Designed For Wellbeing Podcast

Philippa and Tom Charrier are Property Developers, Investors, and Co-founders of FAT Properties. They believe that buildings have a huge impact on our mental and physical wellbeing. By the time you are 40 years old, you will have spent 36 years inside buildings!

Each Wednesday, join Philippa and Tom as they interview pioneers in design, thought leaders, developers, architects, entrepreneurs who are pushing the boundaries in design.

If you want to explore how the design of buildings can create more productive, happier, and healthier spaces to live and work in then this is the podcast for you.

Clarissa is an expert in education and leadership, and a passionate advocate for girls and women. In this episode she talks about how buildings affect children and why schools matter.

Clarissa has coached and mentored educators and educational decision-makers throughout the UK and internationally, and led St Pauls, one of the UK’s highest achieving schools.

We talk about how buildings can inspire children and teachers alike, creating better education results, happier children and more effective schools.

We discuss how the physical environment and culture of the institution can balance the demands of high achievement with health and wellbeing.

Our speaker today is Toby Mildon, Diversity & Inclusion Architect at Mildon, a consultancy and advisory business. Toby works with businesses to re-engineer business processes and systems to minimise the impact of bias, to break down cultural barriers, and also build a culture of inclusion.

And Toby has a book, titled Inclusive Growth, which includes his proven framework for building D&I in corporations.

Before setting up his consultancy, Toby worked for several years as a diversity & inclusion leader at Deloitte the BBC. He led countless initiatives to build diversity and culture in these big businesses, including targeted talent initiatives to get more women into tech, implement family-friendly policies and practices, and improve workplace accessibility to benefit all.

But actually Toby’s background is in tech, and before working in D&I, he spent over a decade leading multinational projects in health tech, media, and aviation.

In this episode, Toby speaks to us about the power of creating a diverse and inclusive workforce.

What do diversity in the workplace means?

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Victoria manages a successful, growing property company with busy home life too - 4 kids, 2 dogs, 6 chickens, and two lambs!

Prior to developing property, she worked on TV for 16 years as a series producer & presenter.

She set up Bricks & Soul in 2018 to transform the lives of vulnerable people by developing aspirational homes that give them greater dignity security and independence

Bricks & Soul partner with housing associations & councils to create affordable pathways to independent living

They underpin their work with socio-economic analysis to prove measure and quantify the economic and social value of their work.

Find out more about Brick and Soul to know how you can help.

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In today's episode, Ben talks about designing buildings as places to empower people, to enable people to live better lives. These are places that are easy to use and that also bring you joy when you use them.

Ben Channon is Head of Wellbeing at Assael Architecture. As a qualified WELL AP and author of 'Happy by Design: A Guide to Architecture and Mental Wellbeing,' Ben's knowledge of designing for wellbeing now informs all of Assael's projects.

Ben co-founded and chaired the Architects' Mental Wellbeing Forum, which seeks to improve architects' mental health. He has lectured on wellbeing and architecture at various universities, in a 2018 TEDx talk, and to businesses worldwide.

Connect with Ben Channon, and discover the happiness brought by the right architectural designs.

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