Water is Life: Plumbing, Purpose and Power

In this episode of Tap Into Something Better, Hannah sits down with Hattie Hasan MBE — trailblazing plumber, author, and founder of Stopcocks Women Plumbers. From being the first woman at Leeds College of Building, to creating rainwater harvesting systems in drought-hit Kenya, to launching the Register of Tradeswomen, Hattie has spent three decades turning barriers into platforms.

We explore how water quite literally creates civilisation, why visibility and equity in the trades matter, and how self-employment can be both empowering and isolating. Hattie shares stories of resilience, innovation, and community — from building tanks out of gabion baskets to empowering survivors of abuse through DIY Champs.

This is an episode about water, work, and what it takes to change an industry that wasn’t built with women in mind.

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