The Change Makers
A podcast celebrating the remarkable not for profit people dedicating their careers to making positive change.
We'll be talking to society's fixers, menders, mopper-uppers and fighters about why they do their job, what they see in their work and why it matters.
The Change Makers
Pt 2: Katrina Moffat, Girlguiding, on leadership, role modelling and the King.
How many of you can remember reciting your Girlguiding promise, earning badges or singing songs by the campfire? Girlguiding is so popular in the UK that in some areas it’s recommended that you register your daughters from birth to guarantee a place in Rainbows when they’re four. It’s mission? To help all girls know they can do anything.
To do this, the organisation relies on nearly 100,000 volunteers to run the thousands of packs of Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Rangers, as well as training their young leaders to achieve their qualification. One of those volunteers is Katrina Moffat. In addition to her work for North Tyneside Learning Trust tackling social mobility and inequality in education, she gives hours a week to Girlguiding – running a group, supporting new leaders county wide, and on a national level, contributing to a major overhaul to its young leaders qualification.
We talk about why she gives so much of her time to Girlguiding, the modern day relevance of the organisation and its role in influencing positive change in young women. We reflect on her nomination for a British Empire Medal and how she, a mere ‘girl from Cumbria’ ended up in Westminster Abbey on the day of the King’s Coronation.
- Find out more about Girlguiding.
- Learn more about their Girls Attitudes Survey.
- If you’d like to get in touch with The Change Makers team, email thechangemakerspod@gmal.com or find us on Instagram: @thechangemakerspod.