HUDL Up

HUDL Up explores stories from across the HUDL Network, where we hear from young leaders, practitioners, and partners shaping a fairer future: one project, one conversation, and one connection at a time. Holding space for real stories, shared power, and collective change. Visit https://www.hudl.org.uk for more information about how you can get involved.

HUDL Up is a society podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 10 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts HUDL Up, a society show with 10 episodes published.

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  Episode #10

  Full Circle: Start Well. Hold Well. End Well.

  May 8, 202650 minS1

  <p>Keji and Floree return for Episode 10 to bring the first series of HUDL Up full circle.</p> <p>After opening the series with their own journeys and connection to HUDL, they reflect on the conversations, projects, teams and themes that have shaped the podcast so far, from shared power and youth participation to care, belonging, transitions, programme delivery and collective change.</p> <p>This episode introduces the HUDL co-production framework: Start Well. Hold Well. End Well.</p> <p>Keji and Floree explore what HUDL has learnt about co-production, power and holding the work properly, and why meaningful youth involvement...

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  Episode #9

  What’s Next: Transitions, Trust and Carrying the Work Forward

  Apr 29, 202649 minS1

  <p>In this episode of HUDL Up, we explore what it really means to navigate transitions with Dan Seifu and Melanie (Mel) Da Silva Pinto.</p> <p>Dan reflects on his journey from the first cohort of the Involving Young People’s Collective (IYPC) to his current roles in the sector, covering grantmaking and governance, while Mel shares what it feels like to be on the edge of her own transition, approaching the end of her time in the Collective.</p> <p>Together, they unpack what they’re carrying forward: from values-led practice and collective ways of working, to the import...

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  Episode #8

  From Participants to Practitioners: The Journey of HUDL Associates

  Mar 20, 202649 minS1

  <p>In this episode of HUDL Up, we explore what happens when young people transition from participating in youth programmes to designing and delivering them.</p> <p>Betty Mayo, Kimberly Garande, Louis Peters, Teian Roberts and Thalia Papanicolaou, who are all HUDL Associates, reflect on their journeys into the organisation. Many of them first connected with HUDL as participants in programmes like the Involving Young People Collective, the BBC Children in Need Youth Leadership Programme, and Mission 44’s Youth Advisory Board. Today, they facilitate, coordinate and shape those same programmes for the next generation of young leaders.</p> <p>The co...

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  Episode #7

  Power, Care, and Lived Experience: Inside the Future Communities Collective

  Mar 11, 202650 minS1

  <p>In this episode of HUDL Up, we explore what it really means for young people to share power in grantmaking and how trauma-informed practice can shape the way those decisions are made.</p> <p>Suranne, Phoebe, Ladajah and Fatima from the Future Communities Collective reflect on their experiences working alongside the Co-op Foundation to design and deliver funding that supports young people across the UK, including those with experience of the criminal justice system.</p> <p>The conversation explores how lived experience shapes better decision-making, the emotional weight of hearing difficult stories while deciding where funding goes, and how...

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  Episode #6

  From Vision to Impact: The Journey Behind the Future Communities Collective

  Mar 4, 202654 minS1

  <p>In this episode of HUDL Up, we explore the journey of the Future Communities Collective: from its beginnings, to its impact, and to what comes next as members transition on.</p> <p>Louise Snelders from the Co-op Foundation is joined by Keshon, Zak and Saffai, outgoing members of the Future Communities Collective. Together, they reflect on how the Collective was formed, why the Co-op Foundation chose to work alongside young people, and what it’s meant to shift power in funding decisions.</p> <p>The conversation looks at how young people moved from expecting a limited role to holding re...

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