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Address The Harm® Podcast
London, Greater London, United Kingdom
Aim
If you’re tired of watching the same scandals play out again and again, please donate to help us keep survivors’ voices at the centre
Address the Harm: a podcast where survivors show us how to stop the next scandal
From NHS failures to police cover‑ups, survivors have become unwilling experts in institutional harm. They know what went wrong, why it keeps happening, and how to stop it – but most institutions still don’t ask them.
On Address the Harm, we do.
If you’re tired of watching the same scandals play out again and again, please donate to help us keep survivors’ voices at the centre, where they belong. It’s time to address the harm.
Why we created Address the Harm®
We created the podcast because so many people in Britain have lived through the same painful pattern.
A hospital, police force, court, council or other public body causes harm.
The people affected speak up.
The institution closes ranks.
Survivors are left fighting for years just to be believed. In that time, they become unwilling experts in how our systems fail – and how they could be fixed. They can tell you exactly what went wrong, why it keeps happening, and what would actually stop it.
But almost nobody in power asks them.
Address the Harm exists to change that.
Our vision is simple and ambitious:
- Britain’s institutions respond to harm with real accountability, not PR.
- The Nolan Principles are updated with restorative principles – acknowledgement, apology, survivor voice and prevention.
- There is an independent Office for Institutional Accountability with real enforcement power, so institutions can’t mark their own homework.
Every episode of the podcast adds to the evidence and public pressure to make that vision real.
Who we're talking to
On Address the Harm®, you’ll hear from people who have lived this – not as headlines, but as their everyday reality:
Issy Vine – whistleblower now suing the Metropolitan Police over misogyny and the force’s failure to protect staff who report harm. She talks about what it costs to speak up from the inside, and what needs to change so others aren’t punished for telling the truth. 
Maggie Oliver – former detective who exposed failures in the Rochdale grooming gang cases and has never stopped campaigning for survivors of child sexual exploitation. She shares what it’s like to fight both abusers and the system that should have stopped them.
Andy Evans – survivor and campaigner from the infected blood scandal, where over 30,000 NHS patients were given contaminated blood transfusions between 1970 and the early 1990s. He explains how it feels to have to “go to your abuser for treatment and another abuser for justice”.
Julia Margo and Cristina Odone – from Fair Hearing, working on access to justice and accountability in the legal system, and what it would look like if courts truly centred fairness and truth.
Chinook families – still seeking justice 31 years on from the fatal crash of an RAF Chinook helicopter on the Mull of Kintyre on 2 June 1994. They talk about long grief, long fights, and why they keep going.
We’re also in conversation with survivors across NHS healthcare, social care, family courts and other publicly funded institutions who have lived through the devastating pattern of institutional self‑investigation – when organisations investigate themselves, protect their reputation and leave those harmed shut out.
These are not abstract “stakeholders”. They are people whose lives have been upended, who still choose to speak, because they don’t want anyone else to go through what they did.
How we'll use the money
We’re asking for £5,000 to get this off the ground properly.
£5,000 will enable us to produce 6 in‑depth episodes – and if we can raise more, we want to make 12.
Your donation will go towards:
Podcast production
Recording equipment, filming and sound, editing, and transcription so the podcast is accessible.
Campaign materials
Design, simple but clear visuals, and social media amplification so these stories travel beyond our immediate networks and reach journalists, MPs and institutional leaders.
Supporting survivors to tell their stories
Why now
You don’t have to look far to see that trust in our public institutions is in crisis.
Parliament is debating the Public Authority (Accountability) Bill and the Ethics Bill right now. These are big chances to reset how power works. They talk about standards, structures and oversight.
But there’s a huge gap: they still don’t spell out how institutions should behave when they cause harm.
At the same time, the public is ahead of the system:
- 62% of people want survivors involved in how institutions respond when they cause harm.
- 53% say preventing future harm matters more than prosecution or compensation.
In other words: most people in Britain want honesty, prevention and survivor voice. But that isn’t how our institutions are built to behave.
We’re already:
- in conversations with MPs
- putting our white paper, “From harm to healing: rebuilding trust in Britain’s publicly funded institutions”, in front of decision‑makers
- connecting the dots between individual stories and the bigger policy changes we need
Every episode of Address the Harm strengthens the evidence base for transformation. Every survivor voice makes it harder for institutions to pretend they “didn’t know” or there was “nothing they could do”.
But right now, we are entirely self‑funded. To maintain the quality, frequency and – crucially – the safety of this work, we need your help.
Our track record
This isn’t our first time behind the mic or in the policy space.
The host of Address The Harm®, Leah Brown FRSA, has interviewed leaders ranging from Sophia Smith Galer to Lord Ed Vaizey, from Rosie Wilby to Nitin Sawhney CBE on her previous podcast, The Longest Day. She has a track record of holding space for difficult stories with sensitivity and power.
We’ve already:
- Published our white paper “From harm to healing: rebuilding trust in Britain’s publicly funded institutions”, setting out how restorative principles – acknowledgement, apology, accountability and amends – could prevent institutional failures.
- Commissioned Deltapoll research proving public support for survivor‑led accountability.
- Built relationships with bereaved family campaign groups, judges and parliamentarians.
- Created a growing platform that amplifies the voices institutions work hardest to silence.
You are not funding an idea on the back of an envelope. You’re helping something that already exists to grow up, reach further and have more impact.
If you’ve ever watched a scandal unfold and thought:
- “How is this still happening?”
- “Why does no one ever listen to the people it happened to?”
- “Surely there has to be a better way?”
…this is one way you can help change that.
- Donate what you can – whether that’s £5 or £500.
- Share this page with people who care about fairness and justice.
- Follow the podcast and the campaign and help us get survivor voices into rooms they’re usually shut out of.
It’s time to address the harm – so survivors can heal, and so the next scandal can be prevented, not simply mourned.
Funding method
Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made