The Parenting Show on Marlow FM

18/07/2025

Today, Friday 18th from 10-12! Tune in online, on your smart speaker or at 97.5FM 📻

Good Morning Marlow Friday with Emily and Sophia. Join them for the monthly Parenting Show! This month we have Magalie Valadier coming in to talk about her incredible birth work and also the alternative education provision she is opening in September, and Sadie from Bl**er Mills Law talking about how separated parents can navigate sharing care in the summer holidays!

16/06/2025

Great guests last Friday on the Parenting Show - Dr Mallika Sharma, Professor of Clinical Psychology telling us about the brilliant free CBT sessions on offer at Buckinghamshire New University (more info on flyer below), and Karen Vockins Manager of Marlow Riley Park Day Nursery giving us lots of great tips and information on how to prepare your little one for starting school in September! SO helpful!!

If you missed it, you can listen again or download the show here, https://www.marlowfm.co.uk/listen-again - select Good Morning Marlow from the drop down, and the 13th June 📻

09/06/2025

Join us for the Parenting Show this Friday 13th June 10 - 12 where we're joined by Mallika Sharma, Professor of Clinical Psychology at Bucks New Uni, talking about the free counselling sessions and other great services offered by the university, and Karen Vockins, manager of a local Marlow nursery, talking to us about getting children ready to start school in September, and their free community fun day this weekend! 📚

16/05/2025

Brilliant show this morning with fabulous guests, Padma Knowles, Trustee of amazing charity Smart Works https://www.smartworks.org.uk talking to us all about supporting local women into work, with free interview clothing and interview preparation coaching as well as local Dad and foster carer Andy Welsh and his grown up daughter Katie talking about their inspiring experiences of foster caring. If you would like to find out more about foster caring, if you think something you might consider doing or have questions about, Andy would be very happy to chat to you, drop us a dm and we’ll put you in touch!

If you missed it, you can listen again here https://www.marlowfm.co.uk/listen-again/ by selecting today’s date and Good Morning Marlow 😁

15/05/2025

Do join us tomorrow where we have Padma Knowles, Trustee of charity Smart Works https://www.smartworks.org.uk coming in to talk to us about the charities amazing work supporting women into work, across the UK but also more locally too. They offer free interview-appropriate clothing and interview preparation support to all women who are unemployed or on a zero-hours contract.

We also have local Dad and foster carer Andy Welsh coming in along with his grown up daughter Katie (who is part of the family’s support network), to talk about foster caring - it is currently Foster Care Fortnight which is the UKs biggest awareness campaign for the amazing work of foster carers! Andy will also be talking to us about his inspirational educational initiative ‘WhatIF?’.

A packed show full of chat, inspiration, positivity and great music!

Listen on your smart speaker, online or the old fashioned way, 97.5FM 📻🎶

15/04/2025

Please join us for this months parenting show on Marlow FM this Friday 18th April from 10am - 12pm where we have the usual great music and parenting chat as well as the brilliant Dr Emma Tonin joining us in the studio, to talk about her career as a Clinical Psychologist and her journey (since 2020) home educating her two boys. A show not to be missed!

20/03/2025

Please join us Marlow FM 97.5 tomorrow morning from 10am to 12pm where we are delighted to have local Doula Jo Piercy in the studio talking about her award-winning documentary 'The Doula' ahead of the launch of World Doula Week (22-28th March) and a special screening of her film at the Doula UK Conference. We will be joined remotely by her documentary maker son Luca (joining us from Barcelona!) who directed the film. Can't wait to hear more about it!

We will also be welcoming the lovely Charlotte Ramsdale from The Home Spruce coming in during what is Neurodiversity Week (17-21st March) to talk about organising and decluttering your home, especially when there is neurodiversity in the mix!

A show not to be missed -all your usual great music and parenting chat too!

Listen online https://www.marlowfm.co.uk/listen-live/, or ask your smart speaker to play Marlow FM 📻

24/02/2025

Fantastic show last Friday chatting to Brook Eeles from The Marlow Language Centre https://marlowlanguagecentre.com/ talking about mastering languages at all ages, which was just fascinating! Plus we had Jess Goodall and two of her Cheerleading athletes from Chiltern Cheetahs, in the studio to tell us all about their teams' upcoming trip to the Cheerleading Summit in Florida this April. So exciting for all involved! Still opportunities for local businesses to sponsor the team - if you would like to find out more, please contact Jess directly https://www.chilterncheetahs.co.uk/

If you missed it, you can listen again here https://www.marlowfm.co.uk/listen-again/ by selecting Good Morning Marlow and last Friday’s date 21st February.

19/02/2025

Join us this Friday morning 10am-12pm for February’s Parenting Show where we are joined by Brook Eeles from the The Marlow Language Centre, and Jess Goodall, Programme Director for Chiltern Cheetahs Cheerleaders, along with two of their athletes - we’re excited to hear about their upcoming competitions!

Please drop any questions for our guests, song requests or shout outs (including local family events) in the comments!

Remember you can listen on 97.5FM, online at http://radioplayer.marlowfm.co.uk/ or just ask your smart speaker to play Marlow FM!

And if you miss the show, you can listen again at https://www.marlowfm.co.uk/listen-again/ by selecting Good Morning Marlow show in the drop down, and Friday 21st February 📻

17/01/2025

Brilliant show today with Lucinda Holliday, Family and Divorce Lawyer and Mandy Mitchell, Relationship Counsellor https://www.relationships-matter.com talking about separation and divorce and how to make this as smooth as possible for the whole family.

Great to also hear all about their Separating Well workshop that’s coming up on the 29th January at 6.30pm at the Crown Plaza, all ticket sales going to the fabulous charity Action4Youth

Book your place here! https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/separating-well-workshop-tickets-1038768343077?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios

If you missed the show you can listen here
https://www.marlowfm.co.uk/listen-again and selecting Good Morning Marlow from the drop down, and todays date.

Such brilliant advice and guidance for anyone navigating the complexities of separation, especially with children involved 💕

16/01/2025

Join us tomorrow 10-12 for the Parenting Show where we will be tackling the difficult subject of family separation and divorce with Lucinda Holliday, Partner and Head of the Family and Divorce Team at local law firm Bl**er Mills Law and Relationship Counsellor Mandy Mitchell.

Their focus will be on navigating this often complex situation with a focus on wellbeing for any children involved.

If you have any questions for either Lucinda or Mandy, please ask below, or message us (Emily and Sophia) privately in confidence and your question can be asked on air anonymously.

Alongside this we will have our usual mix of great music and parenting related chat of course!

09/01/2025

Please join us next week Friday 17th January from 10 - 12 for our monthly Parenting Show. This month we have Lucinda Holliday from Bl**er Mills Law and Mandy Mitchell, Relationship Counsellor https://www.relationships-matter.com/ coming in to talk on the difficult subject of parental separation, with a focus on the well-being of any children involved.

Please feel free to post any questions for them below, or private message us if you prefer!

If this is a subject you are dealing with at the moment, you may be interested to know they have Separating Well Workshop in Marlow coming up at the end of the month 💕

Helping you navigate the complexities of separation with a focus on the well-being of your children.