What Have I Done?

Mar 04 2024 4
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What Have I Done? is the podcast that digs deeper into inspirational fundraising stories to discover what it truly takes to see a challenge through. In each episode award-winning fundraiser, secondhand stylist and author Caroline Jones aka Knickers Model's Own is joined by her guests to discover how the spark of an idea set them on their own fundraising journey. They’ll explain why they chose their particular charity and share the highs and lows that invariably come with the intensity of fundraising. At the centre of each conversation is an emotional story of how inner grit and determination can lead to a lasting legacy for the fundraiser and for the charity. 
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Knickers Model's Own - Caroline Jones

Mar 04 2024 57 mins  
Turning the microphone around on herself, in this episode Caroline Jones is interviewed by journalist, author and friend Lauren Bravo to explore her 2015 award-winning fundraising campaign Knickers Model's Own, styling herself in a different daily second-hand outfit in aid of Cancer Research UK. Caroline talks candidly about what it takes to navigate a year-long challenge, the high

The Front Door Photo Project - Jenny Smith

Feb 26 2024 62 mins  
Community is at the heart of this episode as Caroline chats to professional photographer Jenny Smith. During the pandemic domestic abuse rose sharply and Jenny set out to fundraise for Refuge UK with her Front Door Photo Project capturing socially distanced portraits on peoples' doorsteps within her North London neighbourhood. It's a reminder that on our own doorsteps, in our own c

The Skipping Sikh - Rajinder & Minreet Singh

Feb 19 2024 52 mins  
In this episode Caroline chats to award-winning fundraiser Rajinder Singh MBE aka The Skipping Sikh who loves to skip. During the isolation of the pandemic Rajinder began the lockdown skipping challenge, supported by his daughter Minreet, to help inspire young and old to get up and get active sharing videos which aimed to inspire older members of the Asian community to stay healthy

UK Sepsis Trust - Terence Canning

Feb 12 2024 49 mins  
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Coppatrek! - Diane Copsey

Feb 05 2024 51 mins  
As a survivor of breast cancer, Diane Copsey signed up for Coppatrek! a challenging 100km 5-day trek and camp along the Pembrokeshire coast in aid of breast awareness charity Coppafeel! Diane shares with Caroline how her determination to raise funds (from race nights to a style talk) to support breast cancer awareness got her through this physical challenge as did the camaraderie a

The Boy In The Tent - Max Woosey

Jan 29 2024 23 mins  
A boy, sleeping night after night in a tent, fundraising for a local hospice. The idea sounds simple, almost idyllic…. But of course outstanding fundraising ideas require something else: determination, resilience and the ability to resonate with the donor. Max Woosey BEM joined Caroline for a chat all about his multi-award winning fundraising campaign in aid of North Devon H

The Songaminute Man - Simon McDermott

Jan 22 2024 73 mins  
In a deeply personal and touching conversation, Simon McDermott talks to Caroline about his two very different worlds running in parallel: the continuous 24-hour care needed to look after his father Ted as he lives with dementia and the bright lights of media attention giving a spotlight to his incredible 2016 multi award-winning dementia fundraising story. Simon talks candidly abo

Spennylympics - Stuart Bates MBE & Charlotte Nichols MBE

Jan 15 2024 58 mins  
Ten year anniversaries of the loss of a loved one can be a particularly poignant moment, full of reflection and what ifs? So when Stuart Bates MBE and partner Charlotte Nichols MBE set out to mark the tenth anniversary of Stuarts’ brother Spencer ‘Spenny’ - who passed away from Motor Neurone Disease whilst still in his 40s - the seed of an idea was set to fundraise for MND As

English Channel Swim - Leah Chowdhry

Jan 08 2024 51 mins  
In this episode Caroline chats to Leah Chowdhry, an inspirational fundraiser and author who took on the challenge to swim the English Channel to support The British Asian Trust. Leah tells her first hand account of visiting India and how it motivated her to support the charity and shares with Caroline what it takes to train and complete this iconic 30 mile swim and how it felt

Pet Portraits by Hercule - Phil Heckels

Jan 01 2024 80 mins  
When it comes to award-winning, global reaching fundraising campaigns you might not think of something that declares its self as 'bad', but at the very centre of Pet Portraits by Hercule Van Wolfwinkle a.k.a. Caroline's guest Phil Heckels is just that, rubbish artwork sold in aid of homeless charity Turning Tides. The off-centre originality of this idea is genius, turning something