Our Herts Voices team are excited to share their new ‘Talking Heads” interview with guest Natasha Devon MBE, writer, activist, and broadcaster.
Through our Herts Voices initiative, we create interviews designed specifically for schools. These 20–25-minute videos are perfect for assemblies, classroom lessons, or PSHE sessions. Each interview offers students a chance to hear from inspiring role models from diverse backgrounds whose experiences encourage empathy, resilience, and ambition.
Natasha is a regular presenter on LBC Radio, a mental-health campaigner, and a leading voice on issues that affect young people — from body image and identity to exam stress and social media.
Shammi Rahman, HFL’s Equalities and Diversity Adviser, hosts the interview, and Natasha shares her journey which began after she experienced her own struggles with mental health in her 20s. Realising that schools weren’t teaching young people how to recognise or talk about mental health in relatable ways, she began creating lessons rooted in real-life experiences. Today, she travels across the UK working with schools, delivering talks, conducting research, and developing resources that help young people build confidence and wellbeing.
Shammi has created an Assembly Guide for Teachers and resources for teachers to use alongside the video for years 5/6, Years 10/11 and A-Level / KS5 tasks for Psychology, Sociology, English, RE and PSHE Students.
Our interview with Natasha is the fourth in the “Talking Heads” series and follows in the footsteps of previous interviews with Shahidha Bari, an accomplished academic, writer, and broadcaster, Ruqsana Begum, a Muay Thai world champion, author, and motivational speaker and Samuel Kasumu, a social entrepreneur, political advisor, author, and community leader.
Watch their motivational and thought-provoking interviews aimed at broadening students’ perspectives and encouraging them to dream big:
If you’d like to know more about our Herts Voices programme please email hertsvoices@hfleducation.org
