How do you solve a problem like everything? en © Cooler Heads 2026 Social change? Yes please! Kaneez Shaid and Will Higham are on a quest to find ideas and communities bringing real change. https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/2917ff5e-b12b-11f1-9ce6-9308fa42d5ba/image/ad51ad562118b2f4a34e6e2f3448e5e9.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress How do you solve a problem like everything? episodic A quest for ideas and communities bringing real change. Will Higham & Kaneez Shaid Social change? Yes please! Kaneez Shaid and Will Higham are on a quest to find ideas and communities bringing real change. Social change? Yes please! Kaneez Shaid and Will Higham are on a quest to find ideas and communities bringing real change.


]]> Kenny Campbell kenny@mediamedia.co.uk The money trap Kaneez and Will are joined by Baroness Jo Valentine for a masterclass on the links between business and community. Lady Valentine is Director of Place at Business in the Community, seeking to improve economic and social outcomes for some of Britain's “forgotten” towns. There is some fantastic insight here for anyone involved in community work (and, frankly, for everyone else too), not least into how money can get in the way of rebuilding communities – and why there is no point in trying to sort all the social ills in a city if the place is going down the pan. This one's a must-listen! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 24 Oct 2026 04:03:00 -0000 The money trap full 1 3 Will Higham & Kaneez Shaid Business, squalor and community ... a masterclass in the real world Kaneez and Will are joined by Baroness Jo Valentine for a masterclass on the links between business and community. Lady Valentine is Director of Place at Business in the Community, seeking to improve economic and social outcomes for some of Britain's “forgotten” towns. There is some fantastic insight here for anyone involved in community work (and, frankly, for everyone else too), not least into how money can get in the way of rebuilding communities – and why there is no point in trying to sort all the social ills in a city if the place is going down the pan. This one's a must-listen! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Kaneez and Will are joined by Baroness Jo Valentine for a masterclass on the links between business and community.


Lady Valentine is Director of Place at Business in the Community, seeking to improve economic and social outcomes for some of Britain's “forgotten” towns.


There is some fantastic insight here for anyone involved in community work (and, frankly, for everyone else too), not least into how money can get in the way of rebuilding communities – and why there is no point in trying to sort all the social ills in a city if the place is going down the pan.


This one's a must-listen!


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]]> 2565 no Coming up: Business, squalor and community transformation, with Baroness Jo Valentine This weekend's episode features a masterclass from Baroness Jo Valentine on how to work with the business community to transform left behind areas. Join Will and Kaneez on Saturday to find out how money can get in the way! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 20 Oct 2026 20:28:00 -0000 Coming up: Business, squalor and community transformation, with Baroness Jo Valentine trailer 1 Will Higham & Kaneez Shaid How money gets in the way of community building This weekend's episode features a masterclass from Baroness Jo Valentine on how to work with the business community to transform left behind areas. Join Will and Kaneez on Saturday to find out how money can get in the way! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices This weekend's episode features a masterclass from Baroness Jo Valentine on how to work with the business community to transform left behind areas.

Join Will and Kaneez on Saturday to find out how money can get in the way!


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]]> 148 no Talking change with Sir Paul Collier This week, Will and Kaneez's quest for better communities takes them to Sir Paul Collier, Emeritus Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, in Oxford University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sun, 11 Oct 2026 09:07:00 -0000 Talking change with Sir Paul Collier full 1 2 Will Higham & Kaneez Shaid An academic view of our quest for better communities This week, Will and Kaneez's quest for better communities takes them to Sir Paul Collier, Emeritus Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, in Oxford University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices This week, Will and Kaneez's quest for better communities takes them to Sir Paul Collier, Emeritus Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, in Oxford University.

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]]> 2864 no Coming up soon – Sir Paul Collier! Listen out for our next fantastic episode featuring Sir Paul Collier! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 10 Oct 2026 11:03:00 -0000 Coming up soon – Sir Paul Collier! trailer Will Higham & Kaneez Shaid Listen out for our next fantastic episode featuring Sir Paul Collier! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Listen out for our next fantastic episode featuring Sir Paul Collier!

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]]> 143 no Community: A quest begins Welcome to our fantastic new podcast featuring two people on a quest to find the ideas and communities making a positive change to our world. If you're in local government or the Third Sector – or if you just give a damn about community – then this is a must-listen. Dr Kaneez Shaid MBE – former Chair of Citizens UK – and her fellow traveller Will Higham, who has been a leader in some of Britain's biggest charities, know this world intimately. Kaneez and Will are hunting for ways to make communities happier and less angry and, en route, talk with some of the county's leading thinkers and doers about how to solve a problem like ... everything. They look at the 'five giants' of the Beveridge Report – what do want, squalor, idleness, disease and ignorance look like in 2026, starting in Grimsby, where Kaneez did so much work. There's no apple pie on the menu. Just a serious quest to find out what will work – for those who want to improve the world around them and be able to articulate hope for the future.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sat, 26 Sep 2026 04:59:00 -0000 Community: A quest begins full 1 1 Will Higham & Kaneez Shaid Lessons from Grimsby to Beveridge Welcome to our fantastic new podcast featuring two people on a quest to find the ideas and communities making a positive change to our world. If you're in local government or the Third Sector – or if you just give a damn about community – then this is a must-listen. Dr Kaneez Shaid MBE – former Chair of Citizens UK – and her fellow traveller Will Higham, who has been a leader in some of Britain's biggest charities, know this world intimately. Kaneez and Will are hunting for ways to make communities happier and less angry and, en route, talk with some of the county's leading thinkers and doers about how to solve a problem like ... everything. They look at the 'five giants' of the Beveridge Report – what do want, squalor, idleness, disease and ignorance look like in 2026, starting in Grimsby, where Kaneez did so much work. There's no apple pie on the menu. Just a serious quest to find out what will work – for those who want to improve the world around them and be able to articulate hope for the future.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Welcome to our fantastic new podcast featuring two people on a quest to find the ideas and communities making a positive change to our world. If you're in local government or the Third Sector – or if you just give a damn about community – then this is a must-listen.


Dr Kaneez Shaid MBE – former Chair of Citizens UK – and her fellow traveller Will Higham, who has been a leader in some of Britain's biggest charities, know this world intimately.


Kaneez and Will are hunting for ways to make communities happier and less angry and, en route, talk with some of the county's leading thinkers and doers about how to solve a problem like ... everything.


They look at the 'five giants' of the Beveridge Report – what do want, squalor, idleness, disease and ignorance look like in 2026, starting in Grimsby, where Kaneez did so much work.


There's no apple pie on the menu. Just a serious quest to find out what will work – for those who want to improve the world around them and be able to articulate hope for the future. 

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]]> 3091 no How Do You Solve... Trailer 1 Coming soon, a fantastic new podcast featuring two people on a quest to find the ideas and communities making a positive change to our world. If you're in local government or the Third Sector – or if you just give a damn about community – then this is a must-listen. Kaneez Shaid and Will Higham know this world intimately, having worked in it and campaigned for it for a quarter of a century. They are very different individuals but there is no disguising their shared passion for building a better world from the grass roots up. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:41:00 -0000 How Do You Solve A Problem Like Everything: Trailer trailer 1 Will Higham & Kaneez Shaid Coming soon, a must-listen if you care about community Coming soon, a fantastic new podcast featuring two people on a quest to find the ideas and communities making a positive change to our world. If you're in local government or the Third Sector – or if you just give a damn about community – then this is a must-listen. Kaneez Shaid and Will Higham know this world intimately, having worked in it and campaigned for it for a quarter of a century. They are very different individuals but there is no disguising their shared passion for building a better world from the grass roots up. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Coming soon, a fantastic new podcast featuring two people on a quest to find the ideas and communities making a positive change to our world. If you're in local government or the Third Sector – or if you just give a damn about community – then this is a must-listen.


Kaneez Shaid and Will Higham know this world intimately, having worked in it and campaigned for it for a quarter of a century. They are very different individuals but there is no disguising their shared passion for building a better world from the grass roots up. Enjoy!

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