On the night of June 14th 2017 Manfred Ruiz lost his 12 year old niece in the fire at Grenfell. Manny talks to Polly about the friend he made in Dave, one of the firefighters on duty that day, and how they have used their friendship and their positivity to work through their grief, raising money for those affected by the tragic fire.

InterviewsSAR Admin2 October 2020

Face to Face interview with Florence Nyasamo

Florence Nyasamo, the CEO of Lives of Colour, chats to SAR CEO Polly Stratton about her book club initiative and how parents can get their children involved.

InterviewsSAR Admin7 September 2020

Face to Face interview with Sabrina Pace-Humphreys

The first in our series of SAR 'Face to Face' interviews is with Sabrina Pace-Humphreys whose impassioned speech on the second day of Stroud’s BLM protests at the Subscription Rooms went viral.