Rebuilding Connection in the Community Through Vivify

About this episode

The episode discusses how Vivify transforms idle school facilities into community spaces and the lessons learned from the startup journey.

In this episode of the WeArePoWEr Podcast we talk with Vivify founder Russell Teale about turning idle school facilities into living community spaces, from choirs to junior football and why profit and purpose work better together. The journey runs from redundancy to scale, with lessons on traction, leadership, and values‑aligned investors. Here's what you can expect to hear: ➡️founding Vivify during lockdown and backing values ➡️lessons from a startup and the meaning of traction ➡️shifting f...

People in this episode

Host: Simone Roche MBE

Guest: Russell Teale

Topics covered

• community building
• social impact
• leadership
• startup journey
• values alignment

Keywords

• community spaces
• Vivify
• leadership
• startup
• values alignment
• social impact
• school facilities

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vivify, We Are PoWEr Podcast, Northern PoWEr Women

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