Having sold 13,000 ethical and sustainable t-shirts, featuring in the Guardian and Sky News, and achieving the highest rating on Good On You, Yes Friends is transforming the fashion industry. We speak to co-founder Sam Mabley about ethical wages, how to build a business and his confidence (or naive optimism) rooted in his faith.

Check out their Instagram @yesfriendsbrand or website

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Let’s start the New Year as we mean to go on - with prayer! Anna chats to Lian Jacobs, Head of the African & Caribbean Engagement team at Tearfund all about The Well, a powerful initiative working with Black Christians and Black Majority Churches to fight extreme poverty and injustice. 

Next week in London, The Well will be hosting Declaration Week, a live show every evening at TBN UK studios which is free for you to go to! Every evening will have amazing worship leaders, theologians, church leaders and prayer warriors. Take a look at the schedule to get involved. 

Find out more about The Well here, the Awakened speakers programme here and check out their Instagram @thewellorg to get all of the updates!

Also tune in every evening at 9pm to our afterparties LIVE on Instagram @weareatearfund as we interview guests such as Shermara Fletcher, Pastor Emmanuel Adeseko, Tosin Catherine, Samuel Bella, Julian Morgan & many more!

This year, we have had fantastic conversations covering many topics, from decolonising, navigating climate grief, and breaking the stigma around HIV. We've talked about pilgrimage, creativity and songwriting to leadership and speaking out. 

As we round off the year and wish you a Happy Christmas, tune in for a reminder of why we pursue justice with some of our guests' thought-provoking stories shared this year. 

Episodes highlighted:

• Ep 60 - Holy activism with Jonathan Tremaine Thomas
• Ep 69 - Empowering truth with Marc Antoine in Haiti
• Ep 61 - A pandemic pilgrimage with YCCN
• Ep 62 - Mercifully breaking the stigma with Mercy Shibemba
• Ep 70 - Representation, leadership and justice with Shermara Fletcher
• Ep 63 - From prison cells to prayer with Josh Green

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