RCPCH &Us Podcasts

RCPCH &Us at Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
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This podcast series is created by young volunteers with the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) and is all about what matters to children and young people to improve health services and the health of others. Have a listen for ideas, examples and information from children and young people as well as guest appearances from paediatricians, nurses and other allied health professionals!

Episodes

  1. 01/16/2025

    Talking with Trustees: A new youth voice

    We sit down for conversation with RCPCH's Youth Trustees, Taona and Iman, learning about their motivations and diving into their volunteer roles at the College.   RCPCH &Us Podcasts is created by young volunteers with RCPCH &Us and focuses on the vibrancy and multi-dimensional nature of children and young people. The group are 14–20 years old and are supported by children and young people engagement workers from the RCPCH Children and Young People's Engagement Team. Listen and experience the energy, creativity, clarity, and inspiration as we have a frank and honest conversation.    The Podcasters are: Ethan (interviewer), Iman (interviewee) and Taona (interviewee).   Production: Ethan, Kweku (worker) and Tony (worker)  Organisations mentioned in the episode  Young Trustees Movement IntoUniversity RCPCH Board of Trustees Wondering why you keep hearing a moo? In the summer of 2022, young people were helping with interviews for staff at RCPCH and in the break time, learnt to moo. Another young person remixed it and that's why we have a moo as a jingle!  It means a lot to us, and we hope you enjoy it too!  Download transcript About RCPCH &Us Podcasts – Created by young volunteers with the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, we're all about what matters to children and young people to improve health services and the health of others. Listen for ideas, examples and information from children and young people as well as guest appearances from paediatricians, nurses and other allied health professionals.

    27 min

  2. 06/05/2024

    Our voices: My condition &... going beyond the clinical

    How can health and education professionals see beyond our conditions as children and young people?  RCPCH &Us Podcasts is created by young volunteers with RCPCH &Us and focuses on the vibrancy and multi-dimensional nature of children and young people. Listen and experience the energy, creativity, clarity and inspiration as we have in a frank and honest conversation about life! Trigger warning: This episode talks about young people's experiences with their mental health, anxiety, low mood and experiences of living with different long term conditions. The Podcasters are: Shreya (interviewer), Demi (interviewee), Aiden (interviewee/voice over), Ali (voice over/playwriter), Joseph (interviewee/voice over), Eve (voice over), Abbie (voice over), Ethan (voice over), Derick (voice over) and Jamie (music). Production: Kweku Aacht (worker) and Oscar. The group are aged 14-20 years old and are supported by youth voice advisors from the RCPCH Children and Young People's Engagement Team. Poems were submitted by young people and at times voiced by other volunteers. This episode features excerpts of a play written by Ali, who created the script from his comprehensive study of RCPCH &Us research into children and young people's experience of engagement within the healthcare services. The recording comes from the 2023 RCPCH conference in Glasgow, when the play was performed in the final plenary session by Children & Young Peoples' Engagement Team staff Kweku and Jack.   Research statistics are taken from the Mind website and include facts and figures from the NHS (2020) Digital Mental Health of Children & Young People UK Survey, Office for National Statistics (2020) Young People's Well-being in the UK and Mind (2021) Not Making The Grade report. Download transcript About RCPCH & Us podcasts - Created by young volunteers with the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, we're all about what matters to children and young people to improve health services and the health of others. Listen for ideas, examples and information from children and young people as well as guest appearances from paediatricians, nurses and other allied health professionals!

    26 min

  3. 03/06/2023

    Our voices: Young people and climate change

    This podcast is created by young volunteers with RCPCH &Us and is all about climate change, with some international guests from Ghana and others closer to home from the RCPCH Climate Change Working Group and RCPCH members. Listen to find out how doctors and young people can work together to make sure that we face the climate change crisis head on. This is a special edition collaboration with the RCPCH Climate Changers group: Aisling, Ali, Ally, Beth, Demi, Ethan, Kirsten, Jeanette and Noor. Download transcript In this episode we interviewed: Members of the Ghana Youth Environmental Movement Perk Gloria Anokyewaa RCPCH Climate Change Working Group members Dr Katy from Leeds Dr Shunmay from London RCPCH Conference attendees  Dr Emily, Dr Ella, Dr Chrysoula, Dr Ella, Dr Ian, Dr Carol, Dr Lucy, Dr Anastasia Who are we? RCPCH &Us are a network of children and young people from all over the country (UK) who volunteer together to help improve health, awareness and information/education around what matters to children and young people. We have lots of different projects which bring together young volunteers to make a difference on topics like epilepsy, asthma, mental health and more. The podcasters are young people from RCPCH &Us who have a passion for engagement and volunteering in child health. They will be creating different podcasts over the year on topics that matter to children and young people. We have been learning how to create a podcast, creating and reviewing content, editing and getting it ready to launch. Wondering why you keep hearing a moo? In the summer of 2022, young people were helping out with interviews for staff at RCPCH and in the break time, learnt to moo. Another young person remixed it and that's why we have a moo as a jingle! It means a lot to us and we hope you enjoy it too! Links mentioned in the episode RCPCH &Us Our Voices:Engagement Done Well RCPCH &Us Climate Changers RCPCH Conference Ghana Youth Environmental Movement  Milestones "Heal our patients and our planet" page 11 RCPCH Climate Change Working Group  RCPCH Climate Change programme LSHTM Children, Cities and Climate Good Climate Stories (Twitter) Caesar Cipher Code Thank you for joining us for the second RCPCH &Us podcast and to everyone who took part. If you want to get in touch to find out more about the RCPCH &Us projects including the Podcasters or the Climate Changers, email and_us@rcpch.ac.uk.

    35 min

  4. 12/10/2022

    Our voices: Engagement done well

    This podcast is all about working with children and young people to help improve their health and the health of others. Have a listen for ideas, examples and information on engagement from RCPCH doctors and young people from RCPCH &Us - we hope you enjoy it! The podcasters are: Ali, Demi, Emma, Joseph, Leo, Lowenna, Oscar, Shashank, Shreya and Timooothy. We also had help from other RCPCH &Us volunteers Aisling, Sohan and Clare. Plus John and Jamie who brought Timooothy to life! In this episode we interviewed: Dr Shouja from Wales, Kath from Barts Health, Louca-Mai a researcher from University of Hertfordshire and Ally from the Luna Project. Download transcript RCPCH &Us are a network of children and young people from all over the country (UK) who volunteer together to help improve health, awareness and information/education around what matters to children and young people. We have lots of different projects which bring together young volunteers to make a difference on topics like epilepsy, asthma, mental health and more. The podcasters are young people from RCPCH &Us who have a passion for engagement and volunteering in child health. They will be creating different podcasts over the year on topics that matter to children and young people. We have been learning how to create a podcast, creating and reviewing content, editing and getting it ready to launch. Wondering why you keep hearing a moo? In the summer of 2022, young people were helping out with interviews for staff at RCPCH and in the break time, learnt to moo. Another young person remixed it and that's why we have a moo as a jingle!  It means a lot to us and we hope you enjoy it too!   Links mentioned in the podcast: RCPCH &Us, plus the latest issue of Milestones &Us (winter 2022) Renal transplant support for young people GPs in youth centres (PDF)  Association for Young People's Health (AYPH)  Embedding youth participation in health - Bristol University About children's rights NHS England Youth Forum  National Children's Bureau - Listening to young voices Luna Project  Advice and guidance on engaging children and young people in your health service on QI Central Thank you for joining us for our first RCPCH &Us podcast and to everyone who took part. We hope that by sharing our voices and empowering examples of engagement, you are inspired to be creative and get involved. Engagement is the way we can make this happen, please ask what children and young people think, listen to our voices and together we can create outstanding child health services. Get in touch with RCPCH &Us and_us@rcpch.ac.uk

    21 min
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This podcast series is created by young volunteers with the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) and is all about what matters to children and young people to improve health services and the health of others. Have a listen for ideas, examples and information from children and young people as well as guest appearances from paediatricians, nurses and other allied health professionals!

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  • Creator
    RCPCH &Us at Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    4
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024
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    RCPCH &Us Podcasts