This week Conor sits down with Graham and Sue to discuss the Benefits of Practice Placements and why organisations should embrace taking on students from University and College Courses.

We talk about our own experiences of students and how they can provide new and creative ideas into teams, the placement standards you can access from the CLD Standard Council website and a call for organisations to bring students in.

For me, placements can be a transformational experience for students and I can't state enough how valuable they are to the growth of our sector. If you feel you can facilitate a practice placement reach out to your closest College or University who has a courses suited to your organisation or CLD Standards Council who will be able to assist.

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Useful Links:

https://cldstandardscouncil.org.uk/approval/practice-placement-standards/

This week on CLD Talks Conor sits down with Dibya and Sarahfrom The Young Women’s Movement who discuss the work they have done with anamazing group of women to create their “Guide to AI”.

This is a really interesting conversation looking into theirunderstanding and impact of Artificial Intelligence, specifically on youngwomen and young people. We discuss the formation of the “Guide to AI”, learningfrom working within the project, the power of language, their demands forDecision Makers, Tech Leaders and Public and so much more!

Join the team for their Celebration & Launch Event onSaturday 23rd of August from 1:30pm – 3:30pm at the City Art Centre,2 Market St, Edinburgh, EH1 1DE (Gallery 5)

To access the Guide to AI once it'slaunched 23rd August:

https://youngwomenscot.org/

Trigger warning – 24:35 till 33:10 - discussion aroundeating disorders, social media, body image.

This week on CLD Talks Conor and Ben go to the University of the West of Scotland to facilitate a workshop with the 2nd year Community Education students.

We start this episode off with a panel discussion with Ainsley, Callum and Pearce (check spelling) where they reflect on this experiences at university and placement:

After splitting the class into 3 groups, the students facilitated their own podcasts discussing aspects of CLD. These conversations were created fully by themselves and all opinions are their own.

We really had a great time being invited into the class and hope you enjoy the insights from the students.

We would like to say a big thank you to the class for taking part in recording their own mini podcast which have helped shape todays episode: Group 1 - Eli, Pearce, Asha, Claudia, Brenna, Group 2 - Amy, Terry, Charlene, Alica, Group 3 - Callum, Ainsley, Robbie, Sarah, Erin, Elsie

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In this weeks episode Iain chats with Sean Ewart about his work with New Gorbals Housing Association, his CLD journey and his recent time in the spotlight as one of Scotlands up and coming comedy stars. Thanks, as always for tuning in - let us know your thoughts!

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This week on CLD Talks Conor sits down with Liam McKenna who is a Lecturer within South Lanarkshire College. Within this conversation we learn about Liam's experience and how he got into CLD, how college is a gateway to other opportunities, the benefits of the working with communities course and so much more!

Sites/ Links:

South Lanarkshire College Working with Communities

https://www.slc.ac.uk/course-results/4935-hnc-working-with-communities

Liam's email address - Liam.McKenna@slc.ac.uk

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n this weeks episode Iain chats with participants from the Young Women’s Movement who have been involved in the development of the “Lassies are no feart” toolkit. The project is a collaboration with No Knives Better Lives, with Emily Beever providing a foreword on the history and evolution of the project.

You can access project resources here: https://www.noknivesbetterlives.com/resources/the-lassies-are-no-feart/

Why not also check out our episode with Jenni Snell - CEO of the Young Women’s Movement for more info on YWM.

We apologise for inconsistencies in sound quality throughout this episode.

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Thanks for listening!

This week on CLD Talks Ben, Conor and Iain sit down to chat about 2024, our highlights, some plans for 2025 and so much more!

Keep an eye out on our socials for more episodes and we hope you join us on the road to 100 episodes!

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n this weeks episode we do things a little differently!

We not only welcome back previous podcast guest Gary Brown of the National Leadership Network, but this time he brings with him some of the NLN steering groups and consultants to tell us more about the work of the NLN

You can listen to Gary’s original episode here:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Gd6NBlE59nS4aGBKhxDMa?si=gTV9k2uERO-lPecp0Ai2lg

And can check out the work of the NLN mentioned by following @garydbrown68 and @ypceleadership on X!

Thanks for listening!!