According to a Professional Players’ Federation survey, more than half of former professional sportspeople hold concerns about their mental wellbeing after retiring. Rob Steed, co-founder of Life After Professional Sport, a careers platform designed specifically for sportspeople, spoke to Struggles After The Whistle about the importance of LAPS’ work. Also hear from ex-professional footballer Leon McKenzie, […]
MMP Docs 2019
The Fight for Flash
The Fight for flash is a campaign formed to battle for the FreeStyle Libre Flash glucose monitor to be available to all type one diabetics on prescription throughout England. It’s a device for those with type one diabetes which aims to improve quality of life, but some say it isn’t necessary. Zachary Jakubowski has questioned […]
The Allergy Epidemic: A Short Broadcast Documentary
Europe’s leading allergy centre predicts half of us will suffer from at least one allergy by 2025. Josh Wilde investigates this growing allergy epidemic.
Leon McKenzie admits not wanting to show weakness during mental health struggles
Former professional footballer and boxer Leon McKenzie has opened up about his battle with mental illness, admitting ‘you don’t want to show weakness’ to the ‘old school set-up’ in the sporting world. The 40-year-old, now a leading mental health advocate, revealed his thoughts about the state of mental health in sport in an exclusive interview […]
Colouring Wounds of the Past
‘Colouring wounds of the past’ is a radio documentary explaining self-harm and exploring the effects of tattooing over self-harm scars. The project aims to raise mental health awareness and answer the question ‘Can tattoos ease the emotional pain of self-harm?’ Click here to visit the official website of Colouring Wounds of the Past
You Can’t Stop Me Loving Him – a radio documentary about conversion therapy in the UK
The UK has come very far with LGBT rights over the past 50 years with the decriminalisation of same-sex relations to the legalisation of same-sex marriage in 2014. There are still problems lying underneath the surface of LGBT rights in the UK which is conversion therapy. This documentary explores the dark and emotional use of conversion therapy in the […]
Sports star Leon McKenzie admits keeping battle with depression a secret
Ex-professional footballer and boxer Leon McKenzie has admitted football negatively affected his mental health during his 18-year career. The 40-year-old, now a mental health advocate, shared his past regrets on not seeking professional help, and his reasons for keeping his battle with depression secret. “I think if I had spoken to the right people, if […]
Combating Dementia
Throughout this audio documentary, I explore the future of dementia and aim to answer the question everyone’s been wondering, “How close are we as a society, to finding the cure for dementia?”. Within the 7 minutes, you’ll hear from 4 individuals who are living with dementia, work within the care sector or are working to […]
Bumps, births and babies: the phobia
How does it make you feel to hear a baby cry? Concerned, broody? For tokophobics this noise can bring on a panic attack, uncontrollable shaking or a need to flee the scene. Tokophobia is a fear of pregnancy, childbirth and all that goes along with it. It is derived from the Greek ‘toko’ (childbirth) and […]
The Ethics of Sex Robots in a Digital World
According to UK Futurologist, Dr Ian Pearson, by the year 2050 it could be more common to have sex with robots as opposed to humans. Sex robots have made a large impact on the sex-tech industry. Just this year alone a brothel has opened in Paris charging customers up to £100 for 30 minutes with […]