Little Steps, Big Futures:The Podcast

This week we chat to Anne and Eva from Siptu and The Big Start Campaign. 

Anne and Eva talk to us about how the campaign came about, discussed the challenges the sector is having at the moment and what we can expect over the next few months. 

If you are not a member of Siptu already we will leave all the information below! 

We hope you love it! 

• To join Siptu: https://bigstart.siptu.ie/
• Contact Number: 01 9617100
• Email: [email protected]
• Follow on Facebook and Instagram 

Some information: 

• 1 euro per week if you work 15 hours or below
• 1.90 euro per week if you work 15 hours or above
• Follow on Facebook and Instagram 
• Students can join for free until they gain employment 
• There is a reduced rate for maternity leave 

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This week we chat to PJ Lucey, a secondary school teacher in an all boys school.

PJ is the owner of a Martial Arts Gym which focuses on Grappling, Brazilian  Jiu Jitsu, Wrestling and Judo.

During the episode we chat about the importance of knowing a form of Martial Arts, especially as a self defense mechanism, the tools PJ and his other coaches give to children right up to adulthood and why self defence workshops are good but continuous training is better in the long run.

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This episode is very sensitive and may not be for little ears so if you wish to listen later we recommended switching to a different episode. 

We have dedicated this episode to Ashling Murphy and her family, who was tragically murdered in her home town on January 12th. 

We want to take this opportunity to extend our deepest condolences to Ashling's family and friends.

If you or somebody you love is experiencing domestic violence, please call The Womans Aid National Helpline on 1800 341 900 (Ireland) or The National Domestic Violence Hotline on 1800 799 7233 (USA). 

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Happy New Year! Can we still say that on January 13th?

We are back with a bang this year and chatting all about our 2022 plans and goals.

Thank you to everyone who continues to support us - we would not be here without you all. Looking forward to bringing some fresh topics, new speakers and maybe some bloopers your way this year.

Lets get started!


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This is our last episode of 2021! Thank you so much to each and every one of you for continuing to support us here at Little Steps, Big Futures over the past year. 

It hasn't been easy for everyone but we hope we brought you some joy in during the hard times. 

This is a very special episode with a group of amazing children sharing their knowledge about Christmas. We hope you absolutely love it! 

Have a safe and peaceful Christmas and we will be back in 2022! 

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Guess who is baccck?

This week Aoife and Jenny catch up on all the news including Storm Barra, masks in schools and Christmas Magic!

If anyone is listening with little children we advise you save this episode for another time.

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This week we are chatting to Rachel Coates, a Registered Nutritionist based in Manchester, a non - diet nutritionist who doesn't focus on weight loss and a Intuative Eating Coach. 

Rachel chats to us all about what intuative eating actually is, how we can implement small changes into our diet to help us become more intuative eaters and why we should be listening to our hunger/fullness cues. 

We also chat about how we can be good role models for children when it comes to food as well as some great tips to help children remain intuative eaters from an early age. 

We hope you love it! 

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This week we chat to Registered Dental Nurse, Oral Health Advocate and Dentist in training, Eileen McGlinchey or SmileyEileey.

Eileen chats to us all about teeth from a young age, gives top tips to help encourage children to brush their teeth and also talks about her work as an oral health advocate.

Eileen has such passion when she talks about oral health and have even created her own website with loads of great products for children and adults alike!

You can find that here: https://www.smileyeileey.ie/
You can also follow Eileen's journey here: https://www.instagram.com/smileyeileey/

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This week we chat to Carla and Iain from the Wave Project Northern Ireland.

Wave Project supports children and young people who experience a range of physical and mental health issues, social deprivation or social isolation. Young people attending their courses are supported through surfing to build confidence and self-esteem, develop resilience, and make friends.

Carla and Iain chat to us about how they got involved in the project and their hopes for the future.

We hope you love it!

To visit their website: https://www.waveproject.co.uk/
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This week we chat to Samantha O' Shea.  Samantha is a manager of a large creche setting in Kerry.

We chat about the past year and taking over as manager during a global pandemic, the challenges Samantha and her team face every day and the staffnig crisis that is rocking the sector right now.

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