HUDL Up
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Podcast Overview
<p><span>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.</span></p> <p><span>Visit <a href="https://www.hudl.org.uk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.hudl.org.uk</a> for more information about how you can get involved.</span></p>
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Publishing Since
12/3/2025
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Recent Episodes
May 8, 2026
Full Circle: Start Well. Hold Well. End Well.
Keji and Floree return for Episode 10 to bring the first series of HUDL Up full circle. 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. This episode introduces the HUDL co-production framework: Start Well. Hold Well. End Well. Keji and Floree explore what HUDL has learnt about co-production, power and holding the work properly, and why meaningful youth involvement takes more than creating space for young people to speak. It requires structure, care, skilled facilitation, clear roles, honest decision-making, paid opportunities and a commitment to making sure young people’s contributions can shape what happens next. As the first series closes, this episode also looks ahead to what is coming next, including new programmes, teams, debate club and behind-the-scenes learning from across HUDL. Listeners are invited to help shape the next series by sharing what they want HUDL Up to explore in more depth. Learn more about HUDL here: https://www.hudl.org.uk Subscribe to HUDL Up for more episodes that hold space for real stories, shared power, and collective change.
April 29, 2026
What’s Next: Transitions, Trust and Carrying the Work Forward
In this episode of HUDL Up, we explore what it really means to navigate transitions with Dan Seifu and Melanie (Mel) Da Silva Pinto. 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. Together, they unpack what they’re carrying forward: from values-led practice and collective ways of working, to the importance of joy, care, and staying rooted in community. They speak honestly about the tension between holding on and letting go and the challenges of navigating new spaces without losing yourself or compromising your values. This conversation reflects on growth and the ongoing work to build more joyful and more equitable ways of working and making change. Whether you’re in the middle of a transition or anticipating one, this episode offers a grounding reminder that you never really leave experiences behind, you're always carrying them with you. Learn more about HUDL here: https://www.hudl.org.uk Subscribe to HUDL Up for more episodes that hold space for real stories, shared power, and collective change.
March 20, 2026
From Participants to Practitioners: The Journey of HUDL Associates
In this episode of HUDL Up, we explore what happens when young people transition from participating in youth programmes to designing and delivering them. 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. The conversation explores what it really means to step behind the scenes of youth participation work: designing sessions, holding space for young people, building relationships, and balancing the needs of both participants and partner organisations. They discuss how their perspectives shifted from participating in a programme to helping deliver it, the unexpected skills they’ve developed along the way, from facilitation and communication to programme design and data analysis, and the challenges of working across multiple projects while supporting young people through complex transitions. The episode also reflects on the responsibility of “holding” a programme: creating environments where young people feel confident, supported and prepared to contribute meaningfully to decisions that affect their communities. This episode is about growth: how participation can become leadership, how lived experience can shape programme delivery, and how young people can move from being in the room to building the room itself. Learn more about HUDL here: https://www.hudl.org.uk Subscribe to HUDL Up for more episodes that hold space for real stories, shared power, and collective change.
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- What is HUDL Up?
<p><span>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.</span></p> <p><span>Visit <a href="https://www.hudl.org.uk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.hudl.org.uk</a> for more information about how you can get involved.</span></p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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