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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 have now closed. Keep updated here on what happens next...
Members Network
Members Network - Thursday 27th March from 10am to 11.30am
We are pleased to open bookings for our first Members Network meeting of 2025! This meeting will explore the question of ‘can young people access sufficient support to become resilient?’

#IWill Ambassador Recruitment
Do you know a young person aged between 10-24 who has a passion for social change and wants to make a difference to their community? If the answer is yes, why not encourage them to apply to become an #IWill Ambassador? Applications are open until midnight on 13th April.

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Reimagining Secure Care: Pivotal New Research from CYCJ
Drawing on extensive collaboration with stakeholders, practitioners, and young people with lived experience, these new reports are the result of 18 months of work and provide a comprehensive roadmap for rethinking secure care, placing the rights and well-being of children at the heart of Scotland’s approach.
  • Topic:  Care
  • Date:  9 October, 2024

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New Learning for Sustainability Webpage Now Live
Education Scotland's new LfS webpage showcases practice examples, provides advice and guidance, and signposts relevant professional learning.
  • Topic:  Learning for Sustainability
  • Date:  9 October, 2024

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Towards a Dyslexia-friendly Scotland?
A new report by Dyslexia Scotland reveals the stark inequalities young people and adults with dyslexia face, and the reasons to be optimistic about the potential for a dyslexia-friendly Scotland.
  • Topic:  Equality
  • Date:  9 October, 2024

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Census Results on Health, Disability and Unpaid Care
New figures from Scotland’s Census show the number of people who reported having a mental health condition more than doubled between 2011 and 2022. A large increase in the number of younger people reporting mental health conditions is behind the increase. 
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  3 October, 2024

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Youth Conversations - Vaping Survey
Ash Scotland is conducting their first ever Youth Conversations Survey and would be grateful if you could share this with the young people (under the age of 24) that you work with.
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  2 October, 2024

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Fall in Young Smokers in Past Decade
Fewer than one in every 10 young adults in the UK smoke cigarettes - a steep drop from a quarter of 18-24-year-olds 12 years ago, according to research by the Office for National Statistics.
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  2 October, 2024

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Launch of ‘Online High’ Film and Educational Toolkit
Dunfermline Police Scotland Youth Volunteers (PSYV) have unveiled a new campaign that highlights the growing issue of drug dealing through mobile devices among young people. This initiative is part of an 18-month screen education programme titled ‘On Trend,’ where youth volunteers created the ‘Online High’ film in collaboration with YouthLink Scotland (No Knives, Better Lives - NKBL) and Barnardo’s Fife Substance Use Education Team. 
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  2 October, 2024

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Pupils Reveal Sleep and Supportive Teachers as Top Priorities for Quality Learning
Young Scot research has revealed the key priorities for learning confirmed by young people with over two thirds of pupils identifying good sleep, supportive teachers and the right attitude as crucial.
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability, Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  1 October, 2024

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Growing Climate Confidence Resources and Upcoming Training Opportunities
SCVO offers an entry point for third sector organisations taking action on the climate emergency. Find out more about some upcoming training opportunities and useful resources that may be of interest to your members and networks.
  • Topic:  Learning for Sustainability
  • Date:  30 September, 2024

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Improving the Lives of Scotland’s Gypsy/Travellers
Improved access to housing, education and health services and tackling discrimination are at the heart of a new Gypsy/Traveller Action Plan agreed between the Scottish Government and COSLA.
  • Topic:  Equality
  • Date:  30 September, 2024

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Children and Young People - Community Mental Health and Wellbeing: Supports and Services Framework
This framework sets out the broad approach that should be taken in the provision of community-based mental health and wellbeing supports and services for children, young people and their families.
  • Topic:  Health & Wellbeing
  • Date:  30 September, 2024

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YouthLink Scotland’s Position Statement on Scottish Government Response to the IRQA
YouthLink Scotland's position on the Scottish Government's responses to the Independent Review of Qualifications and Assessment.
  • Topic:  Education, Skills & Employability
  • Date:  24 September, 2024

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