kart Race.
The TW Soapbox Race, raises serious cash for local charities while bringing businesses and community groups together for a hilarious family fun day out in the heart of the town. The event has raised more than £84,000 for charities to date!
Buy your tickets for the big race at: https://www.twsoapboxrace.com/buytickets
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In this week’s episode of The Big Chat, Coco speaks with celebrity chef Rosemary Shrager whose second novel “The Proof In The Pudding” was recently released. Coco and Rosemary also discuss her other new pursuits, such as creating sugar free chutneys and jams, her range of pies and more details about her novels.
Rosemary also works with charities such as Back Up Trust (backuptrust.org.uk) and Number One Community Trust (numberonecommunity.org), which is local to Tunbridge Wells.
Stay tuned for lots of fun and giggles as well as a short excerpt from The Proof In The Pudding, read by Rosemary herself!
A big thank you to the TW Soapbox Race and Edney & Edney for sponsoring this weeks episode of The Big Chat.
The TW Soapbox Race, raises serious cash for local charities while bringing businesses and community groups together for a hilarious family fun day out in the heart of the town. The event has raised more than £84,000 for charities to date!
Buy your tickets for the big race at: https://www.twsoapboxrace.com/buytickets
Edney & Edney are an opticians offering an unparalleled selection of world-class eyewear in Tunbridge Wells. Jamie and Ayshah Edney have a combined 30 years experience in the eyewear and eyecare industry. As a husband and wife team, they understand the importance of offering an exceptional bespoke service.
Pop in and see them at their glorious shop on Monson Road, or contact them by telephone on 01892 517986 or email on [email protected]. Visit https://www.edneyandedney.com/ to find out more.
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This weeks episode of The Big Chat is the first of many collab episodes with Hannah Gee and Dan Culmer from Word Up! Each Friday at the end of the month, Hannah and Dan will be hosting The Big Chat and bringing in a variety of inspiring guests that have an important message to share. In this episode, we learn how Dan started Word Up 10 years ago after going to a similar slam poetry event in Brighton and seeing the potential it would have in Tunbridge Wells. Hannah and Dan have been friends for years and after encouragement from Dan, Hannah recently stepped back into the world of poetry and is passionate about spreading the message of Word Up.
Word Up takes place on the first Wednesday of every month and is £5 entry at The Forum. To coincide with International Women’s Day, this months will take place on 8th March.
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In this week’s episode of The Big Chat, the tables have turned, and Eileen, Editor of SO Magazine interviews Coco! Coco shares how she went from her 9-5 office job in London to founding and directing several companies in Tunbridge Wells. Doing PR in the local area gave her the platform to ensure the TW Soapbox Race is the success it is, but when the pandemic hit Coco had to find a new way to keep businesses connected, and so The Big Chat was born. With a growing audience on social media and all podcast platforms, The Big Chat enables the people from our town to share their stories to inspire others.
If you’d like to find out more about Chatty Hatter, The Big Chat or TW Soapbox Race, pick up a copy of the March edition of SO Magazine or email us at [email protected]
A big thank you to Edney & Edney for sponsoring this weeks episode of The Big Chat and their ongoing support for SO Magazine - just have a look at Coco's glasses!
Edney & Edney are an opticians offering an unparalleled selection of world-class eyewear in Tunbridge Wells. Jamie and Ayshah Edney have a combined 30 years experience in the eyewear and eyecare industry. As a husband and wife team, they understand the importance of offering an exceptional bespoke service.
Pop in and see them at their glorious shop on Monson Road, or contact them by telephone on 01892 517986 or email on [email protected]. Visit https://www.edneyandedney.com/ to find out more.
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In todays episode of The Big Chat, Coco talks to Polly and Caroline from The Pickering Cancer Drop-In Centre. Nearly a year and a half on since she was last in the studio with Coco, President Polly and her right-hand woman Caroline share exactly what’s been happening at the Centre since then and what they’ll be up to in 2023, including the TW Soapbox Race!
The Pickering Cancer drop-in Centre is a huge support for the Tunbridge Wells community, and believes in the importance of combining emotional care with traditional medicine in order to deal with the pain that cancer can bring to families.
If you or anyone you know needs support from the Pickering Cancer Drop-In Centre, please do call them on 01892 511880 or visit them at the Centre on Monson Road, Tunbridge Wells.
A big thank you to Edney & Edney for sponsoring this weeks episode of The Big Chat - just have a look at Coco and Polly’s glasses!
Edney & Edney are an opticians offering an unparalleled selection of world-class eyewear in Tunbridge Wells. Jamie and Ayshah Edney have a combined 30 years experience in the eyewear and eyecare industry. As a husband and wife team, they understand the importance of offering an exceptional bespoke service.
Pop in and see them at their glorious shop on Monson Road, or contact them by telephone on 01892 517986 or email on [email protected]. Visit https://www.edneyandedney.com/ to find out more.
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In todays episode of The Big Chat, Coco talks to Valentine, an incredible singer-song writer who’s born and raised in Tunbridge Wells. Speaking on his younger years, Valentine shares what inspired him to become the artist that he is today and what has impacted him the most. Sharing his own mental health journey, Valentine has a very open and honest conversation with Coco about how we can encourage more people to speak up and in turn encourage positive change in society. In this episode Coco and Valentine discuss generational changes in mental health conversations, seeing fear as resistance and speaking from the heart.
Make sure you have a listen to Valentine’s music, with a new music video out today on his birthday: https://linktr.ee/Valentine.B
A big thank you to Edney & Edney for sponsoring this weeks episode of The Big Chat - just have a look at Coco and Valentine’s glasses!
Edney & Edney are an opticians offering an unparalleled selection of world-class eyewear in Tunbridge Wells. Jamie and Ayshah Edney have a combined 30 years experience in the eyewear and eyecare industry. As a husband and wife team, they understand the importance of offering an exceptional bespoke service.
Pop in and see them at their glorious shop on Monson Road, or contact them by telephone on 01892 517986 or email on [email protected]. Visit https://www.edneyandedney.com/ to find out more.
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In this week’s episode of The Big Chat, Coco talks to Alex Cornelius, the Head Teacher of Langton Green Primary School. The chat focusses around mental well-being and the increased need for mental health support post-pandemic. With two children of her own who have attended/are attending the school, Coco knows first hand the support that the Primary School offers pupils. Alex himself has a strong focus on community and is a part of Thrive Langton which aims to provide community intervention to help people with their well being. In this episode Coco and Alex discuss the impact of social media on children, taking the pressure off and the courageousness of children today.
If you want to find out more about Thrive Langton head to: http://thrivelangton.org/
A big thank you to the Right Tuition Company for sponsoring this weeks episode of The Big Chat.
The Right Tuition Company (RTC) is an award-winning, Kent-based tutoring company, that has its flagship tuition centre located in the heart of Tunbridge Wells town centre. Since opening in 2014, RTC has established a fervent reputation for being the leading, local provider of high-quality, premium small-group tuition to Primary and Secondary-aged children. At its core, RTC promotes a traditional, non-computer-based approach to tutoring. The success of its education provision is rooted in the expert-led teaching and the availability of an all-round education service that can be accessed at an affordable cost.
To book your free taster class and learn more about how they can help your child, please contact them, either, by telephone on 01892-800-492 or email at [email protected]
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In this week’s episode of The Big Chat, Coco talks to Poppy O’Neill, author of mental-wellbeing resources for children and parents. Back in December, The Big Chat sponsored Wicked Productions pantomime at the EM Forster Theatre and Poppy kindly donated 90 of her books for children receiving goodie bags. Poppy shares her inspiration for writing and why the topic of mental health is so important to her. Coco and Poppy discuss the generational changes surrounding mental health as we begin to open up more to one another.
Poppy’s next book Mother Power is out 9th February and is a reassuring parenting guide that’s always in your corner. There are also two new additions to the children's series publishing in March: I Like Being Me and When I Feel Angry.
Find all of Poppy’s books at https://summersdale.com/sd-author/poppy-oneill/
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In this week’s episode of The Big Chat, Coco chats with Hugh Whitaker of Humor Street Art who specialises in spray-painted murals for businesses and homes. From a week’s notice for the Champion’s League final creation to heading to Steven Gerrard’s house to transform his son’s bedroom, a lot has changed for Hugh over the previous two years since he was last in the hot seat! Coco and Hugh also discuss their upcoming collaboration which gives back to the local community and brings Hugh full circle with his early work.
If you want to find out more about Humor you can find them on socials @humorstreetart or head to https://www.humorstreetart.co.uk/
Thank you to TW Soapbox Stars Kart Race for sponsoring this week’s episode of The Big Chat, you have until Monday 31st January to get your early bird tickets at https://www.twsoapboxrace.com/buytickets
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Trigger warning - alcoholism, suicide, death
In this week’s episode of The Big Chat, Coco talks to Jen Williams, Fundraising & Marketing Manager and Ray Weston, Hub Manager at the Mental Health Resource Hub. The Hub is located on Grosvenor Park at the top end of Grosvenor Road in Tunbridge Wells which provides safe spaces and person-centred mental health support to help people improve their wellbeing. Mental Health Resource has been going since 1993 and has a variety of Reach Out Groups for both adults and young people in Tunbridge Wells and the surrounding areas. Touching on their personal experiences, Jen and Ray share how this inspires them to help others.
To find out more about Mental Health Resource head to their website:
www.mentalhealthresource.org.uk
If you’re looking for support you can also head to:
Mind: www.mind.org.uk/information-support
Give us a shout 85258
Samaritans www.samaritans.org 116123
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In this week’s episode of The Big Chat, Coco talks to Rosemary Shrager, Ambassador and Peter Sanlon, Trustee, of the Number One Community Trust. Number One Community Trust is a community centre serving the residents of Showfields and Ramslye. Their aim is to enhance the quality of life of the residents through events, activities and community projects and Rosemary and Peter share more about this. Coco finds out more about the recent refurbishment of the Number One Cafe by Town and Country and also the other facilities available such as the library, pre-school and community hall. The Trust needs help from our amazing community to keep going - to find out more head to https://numberonecommunity.org/
Thank you to TW Soapbox Race for sponsoring this week’s episode of The Big Chat, buy your tickets now at https://www.twsoapboxrace.com/buytickets
Shout out to Edney and Edney for both Coco and Rosemary’s glasses!
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