Mittens, Memes and Disney

It's finally February. The longest January in existence is finally over! Hope is on the horizon… that was until a rodent in Pennsylvania called Punxsutawney Phil predicted earlier today that we're in for another six weeks of chilly winter. Cheers Phil. That's right folks, it's Groundhog Day.  Fay Schofield is hosting today, she’s joined by TFGL’s Greg Ashton and Ben White. Our special guest this week is Kirsty Marrins. Kirsty is a digital communications consultant who's been working in the charity sector for over a decade, a writer for Third Sector and a Charity Comms Trustee. This week’s topics Stat of the week: More than just a meme, Bernie Sanders mittens raise $1.8m for charity - AP Charity news of the week: Karl Wilding steps down after 18 months as chief exec of NCVO - Third Sector Tech news of the week: The "free" in free market is put to the test as technology opens the door to investing for the general public - BBC News Robin Hood Society had a weird week - Rolling Stone And finally…  Anthony Gormley is trying to make the UK a giant art exhibition ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at [email protected]  We’d love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  If you’d like to be thanked on the podcast for giving us some cash, contact us on [email protected]. I promise we’ll spend it on transcription and not on kittens.