CLD Talks

This week on CLD Talks I was able to chat with Dr. Annette Coburn who is the Senior Lecturer for Community Education at University of the West of Scotland. Annette started her career in the 70’s and was based in The Key Youth Centre until the late 90’s when she moved to Larkhall. Annette then went on to become a Lecturer at Strathclyde University and is now with UWS Lanarkshire Campus. We discuss...

This week on CLD Talks I have the pleasure to speak with Ashley Reid who is the CEO and Founder of Amputee Football Association Scotland and Michael Lennon who is an Amputee Football Player and also a CLD Practitioner. AFAS aims to promote and develop the sport of amputee football in Scotland. Working with football clubs and Scottish football's governing bodies, our aim is to create a Scottish amp...

Welcome to CLD Talks Season 2! This week is National Mental Health Week 10th-16thof May 2021 and we have decided to raise awareness by having a conversation about mental health in CLD. My guest this week is Julie Beckett who is a CLD Development Officer with Education Scotland. We talk through the NHS 5 Steps to Wellbeing relating it to our own CLD experience. Please note we are not experts in Men...

This week on CLD Talks I had the pleasure to speak with John Loughton, who is the CEO of global leadership company Dare2Lead and the Found of Scran Academy. John takes us through his journey from running his first campaign when he was 11, becoming the Chair of the Scottish Youth Parliament, extra curricular activities, starting off Dare2Lead and the outstanding work Scran Academy done over the las...

This week on CLD Talks I was able to chat with Sue Briggs who is a Strategic Development Officer with a role in CLD within Aberdeenshire Council. Sue started off her career in Community Education in 1987 as a part time Detached youth worker. Sue completed her degree whilst working as a rural community development worker then gained a full time post. We discuss Sue’s experience, COVID 19 response,...

This week on CLD Talks podcast I sit down with Kevin Gillick. Kevin started off as a young person attending his local youth clubs and is now a Youth Development worker in Shetland. We discuss Kevin becoming a peer educator, Camp America, teaching monks English in Thailand and the work he is currently doing raising awareness of LGBT+ in the school community and gender pronouns for young people and...

This weeks podcast we have done something slightly different. I speak with some of the founding members of Larkhall Covid 19 Rainbows, now know as Larkhall Community Network. On the podcast are, Nancy Barr (Larkhall Christians Together), Sandra McCrory (Larkhall district and Volunteer group), Liz Jamieson (Community Links) and Terry Paterson (Larkhall Community Growers). Larkhall Covid 19 Rainbows...

This weeks podcast we have done something slightly different. I speak with some of the founding members of Larkhall Covid 19 Rainbows, now know as Larkhall Community Network. On the podcast are, Nancy Barr (Larkhall Christians Together), Sandra McCrory (Larkhall district and Volunteer group), Liz Jamieson (Community Links) and Terry Paterson (Larkhall Community Growers). Larkhall Covid 19 Rainbows...

This week on CLD Talks I have the pleasure to speak with Job Gibb. Joe shares his journey from growing up in Irvine and working various jobs from a young age, how he attended different clubs which gave him focus and the current work he does within the residential child care industry. Joe has an interesting view about the links between both Community Learning and Development/ Community Education an...

This week on CLD talks I have the pleasure to speak with Stephanie Thomson. Stephanie started off as a modern apprentice youth worker with the local health board. Stephanie remains part of the local health board today. We discuss Stephanie’s time at University, memorable moments, being redeployed to Test and Protect for 6 months, how she got into CLD, her passion for the Health Issues in the Commu...

This week on CLD Talks I speak with Gordon Mackie, who worked in CLD in different roles from 1982-2019, Gordon takes us through his journey from his positive placement experiences during his Postgrad in Community Education, working with Strathclyde Regional Council through the Urban aid programme, doing national work with the CeVe unit as part of the Scottish Community Education Council and then b...

This week I speak with Dr. Marion Allison, the Director of CLD Standards Council Scotland. Practising CLD since 1991, February 2021 marked Marion’s 30th year in CLD. Marion tells us about how Camp America changed her views, her desire to help others, various sessional roles and from becoming Area Manager for Universal Connections to then taking on the role of becoming Director of the CLD Standards...

Today’s guest is Adele Martin, who works for the Youth Family and Community Learning Service in South Lanarkshire. Adele was a young person from the age of 10 at her local youth club taking part in all activities which led to her becoming a volunteer and now a part time member of staff. We have an honest discussion about how Adele has had the opportunity to go to China three times, her inspiration...

For the first episode of CLD Talks I had the privilege to have a conversation with Jim Sweeney MBE. Jim has had such a varied carrier in Community Learning and Development starting from being a Trainee in the County of Lanark in the 70's, becoming area manager for various local authorities and then becoming the Chief Executive of Youth Link Scotland for 12 years.  During this time Jim gained...

Welcome to CLD Talks. I'm Conor Maxwell, a Community Learning and Development worker based in South Lanarkshire. CLD Talks has been set up to raise the profile of Community Learning and Development across Scotland. We will have talks with front line community workers from third sector and statutory organisations, managers and decision makers to share practice, promote their work and some feel good...