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Youth Work (Scotland) Bill
Scottish Labour MSP Martin Whitfield has launched a public consultation on the Youth Work (Scotland) Bill, which seeks to give young people aged 11 to 25 a legal right to access high-quality youth work services.
National Youth Work Awards 2025
Shining a light on Scotland’s youth work heroes! Nominations for this year’s National Youth Work Awards are open until 10th January.
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Digital Youth Work Conference
Join us in Stirling on 11th February (Safer Internet Day) where we will explore the role of youth work in helping young people navigate their online lives.

Upstream Prevention: The Vital Role of Youth Work - Link Magazine 2024
The latest sector magazine explores youth work's role in prevention through upstream solutions.

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Welcoming Young People as Volunteers
If you would like to learn more about how to make your organisation more young people friendly then join us for a highly immersive and interactive online workshop.
  • Date:  11 December, 2024
  • Time:  10:30 - 12:00
  • Type:  Workshop
  • Organiser:  Sector, YouthLink Scotland
  • Cost:  Free
  • Location:  Online

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PVG & Signatory - Face to Face Training
All you need to know to act as a signatory, with an introduction to the PVG legislation.
  • Date:  12 December, 2024
  • Time:  10:00 - 16:00
  • Type:  Training
  • Organiser:  Sector
  • Cost:  Free
  • Location:  Stirling

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Members Network
Members Network
We are pleased to open bookings for our final Members Network meeting of 2024. This meeting will focus on empowering young people to have a healthy relationship with their phone. Please note this event is for members of YouthLink Scotland only.
  • Date:  12 December, 2024
  • Time:  11:00 - 12:30
  • Type:  YouthLink Network Meetings
  • Organiser:  YouthLink Scotland
  • Cost:  Free
  • Location:  Online

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Quality Standards in Volunteering
This session is an opportunity to discuss what quality standards are available to support you and your volunteer programme.
  • Date:  19 December, 2024
  • Time:  10:00 - 12:00
  • Organiser:  Sector
  • Cost:  Free
  • Location:  Online

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Mediator and Mediation Skills Training Course
For anyone who wants to become a mediator, the course is recommended (and accredited by Scottish Mediation), although its lessons will also benefit those who don’t want to be a mediator as such, but whose work would be enhanced by possessing conflict resolution skills.
  • Date:  13 January, 2025
  • Time:  10:00
  • Type:  Training
  • Organiser:  Sector
  • Cost:  Paid
  • Location:  Glasgow

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PVG & Signatory - Face to Face Training
All you need to know to act as a signatory, with an introduction to the PVG legislation.
  • Date:  14 January, 2025
  • Time:  10:00 - 16:00
  • Type:  Training
  • Organiser:  Other
  • Cost:  Free
  • Location:  Stirling

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Understanding Autism: Level 1 - Inclusion
This is an interactive workshop exploring what is meant by Autism, raise the awareness of how to work with a young person in a youth work setting and explore briefly other conditions that may co-occur with autism such as ADHD, Dyslexia and Dyspraxia.
  • Date:  15 January, 2025
  • Time:  18:00 - 21:00
  • Type:  Training
  • Organiser:  Sector
  • Cost:  Paid
  • Location:  Online

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Tackling Sectarianism CPD Training
The Tackling Sectarianism CPD training will provide youth workers with the tools they need to engage young people on the topic of sectarianism, prejudice and hate in Scotland.
  • Date:  21 January, 2025
  • Time:  13:00 - 15:00
  • Type:  Training
  • Organiser:  YouthLink Scotland
  • Cost:  Free
  • Location:  Online

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Suicide Prevention Scotland - Gathering Hope 2025
An event for third sector organisations involved in suicide prevention work.
  • Date:  22 January, 2025
  • Time:  9:30 - 17:00
  • Type:  Conference
  • Organiser:  Other
  • Cost:  Free
  • Location:  West Dunbartonshire

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EDI Community of Practice – Facilitating Challenging Discussions
Join us to explore how youth workers can support young people to have constructive and respectful discussions on challenging topics.
  • Date:  22 January, 2025
  • Time:  13:30 - 16:30
  • Type:  Training
  • Organiser:  YouthLink Scotland
  • Cost:  Free
  • Location:  Online

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Person-centred Planning: Helping Children Determine Their Own Futures
Start off the new year by developing person-centred planning tools to support the children and young people you work with.This session is aimed at professionals working with children and young people in a direct setting.
  • Date:  23 January, 2025
  • Time:  10:00 - 12:00
  • Type:  Training
  • Organiser:  Sector
  • Cost:  Paid
  • Location:  Online

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Triple Violence, Youth Participation and Storytelling
This webinar will detail the learning from a study of violence in both England and Scotland with a focus on the Scottish success story of violence reduction, explore current community concerns around violence and hear from young people affected by violence about their journey to creating violence reduction resources.
  • Date:  30 January, 2025
  • Time:  12:00 - 13:00
  • Type:  Webinar
  • Organiser:  Other
  • Cost:  Free
  • Location:  Online

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