<p>“<em>The mission is to educate and promote mental health through the arts, mostly through Comedy and for people to talk about mental health and difficult subjects through comedy</em>” </p><p>Latest guest is Charlotte Laidet who is Festivals and Programme Director for Leicester Comedy Festival which is running from the 4th to the 22nd February.</p><p>We talk about what it takes to put the festival together, why Leicester has an important place in the festival calendar and the other work that Big Difference Company who run the festival do around promoting health and well being using Comedy and promoting Comedy as an art form.</p><p>Website: <a href="https://www.comedy-festival.co.uk/"><u>https://www.comedy-festival.co.uk/</u></a> </p><p>Big Difference Company: <a href="https://bigdifferencecompany.co.uk/"><u>https://bigdifferencecompany.co.uk/</u></a> </p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/leicscomedyfest/"><u>https://www.instagram.com/leicscomedyfest/</u></a> </p><p>TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@leicscomedyfest"><u>https://www.tiktok.com/@leicscomedyfest</u></a> </p><p>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LeicsComedyFest"><u>https://www.facebook.com/LeicsComedyFest</u></a> </p><p>Kids Festival and other links: <a href="https://t-sml.mtrbio.com/public/smartlink/leicscomedyfest"><u>https://t-sml.mtrbio.com/public/smartlink/leicscomedyfest</u></a> </p><p><strong>Find More about ‘Making Creativity Pay’</strong></p><p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/Beyond_the_Pod"><u>https://twitter.com/Beyond_the_Pod</u></a> </p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/makingcreativitypay/"><u>https://www.instagram.com/makingcreativitypay/</u></a> </p><p>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/danjbarnett/"><u>https://www.linkedin.com/in/danjbarnett/</u></a> </p><p>Making Creativity Pay Newsletter: <a href="https://makingcreativitypay.substack.com/"><u>https://makingcreativitypay.substack.com/</u></a> </p>