{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Best Beginnings","title":"Sophie Livingstone MBE: What Families in Poverty Really Need","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/406bf23f\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1666,"description":"Sophie Livingstone MBE, CEO of Little Village and Chair of the Baby Bank Alliance, joins George Looker to talk about what essential items really mean for families experiencing poverty. From slings to high chairs, Sophie explains how practical support changes lives, why dignity is central to everything Little Village does, and what it means to design early intervention around families rather than systems.\nSophie also reflects on the stigma around child poverty, the collective responsibility we all share for children's futures and what it would take to put Little Village out of business.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/FRVZpJA5r5MW6Wx97qWa6k_qk4XN9LXMVmy1PVejFQQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mZmZl/ZWMyNmY2OTRkNDIw/Y2VhYjA2OTRkYWNk/MDA5Zi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}