CLD Talks

This week on CLD Talks Conor is joined by Kate Still to Unpick the Independent CLD Review. Kate kindly joined us again to chat about the recommendations that she has set out in the "Learning: For All. For Life." Report that was published in July 2024.

It was a real privilege to speak with Kate and we thank her for her time in both interviews and for the work she and her team put into this review. Below is the link to download the report:

https://www.gov.scot/publications/learning-life-report-independent-review-community-learning-development-cld/documents/

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This week on CLD Talks Conor sits down with Karen McArdle who is a Professor at the University of Aberdeen and an Honorary Professor at the University of Dundee. As well as this Karen is also the Deputy President and Trustee of the Workers’ Educational Association (WEA).

We discuss Karen’s career from moving to Australia and working within Aboriginal communities, coming back to Scotland to continue to work with communities in need, why social justice has played such a pivotal role in everything Karen does, working within universities, being an author on the new CLD Book “Community Work: Theory into Practice and so much more!

Link to Community Work: Theory into Practice:

https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/community-work

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This week Iain sits down with Anthony Morrow, Community Connector Manager at Sanctuary Scotland.

Anthony shares how he “fell” into CLD, the untapped potential of housing providers in community development, the power of ABCD and his role as a trustee of Sisco Recovery.

You can connect with Anthony on X at: @anthonymorrow83

Thanks for tuning in! We hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we did!

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Happy International Women’s Day 2024!

In todays episode Iain chats with Jenni Snell, CEO of the Young Women’s Movement, who talks us through her youth work journey, feminist leadership, allyship and becoming a CEO before the age of 30!

You can connect with Jenni on X at: @jenni_snell1 or @youngwomenscot

and the links to the resources mentioned in todays episode can be found here:

https://www.youngwomenscot.org

https://www.noknivesbetterlives.com/resources/positive-masculinity/

In this weeks episode Iain and Conor chat with Kirsty Forrester about the the launch of her new, co-authored book “Community Work: Theory into Practice”. To demonstrate how some of the research was conducted this episode features an exciting role reversal which sees Kirsty take the reigns and interview our regular hosts. Listen in for more information on the book and how you can get a discounted copy by attending the upcoming launch event!

0 - 28:23 Insight into Kirsty Forrester

28:23 - 01:23:36 Kirsty begins to interview Conor and Iain

01:23:36 onwards: Book Promotion and outro

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In today's episode, Iain sits down with Jackie Howie discussing the current independent review happening within the sector.

this is a short snappy episode which we hope that use all enjoy

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In this weeks episode Iain chat with previous guest Alan Sherry, OBE - Chair of the CLD Standards Counci for Scotland on his views, hopes and fears on the ongoing Independent Review of CLD in the first of this mini-series focussed around the review! Thanks for listening and let us know what you think!

Please note: some of the audio on this episode was corrupted and while we have made every attempt to rectify this, there are parts where listeners may hear some distortion. Thanks.