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The Preventative Grassroots Youth Work Fund
Administered by YouthLink Scotland and funded by the Scottish Government, the aim of this fund is to improve educational outcomes for young people from low-income backgrounds in communities impacted by criminal activity and anti-social behaviour. Express your interest by Friday 19th December.
Digital Youth Work Conference
Join us in Edinburgh on 10th February. This year the theme for Safer Internet Day is Smart tech, Safe choices – Exploring the safe and responsible use of AI.

Youth Work Manifesto
The manifesto sets out three national commitments Scotland must make to ensure every young person can thrive through access to high-quality youth work. Together, they represent the foundation of a stronger, fairer youth work system: guaranteed by law, universally accessible, and sustained by investment.

The Link Magazine 2025
The latest edition of The Link shines a light on how youth work across Scotland is creating safer spaces and stronger futures for young people.

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Bite Back's Youth Board seeking young Scots
Bite Back 2030, a youth activist movement for a healthier and fairer food system, is currently recruiting young people aged 14-16 to join their Youth Board.
  • Topic:  Rights, Participation & Volunteering
  • Date:  12 December, 2025

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Opening Shot: Filmmaking opportunity
Intercultural Youth Scotland have partnered with Opening Shot to deliver a fully-funded short filmmaking opportunity for people aged 16+ who live in Scotland and identify as BPoC.
  • Topic:  Arts
  • Date:  12 December, 2025

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The Preventative Grassroots Youth Work Fund
The Preventative Grassroots Youth Work Fund is administered by YouthLink Scotland and funded by the Scottish Government. The aim of the fund is to improve educational outcomes for young people from low-income backgrounds in communities impacted by criminal activity and anti-social behaviour. Express your interest via a short form by Friday 19th December.
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability, Funding, Poverty
  • Date:  9 December, 2025

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Attainment and Attendance Numbers Rise
The number of pupils reaching expected levels of literacy and numeracy in Scotland’s schools is at the highest level on record according to official statistics.
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability
  • Date:  9 December, 2025

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Turning the Tide - Empowering Young People for Marine Advocacy
Running from January to April 2026, TTT equips young people aged 16 to 25 with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to have a say in how our seas are managed. This free online programme includes online taught modules, mentoring, group work and a like-minded online community. Apply by 5th January.
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability
  • Date:  9 December, 2025

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Bill Stevenson Appointed as Interim Chairperson
At our AGM on 26th November, Bill Stevenson was appointed as Interim Chairperson replacing Angela Leitch CBE who stepped down after three years as our Chair. Bill will hold the role of Interim Chair as we seek a new chairperson for YouthLink Scotland. A sub-group of the Board is considering the recruitment process for that.
  • Date:  9 December, 2025

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State of the Nation: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Scotland
The State of the Nation is the Scottish Human Rights Commission’s annual snapshot of how human rights are being realised across Scotland. The 2025 report focuses on economic, social and cultural rights, the rights that ensure people can live a dignified life, like the rights to adequate housing, health, social security, food, and fair working conditions.
  • Topic:  Rights, Participation & Volunteering
  • Date:  8 December, 2025

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Doing Intersectionality ‘in Justice’: Exploring Intersectional Experiences of Policing with Children and Front-line Police Officers in Scotland
Could you help a project co-designed between a research team at the University of Strathclyde and a group of young people who are interested in young people’s experiences and perceptions of policing? They're also interested in what things shape young people's interactions with the police, this could be things like age, gender, race, etc. 
  • Topic:  Crime, Equality
  • Date:  8 December, 2025

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Children, Violence and Vulnerability 2025
The Youth Endowment Fund surveyed nearly 11,000 teenage children aged 13-17 in England and Wales this year about their experiences of violence. This first report looks at the scale of violence: how many children are affected, how often it happens, the different forms it takes — including online violence and online conversations about harming others — and why some young people become involved.
  • Topic:  Crime, Violence
  • Date:  27 November, 2025

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Digital Safeguarding in Practice
CYCJ in collaboration with the Lucy Faithfull Foundation have created a new eLearning module on Digital Safeguarding in Practice, to provide a greater awareness of the risks present for children using digital technology. This free online course takes approximately four hours.
  • Topic:  Digital Youth Work, Training & Development
  • Date:  27 November, 2025

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Report Reveals Impact of Free Bus Travel on the Lives of Young People
A new report has revealed the lasting benefits of the Young Persons’ (Under 22s) Free Bus Travel Scheme, highlighting its role in supporting young people through the cost of living crisis, tackling child poverty and promoting more sustainable travel.
  • Topic:  Rights, Participation & Volunteering
  • Date:  25 November, 2025

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Young People Help Shape Children’s Rights Scheme
Young Scot has published a new report highlighting how children and young people have helped shape the draft Children’s Rights Scheme, a key part of the Scottish Government’s work to deliver on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024.
  • Topic:  Rights, Participation & Volunteering
  • Date:  25 November, 2025

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