Meet 28 year old community chief Alice Fogg: why she believes solving the world's problems is best done at grassroots level, and we can all play our positive part

Alice Fogg is only 28 but already has landed a job she was dreaming of having later on in her career: Chief Officer of 'VABS', which stands for voluntary action in Badenoch & Strathspey.VABS supports local community and voluntary groups to realise their ambitions, and Alice is well placed to lead as her entire adult life has been about community and grassroots change. We talk about what drives this fire in her belly to put so much energy in community - and why her degree at Durham University, studying big concepts like global geopolitics, actually made her realise that the biggest difference can be make at the micro, not macro, level. And, also, why working at this level can bring the biggest joy and sense of satisfaction, too.She talks about her childhood being a triplet, her existential breakdown, feeling isolated at Uni due to coming from a state not private school, why she came to the Highlands and how she built her resilience to deal with the many challenges young people growing up in this crazy world face. Ultimately a really inspiring conversation and one that really consolidated by growing view that charity (and progress) really does work better if it starts at home, on our doorsteps. It's also much better for our mental health than constantly scrolling the disastrous events happening around the world that we can often feel powerless over.I hope you enjoy getting to know Alice as much as I did. Do say hello if you see her around; even better, why not check out www.vabs.org.uk and see if there's any way you can get involved with the local charities and community initiatives in our area, or contact her directly.Kincraig Cares podcast is being made on a shoe string out of love, so is very grateful for free resources which make this possible, like the intro and out music which is called 'Holiday Ukulele' by MaxKoMusic, promoted by www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ and part of the Creative Commons Attributions-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)