Ruth Garvey-Williams lives and works in the small Donegal town of Buncrana. Yet despite living in what's often dubbed "Ireland's forgotten county", she and her family make a huge impact across the island and beyond. Ruth helped found their church, edits a magazine, and serves with local and national groups tackling suicide, poverty, and immigration issues. She works as leader, journalist, author, playwright and researcher. And still she found time to join Diane and Will for a fascinating discussion on the joys - and the cost - of "ministering at the margins".

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Dr John Kyle has had 3 intertwined careers, as a GP, as a church leader, and as a local councillor. Determined to make a difference for peace and reconciliation, he made a choice to join a party which raised a lot of eyebrows. He joined the Progressive Unionist Party (PUP), which had links with the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), and served with them on Belfast City Council for well over a decade. But as Diane and Will discover, there's much more to John's story than that...

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Tim Magowan is a leader, a motivator, and an enabler. Currently he's Executive Director at the 174 Trust on Belfast's Antrim Road. But he's also a mentor and a dreamer, with a strong motivation to see change, justice and healing in our communities. He has experience with organisations like Tearfund, Christian Aid, Corrymeela, and has been both probation officer and PR Executive. Now he's involved with an initiative called "Circle of Change". All that means reaching out, or as Tim explains to Diane and Will, he has to "lean out of my bubble."

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