My first hour guest on this week’s Sunday morning, Camila Batmanghelidjh, is a woman of colour and style, both in appearance and personality, both of which shine through, even on the radio. A charity campaigner and trained psychotherapist, she founded Kids Company, which offers practical, emotional and educational support to the most deprived and at risk children, in our society. Together with her personal choice of music, it’s a wonderful listen, and in fact Camila stays on, to join in a discussion in the second hour of the show about a project that’s currently gathering momentum in some of Scotland’s primary schools, teaching children about empathy. Called Roots of Empathy, it involves bringing a parent and baby into the classroom to play their part in moving society forward towards being more caring and compassionate in the future.
The do’s and don’ts of being a good grandparent is something we explore with Rob Parsons – author and the founder of Care for the family, and grandmother Rev Gillean Mclean. Full of useful tips, it’s a must-read for grandparents to be.
Historian, Anne Ellis retells the story of a tough regime aboard a boat for boys trained for life at sea, less than a hundred years ago and we have another excerpt from The Listening Project. With a selection of good music to set you up for the day, it’s well worth getting up for, or having a lie in to. Sunday Morning, with me, Cathy Macdonald.
