Million Hands Archives

Oct22015 by Martin SteersNo Comments

A Million Hands: Dementia

We find out more about Dementia as one of the four chosen issues for the community impact project A Million Hands, Becky from the community impact group spoke to Scout Radios Adam at Gilwell Reunion to explain more. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/226603503" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Dementia might not seem the obvious choice that may have been chosen by young people as one of the impact areas, but Becky explains that. "it makes perfect sense, Dementia is increasing common and effecting more and more people" The impact of Dementia is more than just those that suffer from it, but it effect all those around them, their friends...

Sep252015 by Martin SteersNo Comments

A Million Hands: Mental Wellbeing

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One of the areas thats part of the A Million Hands project is that of Mental Wellbeing, Scout Radios Adam find out more from Becky part of the Impact Group. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/225535851" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] The impact group felt it was on issue that Scouting had to look to try and tackle because "its an issue thats effecting an increasing number of young people and adults around the uk" They felt the topic would really resonate with the younger members of scouting as mental health can effect anyone, regardless of background "just as scouting welcomes everyone, so mental health issues can effect absolutely ...

Sep182015 by Martin SteersNo Comments

A Million Hands: Disability

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Adam caught up with Becky from the community impact team to discover more about the disability strand of the Million Hands project. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/224442366" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Working towards Scouting's vision towards a more inclusive movement in 2018, Becky said there are lots of small changes that can be made to help. Listen above to find out more. A Million Hands is not just a project for the older members of Scouting, Becky mentioned that within the programme ideas there were activities for the Beavers as well as more advanced activities for Scouts and Explorers. For more information on A Mill...

Sep112015 by AdamNo Comments

A Million Hands: Water

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Adam recently caught up with Becky from the Community Impact Group to find out why they chose water as an issue to focus on: [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/222650125" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] "Scouting isnt just a UK organisation its a global movement...and we wanted the issues that we picked to reflect that...so water is a great one because its an international issues rather than something that just affects people locally." A Million Hands is an ongoing community impact project that tackles four issues that young people have decided matter the most to them. The young people on the community impact group also selected vari...

Sep72015 by AdamNo Comments

A Million Hands: What is it?

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A Million Hands is an ongoing community impact project that tackles four issues that young people have decided matter the most to them. We caught up with Becky from the Community Impact Group to find out more about A Million Hands. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/222650148" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] "A million hands is the association's initiative to unite all of of members to make positive change in our communities. We're hoping by the end of 2018 we'll have over 8000 community projects happening every year". Becky also told us how this is very much a youth led initiative with both issues and partners chosen by a group of...