Justin Dawson - Scouting Radio Ireland

Justin Dawson is the Station Manager for Scouting Radio.

Justin was born in Dublin in 1983 and has been involved in Scouting since the age of 6 as a Beaver. At 18 he gained his Woodbadge for Scouts and Senior Scouts with the Baden-Powell Scouts Association. At 19 he continued his Leader training by gaining his Woodbadge for Wolf Cubs. Justin was the Area Commissioner of St Andrews District Baden-Powell Scouts of Ireland and was the Scoutmaster for Troop 44 Dublin for ten years. 

 In 2007 on Brownsea Island, 2 days after the Scouting Sunrise, Justin gained his Medal of Merit for long term commitment to the Scouting Movement awarded to him by the President of the Baden-Powell Scouts, Lawrie Dring.

2008 Justin attended Dublin Castle where he was awarded his Gaisce Presidents Award Gold Medal. 

Justin is currently a Scouter with the 6th Dublin Leeson Park Scout Troop. 

Justin has been involved in Radio since he was 15 years of age. He has a degree in Media Production and Management from Ballyfermot College Dublin, and a Masters Degree in TV & Radio prodiction from the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. Upon setting up Scouting Radio as a college project Justin was a runner up of 800 entrants in the Oxygen student media awards 2005. In February 2007, before the stations second anniversary, Scouting Radio was a finalist in the Digital Media Awards. 2008 has seen Scouting Radio pick up their first award making us an award winning Internet Station for Scouting!

Justin has worked with several local and National radio stations in Ireland and is the Director of Xtreme Media, the umbrella media company which owns Scouting Radio.