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National Youth Work Conference 2026

This year’s National Youth Work Conference will take place in Glasgow on Monday 2nd November. The theme is Before Crisis: Youth Work and Young People’s Mental Health. Book your place now!

Participative Democracy Certificate Training

We’re running a FREE online training session from 10am to 12pm on 23rd September to provide more details about the award and how it can be used in different contexts and situations.

YouthLink Scotland Members Network: Exploring European Youth Work

Bookings are now open for our third meeting of 2026, exploring European youth work with the British Council, the incoming UK National Agency for Erasmus+. Online - 17th September - 11am to 12.30pm.

Hate Crime and Prejudiced Based Behaviours Training

This in-person session is an opportunity to learn about what prejudiced-based behaviours look like, the impact they can have and what to do when we encounter them as youth workers. Edinburgh - 10am-2pm - 28th September.

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Education Beyond 2030: Global Youth and Student Consultations to Shape the Future Education Agenda

UNESCO has launched a global consultation for young people on the future of education. This is an incredible opportunity for children and young people across Scotland to participate in a global conversation to co-design the future of education. There are session plans available and responses are invited from informal settings. The survey will be open until 30th September 2026.

Topic: Education, Skills & Employability, International
Date: 1 September, 2026

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Young People, Economic Inactivity and Mental Health

This briefing by Public Health Scotland provides an overview of the rise of health-related economic inactivity among young people aged 16–24 in Scotland and the extent to which mental health might be impacting on post-school transitions to employment and driving this trend.

Topic: Health & Wellbeing
Date: 1 September, 2026

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Youth Work Skills Week is Coming!

Monday 7th to Friday 11th September will be our first ever Youth Work Skills Week. Each day that week, YouthLink Scotland will be sharing new content gathered from young people, youth workers, parents and school partners about the skills young people develop through their involvement in youth work.

Topic: Education, Skills & Employability
Date: 1 September, 2026

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Youth Opportunity Tracker: NEET Rate Falls, Challenges Remain

The King's Trust Youth Opportunity Tracker is a new quarterly barometer of the youth labour market. Combining key labour market data from the Office of National Statistics with analysis from The King's Trust and the experiences of young people, it tracks changes in the labour market and explores what they mean for young people seeking work and opportunity across the UK.

Topic: Education, Skills & Employability
Date: 31 August, 2026

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Consistent Additional Support for Learning

Children with additional support needs will be supported wherever they are in Scotland through a new National Staged Intervention Model for additional support for learning that is being developed.

Topic: Education, Skills & Employability, Equality
Date: 31 August, 2026

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Expert Group to Help Tackle Reoffending and Protect Young People

Proposals to help cut reoffending and keep young people safe from crime and anti-social behaviour are to be developed through an innovative new partnership funding approach.

Topic: Crime
Date: 31 August, 2026

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Young People Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) in the UK: August 2026

Official statistics from ONS on the estimates of young people (aged 16 to 24 years) who are not in education, employment or training, by age and sex.

Topic: Education, Skills & Employability
Date: 31 August, 2026

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Scottish Youth Parliament: Young People’s Online Lives Research

SYP is currently exploring young people's views and experiences of screen time and online life, and the impact this has on their mental health and wellbeing. To help them make sure young people’s voices are heard by key decision-makers, please share their survey with young people aged 12-25 in your community and encourage them to fill it in by 9am on Friday 18th September.

Topic: Digital Youth Work, Research
Date: 31 August, 2026

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Young People’s Experience of the Food Environment in Scotland

Young Scot, Food Standards Scotland and Public Health Scotland would like to hear from young people across Scotland to learn more about young people’s experiences of buying food and drinks when out and about, or ordering takeaway.

Topic: Health & Wellbeing
Date: 27 August, 2026

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Secure Care Census Report

CYCJ has published the 2025 Secure care census report entitled ‘Changing faces and heightened ACEs: results from the 2025 secure care census’. This important report helps paint a picture of what the current needs and challenges are for children with the greatest levels of needs and risks in Scotland today.

Topic: Care
Date: 27 August, 2026

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Contextual Safeguarding in Scotland

CYCJ is formally announcing that they're now an academic partner with the Global Centre for Contextual Safeguarding at Durham University, and the launch of their dedicated webpage to compile relevant information about Contextual Safeguarding in Scotland, including how it fits within existing policy and practice frameworks.

Topic: Child Protection
Date: 27 August, 2026

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Could You Be a Panel Member?

Children’s Hearings Scotland has launched a nationwide drive to recruit new volunteers to its 2,200-strong network of Panel Members. The annual recruitment campaign is seeking people from across Scotland to serve an initial three-year term, with successful applicants receiving full training and ongoing support. The deadline for applications is 23rd September.

Topic: Child Protection, Health & Wellbeing
Date: 27 August, 2026

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