Pippa explores the key role that the Council is playing to decarbonise our footprint in an engaging conversation with Ross McLaughlin, the Council’s Head of Commercial Services and lead officer on Climate Change.
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Pippa's Podcasts
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¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ is full of great people and here I take the opportunity to promote some of the incredible activity that goes on and to make visible some of the efforts that can go unnoticed.
Thank you to everyone who participated and for the difference you are making for ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ and Bute.
Pippa Milne
Chief Executive
If you have any ideas about subjects we can cover on any future podcasts please get in touch with us at workingtogether@argyll-bute.gov.uk
Communities make ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ and Bute the special place it is and this week Pippa speaks to Moray Finch to learn about the critical role that Mull and Iona Community Trust play in taking forward the ambitions of these island communities.
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To promote International Women’s Week, Pippa had a conversation with Ashleigh Conner, our first female mechanic and Sandra Black, Fleet Services Performance Manager to discuss their role in the Council’s Fleet Services.
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Pippa speaks to Alistair Barge, Managing Director of one of the UKs oldest fish farm companies and its sister company Gigha Halibut to learn a little a bit about their origins and their current activity as one of ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ and Bute’s greatest exporters.
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Whilst the notion of a ‘job for life’ is not very relevant these days, the Council can certainly be an ‘employer for life’ as Pippa speaks to one of our most successful ‘Grow Your Own’ employees Executive Director Kirsty Flanagan about her progression through the ranks of the organisation.
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This week's podcast is with Joanna MacDonald. Joanna reflects on her 2 1/2 years as Chief Officer of the HSCP as she moves on to take up the role of adviser to the Scottish Government.
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Pippa talks to Catherine Topley, Chief Executive of Scottish Canals on the history of the canal and recent investments in its future.
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Pippa and Roslyn Redpath discuss the critically important work of our educational psychologists whose work has never been more important as they explore the impact of the COVID pandemic on our young people.
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Not only is today election today for the Scottish Parliament, it is also the end of term for the Scottish Youth Parliament and Pippa spoke to two of ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ and Bute’s elected Scottish Youth Parliamentarians Cameron Garret and Rosie Sumsion on their experience.
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As part of Foster Caring fortnight, this week Pippa is joined by Lorraine Prentice, Practice Lead for HSCP and two of our foster carers as they highlight the great work of foster carers across ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ and Bute.
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