Scouts NI Podcast

Episode 16 - The Big Sleep Out Big Podcast

January 27, 2023 17:00 - 30 minutes - 28 MB

Join us this month as Richard talks about his time as NIC Activities/Crawfordsburn and his experience planning the Big Sleep Out at Crawfordsburn in November 2022. Make sure to listen to the end to hear what some of the Scouts and Explorers thought of the event.

Episode 15 - Operation Feather

November 25, 2022 17:00 - 1 hour - 96.8 MB

Join us on the Scouts NI Podcast this month as we chat to Kayleigh Finlay and Adam McCambridge about their time in London helping with Operation Feather.

Episode 14 - Being the new NI Youth Commissioner with Kayleigh Finlay

October 28, 2022 16:00 - 31 minutes - 43.9 MB

This month, we are joined by Kayleigh Finlay. Kayleigh is the new NI Youth Commissioner and we get to chat about her Scouting experience, some of the best moments in Scouting up to now and what she is excited about in the next years to come!

Episode 13 - Crawfordsburnn with Matthew McCartney

August 26, 2022 17:00 - 41 minutes - 57.6 MB

This month, I am joined by Matthew McCartney who is the Activities Co-Ordinator at Crawfordsburn Scout Centre. We get to talk about what sort of activities Crafwordsburn offer yearly, what a normal week looks like for Matthew and we hear what Matthews's favourite activities are to run and take part in too!

Episode 12 - Being Chief Commissioner with Stephen Donaldson

July 29, 2022 15:00 - 13 minutes - 18.9 MB

This month, we are joined by our Chief Commissioner, Stephen Donaldson. Stephen tells us a bit about who he is and what all he does as Chief Commissioner while also telling us what he does when he isn't Scouting!

Episode 11: Life with Emma Stevenson

June 24, 2022 16:30 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MB

Join Michael this month as he talks to the newest member of Scouts NI, Emma Stevenson. Emma has joined as the new Programme and Development Officer. Listen to find out what Emma has done in the past, what her job entails now and what she is excited for in the future for Scouting in NI!

Episode 10: Get to know Craig Turpie

April 29, 2022 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MB

This month, Vicky is back on the couch along with Craig Turpie (UK Deputy Chief Commissioner) as we chat through the awards nights, what Craig does, who he is and getting to know more about him!

Episode 9: Catch Up with Michael Morrison

April 01, 2022 15:00 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MB

This month, I was joined by Michael Morrison, our NIC Explorers. to chat about life, what has happened in Michael's life since we last chatted to him in September 2021. This is a very exciting episode as it is our first recorded episode on video so you now get to see what we look like!

Episode 8: Squirrels with Becca Buchanan

February 25, 2022 16:00 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MB

This month we were joined by the newly appointed and first ever NIC Squirrels, Becca! We got to hear all about about how Squirrels got to be a fully fledged member of Scouts UK and we hear a bit about Becca's interests and her Scouting life.

Episode 2: Squirrels with Becca Buchanan

February 25, 2022 16:00 - 29 minutes - 40.6 MB

This month we were joined by the newly appointed and first ever NIC Squirrels, Becca! We got to hear all about about how Squirrels got to be a fully fledged member of Scouts UK and we hear a bit about Becca's interests and her Scouting life.

Episode 1: Inspire

January 28, 2022 16:00 - 30 minutes - 69.8 MB

Join us for a new season of Podcasts with Vicky and Michael! Today we chatted to Jenna from Inspire all about Time to Talk Day and the new resource that was created by Inspire a few Scout/Explorer sections County Tyrone!

Episode 7: Inspire

January 28, 2022 16:00 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MB

Join us for a new season of Podcasts with Vicky and Michael! Today we chatted to Jenna from Inspire all about Time to Talk Day and the new resource that was created by Inspire a few Scout/Explorer sections County Tyrone!

Episode 6: Christmas at Scouts NI

December 17, 2021 16:00 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MB

This is our final Podcast of 2021. We welcome the Chief Executive of Scouts NI, Jonathan Gracey who joins us as we talk all things Christmas and some of our highlights from the last Scouting year and what we are looking forward to in 2022.

Episode 5: What is a Youth Commissioner? with Emily Erskine

December 10, 2021 16:00 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MB

This week we are joined by the NI Youth Commissioner, Emily, who talks to us about her Scouting background, some of her interests and what it's like to be the NI Youth Commissioner along with some of her favourite things she has done while being in post for the last year.

Episode 4: #PTTP with Jack Abrey

November 26, 2021 15:00 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MB

Join us this week as we get to chat to Jack Abrey who is the Programme Delivery Executive at the Scouts. We got to talk to Jack about his Scouting so far, what roles he has held, what he enjoyed about COP26 while also hearing about Promise to the Planet and how we as Scout Groups can get involved in it! https://www.scouts.org.uk/about-us/help-others/promise-to-the-planet/

Episode 3: WOSM at COP26

November 12, 2021 16:00 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MB

Join us this week as we get to chat to 5 amazing Scouts from different parts of the world as they are at COP26 talking about Climate Justice and as they give us some tips on what we can do here in Northern Ireland! We got to chat to Ada from Finland, Maxime from France, Mamissou from Niger, Sara from Portugal and Caillum from Ireland.

Episode 2 - Network in the Pandemic with Emma Webster

October 29, 2021 10:02 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MB

Join Vicky & Michael as we chat with the newly appointed NIC Network, Emma Webster! Find out about Network in NI and we even get to find out about Emma's favourite pastime.

Episode 1 - Camping with Michael Morrison

October 12, 2021 15:00 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MB

Join us as we swap all things camping with Michael Morrison and give Vicky a challenge for the year ahead!

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