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Feb82016 by Andrew DaleyNo Comments

#Youshape Week 2016

Youshape week took place last week across the UK, culminating in a weekend event at Dearne Valley campsite. We were in attendance to find out more about Youshape. After a week of exciting youth shaped and youth-led events across the UK, the weekend heralded way to Youshape 2016, a weekend conference event in Dearne Valley, Doncaster with over 200 scouts in attendance. Progressing from a single day event last year, to a week of adventure and a weekend event, Youshape was full of excitement for Scouts of all ages. The weekend in Doncaster consisted of several large conference sessions on Saturday morning and afternoon, two of which were live streamed online in the morning (the live stream being directed by Scout Radio’s very own member Andrew, who was on the Youshape planning team) fol...

Dec312015 by Andrew DaleyNo Comments

2015: A Year in Scouting (and radio)

News

2015 has been a mammoth year for Scouts across the world, and the same applies here at Scout Radio as we've experienced a wide range of events over the past 12 months. In the spirit of 2015, and to get in the mood for the forthcoming year, we've put together Scout Radio's 12 Scouting highlights from 2015! January January brought WinterCamp at Gilwell Park and Hawkhirst, so how better to celebrate this month than to enjoy our highlights package from the event? https://soundcloud.com/scoutradio/wintercamp-2015-your-highlights And who can forget that Broadcasting and Radio became a part of the Scouting badge programme in January for all to experience and learn about? Something that really brought excitement to our team! February In February, Scout Radio's Kayleigh talked to Jill Bowman, the...

Oct122015 by AdamNo Comments

Reunion 2015: Linnet Clough Camp Site

News, Reunion

Linnet Clough Camp Site joined Scout Radio's Alice at Reunion 2015 where they told us what makes Linnet Clough so special. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/228068119" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] "It was a dairy farm so its got open fields which blends itself for a nice area for camping which takes up to 2000 people" Linnet Clough told us that they are "pretty busy" up until Christmas so book activities early to avoid disappointment. To catch more of the coverage of Gilwell Reunion from Scout Radio head to www.scoutradio.org.uk/reunion.

Sep212015 by Martin SteersNo Comments

Reunion 2015: Scout Association CEO Matt Hyde – Whats he been up to and looking foward

News, Reunion

As well as an update on Compass, the official Reunion Q&A with Wayne & Hannah, TSA CEO Mayy Hyde was at Reunion talking to people and answering their questions, we caught up with him just after the Q&A to find out a little more about what hes been up to and looking forward. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/224884432" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Himself and the organisation have been working hard over the summer, mainly on compass and other projects like A Million Hands, but he also had the opportunity to spend a week at the World Scout Jamboree in Japan. "just seeing so many thousands of people having the opportuni...

Sep112015 by AdamNo Comments

A Million Hands: Water

Million Hands, News

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...

Sep102015 by AdamNo Comments

Reunion 2015: Q&A Session

News, Reunion

One of the main events at Gilwell Reunion each year is the Question and Answer session. This year Chief Commissioner Wayne Bulpitt and Chief Exec Matt Hyde, were joined by UK Youth Commissioner Hannah Kentish to answer any questions that attendees had. We were on hand to record the full session. Individual questions are broken out later in the article. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/223246651" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Unsurprisingly, the progress of Compass was the first question raised with Wayne joking that: "This might have been something that we were expecting." Matt Hyde went on to explain: "It goes without saying...

Sep82015 by Martin SteersNo Comments

Reunion 2015: Matt Hyde – Compass Update

In Conversation With, News, Reunion

During Gilwell Reunion 2015, Scout Radio's Adam caught up with The Scout Associations Chief Executive Officer Matt Hyde to get an update on Compass and find out a little more about what's happening and moving forward with Compass. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/222906683" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Compass is the TSA's new membership system and has seen some serious problems since its launch last year, resulting in it being taken down completely at the start of this year and is now set to be relaunched in January 2016. Matt explained that the TSA understands how much of a inconvenience it has caused all members of the assoc...

Sep72015 by AdamNo Comments

A Million Hands: What is it?

Million Hands, News, Reunion

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...

Sep52015 by AdamNo Comments

Reunion 2015: Flags Unit Manager

News, Reunion

There are hundreds of roles for volunteers in Scouting. One of our fellow National Active Support Units, Flags, is looking for a new Unit Manager. We caught up with outgoing Manager Mike about his three and a half years in the role and what they are looking for in the next Manager. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/222493418" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Mike, who describes the three and a half years as "incredible" has overseen membership and supporters growth will continue to be involved with Flags and is looking forward to supporting the new Unit Manager. To find out more information and to apply for the role visit http://s...

Sep42015 by AdamNo Comments

Reunion 2015: Wayne Bulpitt opens Reunion

News, Reunion

It's Friday night at Gilwell Reunion, Scout Radio is broadcasting throughout the weekend to over 2200 adult volunteers. We caught up with some attendees to find out why they are attending Reunion 2015: "It's the big get together for adults for the Scouting year. We get so much out of it, meeting new people, meeting old friends, new programme ideas, just a fantastic weekend away". [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/222404918" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] After, Scout Radio's Martin caught up with Wayne Bulpitt who invited all members to attend Sunday mornings Q and A session with himself, Matt Hyde CEO and Hannah Kentish UK Youth...