Let's Be Blunt: Making Kitchens Safer and Communities Stronger

In this episode, Simone Roche MBE sits down with Leanne Lucas, Founder of Let's Be Blunt CIC for a powerful conversation about authenticity, purpose and turning lived experience into meaningful change. Leanne shares her journey from the classroom to founding Let’s Be Blunt CIC—a campaign with a simple but transformative idea: redesign everyday kitchen knives to help prevent lethal harm, without changing how we cook or live our daily lives. This is a conversation rooted in empathy, evidence, and action. From navigating people-pleasing and finding her voice, to building a movement grounded in care and prevention, Leanne shows how small, thoughtful changes can have life-saving impact. In this episode, we explore: • Growing up and finding your authentic voice • Leanne's story about teaching in the UK and China • Founding Let’s Be Blunt CIC and finding purpose through loss • The hidden risks around kitchen knives and what the data tells us • A simple design shift: removing the tip while keeping functionality • Community action • Practical steps: pledging, auditing your kitchen and safe storage • The power of collaboration and why cultural change is possible This episode is a reminder that change doesn’t always start big. Sometimes, it starts with a conversation and a simple idea that could save lives. Find out more about We Are PoWEr here. 💫

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Let's Be Blunt: Making Kitchens Safer and Communities Stronger is an episode from Northern Power Women Podcast by powered by Simone Roche MBE and Northern PoWEr Women .

This episode is 32:46 long.

This episode was published on May 4, 2026.

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